Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2): With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh EditionRobertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
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Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2): With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition
Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
Bradlaugh, Charles, 1833-1891
"REFORMER NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Limited. Capital, £1000, in 2000
shares of 10s. each. This Company is to be formed for the purpose
of issuing a weekly newspaper, price twopence, to be entitled the
_Reformer_, of the size of the _Manchester Guardian_, folded so as
to form eight pages. It will advocate advanced Liberal opinions, on
Social, Political, Theological, and Scientific questions, and will
permit free discussion on every statement made, or opinion advanced in
its columns, or upon any question of general importance. The present
platform of political views will be mainly that advocated by the
Northern Reform Union, but every phase of the political question shall
have free and unreserved treatment, and the most partial Tory will be
allowed to answer the views of the Editor, as well as the most extreme
Republican, the promoters being of opinion that no one man holds
the whole truth, but that it permeates from one extreme to another,
and can only be found by a complete ventilation and examination of
each man's views. On social science, the promoters intend specially
to watch the conduct of the Social Science League, reviewing the
course taken by its leading men, and illustrating the general views
enunciated at its meetings. The newspaper will contain full reports of
co-operative news, meetings and proceedings of trade societies, and
co-operative progress throughout the country. It will also contain
articles illustrating the connection between physiological and
psychological phenomena, and illustrating new scientific discoveries,
examining and explaining the various theories in connection with
animal magnetism, phrenology, etc., treating fully on the important
ground recognised under the title of Political Economy. The present
platform, of theological advocacy, will be that of antagonism to
every known religious system, and especially to the various phases of
Christianity taught and preached in Britain; but every one--Churchman,
Dissenter, or anti-theologian--shall have full space to illustrate his
own views. The paper will also contain all the important news of the
week, summary of Parliamentary debates, reviews of books, etc. etc.;
special law and police intelligence; original poetry, etc. The Company
will be conducted by a committee of management, appointed annually by
the general body of shareholders. The committee will have the whole
financial control of the paper, and will have the appointment of the
Editor. The Editor for the first six months will be 'Iconoclast,'
who will be continued in that office if satisfaction be given to the
committee of management. A number of well-known writers have already
associated themselves with that gentleman in order to make the pages
of the _Reformer_ worthy of general approbation."
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