Democracy and Liberty. William Edward Hartpole Lecky

of its effects

       The language of Mr. Gladstone

       The Act failed to pacify Ireland—Effects of the Home Rule agitation

       The Land Act of 1887

       Tendency of subversive principles in legislation to grow

       Landlord claim for compensation

       Effects of the land legislation on Irish capital and contracts

       On the ultimate position of tenants

       Moral effects of this legislation

       The Evicted Tenants Bill

       The worst form of robbery, legal robbery

       Dangers of the Irish precedent

       Mr. George's comparison of Irish and American landlordism

       Where should State intervention stop?

       Other Attacks on Property

       Theories of Mr. George

       Mill's doctrine of the ‘unearned increment’

       English land no longer the source of English food

       Attacks on national debts

       On mining royalties

       On literary property

       Nationalisation of railroads, &c

       Cautions in dealing with such question—Is democracy suited to the task?

       The worship of majorities

       Old and New Jesuitism

       Influence of philosophical speculation on politics

       Character in public life—How far democratic election secures it

       The Home Rule alliance—Compared with the coalition of North and Fox

       Effects of the lowering of the suffrage on political morality

       And of the increased hurry of modern life

       Personal and class interests in politics

       Inadequate sense of the criminality of political mis deeds

       The ethics of party

       Nonconformist ministers and Mr. Parnell

       Relative importance of private and public morals in politics

       Growth of the professional politician

       Democratic local government—Its good and evil

       Place of wealth in modern politics

       Measures that must strengthen the professional politician

       High standard of political integrity in Great Britain

       Probity of the permanent service

       Better side of the House of Commons

       Competitive examinations—Their drawbacks

       Their great use in restraining corruption

       The character of a nation not always shown by its public life

       Evidence that English character has not declined— Its moral and philanthropic side

       Its robuster qualities

       The governing capacity—Egypt and India

       Dangers to India in democratic government

       High character of English municipal government

       Political influence of the provincial towns

       Influence of the telegraph on politics— Provincial press

       Modern England not barren in great men