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In our belief, the great empire of England, which we have inherited from our forefathers, concerns all alike, but it concerns those most who depend most for trade and employment upon the constant prosperity of the country. I do not believe that England, stripped of India, stripped of its colonies, humbled before Europe, would be a happy England for the working classes. We have received from the self-denial, the heroic actions of our forefathers a great empire. We mean, if we can, to keep it , to develop it, to strengthen it, to enrich it, and that not in the interests of a class, but of all, and most of all the industrial classes of this country. (en) |
