Project Gutenberg 2015-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 209 Various Verschillende Various, Various Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 Produced by Brendan OConnor, Jonathan Ingram, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850" by Various is a historical magazine published during the mid-19th century. This volume features a collection of essays and articles that critique various aspects of society and politics of the time, specifically focusing on the issues surrounding government policies, agricultural distress, and colonial governance. The topics discussed suggest a tone of social commentary and political analysis, reflecting the anxieties of the period regarding economic hardships and governance. The opening of this edition sets the stage for a discussion on the state of distress in Ireland and the colonies, sparked by government policies deemed ineffective and detrimental to the agricultural sector. It illustrates the government's acknowledgment of these problems through proposed reforms, including an Irish Reform Bill and new systems for colonial representation, while simultaneously criticizing the political elite's negligence toward rural hardships. The author argues that merely extending suffrage will not address the root issues caused by a failed economic system but rather exacerbate existing disparities, setting up a sharp critique of contemporary Liberal government practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 620297 2025-07-19T11:09:22.779403 text/html 607453 2024-10-24T17:02:40 text/html 289723 2025-07-19T11:09:36.710332 application/epub+zip 296201 2025-07-19T11:09:26.219385 application/epub+zip 296201 2025-07-19T11:09:24.352422 application/epub+zip 486151 2025-07-19T11:09:42.409314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464329 2025-07-19T11:09:33.961344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455201 2022-09-22T03:37:29.555259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530485 2025-07-19T11:09:21.304429 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 510455 2024-10-24T17:02:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17810 2025-07-19T11:09:42.549293 application/rdf+xml 7305 2025-07-19T11:09:24.478383 image/jpeg 1754 2025-07-19T11:09:24.415400 image/jpeg 257787 2025-07-19T11:09:22.826409 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog