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\"Greatest Orator of his Generation\" John Bright Signed Envelope COA:
$129.99

Up for sale \"Greatest Orator of his Generation\" John Bright Vintage Hand Signed Envelope. This item iscertified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate ofAuthenticity.
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John Bright (16 November 1811– 27 March 1889) was a British Radicaland Liberal statesman, one of the greatest oratorsof his generation and a promoter of free tradepolicies. A Quaker,Bright is most famous for battling the Corn Laws.In partnership with Richard Cobden, he founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishingthe Corn Laws, which raised food prices and protected landowners\' interests bylevying taxes on imported wheat. The Corn Laws were repealed in 1846. Brightalso worked with Cobden in another free trade initiative, the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty of 1860, promotingcloser interdependence between Britain and France. This campaign was conductedin collaboration with French economist MichelChevalier, and succeeded despite Parliament\'s endemic mistrust ofthe French. Bright sat in the House of Commons from 1843to 1889, promoting free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom. He wasalmost a lone voice in opposing the Crimean War;he also opposed Gladstone\'s proposed Home Rule for Ireland. He was a spokesmanfor the middle class, and strongly opposed to the privileges of the landedaristocracy. In terms of Ireland, he sought to end the political privileges of Anglicans,disestablished the Church of Ireland, and began land reform thatwould turn land over to the Catholic peasants. He coined the phrase\"Mother of Parliaments.\"