Westminster Review, December 1837
Radicals and Canada: Earl of Dalmo and Canadians
Author: John Stuart Mill
I originally intended to take this opportunity to systematize the various factions within the increasingly popular Radical Party, enabling them to recognize each other, understand themselves, and find common ground and collaborative goals by dispelling prejudices. At the same time, this could also demonstrate the true nature of radicalism to those who have yet to understand us, proving that the "demons" that terrify them are not radicalism itself, but the prejudices imposed by outsiders.
Radicalism is not only compatible with the noble principles cherished by Britain for generations, but this is also the only way for the principles of radicalism to endure in the current world. On the contrary, those self-proclaimed defenders of tradition, the Conservatives, abuse the doctrines of ancient England with vulgar hearts, shaming both its decayed and noble parts together.
