There has been nothing like it in the history of the world for its suddenness, for the impossibility of dealing with it, or managing it in the way of an effective remedy.
Well, the country at large must be made acquainted with these facts.
How is that to be done?
It can only be by the diffusion of information from this central committee.

An appeal must be made to the whole country, if this great destitution is to be met in any part by voluntary aid.

The nation at large must be made fully acquainted with the exigency of the case, and we must be reminded that a national responsibility rests upon us.

I will, therefore, suggest that this general committee should be made a national committee, and we shall then get rid of this little difficulty with the Lord Mayor.

We shall want all the co-operation of the Lord Mayor and the city of London; and I say that this committee, instead of being a Manchester or Lancashire central committee, should be made a national committee; that from this should go forth invitations to all parts of the country, beginning with the lords-lieutenant, inviting them to be vice-presidents of this committee.