Agreement of the People

...Hopeful of the possibility of persuasion through debate, the former gathered two officers and two soldier representatives from each regiment and held this conference at a church in Patney, on the outskirts of London. At the meeting, the soldier representatives presented a highly democratic draft written constitution, the Agreement of the People, which had been drafted by the Levellers, and a heated debate ensued centering on its contents. The focus of the discussion was on three points: recognition of the current state of the revolution, the scope of the right to vote, and the continuation of the King and the House of Lords. In particular, while the soldiers and Levellers argued for the right to vote as a natural right, military leader H. Ireton refused to give in and insisted on restrictions based on property, leading to a heated debate. ...

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…そこで討論を通しての説得の可能性を期待した前者が，各連隊から士官2名と兵士代表2名を集めて，ロンドン郊外のパトニの教会で開いたのがこの会議である。席上，兵士代表がレベラーズの起草した，きわめて民主主義的な成文憲法案〈人民協約Agreement of the People〉を提出したため，その内容を中心に激しい討論となった。その焦点は，革命の現状認識，選挙権の範囲，国王と貴族院の存続，の3点にあり，なかでも自然権としての選挙権を主張する兵士･レベラーズに対して，軍幹部H.アイアトンは財産による制限を主張して譲らず，討論は高揚した。…

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