Plain Remarks Upon The New Poor Law Amendment Act by Thomas Garnier. This early 19th-century pamphlet is addressed to the labouring classes and advocates reform of the Poor Laws. Garnier argues that the Settlement Laws and the allowance system have produced moral and social decay by restricting mobility, encouraging idleness, and depressing wages. He praises the 1835 Poor Law Amendment Bill for introducing a permanent administrative structure—an improved overseer, a board of guardians, and three crown-appointed commissioners—to manage relief more justly and transparently. The text defends the idea of workhouses and regulated relief, while condemning abuses that foster vice and dependency. It also proposes making the maintenance of an illegitimate child the mother’s responsibility to deter bastardy. Throughout, Garnier appeals to national welfare, religious duty, and the interdependence of landowners and workers, arguing that sound policy and moral reform can raise wages, reduce poverty’s burden on parishes, and restore social virtue through disciplined labour and faith.
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