Editing London Corresponding Society (section)

===The first Edinburgh Convention===
At the end of November 1792 the LCS published an ''Address of the London Corresponding Society to the other Societies of Great Britain, united for obtaining a Reform in Parliament'' expressing confidence in the prospects for obtaining a reformed, democratic franchise through "moral force".<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Address of the London Corresponding Society... for obtaining a Reform in Parliament|url = http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/address-of-the-london-corresponding-society-for-obtaining-a-reform-in-parliament|website = The British Library|access-date = 2015-12-12}}</ref> A national convention was called for [[Edinburgh]] in December.

The LCS delegates' host in the Scottish capital, and perhaps the most radical delegate present, [[Thomas Muir of Huntershill|Thomas Muir]] of the [[Society of the Friends of the People]], himself said nothing that was not strictly constitutional. An address which he presented from the United Irishmen (largely drawn up by [[William Drennan]]) was made acceptable to the Convention only by redacting any suggestion of "Treason or Misprison of Treason against the Union [of Scotland] with England".<ref>{{cite book |last1=McBride |first1=Ian |title=Scripture Politics: Ulster Presbyterianism and Irish Radicalism in the late Eighteenth Century |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780198206422 |page=123}}</ref> Beginning with the title "Convention", and including an oath to "live free or die", the "imitation of French forms" did cause the authorities some alarm. Minor prosecutions were instituted.<ref name="Cole" />