In 1800 Thelwall reappeared as an elocution teacher , which in practice was a combination of speech therapist and rhetoric teacher . His career was very successful , and by 1818 he had earned enough money to buy a journal , '' The Champion '' , through which he called for parliamentary reform and in which he " denounced the government ’s actions in the Peterloo massacre , and voiced scepticism about the Cato Street conspiracy " . His volcanic style and political views , though , were not fitting for the middle class public of the journal , which ended up in considerable losses . Thelwall therefore resumed his lecture touring and died in Bath during one of those tours
Peterloo massacre
Peterloo Massacre
John Thelwall