The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-27 00:00:00

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Again the Reviewer avers, p. 403
. That noßefortmer, no one by the Ministers, ever deemed
low prices arising from production; any thing less than
iesaiAg. The high Mice of production, nut the 100 price
produce, is Use evil complained of.'
•' We reply, that the low prke of produce is now the
daily subject of complaint in all the country news-
papers opposed to Administration."
No doubt it is, but this is no refutation of the fact
stated by the •Reviewer. Whoever in our courts of
IF•v• enters the witness box, is sworn to tell the whole
.ruth, and nothing but the truth. In like manner,
whoever enters the list■ of controversy, should state
the whole argument, and nothing bet the argument, of
the adversary. In lieu of the above mutilated ex-
tract, we will, as we did before, lay before the reader
th• entire passage, which it did not suit this most
!earned of Dociois to quote.
Hitherto of• Mr. Canning's arguments against Reform.
before proceeding, very shortly, to state our owe view of
the question, a few words may be expected upon the subject
of bas iest& ; and we must take leave to express our surprise,
hat be should line condescended, apparently for no other
reason than to introduce some extremely misplaced merri•
meat, to make so gross a misrepresentation of the Reformers
este allege, that %Arm was the cure proposed ie 1817 for
high prices, and now for cheapness of provision. He ought
In know, that no Reformer—no one but his own colleagues—
ever deemed the low prices arising from abundance, any thing

less than a blessing. The high price of production, nut the
I.re price of kroodusfaio the evil complained of, and that is, in
Bred part, caused by the taxes mercilessly laid upon the
people by a Parliament, in cbOosing wbieh the people bad
il hide or no sharet-Llaid upon th'em in order to support pro-
fligate and senseless measures, principally intended to prevent
the people from ever acquiring their just share In that elec-
.scn, and to keep Mr. Carmine's friends in place-burdens
which, however unbearable they may prove, will never be
taken off until the people obtain that just share ; in ether
wdedsowettlibe Parliament Is Volbeeneil."
Reie the statement, as it respects Mr. CANNING,
*OM a very different shape from that which it as-
-haft's in " the revered and ruptured extract" of the
Doctor. Mr. CANNING had endeavoUred to bring
Reform into ridicule, by representing its advocates
as ascribing the distresses of the country either to
the'higb prices or the low prices, as it suited their 1
puttcse. The Reviewer repels this sarcasm, by,
affirming that Mr. CANNING ought to know that
pone but his own colleagues ever deemed the cheap-
mesa of provisions, arising from abundance, as other
than a blessing. The high price of production, he
then adds, not the low price of produce, it the evil
complained of. And can there be any doubt of this?
ft may be beyond the reach of our Doctor's compre-
hension; but it is not, on that account, the less ob.
vious or the leisirtrite. Let him inquire of the filmier,
:and ba silll tsllloo%aillmit he has no objection to the
low price of corn or of cattle, but the evil to him is
trill, rents, the enormous peer. rates, the burden-
, . I , 'Va... .
sonie'ilthis, the oppressive Itimsvmeelall the various
outgoings tildribter into the coat-price to him of their
productiow,itud'whieh their km price in the market
w, ! not-repij. Reduce that high rent, remove these
n100'60413 poor rates, isbe/is/4 these burdensome
/Kum, and elletisfiA these oppressive taxes, and
'ineieliirsPriees will return him a fair 'still sufficient
Nio6t. "It is not (he Will Say) the low price of pro;
.duce that I complain of, but the hig?t price of pro:,
Zuction." The farmer is perfectly iatelli4ible, and
the accarvy of the Relleirer's *argument is demon-
dtiated...Rpk the, ielf-coinptaceney of the Doctor is
s,.ite enviable: after having thus exposed his own
fthberifity, he Wets hts phtms, hnd frith the air of
!CWe .vlio 'had ievelted ail before him, exclaims,
"So much for his FACT!-qiolv for his /MG UIIENTS n
ffe it,..iills forth *tits shout ottriiimpli, pot iiterely be.l
file ;tie battle, but after his.defeat. Ehrold with hit
own praise, he strips, for a second cornbtat with re-
, Aubled. courpge—" Now for his ANGIJIILNTS n"
and he immediately arts-to thus:—
The Reviewer iiihfel,p. 396
" • That Mr. Cunning shows hh reverence for the Crchen by
assertinehal., to destroy tlas Monarehy, and at oboe convert
'Si ,:ttu iMepiiblle, we have only to Mike the representatives
of the people really speak the sense of the country.'-" Is not
Vie," continue, the Reviewer, " distinctly to admit that the
peoric of ibis fcluntry abhor kingly government ?"
.. This, •Whieb, being placed between inverted cous-
ins., affects to be a literal transcript, is a purposely
i- - met and garbled quotation. We will give the
passage in its unmutilated and intelligible
r, -
• :: i strange to see a man of !scutenesa like Mr. Canning
' 0 lot,• so twiny glaring inconsistencies; the rather that they
..r not only 'ln his reasoning, but, what is worse, in his
'• ' .i:s Thuar,be le a passionate admirer ofolar constitution
•lished-be `owes allegiance to the monarchy under
- - ' e wirs IBM ;" it is ' quite sdilleient for him to find
Hi. S, nes so;' just In Use use way that' Providence has
Idr 1 Brest Britain to be an island, our adcostere have,
era ....memorial time, ascertalued it to be a monarchy!' mod
ylqv inot es equal reverence for the imperfecUens *hide
argot yesterday. ,ho rottenoess which Lime has engendered,
mad 1.14‘ exermennees which, within the last thirty years, have,
friar mere aceudrnt, grown upon the system. Nay, he is tho-
r9essilly piwsueddd that all these adveatitions parts are assen-
-1411) Tannery to its existence, and be seems to conclude
4i,tiA„siontarteste assurance, that the most venerable of
;.•*.trili governments could not go on for an hour without the
444 or Aye west flagrant of possible abuses. But for the
k ree e I. is reverence is in an especial manner exemplary ; and
iht noshows it forth by mauling (and it is a favourite topic
with him) that, to destroy the monarchy, and at ogee convert
it mete a republic wo have only to make the representativ
is r oklv tally speak the same of the Crown ! ' Against
h . r rtastirhbly so constituted,' he says ' no monarchy
nd ; such a government most be pranliesify. whatever
I .-, io name, it tepublic.' Is net this distinctly to ad
mit timstthe people of this country abhor kingly government?';
'Malik does our bold combatant of the New Times
ipt.Ale 'to this? "The ntan," Says he, "who can
argue 41 this manner must be far beyond the reach of
retuon ,ir conviction." Truly this is one way of get-
(fag out of the gasconade. 'When you keep bring away
at an adversary without effect, it is politic so re-
iptititt him as not being within the range of 'your
taint.

As to the fate that must overtake us, should " we
make the Representatives of the people really speak
the seii4e of the country," the predictions of his Ex-
teem of Ltssos need not much alarm us. There
fall° 4:..at likelihood of any sudden shock: there will
at Ws.' Le "Peace in our time." While we can have
a e,:uib from Mr. CANNING and a speech from the
FORAItI et SECaISTAaY, we are safe. As for our Con-
st;tutif.u, it has the security of the Court Caheadar
.—qtrat dam harm it?