The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-19 00:00:00

CORN-LAW FALLACIES, WITH T E

ANSWERS.

(Continued from The Sun of Monday. )-
37.—The depressed state of ANSWER.—What can de-
our foreign trade, and the ex- press our fora i•gn trade lower
elusion of our flag from coasts o:an a prohibition upon im-
i.m.ome.
morially open to our us.
u nos enterprise, is to be di- what the people here
rectly attributed to the absurd want portingto buy ? What use
abandonment of the power to in talking of the exclusion
redress insult, and defend of our flats, when we can-
the mercantile interests of not hinder our own Legis-
Britain.—lfull Packet Aug. lature from forbidding its
,
3, 1838, appearance for the only pur-
- pose we care for—profitable
• commerce ? What use in
defending the mercantile interests, when they have not in-
telligence and union sufficient to defend themselves against
such absurd tyranny as this ?
38—That the Corn-laws A.—Give us for 20 years
are " The charter of security a tax on home-grown corn,
to
all branches of industry,
especially to the manufactur- for die sake of increasing the
iinsg3s.interest."—ld. Aug. 31, quantity purchased with our
manufactures, and brought
by our ships from abroad,
and we will demonstrate that
oustr
this tax is " the charter of security to all branches of in-
,,
es
, over-trading
to the agricultural interest." From what
uti.allger of over-tradin would that interest be relieved !
11°W Powerfully would the agriculturists be struck with the
cannexion between the benefit to the manufacturers, and to
themselves I How unable to refuse acknowledging the vast
improsement the increased wealth of the manufacturers
roust make in the home market ! Can the agriculturists be
sure how long it shall be before this kind of le.r talionis
shall be tried upon them ?
39.—The diminution of ex- A.—Any reason but the
ports in
1_
1837, contrasted with fact, that we are prohibited
1836, amounting
is, to a sitoconneaderly- from trade by law. There
, is no use in allowing us to
cable extent to be attributed
to the shock which commerce trade in anything but what
sustained in the United States;an will 2; ay. There is an em-
but the imminent d rto bargo on the merchants'
which our mercantile suep re- counting-houses in Hull, in
In, a°3' is exposed, throucrh-the the words " Thou shalt not
-insufficiency of our naval force trade in what, being brought
l!'.0 protect a trade penetrating home, would sell with a pro-
wls° all parts of the world, fit ;" and then the blame is
8z,(1 the utter incompetence of to be laid on shocks in the
Miaiste.rs to watch with states- United States, and want of
manlike sagacity over the ope- expenditure on men-of-war.
ration of principles developed We want to be allowed to
"y. the great men at the helm " penetrate," where nobody
o..etmasff.airs its foreign countries,
will stop us. Incompetent
17_,.
Sept.s una verted, and &c.—
enough the Ministers may
4'.4 7, 1838.
be ; but it was when they
put one of themselves for-
ward to declare, that die prohibition of trade was essential
to " the stability of the general institutions of the country."
40. The commerce of A.—The commerce of
England is suspended with England is suspended with
the whole coast of South the Continent of Europe ;
A.mersca. A French blockade which is vastly worse. No
la instituted to ruin British need of a French blockade ;
commerce. Where is the
legislators, of whom every
glorious pennon, of Albion—
one has sworn to a personal
Where her hardy tars?—_'l• interest against us, hold us
;n blockade far sorer. Where
is the glorious pennon of
4‘;:jon—peshaps, they can tell at ;tie Admiralty. But
Where her hardy tars—may be answerC*4 by saying they
are in dock ..st home, by virtue of a prohibitiOP upon foreign
trade.

41.—The alternation olf de- A.—As well tell a man
pression and resuscitation in who is hanging, that the Al-
trade we believe to be periodi- ter_ -tions of depression and
Cal ; and that the channels of ''''. • ---, in his choking
our commorce are again work- resuscitate,- •t. at we
ing clear of temporary ember- are periodical ; .... r
xassments.—ld. confident the channels ..:11 his
breathing are working clean
of temporary embarrass-
'events. When there is a visible rope round his neck—a pal-
pable cause, which all the time is dragging him to his
destruction.
42.—But were it otheec' A..—Why not all classes
-wise, did imminent danger ex- be ruined as well, by the
ist of our expulsion from the withdrawal of protection to
markets of foreign countries, th,t. British manufacturer in
'thehoe-
he ruin of all classes can only
the shape of a tax cit! horne-
t accomplished by one mea-
tectionhteo tulit
gore,
British
hal
never f out, thatlV ti Will
r a men
ne ny
—ld. F(?afrrn:or: groini
pccio,rn?
is a perilous lessson when
other anon learn to read.
43. —Ever m n I has A.—Not one of them a
'resided abroady a wto .
-is to ,d , knows what it reason why the ra r m
. er should
and lave a perpetual sunshine
hammer
sky, during the rob his w o h lesonfe neigh-
Lan; er months; to see the hour.. The farmer says he
est in Languedoc and cannot compete ; and the
..,Provence,u,boused by the middle manufacturer can. Why
"1 J ne ; to witness a labourerl •
ten, i ,is the manufacturer
cont
ent to banquet on a piece
(.1. light spongy bread and a 'who can, to give way to
the farmer who cannot?
Lunch of grapes ; to behold a
tenantry paying sixpence an
ten Supposin g the claims to be
4cre for rent, rates, and taxes. otherwise equal, in what way
......id. does the ability to compete,
throw the propriety of giving
way upon the manufacturer ?
But the secret looks out at last ; it is all tc. make rent, for
those who were born to the profession of bLing owners of
land.

DONCASTER SI. LEGER,.

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DONCASTER, TUESDAY.
The following is tho result of the St. Leger :
Lord Chesterfield's Don John 1
Colonel Peel's lon
Mr. Parking's Lanercost 3
Seven Ltarted.

DONCASTER RACES.