The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-16 00:00:00

EVEN NG SUN.

TO URI) STANLEY.
sol.l7.l.4rdYwur address to your father's Lancashire serfs
too at a time when the attention of the country oas
the Zuch absorbed in subjects of substant al interest to induce
°Pe that I could commund public notice to an think so
eniflcant es the hicubrations of your Lordship. or would
acea'w, tisturb the oblivious dust which has already settled
Pacitno",th.em, but that the fortuitous circumstances of your
tally is (11'e t 0 your opinions an importance which
, tie neither to you nOr to them. The petulance ic.h
kkle!"sPi,eti /las been mistaken by others for political apta-
tittle', arid th Seroud insolence which men of sense have not
Portiott° 'chast, demands an answer when it passes wi.th a
tthic 6' society for ability arid independence. That respect
oitionatPlur character cannot inspire, it is your fortune to
And ,d for your opinion?, from the circumstancesof your party.
swan. %.115'n the smoke of your mimic thunder has cleared
iliatand left us an unclouded view of the enginery which has
report so Ennorous, one feels degraded in his own eyes
01,411, h e considers that the ignorance of his fellow-subjects
igteru. render it necessary for him to expose the yet grosser
er
olarit4lee which lam compelled to assign to you, as the most
of
Yoar
iconclu.ion to be derived from a deliberate perusal
ong3 eusion.
t thinffk that even your imp
udence coulcommandthst,„ ugh to sr ak of cons st, ncy, even to the human herds
ere hallooed up to the hustings to hear, or at least to
hYou• But when the people reproached the Government
acres ariog done little fur the country at a time when they
shat llPl'orted by large majorities, let them call to mind of
t -aterial% those majorities consisted, and they will rather
apo,,;r that, with such
rabblement of renegades and political
'aip,,s as the Grahams and the Stanleys as their apparent
tharl Ministers were enabled to avert so much mischief,
I 01: orprised that they effected so small an amount of good.
f"re that you affect to reoret the absence of opponents;
Nal ^el corivineed that in our'sorrow you will find sympathy
4'tflq, wh° respect truth and common seme, and who could
Itts6, grieve that no one was found to expose your pet:-
lion ",'„f the one, and your strenuous and persevering opposi-
t'do:d°,'"the J,llaines; dictates of the other. You acknowledge,
asso„,,t the subject on which you addresshereditary
'"a•
pp ,;' of Lancashire, is " the most important on which
~t Wit
ever made by the Crown to the deliberate judg-
‘at oitbe United Kingdom," and that you are little conver-
icy and confess your inability to deal with it—a strange.
tEeCon for one who calls himself a proximate Minister of
Rotiar.4l; but instead of your acknowledged ignorance st.ig-
Nt:„.t? You humility, and your confessed inability teaching
tatiNctin-ce,"4:l dtoiffitdencte,, the only seem to consummate your
toY furnish an additional illustra-
tha %horismetmhaPt you
srin;:°olB rush is where angels fear to tread."
tlet.buct insinuate that all this flapping of your wings on
t• i0,.,Z dunghill was the result of the secure consciousness
eyoll'ral bantam was crowing within hail; but to encon-
.ltioihenwith the hope that a period will be put to your career,
oali2e; let me entreat you to reserve the flowers of your
avooie,„r_u!r the parterre of Parliament, o hen 1 promise ou
• ktcnu'ltquet of your absurdities will be culled by hands
11-444 here ow to expose them. to the best advairage.
srs,sorie., „et rne pause, while I acknowledge with thankful-
lie ii4ault,e_ few acts of your life, which have tended to the.
14 nee stage, That it was not intended on your part, it
NI of hessary to *explain that it is calculated to promote the
is c°lllmunity; but it. must be_ confessed that in seek-
th,b injure ,
"bast e, .lour former friends you have effectually damaged
'4° 1 41;s' of Whiler accomplices in the conspiracy ef
lion;
41. • you.- r confederates contemn the proposi-
kd y, Ministers as calculated to rob them of their monopoly,
l*eteu4'al'eequall bitter in exposing the hollowness of their
tlahe, es tielircmitnenatnYulYaapproatch
grit epnipl of free trade,
g his from the language of both
°f olijectorl hat their compromise with injustice
ieh sPoliation 'of industry has failed equally to con-
ilLl‘tt,ftrien"des'.°ll.. rancour of enemies and to rouse the enthusiasm
e However such attacks may
_embarrass the
, sea -osier ueh
who now makes them, and however m
iNht N, which ou now hurl at the Liberals may be
f ''es tnanu gathered, and flung back among your:,
" hoist the engineer with his own petard,
he e NI as a guerilla partizan of free trade, who,
tin ,tlnot join the gregular army, can make independent war
chief
pro inconsistencies of partial monopoly. When your
1/4' hiri°Puses his modification of the sliding scale, I shall hor•
shall colleague's sneers at his flirtation with protection.
I.,!l"'tiorne, mind him of your argument that the benefits of all
thin; g 0 to the miller and the baker alone. Itshraeldl
uacr-o
slcaßea
of ownhauthodrity.
shed,etalLof
sliding prices.
14teltlitiosviti:;ouhr
vrerwyitwohrg immaixnim
maximise the evils of diminished
Ind mise the public advantages of greater
~eeessities' and when as a section of a charlatan cabinet, the
t place-keeping force you to propose what you call
haus. and thorough revision of our whole commercial
f°°:e h-i:thal,l the foreign plumage you may stick over the
toes ca •LS L 0 alarm the country gentlemen into a
.defence
“,ea Prtal shall be permitted to prevent a comparison he-
!ltitLit ei_Yq.ur itlinisterial. promises and your present prophecies
inapt or pernicious results. In the eagerness of. pur-
,k,ii„ }diee entered the enemy's lines and have unconsciously
444: ranks your opponents. shall. r.ejo_ice. if your
h,' °f the bastar character of the Ministerial hybrid shall
the.to tls
impreg "ernurnent that their only safety lies in taking
nable positi
.ofiercely And meanwhoe
.nobodon of total and immediate freedom of
s 1 call upon the country to observe
denounced any attempt at a mom-
llttir; of rheasexisting syscycles tem of onopoly as the man who Is
The.cabinet of one mthe first act of whose exe-
kllo._eeralstenee
be the adoption of that very step which his
for electioneering purposes, so scornfully rejects.
tilkt aVer that Lord John Russell stated in your presence
the
propos
t, to 2 e reduction in the pri.ce.of sugar would amount
0,11„, s• per ewt. You allege this m the face of the plain
to einiabie fact that his Lordship declared his intention to
,;!'ttlee the duty from 635. to 365., or by no less a sum
l'er cwt. Did you expect the public to believe this
'°11• '„
-,us falsehood', or to extend to you that charity which
• i'er extend to others, and to suppose that this " inge-
O? id "of ours was simply a misapprehension on your
really believe Lord John Russell when you un-.
IF qie ef Hi to say that 2es. were nbt 2.75., but only 2s. ? or,
► ,our poor Lancashire villanz cried out, only Is. 6d. ?
"I't not, why did you attempt to represent this as the
sou'_asure of relief? If you did, what sudden credulity
Ill,l4leraeted your habitual scepticism, and made you exhi-
aq.ll-4 'Llaborious mountain as the result of the birth of
11(1 'ltliculous mouse ? You cannot both have your cake
?4 tit'"l, You shall not be permitted, even before the
an haw. bacons that are restricted to your father's
ao ,u Yoar poll, to represent the change in the tariff
akithatiLhange at all, arid then to pronounce such
. " an alteration amountin to a colo-
Sion. Is the consumer to pay as high a price for the
•before, and yet the producer to receive only half as
,stairisas fu
nnerlyo Is the colonial market, which annually
dottr a tiatural fluctuation of more than twice the amount
littt4;ge elailte_g_e,d alteration, to be annihilated b a legislative
„43 F "!(-111g to only half the amount o the natural vicis-
p4t 14°,1;Priees? Are 2s. a hundred weight to submerge the
tOy"to4 Islands? Is the loss of " a small fraction of a
ttt It°P " the great experiment of emancipation ?" Are
Yale'ail e4t3' radr
Y pre., loos of other people s money which you so yourgne-
to di' rite d to the Gladstones snd the Lushingtons of y_
I,:°Lurssal'Pear in the blight of a farthing in the pound ?
1;0'41 ja-m)?ur blue file too grossly, and pull the wires of your
"° 'yes -"fPingjacks too clumsily for the indulgent and believ-
failcight Lancashire itself. Your farthing curse upon
,„„ to el, 'ohdred thousand of our fellow-creatures" will
11;44y- e.te the stupid wonder of your dupes, and the
fee win
ehat La patronise your eighteen-penny horrors.
tislireonee in the sugar duties must either be a boon to
I' 'a' therßer, or no loss to the producer—you cannot.
fals One pay much, and the other receive little.
Itith4th Caner. °ds, like all other inventions,
.. will not cohere.
ta,"atnit consistent, and hence it is that you never speak
c't eaetertog sentiments that are
andcotradictory and destruc-
h:lrt tlinr other. In the face of eclining revenue you
ittlettististt,:'" with the deficit, and then. denounce. them to
because they do not sacrifice still more of the
Nit You-..", In preference to a reduction of private. monopo-
felt iititt6,ead upon the country to impose new taxes upon
tte;"iniat-,L'ilan throw off the old burdens of protection, and
tle,i;',Oe IC: that they must rather destroy the very sources of
tikt`lo touch the sacred fountain of monopoly. Conti-
el' or support of the miscreants who, with the blood
0, I:nee th
yet
jingling e slave in their pockets, affect fear of
I:itatiountakernent Of slavery, you cement the alliance by the
Jahnr at " you could understand well the argument. if
ye: .tussell had proposed to reduce the duly on colonial
lioti`.‘ he hen you are in power this will be remembered, and
is t ohwiegealled upon to redeem the pledge which the.insinua-
-441146", How a diminution of the duty on colonial sugar
flied'No - toe article helper to the consumer, while an equal
upl'obi" that of foreign sugar does not, you will then. be
Put,'" plain if you can. The fact is, the ululations
tug have ,explain,
who, by . their plunder-plenished
tin''elot/;' Placed you for a moms nt in the slippery and slid-
itilet to be s power, are raised, not because sugar would con-
ts gin t) tlear, but because the proposed Budget would make
stZit.the , (heap. It is colonial and oriental gold, wrung
Pari,l°3 of agonised Africa, and the hard hands of
tOvide -'°os, that has gained for corruption a tempo-
r 'haod A": England is bring overmastered by her colo-
h r,. 1h .Asiatic nabobs and Jamaica planters are seizing,
11(,4af, etr minions and such willing tools as Peel and
kri.- 'lave ,e,'llagnificent empire of the mistress ot the world.
scse-s.,'''''d your soul to them—they have bought your
4°4 are slave. The proposed budget would
foo„ `ninuoity 6 000 0001., and you know it ;it would,
-Anal4.llleio',!f .from- taxation,',
turn a. deficit in the revenue of
ja-g.a Into a surplus of two millions, and you know it.
ttal„e gAihstmPly the consciousness that with the substan ial
resulting from this free-trade movement, there
iIIS 01141 equivalent resignatior. of privatedpl,urnadeor,.othuar.
othatdr iiiexorable masters compel
.you thoouteab d
th,, he !sliteable political depth which
ir t
not"l long submit to
lower still.
Not „nured, that Englishmen will
444ill't"h' broiled liver millionaires and palanquin dictators,
:31,Y.fail gum ark how the proudest Noble of Britain
qtiv pkihi- poor pppet cif Leadenhall brokers.
1110., Y have had pa
large enough dose of you for. one
°li;uw.°-1. °lark .lane meditations will keep cold until to-
4°, a uld have you in the interval consider, that. as
110ay e b-s"on to power your patronage will be extensive,
ar;t tit aPpointino me to the sinecure office of keeper
Isto'n-lin'ence, make rne some small return for this your
the science of political economy.
I am, my Lord, your observer,
SIDNEY SMITH.