The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-06 00:00:00

EXTREME MEASURES.

The Sun newspaper has startled the monopolist
journals by advocating the doctrine that the people are
the proper judges whether a law ought to be obeyed, and
that the Corn-law, being murderous in its consequences,
ought to be evaded, or if possible resisted. The Sun
puts the matter entirely on the ground that the Col n-
law violates the great principles of right upon which all
society is founded, the right of every man to live by the
sweat of his brow. There can be no doubt of the truth
of this position. We should deem it meritorious to
evade the Corn-law, and if, to-morrow, we could land a
million barrels of flour on our coasts, and deliver it to
the starving operatives of Yorkshire and. Lancashire,
free of the landlord's tax, we should consider ourselves
not merely justified in rendering so great a service to
the cause of humanity, but actually performing a duty
to the God of justice, who has declared in his sacred
volume, that the food of the whole earth was created for
the use of all mankind.

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The Sun puts the question of resistance to the Corn-
law as a matter of expediency only ; the people being
left to decide whether they are able to resist it success-
fully. By " the people" we presume our Contemporary
means something more than the great majority of the
people. There can be no doubt that five-sixths of the
community are opposed to the Corn-law. Would The
Sun then counsel rebellion ? Nothing of the kind. That
able and excellent Journal knows very well that some-
thing more than numerical strength is required. We
must have a large preponderance of the mind, the wealth,
and the religious feeling of the country on our side, to
which point we are fast approaching, and then we shall
be able to resist the Corn-laws, not by rebellion, but by
the more effectual means of abolishing them.
We have formerly called in question the right of the
landowners to make a monopoly of the first necessaries
of life. Monopolies, by the Sovereign, were declared
illegal by the highest authorities more than a century
ago. They were, in consequence, wholly abolished, and
if our present monarch were to attempt to revive the
system, it would be perfectly legal in her subjects to re-
sist her authority in that particular, and the judges
would give to such resistance the sanction of law. The
time is, we trust, not far distant when it will be held
equally a violation of the law of the land for the land-
lords, or any other class, to do what the Queen is pro-
hibited from doing.
As the Monopolist journals appear to be somewhat
fluttered by the doctrines put forth by The Sun, we must
take the opportunity of telling them that similar views
are rapidly taking hold of the public mind. There is
an increasing distrust spreading, as to the possibility of
abolishing the corn monopoly by peaceful means. Sug-
gestions pour in upon us from many parts in favour of
all sorts of schemes for accomplishing our object. One
of the greatest dangers to which the patrons of the
Morning Post and the other honest advocates of monopoly
(we do not include the hectoring Times in the number)
are exposed, is their profound ignorance of the state of
public opinion. They would do well to regard the doc-
trines so ably advocated by The Sun, however distasteful, a
as the opinions of large and continually, increasing
.
body of the community.—Anti- Bread- tax Circular,

STRANGE DELUSION.—On Wednesday a long
investigation was gone into before Mr. Baker, the Co-
roner, at the Royal Oak, Galway-street, St. Luke's, on
the body of Elizabeth Morgan, aged 55, whose death was
alleged to have been caused through improper treatment.
Maria Walker, of 31, Cross-street, Islington, said she
had known the deceased about 12 months, by living at
No. 41, Ironmonger-row, St. Luke's, and for some time
past she had suffered from a spasmodic affection. On
Tuesday last she was sent for to attend the deceased, and
found her very ill, and complaining of a violent pain.
Hot fomentations, castor oil, and leeches had been ap-
plied, but no medical gentleman was called in, it being
against the religious tenets of the sect to which the de-
ceased belonged to do so. The deceased might have had
one, but she declined, sayinn' 40 could do her no good.
The sect, to which she also belonged, styled themselves
" the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints," their
place of meeting being in Castle-street, Cow-cross. They
dated their origin from the Apostles, and treated their
sick according to the following, taken from the last chap-
ter of the Epistle of St. James—" If any be ill amongs
you, ye shall eall for the elders of the Church, and anoint
ry
yourself with oil in the name of the Lord." The jury
returned a verdict of " Natural Death," with abotfteetshecatt
the present inquiry would act as a caution to
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how they acte ji4t
'2.—We are sorry to medical cases for the future.
have to an-
nounce '
that seven of the large mills in Bradford corn
last. This is
menced running short time on Monday"
—York Courant.
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MAGNUM BONUM
from an espalier in his garden, 17 ap-
ples,
recently gathered Farm, in the parish of Fivehead, Somerset,
of Stowey
131 inches each, and in horizontal
three of which weighed 3lbs., and measured round
the nose and stem
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