The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-20 00:00:00

THE NEW MOCK FRIENDS OF THE NEGROES,

Advise the working men of Derby to beware of Whiggery
and trickery ; I say, beware of TORY Roc VERY !
A REPEAL of the CORN-LAWS is the poor man's justice
Cheap sugar is the poor man's luxury I
These monopolising vampires say, cheap bread means low
wages. Ask the rogues if they can tell you of any poor man,
whose wages have been raised with the great advance in the
price of food? In 1836, in Derby market wheat was sold fur
36s a quarter, it has since been sold for 80s. !!! Sugar was
then 6d. a pound, it has since been 10d. !! ! Meat was sd. a
pound, it is now Bd. Cheese was then sd. and 6d. a pound,
it is now Bd. and 9d. All other food is dearer in about the
same proportion !!! What were your wages then ? What are
they now ? In 1836, all the mill were at work s What is the
case now? Beware, then, of these mock PATRIOTC,CANTI NG ii um-
BUGS ! To relieve your distresses, they would give you a hu-
mane Factory Bill 1 Would that increase your emOoyment, or
your wages? They would also give you Church Extension for
one sect, at the expense of all others ; they would make every
poor man's house a Sunday lock-up ! and prevent them from
enjoying railway travelling, or viewing the beauties of crea-
tion ! In supporting the starvation Corn-laws, they make lock-
jaws for the poor, ty depriving them of bread ! No! Tell the
hereditary enemies of the poor, the Tories, you want cheaper
bread ! cheaper meat ! cheaper sugar ; and cheaper coffee ! a
more equal distribution of the State taxes, and an entire aboli-
tion of the monopolist's taxes. Tell them you want more work,
and to live by your honest industry ; your motto is, " Justice
to all," " Live, and let live," " Free trade," and the poor
man's rights I Raste to sign the petition for the repeal of the
Corn laws.

" A PETITION for the REPEAL of the BREAD TAX,
from the Wives and Widows of Derby, Mothers of Families,
who are dependent upon their Daily Labour, for their Daily
Bread, now lies here for signature."

THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS ! !

WHAT SHOULD WE GAIN BY THE Al OLITION
OF THE CORN-LAWS?

" It may, perhaps, be asked, What would be the effect of the
abolition of the Corn-laws ?" The answer is-1. It would
reduce the price of all provisions. 2. It would increase our
trade with all corn growing countries. 3. It would enable
the people to spend more money upon clothing and other requi-
sites and would thus invigorate the home trade. 4. It would,
consequently, increase the employment of our working po-
pulation. 5. It would secure a regular supply of food,
and much lessen the amount of poverty, sickness, mendicity,
crime, and sedition. 6. It would prevent British capital from
being taken out of the country, to the loss of our own labour-
ing class, and to the employment of foreigners. 7. It would
enable the labourer to exercise his right of selling his labour,
and buying his food in the open market of the world. 5. It
would destroy an unnatural, impolitic, and unjust monopoly in
the property of land, restore it to its natural price, and give to
agriculture its proper station in the country. 9. It would re-
lieve farmers, by reducing the poors-rates and county-rates, and
creating steadiness in prices. 10. It would put a stop to the
sudden drains upon the currency caused by paying in gold for
corn in cases of emergency. 11. It would increase the capital
and the resources of the country, so as to enable us to bear our
national burdens with a less degree of suffering. 12. It
would possibly interfere for a time with the luxuries of 30,000
landowners, from whose income the expenditure for food is only
as one shilling from fifty, whereas the expenditure of the work-
ing man is as fifteen from twent,'.
" Let no one, whatever be his station in society, imagine
that he is not interested in the repeal of the Corn-laws. The
labouring man, the tradesman, the merchant and shipowner,
the fundholder, the agriculturist and landholder will, upon in-
quiry, find that most of the evils of which they have to com-
plain may be traced to the pernicious influence of these unjust
laws.

" The Corn-law question is not one of party politics : it is to
be hoped, therefore, that persons of all classes and of all shades
of political opinions. will join the Association, and assist with
heart and hand in the cause.

" If, however, the Corn-law question be not one of party
politics, it is undoubtedly a religious nne. Religion requires
of man to do justice and love mercy. Is it acting justly to the
labouring man to put an exorbitant tax upon his food ? Is it
mercy to make the hungry more hungry—to make the naked
niore naked? Is it showing justice and mercy to decrease the
demand for labour, thereby filling the workhouses with paupers,
the streets with misery, and the gaols with criminals ?"
P. S. For proof, read the examination of the Select Com-
mittee by order of the House of Commons, on the Custom
Duty.—Price Is.