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LONDON:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1841.

The difference between the two great princi-
ples of Government, of letting the people do t;.~r
themselves, and do for them, may be illustrated
by the conclusions to which the Tory Journals,
embracing the latter, are compelled to come.
The more the functions of Government are ex-
tended, the greater must be its expenditure, and
the larger must be the revenue it must exact
from the people. In the present condition of
the finances of almost• every nation, this consi-
deration should be all-important with statesmen,
to induce them to limit the sphere of their ac-
tion. It testifies that they have already tres-
passed beyond the bounds of propriety. The
Tory Herald, however, comes to an opposite
conclusion.

That Journal yesterday had an elaborate ar-
ticle on the sugar colonies, deploring the limited
of sugar, and devising means, for
the sake of the revenue, to increase it. From.the
article we might infer that the cultivation of
sugar should be regulated by Government, as it
regulates the number of men in the Navy.'
It
clearly made out that it was the duty of Go-
vernment to augment
the consumption of sugar,
which the Tories would not allow to be done, by
diminishing the duty ; and it went to recommend
that the Government should take on itself the
supply of the labour market in the West Indies
with labourers. Here is a specimen or two of
our Contemporary's observations :
It is not to be denied that the consumption of sugar is
checked by the increase of the cost of production in our
colonies. This check is not, however, peculiar to this
country ; it is common to Europe more or less. " Those
who have not seen with their own eyes," says Hum-
boldt, "what an immense quantity of sugar is consumed
in Spanish America, even in the poorest families, must
be astonished at findinn• that France requires for her use
not more than three or four times as much as the island
of Cuba." The fact h discloses is generally true as to
the United Kingdom. The consumption of sugar is
limited by the delicient supply. The supply of British
colonial sugar must he increased ; fortunately it can
easily be augmented, if proper measures be taken.
Our Contemporary then discusses at lengths the
immigration from Africa, which .he advocates,
and comes to this conclusion :

Without, however, now discussing this question.
generally, it is clear that any emigration from Africa
into the West Indies must be presided over, both in
Africa ;mt in the ColonieS, by Government; it cannot
be left to the guidance or direction of the planters.
The plain conclusion to which the herald is
driven is, that the Government here in England,
must provide, and if now, at all times, tbr the
due supply of labour by immigration throughout
the sugar colonies. The Houses of Parliament
must devise the means to send labourers to the
colonies from various quarters, and those means
must be carried into effect by the Executive. If
there b
.at any time too tew or too many la-
bourers-4 the consumption of sugar fall off or
increase at home, if the seasons abroad be barren
• or prolific, so as to make more or less labour be
required, the Government which is to take on
itself the task of directing and regulating Mimi-
- gration; will be resPousible, and bound to correct
the tenvorary and Permanent evil. Might it

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