The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

THE ADJOURNED DEBATE.

Mr. E. BULLER rose to open the adjourned debate, but,
from the confusion that prevailed, owing to the
number of Honourable Gentlemen who, at the moment,
left the house, his remarks did not reach the gallery.
He_ would briefly refer to the arguments used by the Hon.
Member for Shrewsbury, with regard to the question then
before the House. Those arguments consisted not cf any new
prep:osition, they were hackneyed statements always put forward
by the protectionists, viz., that an excess of importation would
lower the price of
labour. The House would at once perceive
that the
ones, . arguments brought forward were merely old
ones,
the talent of the Honourable Gentleman
placed in a brilliant light. He had sent forth a jackdaw
an the plumage of the
endeavour to show thalt).estrek. He ( Mr. E. Buller) would
Member were founded neither on arguments used by the Hon.
policy. The lion. Member rt just principle nor on sound
said that England could vie
with other countries. He told them to look at America, and
see if there was any great party thereuv founded on either class
interest or politics that would
Majesty'sedocae such a measure
25 the one proposed by her
would give,
would they find . any public man Government, or
it his countenance or .support.—( Hear, who
h
only way to induce foreign nations to adopt fear.)
were to
The
for this country to set them the example. If
they
trade was
show thole nations the advantages that were to be deeyribveed from
adopting free trade principles, they would not
to follow our footsteps. He was one of those who believedsi" 1
imports.
'The
it was wise to fight hostile tariffs by free im
The amount of imports from France, from the year l 8-3o3tsi)
1844, increased to 3,000,0351., whilst the exports of this
country to France advanced to 3,340,0001. On the other hand,
every year proved ti. e necessity of this measure. Instead of
sending English gold to Russia to purchase Russian goods,
which they would sell here to a disadvantage afterwards, they
would have the advantage of being able to get those goods in
exchange for English goods. He knew, how much had been
said upon this subject already, and therefore he dd not intend
to delay the House much longer.—(Hear, heari.) But the
Honourable Member for Shrewsbury bad warned the
Howe not to pass this measure. Now he knew nothing of
the arguments of the Honourable Member, but he had
heard that the Honourable Member mentioned the Turkish
empire in connexion with the question. He would say nothing
of the absurdity of comparing the two countries. One was a
country pre-eminent for its colimercial prosperity, while the
other was one possessed of a people so proud and haughty as not
to be able to appreciate the value of commercial enterprise, and
-who knew little or nothing of the steam-engine and power-loom.
I The Hon. Gentleman 'then quoted several passage; from
.11ati Sharaff, Prime Minister of the Grand Sultan, i.:
nyder to show the benefits of a good ruiministratiOn.)
The, greater the supply of food to the working classes the
greater was the chance of elevating their moral a
con dition. A' "heap and_plentiful n 4 °lsle°
supply of food enabled the
poor man to !weld his children to‘ school and to give them a moral
education. Gentleman the Member for Shrews-
bnry hat! been Lleked up as the embodiment of a " great
idea," and he (iNiz. Buller)
nig. listened with much anxitay
expecting to hear the
and attention,_ on i"riday
enunciation of sow great itriuciole tgovern the new g,nera.