The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-28 00:00:00

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importation of foreign corn—two reasons alike
.„ est
elusive. It was not to be introduced :re°i"
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country, because they could send corn bell ;cos
from the other, because they had none to send• h'edls
was held to be a sufficient reason for keeping t ie....-
as it was, and for saving the landlord from a P!Tve 0
(Hear, hear.) And were they really so serls'Lwil
all this ? Might there not be yet some further "7tb,
for this sensitiveness than any apprehension
ic!iiris
influx of Indian corn? There. was' no Tam,..:vv.:
India that could possibly create such InisPeoviaric
in their minds as to make them fearful of ev
preaching the shadow of an alteration in .theseriet
Was it not rather that the Ministers themselves'ic
held strictly to their allegiance ? It was ra4 itie
among the landowners that was dreaded, hut a jest
in the Cabinet.—(flear, hear, and cheers)„
those who created that Cabinet should take 101 l
their heads to destroy it, the members of it• Pru lic
abstained from making any relaxation in theier.„ 4i
If such was the miserable state of subjUghtiliod
degraded dependence in which the Adminiltll.l owe
this great county was placed, he thought, whelorthe
was so much sympathy for slavery of all kinal":„„„tked
negro under the lash; and even for those',Wlo:7o;fse
by their free consent in the factories, 4ireicot t
voluntary association should -be established )
emancipation of her Majesty's Ministers.."o
In those various indications, the attentive ierdbe
would see different forms and phases, conlTel or
intention of obstinate resistance, under one
other. He would naturally ask how was I,,7linas,
sistance to be maintained ?—where were
—what was its strength ?—(Hear, hear.) ow
met his eye which was made up of landoWneiltWa
with landowners free indeed, who held reee'r
full, but still, in right of the class to which theiraiet
longed, hereditary legislators—some of theal_4oo
have fought battles, and some of their raw 00
came by their titles and estates by wersewislY
than gaining battles. This class formed' a 00
tive body, when the capacity for law-main W-
presumed to descend from generation to gen .„ tbe
—(Hear, hear.) Another body there was 11;04
exercise of considerable influence, which Pa to,
to be a constitutional and fair Yepresen ore
of the,, people of this country. There, ty
some yecent returns which illustrated
relation in which the great bulk of the ee
stood with the possessors of landed property foot,
returns showed that of the English voters
~„01
sevenths were country voters. Of these e°w-601.
voters one-quarter of the whole number Were were
tenants-at-will. In Wales the country votershej s
differently divided, and the tenants-at-will „all
clear majority.—(Hear, hear.) Of 320,000 1)°,::d to
voters in England, 120,000 and upwards belonript
the lass of freemen and liverymen, and seetll3oge,
voters and pot-wallopers. (Laughter.)„
masses of these voters were capable of being ia"
upon by corrupt influences, and they were 0.4
fluenced, sometimes directly, but more f, ldepei
by indirect means. One man influenced his
bo
dent, or proteg, and he, in turn, influent
neighbour. Men filling the highest situatioaof
not ashamed to be parties to proceedings so°
kind ; and, only a few days ago, a cirell.rßb isso
was reported in the Morning Chronicle, whle
only one of thousands that daily took place' >n
binet Minister of this country, who had •w,,a tbs'
much reputation for skill in farming, advertise, bat
he had a farm to let—various offers we're ulal•ler eel
one was higher than the rest—the highestbicludiods
admitted to a special interview with the ire shr
agent, who having been satisfied with ,t, le°
raster and respectability of the proposed ter'"7,„ o'er,
on the point of deciding, when the following "litics•
sation occurred Agent—What are your ?
dos
Offerer—Liberal. Agent—What religious Pe Dl'
sion do you belong to? Offerer-1 ata 0,4011
senter. Agent—But the tenant of this farnilnicrosasl
go to church, and poll with his landlord .---k sicsiOee
Offerer—Then, Sir, lam not prepared t 0 s¢
my religious and political
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principles to geil,„,,„; ;cm
master's lust for power.' —(Cheers.) 01
Englishmen befooled, but if the system Il bort
roughly exposed through the press it would,u`loasei
out of existence. This was the way the landepeve
attempted to control the consciences of theireetal
ents, and too often did control them. They suarece j
say in the words of Campbell, " Oh, we bad
about God Almighty better than you do bad bee"
times." A few days ago an excellent schot„ its es
put down by one of these landowners beeau;„ot
lightened aad liberal mode of education dill "sole"
his taste, which was in accordance with 1410e;,i
Judge who presided at the trial of Muir andspe
and who said that no man had a right even,tc,`r,;pert
the Constitution unless he possessed landed PAit
Here, then, was a power which might long The ce,!,',
force of public opinion, but what would be.,_,e Ao",
sequences of that resistance ? Was it possieVfsee!A
such a feeling ashad been evinced in the Inal)20.071
ings that had been held there, and which r-091
to so large an extent throughout the countrriosto
possible with the strong conviction anddeteriato eP;
which millions and millions of their countrooo9",
tertained on this subject—was it possible that .t,yo
should result from such a collision ? Was josae.„,
sible that the consequences, the unhappyeells„7,ot fr„,
of the present condition of multitudes sholli"7,
duce their results in the limitation of maillt,eztar
industry—in the failure, one after anotile,,,Vogsel;
markets—in thealternation of seasons of vor.Y." g ion
mercial and agricultural distress—in saffering4t
deep than any charitable societies-, or _ anY„
system of poor-laws would ever be able waturl
these were gigantic, yet at the same tilelewrith,
evils, that must sooner or later be graPPl' t 0f.,4
by a statesmanship equal to the achievelan polyp
largest commercial reform that
elsebe dol!Aig
ever yet experienced. But what could soe I.rot
What else was to be done ? There Was nopie
of emigration, of exporting a portion of the
dot se. I,
this country to other lands. They dia for tifit
away their horses, or if they did it was on tmo
price, showing the estimate set ,„111— /got
worth.—(Laughter.) The horses alunif
about neighing by way of petitioning el'"4at
being for work ; he was too valuable for , let ,0
let him walk on two legs instead of fsa:..uri• din
have what was called " the human In.opirorAit
let him be capable of looking up in hig"..-1A 020
to Heaven ; let him have a brain where throryo 0:15.19
work in all its mighty energies ; let bila,...pirth";
beating with affection ; let him have s"" /02P;,y1,
arm, still all this could not avail him, all be
about asking for work, and perhaps ofistbst olti
that although a horse was valuable, yet that e the
' was worthless • and that the best thing out af...
be done with him, was to send svhr tia;
country.—(Cheers.) There was a t'highevo...
human being—they were told by the spareet,
thority---was " of more value than
—(Hear.) But this was not sal tilt'
sparrow was worth something to the eatisper: it
who could put it into a pudding, but efitewith
was neither wanted for work nor fit 'WI-, goew S.
seemed that the only thing that could "'" ,its,„oif"
him was to send him out of the countli;'d oilbrwbo
this hopeful idea was capable of bein eisi.jt..-thes_ht
there was a disposition evinced togd° raiwier t°
might enrich the land by their toil---W_,toiniloogli
earning their own means of subsistallou Oel
the support and gratification of others, eioasl, be
those others should dwell in distant rues' :lit el' off,
would, if such a policy could be wrnbo sbirrthae
driven in shoals to the coast, there ta.
„but
bound to some Cape—not of Good Hoe t0,A1117
most forlorn—some to Canada—a°l94ere .
and if they went in such vessels °sow roe'
given to emigrants as transports .1), (g Of
bound to eternity—startling the aef ''.4040,11,,t the,
(Loud cheers)—by an unexpeete" :•taid
colony of emancipated corpses. It wa,isstfon_•,o 0-11°
country was making strides in denlursi peol'' tIO
hold could spiritual teacher have °flea „to eilf-fear
had to battle earnestly for being alki'
,w hot
means of subsistence?—(Hear hear.) p
peleo • agno o
able hearing could they expect from g;';',6003
whom the law preached another gns, rxeea°ol,,
starvation, as opposed to their gosPez.r :clailf read'
plenty—a gospel denying thorn th.tt they ix the
which it was inculcated in the other
,rn. not , de'
2.5 k of Heavere?—(Cheers.) Less anee_!Zos. ana le°
influence of those teachers, as this rw-7/0,5 and 00
graded policy manifested its deformity'
,ptinged
must be their influence of every kind; .be pr ef
antecedent to learning, and all rauft. beft7thelft
by that work—the people must
be d,
could expect their minds to be ell ,the it isss
characters to be formed.—(Cheers.) •Lithougll tore
feature of this worn-out feudal polier:-.30ue11,._1011
a compliment to call it feudal, for it Lon' ain forif
sordid than anything that could 'be' LI opt tio
ism—the worst feature in this policy comfort
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war against the physical and spiritual
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people, it was that it warred agalf;, ed!lef it"
of the nation, it warred agancrilisatit,olo
and enlightenment, and again!!•
whols.L Age,
it, •
scif.—Hear, hear.) It tended,
na.tioo to
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owere a accomplished,rbari
th
overspreadt o turzi
the via opell jo it
cl-ctica:itn
tored banditti repaying
lessons the had learned by example otinct, eon'
fore them, through a long vista, Yeb_oloano
remoteness—blazing and roarinF-11 vonie weree,to
bathke the
la land
lution.—(Loud cheers.) publish Pe, ,_r_ DeartosAll
sneer at the League. Why the Le,,lre Leave 0 so
aristocracy—(Hear, hear)—to abuse rile stn e
ito,
them and ruin.—(Loud cheers.) 1-."
ecration the
between them and such hatred and eild obia!o,Jo
that s 0
;elalstisngo.fofm.enit 9enxecitwedoulhdoptehiinnk,rnsym7
but -03
otherwise be driven to desperation. J'htit dew
ofs
prospect in its peaceful and firm'
advance—a prospect of are-acljustmpw' and eritf.
restoration of amity between cl!ssa,, r;tesea_dosn
of a
_healing. for .the words which haLiteyests `ll
ne
bitterness—of a reconciliation between.l.D,,,,„,„ ty
at present stood at the extremes ofamin.e.lllol4
congruity. For all this they should