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ehY free trade in corn, corn would be any
er. But though he gave the date of the first
47n had f
n, which was delivered in 1840, when wheat was
was°l,i.h.e did not quote the date of the last, which
fral '-`,sered in June, last year, when wheat had
heer; more than 33 per cent.—(Cries of " Hear,
at;') • Ile had sometimes found people a little
lac:LH:ma to account for their arguments ; contendheg,
toy; and
did, at one time, that they should have cheap
teTs and stating at another that they did not intend
2.111 re the farmers by lowering the prices of their
how_ modifies. Many were at a loss to understand
t...Ar they could be benefited as traders, manufactur-
merchants, and consumers, without the lower-
.. of the price of food. Now these people
q
hadams went upon the assumption that they
that enough to eat already. They forgot
in there were at least 10,000,000 of people
eiiitu:si,e islands who were not sufficiently fed, and
for Lne growers of wheat were raising their produce
k)i the subsistence of not more than 20,000,000, at
thet'ents, of the 28,000,000 of their population ; while
,trest of the people, by their restrictive and suicidal
pen; Were thrown out of the market for wheat, and
heZliving upon potatoes, oatmeal, barley bread, or
tar'(Rear, hear.) Let those people into the
the et, bring them forward as consumers, and then
sraight not only sell their wheat to these newly-
-4..7 customers, but even enable them to buy
liiaiThfrom abroad.' A calculation had been sent to
*shie,Lne other day by a large biscuit baker,
train' was worthy of attention, as coming
gar. a practical man. He said that if they
of to the people of these lands 21 ounces
3, per per dey, that would amount to
it 1""" quarters of wheat ; and if they would allow
millions of the people to have this extra allowance,
to ,r' addition to what they had, it would amount
y Importation of ten million quarters of wheat:
113 was was the compensation which they offered to the
a,t) wners and the farmers.—(Laughter.) He
sf tild allow the people to prosper, instead
ao leaking them paupers, and then the farmer
odeshave them for customers. There were
eot:s when corn was sold as low, nay, lower, in this
perfntr.Y, under the corn-law, than it would be under
the eet free trade. When they had famine seasons, as
satsr3isinUst have if they limited their supply to these
they", islands, with their capricious climate—when
4et, had a succession of three or four years of famine
thesens, as they had had from 1838 to 1842, what was
siihc'!„nsequence? Why, they starved down and ba-
Mine' their population. He told those farmers
tilos would like to have their customers at home,
tra;,froln 1838 to 1842, 500,000 persons had emi-
tri from these islands to find food in other coun-
thier --(Hear' hear.) When, at the termination of
the ,triod of dearth, they had but one good harvest,
Issilsriculturists were astonished to find that they
tiset,Pet customers ready to consume the extra pro-
Isk Len of their land. IFhy they had been destroy-
cla:l:4eir customers by bringing down the labouring
ete;es to potatoes and oatmeal, and sending away
Nirs.sltian who had the means to emigrate to those
s which were not cursed with corn-laws.
kisse was of opinion—and he had said it in the
theit7 of Commons, where he never wanted to pay
t5O ocompliments, or say anything that would be
l% -easing to them—(Laughter)—that neither land-
terlartners, nor farm labourers had derived any
Ws„,",t from this system. He believed that land
thil'eg at this moment have been more valuable in
eked
if there had never been a corn-law. He
lkii7,4ed the Government last autumn to send to
1,4 yaribassador in Switzerland for an account of
4)5,1,11,,e of land in that country ; and he ventured
,"414,1',"1at land in Switzerland was at this time more
lied than land in England, although in Switzer-
je.,,,re was perfect free trade in corn.—(Hear,
?tress,' had never told the farmers, in all his
the reduction
that they must look for their remedy
kost reduction of rent.—(Hear, hear.) He said,
unfeignedly,
that if he were going to take a
fera twenty-one years' lease, he
tett l rather take it at all the present
acl. knowing that the corn-laws were to
s,
qiisaw'shed to-morrow, than he would take upon
'ktrieti: the burden of the land if he knew that the re-
el system were to continue. In the first case,
PerZid be sure that he was surrounded by a pros;
t4„lll4"he ,e°llllnunity, capable of consuming all that
h
brtL,roduce, and he would not confine himself to
the s7tuction of old fashioned wheat. But, in
totar,er case, he would dread the retribution that was
,43-1 uPori him in the shape of pauperism, income
-rell'„. rates of every description, and county as
`Nse.'',_ general taxes, which, if this system continues,
411 to render and. valueless both to landlord and
t4ll-with these convictions, backed as
1 y w,
A ""e by the most intelligent amongst the land-
4ind the farmers, why need they continue to
'l'ae Is is a close question?—(Hear, ear.) They
The no longer a body of manufacturers or traders.
lkai had the best of the landlords and the best of the
itlaiejs with them, and he did not despair ofyetrepre-
l'he lig the county of Buckingham in Parliament.
Iv°4lrie was nets far distant when the landowners
.merit '?,e-just as anxious to claim for themselves the
Prietont being free-traders, s. the West Indian pro-
1411r
1411 r rb.rs now were to profess their abhorrence
as is) Let them look- to what the
47:;1mint
tadaoun-e fore the best interests of agriculture,
IpeLimprovements in tillage. Who could go
ligh the coentrywithout observing the beautiful
tltot }Tie Which the draining tiles presented through-
'4Cl e land in all directions F—(Hear, hear.) If they
cttiri,..o that by the mere fright of free trade, what
IIA Tr
ee trade itself do for the land ?—(Hear, hear,
1,7°,41 three
He had a letter the other day
ss orthu he 1 d in which the writer
e,.l,ltt'llant he was connected with agriculture, and that
ufa•cturers of agricultural improvements, of
slit 0%8 tiles, &e. and that agricUltural chemists and
ntere--nected scientific improvements in a-
Al "nght to subscribe in presenting him (Mr.
with a piece ,of plate for his exertions in the
v's,stpfe'eeagri culture. He (Mr. Cobden) should have
liaelt. loh plate, and he would be bound the Duke
tt,'t Itigham would subscribe to it
-Iktinertt Picture to themselves the candelabrum
SIN uPon a tripod, with a sheaf of wheat in one
r)
a land a ship in
third Power-_oom in another,
if;es --the union of manufactures and - com-
Oki With agriculture.—(Cheers and laughter.)
S7ds ono doubt whatever that thet
should shakehmro
tr' Pres ri this question in less than five years
sNa,ent tinse.—(Cheers and laughter.) He was
;1'43,14 that they should make the question less of a
;Ito
ttwestin, and take agriculture more and more
,lisa,eeltr view on the subject. Agriculture was thed
haigl'ound on which they (the-Leaguers) stop
forme heard what had been said of the condition
`armors.had, There was a gentleman on the plat-
-411, oth 'els' them just now that he was in company
Ilitlßehter day with fifty farmers, when an in-
fit ear at his elbow whispered into
Ye; that there were not two out of those
lits4l-...5-ssWould not be bankrupts in less than two
Rear.) He (Mr. Cobden) was at a large
q,,._1401,„.e,}11 the Midlaiti Counties on the occasion
5o;',111a-,:eutog-match, at whiaS there were present
the'lle downers and in the coursd of discussion
tenanttilesition of the farmers they all agiSsed that if
k%t's ‘s,iii;'Y of the county was sold up not one of.
t:lilat 41 be found to be solvent ; and the result of
Is jets iv„.cilscussion, on the condition of the land-
tts tittsa that if they were sold up they would not
'ect ._
to solvent. He (Mr. Cobden) then ven-
Pitleni„;4row in an observation ; and he said,
-"e the, n, you have had it all your own way
yes,. eight and twenty years, and_ it
"1 N.' were not able to take care of your-
ser;:i,°w- let us, free traders, have a turn, and see
`ltei, for Shall not do better for you than you have
ILl'sairithe.e%lrselves."—(Hear, hear.) Now he hoped,
t," Ro aTence they had had to-night, that no one
rls44tits3' from that magnificent gathering with
its what they asked for—free trade—could
tfkrlttirtiVrLei the agricultural labourer. He (the
that hear ,14nourer) was as low as he could be.-
14,,,Ziaht What they had heard from Mr. Hunt
.44 -4 "uld be verified by the intelligent
't °I all
Vrag arts of the country—that if their
kraiatdeli cultsvated not up to the pitch
weseetiltivation, but up to the point at which
ksCsntialleatiltivated in parts of Northumberland
141 tlivettla „ that then those counties of Eng-
therre'duce double what they did at present,
t~tiTh:e.,,w'tould be three times the demand forl
(S'e-h.res,-;' had heard something about the super-
sttls'ea
eve of landowners for their acres.
%lilts eve o,lllld not allow any
.change to take place
h~le ow
thne.'"Pleasing to their eye. They would
th:Y, `lls 1r green lawns to be ploughed up be-
t4,,,,grandfathers had looked upon them ; and
esre,
liiwat, 'tee must look Upod them forsooth, though
s M no longer was covered with grass,
moss
That it sv ' superstitious reverence for the
wold a•
4 shish weuidu isappear before the stern neces-
Oki es the be imposed upon the owners of the
Ns and
ves in! saw no other means of drawing their
testing their mortgages, and showing
ft'le than be accustomed period in the west end
lt"ts treating their land as traders did
sal commodities, viz., as something
tar, the lily skin, science, and capital, they could
.htsr.s most possible amount of proclueile—
Os' w He
'S°4rai? ,ag that asked the farmers now present
ws. they
was most wanted to the land of
rhi~h"leh Would tell him it was capital,
he
\vow,' rneahti not backs of money,
tle ere , beuseless, but more P*llP3
stt there .
lt,.e thin, were now one, and .lice 1"45,4
‘rs - were f
, sea_ ss. now one ; also better plus, *
t sva-VTI better under-draining in every
htlt t‘ ont, the capital which they wanted: but
-%es_% as_ °I be

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tll -Ct,a give
it " valUeless unless it was allied with
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Pr, Ni,.., 1cr0,,, , nstant increase and production.—..lttllet '4l 0 " he asked how it was that there was
3 At Nit' 4 the I d 1-.• f ' ete tvar an w.aci, was necessary for its
went
ton p ii„ . ..
" a ?psi* vv ny, in this country there was
Q plethora of eapital. - 'Money was
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