The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 4,1844.

The progress which the Anti-Corn-law League
has hitherto made in the spread of free-trade opiniOns,
and in the advancement of anti-monopolist principles
and feelings, among the people of Great Britain and
Ireland, is at once a most signal testimony to the zeal
and industry of that body, and to the truth of the ,
doctrines, which its Council have laboured to instil
into the public mind. Never, in the memory of man,
did any cause make such rapid marches, or move
onward with such resistless energy, as the cause
which the Anti-Corn-law League espoused, and.
which has shaken to its very centre the empire of
monopoly, and reduced all its strongholds.
" Truth is great, and must prevail," has been the,
motto inscribed upon the banners, which the Anti-;
Corn-law League have carried in triumph, through.
almost every county and province of England and.
Scotland. Plain and convincing truth, made plainer‘
and more convincing, from the purity of principle,
and the sincerity of heart, by which it was enforCed,,
has been brought to the doors of every thinking. man
in-the empire; until, at length, even the unthinking.
herd, who are found among all ranks, caught the'
mound, which roused them •to some exercise of
their faculties, and led even them, to • the
conclusion that monopoly could not be intended
for the benefit of the masses, but must be, and was,.
stupported for some exclusive, some privileged class,
which derived advantage; and sought to draw its
- support, from the continuance of one general impo-
sition. ,
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The monopolists alarmed, frighted froM their Pro.:
piety, forgetful of the many bitter taunts they-have
,us 4 against Sir ROBERT PEE 4 fOr allowing such a,
body as the League to run its course without re=
stiaint or interference by the Law-officers of the
Crown, and totally regardless of the evils which
spring from organized agitation, so long and so ear—
nesqy denounced by them, have, it appears, formed—..
what do our readers believe ?••A NaTiorret.
AxTz-
LEAGUE Assoc-xi...now. Not a society for the promo
tion of agricultureot an association to improVe the:
conditiorb:of the fanner orthe farm labourer—not a
united"b4To*YOTObrades of grass grow where
only oneigrew befOrp.swlslo, purely and entirely, an
ASSOULlitilblt: • 'Arid ato such an As-'
aociation they have dared to.4ll4liAi4ie of National.
why, if they had . called iti anti-national, there
Would have been sense in their designation, and the
':intent would have borne out the -natrpa; but to call
it body, with monopolist inaltreir-- with 'Views'
Oxelusively for the benefit of. One
body—is to use terms strangely at varience with the
truth, and to misapply language moit groisly.
The Anti-Corn-law League fills - Coyent-gar-
den Theatre weekly, with audiences 'delighted
and eager to hear the principles of free trade
expounded. The Anti-League Association, . ne:t
daring to tread the boards •of the ,great
theatres, has announced its lebut at a Minor
place of entertainment, and .this .evening its
Great National Anti-League demonstration, for so the
cards of admission signed and sealed by the , secre?
tsry, declare it to be, at Freemasons' Tavern. Who
is to be in the chair, or who is to speak to the meet.