The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-18 00:00:00

power and exceeded its functions when it proceeded
to interfere with, to control, or to coerce the labour:
ing men, or their transactions in their individual
capacity, while they did not in their mercantil.,
trading, and laborious- pursuits commit an nt
fence against society.—(Loud cheers.)
Now th
had all confidence in the soundness of
'thyat
doctrine. If they had wanted that confidence in the
beginning, it would have been inspired within them
by the fact, that just in proportion as that doctrine
had been proclaimed, argued, illustrated, and ream'
mended, did mankind receive that doctrine. Er°
e
those who did not give them the benefit of their an
sistance, were compelled to do homage to the truth ot
their maxims in the abstract.— He hear.) They
were told in high quarters -that it• Was the right 0,
men to buy in the cheapest, and -sell in the dearest.
market.—(Cheers.) They were told by an authorilft
almost equAy hih, at all events by one who
sstt
the feet of the Ganialiel whom he had already qi!etel,
that the doctrine -of free trade was the doctrine,,°f
common sense. Yet he persisted in violating therigl:
which he admitted, and his deviation from eorno4
sense was sufficiently aarent in the discussion :a
the motion to which the gentleman- who preced",
him had adverted.—(Laughter.) He was as the
admit corn from India, from Australasia, from
Cape of Good Hope, and from other colonies ",°,
dependencies of this country. " No," said he,
iii
refuse to concede this measure; because fr.°,
such and such colonies, which are not 11
porting colonies, no corn can be sent, tind
therefore the measure is not wanted ; 14,nr
I will not concede it in the case of the °Pet
colonies, because they can send corn, and we Pus., '.
not excite the fears, or disturb the minds of the geot
tlemen around us. "Lastly," said he, "I nannse
listen to the argument drawn from Canada, hecalica,
Canada, at the time when this measure was grant ,0
was in a peculiar attitude. We were comp
nature
to
enter into an arrangement of a conciliatory natt!th
with regard to that colony, and this measure, Ivint.
respect to corn, was part of that arrangelte,,er
Now you do not pretend to say that eTcloil
our South Australian colonies, our South Afritbe
colonies, or our Indian dependencies, are
position of the Canadas at the time when`' ny
granted this measure ; therefore we shall uit
. it." The plain English of the matter avo.iii
Canada was in an attitude of rebellion, ape
not unintelligibly of a separation from the 01%,,, ;
country, and having actually put herself under or;
Ste
whilst the other colonies were peaceable, loyal'
tacked, and would be contented with a small ineas°,o.
of justice. Therefore the doctrine of this drog
gui*hed gentleinan was, that in order to get ank,.%01,
from the present Administration, they must pat ,T„bie
selves in a peculiar attitude.—(Laughter.) A ."),-,N
Lord seemed .to have found this out, and he, Aft,
therefore, assumed the attitude of the celebrate", -tba
Cade.—(Laughter.) But they did not regal' 'to.
question in the abstract. They regarded it as ,a P.
tical one—as one of vast importance to this and e';osi
other country to the end of time. In its honest
ed
impartial application, this great principle wouldta
away all those restraints which had been so frelluriieli
. exposed and denounced in that place, and Ili 00
formed the sole hindrance to the free exchange %es.
products of industry. It would welcome t° .4%e
shores the accumulated riches of every other a°ll'
Like mercy,

" It is twice blessed; 0
It blesseth him that gives and him that takekioil
It was impossible to contemplate the events withotit
transpired within the last three or four years
feeling, as lovers of their country, the most sinec: ssal
poignant distress. While on the one hand, thelaele
tench to minister to their pride as Englishmen ;oar
was still more to excite dismay, wonder, and ce`ilolei
sion. Their greatness as a nation was unde°se
and he wished for a moment to fix their eyes on that,re
_,Fi
ness, that they might stand astonished at the st„,
ness of that distress which prevailed over the
of
and breadth of the land. From the shores 0' tsel
island they had embarked upon the wide oceaniA the
had spread their sails, and visited and expin;ool.
uttermost regions of the earth. They had cl°Peatifri
They had conquered and colonised the most heia.4lte
and fertile tracts of every region. They hn-allte
to the number of those who owed and owned 100
glance to them, of every creed and of everf,,ev tb°
By the prowess of our sailors and soldiers, ,s 1",
skill of our naval and military commanders, 'lel"
talent of our diplomatists at home and abroad, Wt, an;
subdued—utterly subdued, many nations. °,ll/000'
rivalled manufactures in every department had off
their way into the habitations of men in aktrinf.ollf
of the world; and by the combined strenenm 0,1
moral, our political, and our physical influer:,
had made the whole world tributary to us, an c,
the earth itself, with all its riches above and he:t Oft
to lay its fruits and exhaustless productions Poyifi:
feet.—(Loud cheering.) Look at the " tho
which existed in this country. •A tipere
moment, in that very city, it was a
abundant—it was almost superfluous,
~_1113,0006'
mode of investment was grasped at whin°
the smallest amount of return with security'
owner. Our ships were floating in all waned"'
were to be seen in every part of the world•
bfatie
they were only awaiting a system of free 'tee°
bring to our shores, and pour into our laps the r 1)
ing riches of our universal mother earth—(Chesa
mankind all over the world were ready t°, testi",
customers, and millions of them, as he could ivale•
from travel, were deprived by our laws of the
etofei
of benefiting by our inventions and our manlita °ll,
Our powers of production were ample, 'tifttece,s;
facilities, from our insular position, our high P:ced
and our political power, were advantages pest-foll°o
no other nation. Our valuable minerals we'ltq to
in such abundance, and in such Close contiollia
each ocher, that, in many spots, the ore fn theli;
raised and smelted in the same district. Vg te'
wer of
sand streams flowed through our fields, -ctieti
times ten thousand machines for the produ
csdce
those descriptions of manufacture which woof mloy
lated to minister to the enjoyments „,5e1,,,1
kind. But in the midst of these, rt
he was, impoverished as he was, berg
as be was, hopeless, dispirited, moody', 7 toi?:De
contented as he was, and rebellious as moot de
be, stood man, the lord of all—a diadem., t 00
whole.—(Cheers.) It was on this fact
sired to fix their attention that night. Then give
present moment there might be found, in 6°,v if;`7
,lic
of the country, the semblance of tempor°;•ioefros
perity, yet they would find, in the 1", ~se
neighbourhood of that splendid edifice, hi.eiee to
which the fires had expired--cupboards ws"iicirelte
empty—and-young mothers rocking their e"s 0f by
sleep, with hearts wrung with the prospect o°o
morrow, frightening hope from their breast,sl.esa 11l
the dread of being incapable of finding "„siflni
their children. Such scenes were to be We' to _
over the country. He challenged•any el'e- 0 000
to any part of the world where, in proportle°f
buoy'
population, they could find an equal numherknot 11,3
beings who were utterly destitute and with cool Cba
It was in England alone that such seene,sloler4s4
found, and they were there to be witnesso f ye!"
walls of custom-houses, close on the steF,s° ate
and on the approaches to the temPie"....
must be a cause for all this. 010'0
land was plentiful it was not so—where ee
cheap it was not so—where labour was s°9l:elor
not so. Among barbarians it was not in .s'
despotic territories it was not so. It Wit the se`i
land, in Great Britain, alone that such ols'/.00 tr
Sh.-uld they lay their poverty, their sawretchedness, to the charge of Him who iRI
le
them ? Heaven forbid that they should tbai rite/
charge to Him who had made them what flia,,, v /
and who had given them bread to eat' coterif,
want corn ? They might get it from "j0r,,,,,,
they might get it from Egypt, .
' „ Yrroe
th
India. From almost every State to,
ey might have it. It was all round the eor -1e 1
sands of ships were ready to be sent tie to to
freighted with golden grain, and reaut 'lo`.te
sic' elit
return the products of the labour of our the .t,
sans. If they were allowed to do thisottio,,l 10
would soon become. useless, and would rea 00Vipte 3
sheath as worthless. It would be used
ploughshare, while the spear would be tuef aorP:4.ooo
pruning-hook. They had heard ranch 0„),
he had now one word to say about sug3rthotiC
do this the more fearlessly, because he toainbrits
no one would suspect him et. 1311/s'e
particularly leaning in favour of slavelna theDot4l
one was to do so, he could but say, "re sec 0 if
`of my past life, and I think you will thenthe Binh
of
have done me an injustice." He was descriP,adof
monopolies. He was the foe of every or o.ot, 40
slavery, whether it was personal slaver/ 001it.' 00 'to
any other class, either ecclesiastical/ rto clolote to
social.—(Cheers.) But what were thriends ends'`
subject of the sugar question ? His frith re,slllo°Jto
him and said, "We are free traders wims• foe
to
everything except sugar ?" New, hess ess'lo'fte
son) agreed with them that it to
make a man a slave, and thereby ,_ ~ers° or °,OO
a rational beings into things and chattei.b4"lool4
admitted that it was a crime to take t° -ce I' fro
Whi the al;
man without giving him the wages that bet
to hiin for that labour. He admitted woo, col,,
zilians were not guiltless in kee g
Pi"
tattoo; flon
oo#
in bondage, and in raising sugar, If floe
at the expense of unremunerated tell•et to
tad
tertained certain opinion.; with resPe,io se; the Pet.
gumption of certain produce, let him
ee° r cod'
believed that other men ought to en
all ofis ee,
ss thl
opinions, let him go to them an"lqra. II"
vert them. But while ha otsve tser
maintained the right of the Brazilian r now 0, be
he also maintained the right of ev,eo.htsee tteveroe'
on the Saturday night of purchas7ciericefeb r„„,1
country to be a free man also, and I._, sabaola or
pleased with his earnings, if his coT!,,„, 51.0 14
'in intli‘.vrillilc
that he was not doing wrong Goae 1.0
chases. Why was it that the ? P
taken such hold of the anti-slavery "'