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

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them well. There was not a man amongst them
With whose sentiments v ith respect to slavery, he
was not well acquainted. Who was it that talked so.
Much about vested interests when the subject of the
abolition of the slave trade were first brought before
• the country ? Who was it that employed a man, who
;vas now voting with them in the House of Commons,
en Re about and attempt to prove that Heaven itself
had ordained the condition of slavery, and had en-
!Wailed on the sons of Ham this curse, and, therefore,
• it were impious to seek to free them? 'Who were the
raen who employed that man ? 'Why the very men
with whom the Government were intimately asso-
ciated. Who were the men who for years actually
prohibited by a heavy duty the introduction of East
India free-labour sugar into the markete ? Who
were the men who shared in the twenty millions
Which were granted for slave compensation ? Let
them
turn to the compensation books for their
tae
to this question. They would there find that
r`ae Goulburns and the Gladstones were the men who
Leived that money in the largest proportions. Who,
i 642,11, were the men who opposed the late Adminis-
tration when they brought in a Bill to suspend the
this?
of Jamaica ? Who were the men that did
Ituls? They were the men who now expressed so
vine it sympathy for the slaves in Brazil. These
re the men, too, who had lately advocated the
ellsportation of Hill Coolies—a measure which had
titiined in disappointment. Who was it that opposed
tee abolition of flogging female slaves, and who took
s'le twenty millions and divided it amongst them-
h ves? Why, the very parties who now seemed to
iire caught the mantle of Wilberforce, and were
divdid,ng it amongst them, such affecting sympathy
they evince for the Brazilian slave. But were
I.'" consistent in this? No, they were not; for, if
hey were, they would apply the same argu-
-111,4 which they now used with respect to
Wahzilian sugar to the article of tobacco.
vb.Y did they not apply the same argument to rice
1,,„1.01 was grown in Carolina, and the cotton which
te'egrown in Massachusetts, Lousiana, and Alaba-
tea r Why even Brazilian sugar itself, they allowed
come into England to be refined for the purpose of
ex .Pertation in British bottoms, and in this way Bra-
zilian
e•aes sugar was refined and sent to Jamaica, where the
bee."4'ea planter used it in preference to his own
seneatt, se he could get it at about 4d. per pound, while by
ixetu'og his own Muscovado sugar to England he could
.Bcl7 per pound for it.—(Cheers.) It would -therefore
eht;een that encouragement was given to Brazilian
of e-groWn produce, notwithstanding the expressions
sympathypa which came from this so-lately changed
17 But what did they do with respect to the article of
el)ttein They did not deal in cotton, and therefore the
y
prod very little about the slave labour by which it was
to tuee u• For years past he had been endeavouring
India attention of tbe Government to British
le4a, for the purpose of calling into life the trade
t that part of the empire in the article of cotton.
Gen'lad seen it himself growing on the upper waters
e Janina, and along the fertile banks of the
of engte,s7 He had often fancied to himself large cfops
sfe''°n being grown in those districts, floating down
the? 11)s of 1,200 tons burthen, carried to Liverpool,
lee fe unshipped; sent to Manchester, thence to Pais-
tee' be'n he weaved, to Ayr to be tamboured, to Glasgow
Lot bleached ; from thence to London, and from
toad °n back again to the banks of the Ganges, there
the
field
, the form of her whose husband haStoiled in
deesi eld to produce the raw material of which her
ele of was composed. Then with respect to the arti-
eeee tobacco, the Government had no scruples what-
Tilts as to the manner in which tobacco was produced.
tlour eje turned quietly round, and said, Young gen-
Y n' smoke your cigars, and, old gentlemen, take
Which snuff; for tobacco is an article in
take we do. not deal, and therefore we
to cotn° heed about it." They also said with respect
get " Get cotton wherever you please, and
In eo;lee from wherever you please ; but we deal
the bn,,and therefore you will not receive corn from
there of the Ohio ; we deal in sugar, and
Touore you must not receive your sugar from Rio.
not sugar, therefore ; touch not corn ; touch
diteos o ?free ; touch not timber, for these are conamo-
ext., In which we deal, and in which we are inter-
tho;;' mul• therefore you will only take them from
tte- denl?arts of the world which belong to us."
thA the right of a small minority to legislate
h ials.subject. They did not represent the nation.
toee I,l4eanitted their right to send lecturers throughout
heingdons for the purpose of_getting up petitions
hied .Pevesented to the House of Commons ; but he de-
tain '"eir right to force any man to consume a cer-
thi article, and to say to him, " unless you consume
th Yea shall go without. Now he (Mr. Thompson)
that some of his friends had fallen into
fe;e'lefeular mistake. He knew some good per-
ke /AO were very anxious to see Brazilian sugar
pefiL7, out of the market. He would ask if the mono-
ejoest_ minority were sincere in their present profes-
,e,",3l, what sort of men they must have been before ?
te_lys,neees and laughter.) If they were sincere now,
fr"e_ must have repented of former errors. certain
I,Leect of his had ..repudiated all armed inter-
ivsksiltitoli flur the suppression of slavery. Now, what
treau ite. let of Parliament which prevented the in-
It we Km of Brazilian sugar into the market ?
be use? hut a piece of
.parchment, and would
eCestora.aao unless supported by a coast-guard, by
could eenl!lxses, and by Excise Boards. It never
was a onti'ePtee LIP without force, and, therefore, there
-
sleave it et armed force in existence. He would
would nleo's consciences as to whether they
other. This
•
flew, erne
one kind of sugar in preference to an-
the„ '3' aher believed would act more bene-
h our Ishing the slave trade and slavery,
b at
this Abolition Societies; and he believed
Adam Was ell Ills not a solitary opinion of his own,
seolirrted by. Cropper, Hodgson, Fearon, and
fbrine which hinLelf. But what became of the doe-
1-",eY came f. was now 'held by the monopolists, when
„evaich s, I.° consider other parts of the world from
eooc, --gar coup
u be obtained ? There were Siam,
reeane ile, the vast plains of India, Java, Pulo-
vatee r nlillions of acres of land could be culti-
of n those
sugai. . Parts of the world for the production
de. ,f
eing - an opportunity were given of
oe so. I
-if they rejected Brazilian sugar
clever,.ace"nt of • being
why
its the produce of
sieved Y not take sugar from Siam ? He
fair that
seen if all the countries in the world in
air sugar could be grown were to be thrown into
W°ulsoeve'llion that slavery and the slave trade
nio bro.n, e entirely at an end. He put those opi-
tat the 'uly before the meeting, feeling confident
IN the Y were worthy of their attention ; he
like wa question to them in this way, because the
minds note coming when they must make up their
eitherle; to be robbed for another year, and it
lettrB"' for years to come, or to break off at once the
The manacled the trade with respect to sugar:
4 t offittitegennege of Government ought to be, " e will
.he e
eeiceeeoujoad principle of truth and justice. It is
their fen_ Nature which says men should trade with
nations
srv•men. It is the voice of God which says
With timtiel be brethren,.and interchange blessings
With T I,°t, ."
. The principle of free intercourse.
hie a the nations of leh s of the earth was the only one
dependrfac calculated to maintain still further the in-
!lna eou_nee. which had so long been maintained by
lvoted "_notry, It was this principle alone which
end
paietontinue England in her present high
Was like] state of civilization, and which alone
eepeoe,Ye to confer lasting benefits and happiness on
the eiolv: Until such a principle were recognised by
allele, eminent of this country, so long would the
in abufaeturing population be plunged in distress and
catec4;'t misery. But, as soon as the principle be-
-4.0,4 ecognised, so soon would the manufacturing
Peeousetifts of the country assume a healthy and pros-
the de aspect, and our artisans would be relieved fie=
Were!_raded and miserable condition in which they
rate(l'ifou7 Placed. Our farmers would be remune-
!le the
.thc.,ir heavy toil, and in a few years' time,
g exe Pie which he bad been humbly illustrat-
ee earided and
e that E advanced, they would be enabled to
11(1,4_
ongland was herself again, happy in the en-
Ntatioe",Lwbf. which friendly intercourse with foreign
e.oeid
oe, te was based on mutual interests, and
kieet, increase the longer it lasted. The Hon.
eileesi'onlan sat down amidst loud and prolonged
The ge
et. the CRAmetase- then stated that the next meeting
be heii.embers of the Anti-Corn-law League would
Tti.. in that house on Wednesday next.
‘' Meeting then separated.

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