The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-19 00:00:00

eee,
eatiouti,ed the limits upon.whicn the tax was brought into was
t 5 wh
.tie should not pursue this subject further. He was
144 of thaorevere might be the feelings of the Hon. Gentleman,
try was
desei twho acted with him, that the feeling of the coun-
near, heacsaedlY against the re-imposition of those taxes.—
It they were :o reserve in their armoury weapons
Z.; Pt rind •o)f difficulty and distress, when it would be neces-
better
to forth every exertion, he thought it was
Gentle_
al, reserve those taxes which the Honourable
eer rspert` wished to impose, than to reserve a
e,
_Y tax for a period of danger and difficulty. But the
Ita,"reet,ientleman to that a property tax, under no circutn-
th ' Might to be imposed except in a time of war. Weal
itipes.ine ddretence betwee peace nd war as to the necessity of
'saase 018.5..ta_xati on ? They imposed taxation,. not merely be-
ueseult y were at war, but, because that in war there was a
ilt, aY, g a revenue, because they were involved in wanted to extricate theinselyee from the difficulties in
plieoolviti?.iTcyi,est,orrida. W)
Haedrethtleiyey not now precisely in this situa-
not gone on year after year, bor-
tadi r 414. urine a nominal peace, but a real war—(Cheers)--a
stnamefar as the effect on the finances of elie country could
eal ale If the Right Hon. Gentleman required the tech - %idask of war to justify him in imposing a property tax, he
look at the East.—lmmense cheering.)
thrr glee. hat we were engaged in war, which, wile.-
' lorne othms to our arms, as in China, or disastrous, as in take. er Portions of the East yet produced the effect of en-
tietefeuPms the coentry the necessity of providing for addi-
laarase-,lPeeses, and he felt assured that no one would, for one
het consent to let the glory of England be tarnished for
geode cif funds. to support it. The Right Honourable
14heorliitiikthslutthitnit se:vieidnitnhga,thtehe income tax would press unequally and ml different clasees Wh • on his way down to the
(the- Chancellor of the Exchequer) had
he gof gentlemen walking. with placards—( A laugh)
14tIght,, ,11°11 of course, mean Hon. Gentlemen—(Continued
tone ro)--;and on those placards were inscribed, " No inqui-
i."4)C.° `injuitiec, no inequality of taxation ;" and the Right
ttal emit Man hail said that it was en unequal and an un-
alible. I,le (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was quite
hQio*sihitoat taxation was a necessary evil. It was
bored to devise a tax which would not press as a
,°ald not ,ets, hnon some class of the community ; and he
~'1,11115t lake UPOil himself to say that a property tax was 4ses:l°_,.o those-objections which were applicable to all other
tern, e", them look at the taxes on consumption. Did they
;;e the guallY? Did they press equally on the higher and
,eere
,eer orders of society ? Let it be recollected that ,L,Y the „re articles which were considered merely as luxuries
lowei'Per orders but which were actually necessaries among
eetle t cellei's that had been said by the Right Hon.
kriee ah • . • 1 A
%n .-1y b 0111. the iniquisitorm, anu vexatious nature of. a
,'ealeloo,:a had been said with equal force, although not with
tgi" sees
by many Hon. Members on former occasions
by • and it would be said on every of
those'individuals on whom it might becceasion found to
e,lrrettehe,ar;) In bringing forward this proposition, the
The` theyeads not been insensible to the difficulties
tlstswwt",eld have . encounter.—(Cries of " Hear.")
."3t by striking at th. e property of the.
_country
cel raibing a strong feeling in the country against them-
etnat'rerlitesth. eY knew enough of the country to know that
'gh of "ght be the strength of that feeling, there was
'ltteeet. respect left for the honour of the country, enough
,Yiretoi'a for the institutions of the country, and a sufficient
i'ith rifUfli‘hold them to overcome the feeling, however strong,
trt,,citlali,'uthe entertained against the tax on account of its
question which would be better discussed in Corn-
ehssa oer4,,,against the manner in which it was to be raised—
t, ht Ch'eh would be hereafter proposed, discussed, and
amended.—( Hear, hear.) The Right
.Hen.
rj" 450, it appeared, objected to the alterations in the
'l'l °f ff
an said that duties ad been reduced without the adop-
k,44',llls -.3',,Principle. The Right Hon. Gentleman had made
tr, to the first article in the tariff as affording a
1)„r' :11.,°h` the conduct of the Government. Now, the pin-
e,' a,eret'e" ,the Government had adopted was to endeavour,
4,, i„--; reiaeation in the protecting duties, to give a facility
1,71114 -`rskltiction of many articles of great use to the mann-
Cthoss to country which had been in effect prohibited,
(6Ztaeree endeavour to promote. the interests. of our trade and
"Y facilitating our intercourse with foreign States.
code rent was certainly true that a !lnction had
kr.tho In favour of our colonial possessions.---(Hear.)
le.'sefiee that when our fellow-countrymen went. to distant
okdd;'' world and establishea possessions, and in some
51 eraPires in a manner calculated to benefit greatly the
ts,:sabjeZutistY, that it was our duty t.o give to them, our fel-
e'el ih the same advantages which we claimed for our-
po‘nliret;r:dast the introduction of foreign merchandise. He did
it Ile to say that the tariff was perfect, but that was the
Root igen which the Government had acted in proposing
;.11 he' Gentleman hail alluded to the injury which
4(11e tsesiircted on the cork-cutters by the proposed alteration
lattrceieed He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had not
the ' II,'" a deputation from the cork-cutters. on the sub.-
nerospnt r,04 1-°,,egh be had appointed to receive one in
of a few slays, and therefore he would not enter at
t,poied'e a discussion upon the merits of that question, but
1,"'„ kid 4,,e'h how it happened that the Right Hon. Gentleman
ehl "" little regard to the interests of the cork-cutters
eh:a o p,,,wheri he had proposed his alterations in the. tariff, on
Ch',"n a deputation of the cork-cutters
.had applied to him
teed aceller of the Exchequer) en the subject, and had coin-
'rei4Pt.is;filahe manner in which the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
eh, eight refused to pay any attention to their complaints.
•Cce, 'ion, Gentleman had not referred to the subject of
to who was it that thought of giving tobacco
than
the atlikthe possessions of the Crown a further protection I
ef‘°,,,liacco grown in foreign countries ? Who had
►ks tht;'t; ? Why, they had not long since laid upon the
"ouse a petition most respectably signed from the
,lerenany, stating in the strongest terms the hard-
heti ';4? ,`"s3' sustained from not being put on the same
reearded their productions with the western
INCtastri:, They were told of the hardship the East Indies
1,,1r I'sol4l'oM not having their sugar and rum placed. on the
g as similar commodities in the West Indies. What iiii
lii;leurse
which the Government took upon that (wee.
ree4elitt e3' they referred the petition to a Committee. That
torn.e 'Earned Report, and the Government afterwards
tt'ist ard •ea equalise the duties in the two
„ seere net, a measure to
e,e,,seoer2:-( Hear, hear.) They acted. upon the principle
f rimg the trade of the East Indies, and giving there. !
th • commodities to this
lee "ry, .0P the transfer of heir
ttl referred bacce was one of the very articles which had
e seti to the Committee in question ; and the Govern-
eie. hie 041 g on the general principle of encouraging the trade
:;:rt, ast Indies, made tobacco one of the leading
kt, de in their ew. scheme. That step was no
e, fr°,,clst important to the interests of India ;
~tlee one, should never be ashamed of having, on the
f this portion of the great empire, to which we neces- j
kittrsars"el a superiorit,y of our manufactures, brought great '
th''.'d misery. Ile should not regret that he had re •
It, !hotel' tobacco from the duty, and had given them an op-
that thY °f sending that commodity to this country ; and ho
INl‘lt:o,ll4aatblobYth:nmeot
encouraging the growth of other articles than
rain 'eh had been the subject of our dispute with China, he
abstain from growing those articles which ;,tl4...i.ved us in positions of difficulty and danger.—( Hear. )
it he had now touched on most of the points to which
4seid igitt Honourable Gentleman had adverted. He
f) the d4ve oe.?a,ion. no doubt, in the progress
tittNihi:t.',e,tl,siGn on which they were - about to enter,
"e House on matters connected with the particular
el,l . e had
iti been proposed for their consideration, mid tot
cPropole'.Mtrnon with his colleagues, the mode in St hICh 1
bit4tlple
ast to raise it, and to render it asshttle onerous to
141,4 we,
rseetild be consistent with the levy of the money
th,
helt„f ~ceutred. The House, however, must not forget
,„ftiget- iris preliminary debate, that the question between
lgiefe,`". Gentleman and himself was, whether they
te ~a tax on ro erty, and simultaneously afford
'Veen "miring comPmerPee to labouring manufactures,
it,g People, and to 'an agitated community, or
l,;rtieoc eY should resort to taxes which, though less
tid r' 61'
the higher orders, would press snore on the Naally lie less heard of in the circle to which they indi
aseiho,ved, but would not on that account be less felt,
eity less i •
'lle -.4 ainjury on the permanent interests of the corn-
He could seriously say that no man had la.
ei,," "ian he had to avoid having recourse to a measure
be considered by many a burdensome measure,
e,,s-e," sincere conviction that under the present circurn-
teolaie i,rieurnbered with a debt which we must discharge to
Net.t.i4rioefe,ZiPts equal to expenditure, with a view to the pre..
Lasti,Wee th'", empire abroad and our character at home—he
,esn'Zith It it Was necessary to successfully achieve tin!,
d'',et 'tar °4IZ, give his best exertions to brit-% forward this
Glees ihiee;"sme, and he trusted that, whatever inconveni-
reti' result, it would ultimately produce the confi-
eke klid ''e world at large, in the energies of the peo-
'he:l st re ware !;15 sacrifices which the higher and lower
„Ivtediric' to snake to remedy the pressing evils ef
to'clevate the character of our nation in the
dpQntd eior,couetry in the woi'd
cif the' C„K *commenced by' saying that he. thought the
ti get, 'louse would be more properly directed to the
ef Ski teeaailre proposed b the Government in a Com-
tse Lott and - 1 ytheresacs
• Ph
t befo're the
1011 R, (10i4ii, urge at such a time; u
1,11 alight a discussion it seemed to him that great adt
e,sastle,tal ar,,rlse from a discussion on the general policy of
eesatte tee 'aegements of her Majesty's Government. He
tli„mise and the country would be more prepared
eirieeebete. and the particular question, when the
tl kist kid 1,;e5 of the meanies before them was dis-
l'ite,rt giseussed in the manner it hail been by
./I"lsPee-,_rrable Friend. The Right Honourable Gen-
thetle'„,. (the Chancellor. of the_ Exchequer)
rtt%ot eons:sh '"e measure now before the House was cal-
th;:le leleono„reos to the country, the blame rested with the
ri,i` reel' Gee;,, stood around him. He referred to the policy
11 the seres I,*'ltherit during the last four years, and said
th',,-4411d have been earlier taken to supply the
ti 'ate
_\;vtlele ~,Q",oistry. That might be so, and he (Lord
'tuireet':t tei-etrire,,;.°e?ae a word in defence of what was done by
`sat time, tit, though he had the honour, during a por-
all te„(' we, ' betng himself a member of the Govern-
hs's 14'3 he Ci'lling to assume, for the purposes of argil.
14,11141;;;4ie0af,s right in blaming the late Government to
41,"Y to ho on, and for not proposing mea•ures for
Hut while, for the sake of argument,
I,`?r eise'se by d'd not think it wise to abuse the patience
svh;rt oersq,,,,i a discussion when great national interests
twe'h th,:,:thrs,' as to whether certain persons had acted
ace; ears judiciously or the reverse.—(Hear.)
,eNtre consider was not whether they were. right
te.t-re sago, but what was the natu eof the circesm-
egit'st!„o te;etos,„•,"eY were placed? The course which it then
'le ‘"at was the serious conaideratien of this s.ub-
ali-tet„,' eoZnet 0415. should he addresshimself. Now the Right
esS" erries'iP?stte, in his very able statement the. otherd
etiii.litee',llot too i° language which he ( Lord Hewick) a. -
,„. boot
.° Strou that ",Dll./ tiiehth g. they ought not to persevere m
t'4e M could accumulate debt. He (Lord H.)
t'areary one to Ith the Right Hon. Baronet, and he. was
te 'eee- acquiesce any sacrifice which might be
es-6`,41_, the lirniolunr ofthe. country—. to maintain
N„,,, Nation of debt. So far he entirely con
(L:ith thy segre:'4lnent, civil and militaryat the same
concur-
if
oweio. Hen. Baronet. If he could make out to him
Aetli„„' Li hat these taxes which he pro-
as be Lord Howiek) thought,
eise4cle'r i °ale nut that thsee taxes were really
re,-* 00, to mder e a sufficient revenue,
teasto," this °"I an "r° uee
debt--if he could
herdhh: the of yes,
oho
was Y increase of d HoWiek's)
Issepo yrepared to take his (Lo.r
'voting
asittedsal. as a member of thatHot.se
d it must
ee,f.as !hat tts he thought, on the other band, d e
'este wer, 'his de "e3' were not justified imposing un u
nime seriptioo on the j ople unless a necessity Wl-
tese'r, teees"teld hoet• If there weree other sources from which
he 0.44 wh•teent, raise—if without pressing so heavily on
e,;'/1 eortilleY found other means of revenue—that
'ileeti Is. we,
e°_^.oll.e and safety required—if this coultdo,
114te!eulZ j\tivaotifi
deil in adopting. tl,lavtercniusrtsreong
fie
would
:e exarniol.l,l,...dtheeny tobeeitieortneorst.
raising
that
ale Nee (se. i'k the Riehl' Hon qßarOnet ta establish his
the' so" the''' Peel) told them. in the first plaits,
ip
it th, eotir Portststracasuie of the Right Hon. Gentleman (the
Ilsee 1t Pon wh.°Leth), of obtaining various sources of in-
tftia ear
14thile. f;eshevett a'efioxetdhelaouse held -an. adverse opinion,threa_t
'le (Lord Oh. corn, would not haveover
th ' "etl but
had unwilling to go .
e, was Mae after what fallen from the Right
re-
the ehi
woUWt;dect, „inposot'P "te, who had just addressed the
'ait ye 'lis 1-' to avoid ore or two observations upon
liaeo kr a fit A"t on,Friend (Mr. Raring) had stated
ed (hit
ens that instead of adding to Ow revenue