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THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1842.

We have always given the Post credit for
honesty and sincerity, albeit, combined with al-
most unexampled ignorance and wrongheaded-
ness, in taking the part of a zealous advocate of
our restrictive policy. Confirming our opinion
on both points, it, yesterday made a vehement
: attack on some of its own friends. The straw is
moving, and some of the rats have run forth, in
what direction our Contemporary shall tell. The
• heading is the Post's :
MORE POLITICAL DEBERTER9.
The peculiar notions of political honour and con-
y entertained by some Members of Parlia-
ment who call themselves Conservative, received a
farther exemplification at the Yeovil agricultural
aktier which took
!)3r the brilliant place a few days ago. Allured
Escott has acquired
depuhtation which Mr.. Beckham
principles of the Anti-Corn-law
his conversion tc". the
tie
County Alembers for _uorn-law League, two o
his
ar
ivElwiptiFlit example. wewinisearset, have followed is
Avoinioly, as possible, buted to judge of them as
------Ini Tessions left upon
of d•
r1;.,.,•---apeeelies was a mixture disgust us. we must own that the
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by the perusal of their
and pity--disgust
I.=--,.4.,0.--, at the barefaced abandonment of those • • f
.-4 F-c; 's '•,.
~ ;04F-support '..illypOrt of which these county gentlemen
were
.5-...i:_ -- -iietto,'Par ament, and pity the weaknoss of mind
r
\—..-::‹ -and deadniss of heart which have no doubt led to. this 1
x)- - abandonment. How these gentlemen could look Mr.
'"• 1„: Sanford in the face, and condescend to flatter 'him,
for the sake of avoiding his well-merited casti-
gation, we cannot imagine. We are most 1 iappy,

however, that their flattery did not hinder him from
giving them the rebuke which they deserved. It is
perfectly clear now, that he was supplanted in the
representation of the county upon false pretences.
They are now as Whiggish in their policy as ever he
was. They are now of the same mind as to the
policy of protection for agriculture which Lord John
Russell and his party avowed themselves to be in
May, 1841. With what face, then, can they stand up
as Members of Parliament before the man who ceased
to be a Member of Parliament because they gave the
county to understand that they would support politi-
cal views the opposite of his ? These gentlemen may
think it a fine thing to go with Liberalism and
the Minister, and to abandon the industry.of their
countrymen to all the mischief which can be inflicted
by the competition of cheap foreign labour, but we
can tell them that they will have their reward, and if
they do not live to hate themselves, they will, if they
live long, learn what it is to witness the contempt of
a deceived people.
Our Contemporary has a great deal more of
the same sort of vigorous abuse of his late friends,
who could assign no better reason for their
change of opinion than that " the times" and
the " course of things" compelled them to
change. Why our Contemporary should think
them insufficient to justify Messrs. ACLAND and
DICKINSON we know not, since changes in
" times" and " things" have ever been held suf-
ficient to justify the most violent changes in po-
litical conduct. Sir ROBERT PEEL only repeated
in 1842 what he and the Duke of WELLINGTON
did when they submitted to a dire necessity in
1829, and gave up their principle to retain power.
Then both these eminent statesmen, both these
present idols of the Post, did what Mr. ACLAND
and Mr. DICKINSON have now done, namely,
acted directly contrary to the principles a con-
fiding ultra-Protestant clergy and people placed
them in power to support. They have not for-
feited the esteem either of the Post or the To-
ries, and it is rather hard on the Somersetshire
gentlemen, to attack them for now following a
lead which has had, and they might naturally
suppose always would have, the approbation of
every Tory.
Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON, as the Post
properly observes, supplanted Mr. SANFORD in
the representation of the county on false pre-
tences; but by those representations they got
what they wanted, place and power for them-
selves and friends. In the history of modern
Toryism that is quite an ordinary occurrence.
The plain and always avowed principle of the
Tory party—which pervades, and always has
pervaded, its policy, is get and keep power; and
to that end put forth any pretence, flatter
any prejudices, nourish any errors, praise any
superstition, offer homage to any powerful
popular idol which will enable you to attain
it. Throughout the mazy inconsistencies of Tory
opinion, we can always trace a firm and logical con-
sistency of conduct. From the pole-star of place
and emolument, the Tories have never swerved.
In all their policy, in all their public acts, you
distinctly see the same political meanness,
greediness, rapacity, and cowardliness, always
seeking pelf and power on every pretext, and
ever deserving, as now, the reprehension of the
Post, for giving up their opinions whenever " the
times'' and " the course of things" rendered that
necessary for the preservation of pelf and power,
There are, however, far higher considerations
than those connected with this avowed deser-
tion by the country gentlemen of the princi-
ple of protection. Mr. ACLAND and Mr.
DICKINSON both recommended the farmers not to
rely upon " protection," that " legislation could
do but little for them, that they must rely on
their own intelligence and exertions." Well
may the Post ask, " are not intelligence and
perseverance always excellent ?" Could not
protection be as well done without in 1840 as in
1842? Certainly; but Mr. DICKINSON and
Mr. ACLAND thought, in their surpassing igno-
rance, that they could, by law, extort wealth
from the manufacturing classes, and the whole
body of the consumers, without injuring them-
selves. " The times" and " the course of
things" have taught them the folly of their
iniquity. Now they see that protection cannot
be preserved, and, if preserved, cannot save
the farmer from decay and rents from
falling ; and now they encourage the
farmers to exert themselves, as they before en-
couraged them to rely on protection, that rent
may be kept up. No other earthly object have
the country gentlemen in view; and hence, now
that the rotten reed of protection has broken
under them, they all call lustily on the farm-
ers to improve their cultivation.

What was the cry at Leicester on Friday, at
the annual show of the Leicestershire Agricul-
tural Society, at which the Duke of RUTLAND
presided, and spirited the farmers on to make
greater exertions ? We copy from a Morning
Contemporary of Monday the reply :-
lEs Grace was taken up rather smartly by the
Rev. N. Morgan, who, on returning thanks for the
Bishop and clergy of the diocese, said " he was sorry
they did not meet this year under the same favourable
circumstances as they had last met—(he should be
telling a lie to say otherwise, and he abhorred lying)
—and that though he was sorry to have to differ from
the Noble Chairman, who said they must wait, he
should like to know what would be done when rent-
day came ?—(Loud cries of Hear, hear,' and conti-
nued applause.) He said not that to court popula-
rity, but it was of no use giving medicine to a dying
man or putting a plaister on a broken leg. His
panacea for this state of things was good farming and
considerate landlords."

The Rev. Mr. Morgan was here on rather ticklish
ground. It seems to have been thought necessary to
notice his pointed allusion to rent-day; and Mr.
Philips, a banker in Leicester, in the confidence of his
Grace, said, he would answer Mr. Morgan's question
as to rent-day by saying, " Pay those rents"—(Hisses
and derisive laughter)—and from what he knew of
the Leicestershire yeomen, he knew that all the
tenants were well able.—(Hear, hear; No, no, and
hisses.)

Protection, therefore, having failed the land-
lords as a means of keeping
up rent, they have
now fallen on the plan of recommending indus-
try and exertion, draining and manures, to the
farmers. They are preparing, we believe, to •
not because 11y are iniquitous,l
gve
up the Corn-laws,
rent; not
but because they are injurious to
because they starve a portion of the people, stifle
trade, and foster national animosities, but because
they throw the support of a few of the labourers
on the land. What a climax to the characterof
the Corn-law-making landowners ! They have
for a series of years known that the Corn-laws
have been publicly and openly branded as irreli-
gious, as immoral, as most iniquitous, as a
violation of all the duties which the legislator
owes to the people—in short, they have long
known them to be publicly branded as the
devil's laws, and they never thought of resigning
them ; but the moment their own pockets suffer
—which we long ago knew and said would be the
case—they are ready to give them up, acknow-
ledge the error of their principle, acknowledge the
justice of our charge, and, pocketing the infamy
with their past increased rent, think only how they
may turn the new " times' and the new " course
of things" to the future increase of their beloved
rent. Whatever may be the present homage of
their flatterers in the press and in the public,
posterity will do justice to them, and point them
out as an infatuated set of men, who sacrificed
the affection, the love, and the respect of a
noble people to the most mean and sordid con-
siderations.

We have more and good news of the progress
of the League. At a large tea party held at
Leeds on Tuesday eveninj, similar to those parties
which have been recently held at Halifax and
Hudderifield, nearly 1,0001. was subscribed in the
room. At the same time it was announced that
the subscription at Huddersfield had reached
1,3081. There can now be no doubt whatever
that the League will raise the desired 50,0001.,
and would be able to raise twice that sum should
it be necessary to defeat a protracted and obsti-
nate refusal to remove the legislative fetters from
trade. Everything augurs well for the success
of the League. Its opponents are giving up the
contest both in principle and in detail, and as
they retreat the League is gathering strength.
The Leeds meeting, of which a full report
appears in another column, was as numerous as
possible. As many tickets (650) were issued as
the room would accommodate persons to share
in the festivities, and the galleries were crowded
with spectators. Many ladies were present, and

the most opulent merchants and manufactures of
Leeds were mingled with the middle classes, and
a fair proportion of operatives, Mr. J. G. MAR-
SHALL was in the chair. The meeting was one of
those tea parties which the Socialists, we think,
had the merit of introducing, which the opera-
tives have adopted, and which just now have the
double recommendation of discountenancing in-
ebriety, while they promote cheerfulness, and
promote trade with that great empire with which
we have recently concluded peace, and hope to
extend our commerce. Great Britain, we are
afraid the monopolists will say, is changed in all
things, and there can no longer be any hope for
that monopoly which they characterise as Eng-
lish, since the people eschew roast beef and beer,
and take to tea and bread and butter. In that
change lies part of our hope. When the people
were brutified by much strong drink, they were
fitted to be the tools and slaves of those who
chose to use and enchain them.

Several noblemen and gentlemen who had
been invited were unable to attend, which they
must have regretted. The principal speakers
were Mr. ADLAM, one of the Members for Leeds
—the other Member, Mr. BECKETT, could not
attend his constituents—Mr. H. STANSFIELD,
Dr. BOWRING, Colonel THomeso-x, and Mr.
COBDEN, who seems unwearied and in-
exhaustible. He gave the meeting the
strongest assurance of success, and said
that he believed the House of Commons,
when it met, would contain not less than 200
Members ready to vote for total and immediate
repeal. We almost anticipate that the whole
House will vote it by acclamation, in order to
get rid at once and for ever of Corn-law discus-
sion and Corn-law agitation. At least we are
sure it could perform nothing so wise. The Hon.
Member also referred emphatically and strongly
to the war which some journals have carried on
against the League, and the prosecutions with
which they have threatened it. He wisely set them
at defiance, and informed those journals that the
League was prepared toshow by extracts from their
columns, that they had contributed to the late
uprising of the people in the manufacturing dis-
tricts. He referred to a particularcase at Halifax,
where a monopolist journal had directed the mob
by its accusations, against a manufacturer's pro-
perty, and led to the spilling of blood at his very
gates. But the League will not stoop to bandy
accusations ; it will not make this great question
a party or personal squabble; it will stand firm
on principles, and continue to arrest, in Parlia-
ment and out of Parliament, a law which ought
never to have been enacted, and of which expe-
rience has now demonstrated the ruinous conse-
quences.

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