The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-19 00:00:00

With more luck than I had, he obtained his Commit re,
And no doubt, when " the secrets of the pri,ort-hoese ae
revealed at the close of the session, that they nub! be able t"
show, from the mouths of the most intelligent farmers in the
country, that there was one burden which they coositlered
greater than all local taxes, highway-rate, county-rate, or even
poor-rate, and that was—the excessive burdens of the camel'''.
serves. Well, then, ~ve had our friend Ward's motion, by waY
of sweeping the ground clean for the great annual motion
of Mr. Villiers. He proposed that they should give a Cmre-
raittee to inquire into those special burdens, and if thie,
were such to compensate, and have done with .hem. T.s?
said, No inquiry. You have in Londsn of trick cal,•
" a dodge," which is sonietiinei practised M ea, st. eels (,:l
f
the credulous and philan,:tropical.—( ls ea},
those artful dodgers wal'es -bout the ti:r?,'T.f, as a men-an let,
with his arm in a bandage—now, he has a special burden.
One of the visiting officers comes to him and says—let tae
undo the bandage, but finds the artful dodger very le t
th o
comply. Well, now that is tile case with our landowners.ur 7,
(" Hear," and great cheering.) 'I hey have been going ab(!
exciting the benevolent feelings of the community, alleging
that they labour under some serious disadvantages—a? M°.
great and heavy burdens—and when we come forward to retie:,
them of the heavy burdens, like those impostors in the streemt
they take to their heels and run away.—(Lone,! cheers.) 13_
I must admit that we have not done so much for the causLeat._
ae
has been volunta, ily done by our opponents. On the gr
deb ite—( Laughter —a motion was broueht forward for 7
relief of local burdens. What. do you think one of these lee
burdens wss? That in a maritime country, where ships
wrecked and accidents occurred, dead bodies were often
.00/
on shore, and the inquests upon them was otle of the
east
burdens on the cou. try. Such is the argument of lb!,
,If
,r,
landed interest. Thee cams* ,he aerie il d'h^" l•i'
ward by my friend Mr. Viliee, the
accustomed talents and erieres. Now we head .uinout
H al.e. These things are always known— :hey are Itl'a
what
coo. ed in the clubsal, ay s know was' 5l
urnours
dodge to the House There were, on this orcast"?'isr ,„ eo
in the. tiouse that they did not intend to ii‘ce "31 ""3,:so' ined
speeches on the other side—the protectiontsts were detiti:.d not
upon b •ing silent; and I believe, if 51r. V'llit'rn 'serval
alluded to three of the county members, who were thistan that
to talk, not one of them would have opened his moutn lad
the
debate. But, however, three or four of them sp"tee_nebinan
most significant part of their speeches was, as the ;Sr,rh'et,
id
would say, what they did not say.—(Laueter.) the
not say one word about the farmers having .in
corn-laws. What a change ! Three or four years agiarieers,
own knswledge, they talked of nothieg but the trsreiers.
and how they came there for he interest of the tenant-1400m
I am standing between two most extensive tenant' se-law•
Messrs. Latimer and Houghton. who would prefer Ito burdens'
Nothing is now talked of in the House but Fyeeial referred,
interestalt,
ray
But the mast significant part of the discussion 1 hav:de; of tue
to, w s the speeches of the leading men on both -1 08 ode,
House. B 5 Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham on the 0
:naiads
and by Lo.il Jehe Flu-sell on the other. I was eeon
to hear what Sir James Graham would say. geere, Ind
Lord John Russell's motion a few nights be'd bl
in the most gratuitous mariner clearly ,Wei, an
undoubted statistical returns, the moral, woof We'
physical evils which resulted from a scarcity woof ebese•
and that tie country was most tranquil when foods"; disose'f
—( Hear, hear. ) He showed by these returns Oa sataity •
mortality, puperism. and crime were identified with s'itb the,:
food, and rice versa. Mr. Villiers followed, and spPlieut
promptitude fur which he has no rival in the Fm-fo'rcelneri
the admissions o: the Right Hon. Baronet to the seno would,
of his free-trade doctrines. thought Sir J. Grsanna ettere.°,{
in the corn law debate, retract the opinion; he nreiterate,
but, se far from doing so, he confirmed them, ae",,„,h be
all he said before. Sir R. Peel follovved, and, tbr.°7,Pase":l;
been going at a rather quick pace latsly—(Cries 0. admire'
I hear somebody calling out Panels; he is• Pasch--
authority--an admirable critic and commentator !'
inealliall reel so'
(Cheers)—he is never wrong—Punch is
(Loud cheers.) He showed us a few days age !lei, oce,i'n
going fast ahead of Lord John. Well, cmgeTc-Iteanne°' tbls
his fast travelling seemed to have
have contrasted Sir Robert Peel's speech lot Yelr„
occasion with that which he delivered said evert.
and I find how much he has advanced. Tbesnssbe end,°n„, to
thing to conciliate those above him, below ""- was of ",:pier
same bench, and everything that could be don
at his In., of
insult free traders ; but now, how does be tree r'nciPite
friends ?—( Hear, hear.) He tells them that tsbetoPcarrY car'
free-trade are the true ones, and that he intenes mot
out gradually and cautiously, but that still ti,baleh ea,ilk)tbis
vied out. Lord John Russell was with ust
neat }d thlba
his vote with a wish for a fixed duty, but nel` Jribe cea,aulea
little inconsistency will have disappeared, In groan
great a free-trader as any of us.—( Hear, bettrii, of at's.e-vote
that the tax en corn was the most objectiena f es, t" last.
Well, though the argument was all in favour 0,
was against us. But-this state of things eanc°- and l'„-(thi,
Publie opinion must tell even upon protectionistaiere
force is to have any weight at all on the Leg'` rever'`,bto
country, the votes on the corn-laws must be good to be rtel
( Hear, hear.) Our principles are acknowledgeibe advera it
and what an argument are they establishing fer,ablishinglie
of force— what a dangerous precedent are they es', apdleits
was for this the League met, discussed, petittenhe e'untr's
a, d peacefully agitated, for six or seven -year',..• ~rlnioulr
was convinced tha• the corn-laws were bad---bn''a
aeaiiist them. but they would not be reP!'alewhitehall ,3ea
twenty thousarst starving men assembled
s the,,
men iced he persons of the Legislature Ide it be abolishectot
the law, wet then, and rya till then, would tune+ he
( Hear. ) whtee thing is, in fact, a cltt'st on•
lire' 1°
of
the question n*ri ow* itself into the little word
,01,, win,
01
Times; awe argument, sa.d .his ea' how. !h. Ir'l'eibe
which they would . irse i argutsert's hto acc'Ptobilsl
an untie-eta/ ref -_al. I have no eb.l"`"ti9" lt I
, ant in d g-a I 'rust sou vv.ll bear "t bs
I am detailise •o-. e ti ays a d utint, resting faet,l; fetid
until to
and
is
am lay Ing the foutte. tam Stem. these behind me vim .re. /iss
Cerinthiail espied. esd the ether ari•hiteetu al be.aull vsibtrr
listen 01
one of the p,•culia, ot this audienue that they le o .1b
same attention and in the same numbers as Pe°P,,a a br'u'ise
countries behold am user; ents—as the Spanish w One-. test tot
fight, or the Romans used to witness a brutal one
iireboto
audience her are as atietitive whilst the simple dry
levies
political economy are being laid down, as other ass °f dealt
mere pastime.—(Cheers.) There are other ways n, by I'',
with this question, as Sir R. Peel would say ; ,
iv'
posing a duty per quarter, to diminish Is.
until it was abolished altogether; secondly, "'fart'',
furring the repeal until it suits your aif 5;:
or until circumstances compel you ; and thirbicit
once and for ever to abolish the corn-laws, wioeielel
very plain. The Government acknowledged the Prtroeft
but strove to stave off the debates, for if they centsa
principles so generally known, they would be ledre
laughed at, at the corners of the streets. All acke`ii strirs
the injustice of the corn-laws, but the protectionists
her w",„000
protectionist pig
to keep them up. until the land is desolated by en ay. not
such as occurred in 1840, when they will he swept at'. 014
should statesmen wait for such a crisis? No, they ms,
wait for the evil day. —( Eleer, hear ) Grandma W+4
article this morning, says, if there were no corn-law
Lang hler.) the
could not live, even if they paid no rents.--(ee I,e to
sort of slip-slop twaddle, meant as an a" aSpes' br
able article in yesterday's Times. I born, wof
my friends, Messrs. Latimer and 1100asolitienta of
ther the farmers wod not
these laws at once, to being held u pprefer by the tthhi:
suspense.—(Hear, hear.) Party monopolist, ehilstor
raw head and bloody bones of reduced Prinselinse t°s,
Pi ime Minister, whom they wish at the sate,`l,o are
port, denounces the principles by whirls these sa which woe,
tained. Now, let us look to the second Mmlie're you Po Isr,
enacting a fixed duty of Bs., or any other
`Begat fois n oca
and allowing Is. to pass off every year. ass led
the effect of this law upon the farmers? If we faent, °:*l obi
duty of Bs., the farmer will be told by the land
cite poeted to
possibly by the landlord himself, Well, we hale ploes int°
duty of Bs., but you know you have been holy pro
need
the amount of 6s. or 7s. against the core . I ve nett
this country. And now what is the effect
net talk of continuing your leases, wrerieariogaiiilie it.ae
0f rabeetscl n°tl'sl°llo(
of draining, or of subsoil ploughing, or et , can alt $ s
hedge-rows, ;for wheat is as high as this "I`vii-reust Wog tb
The conclusion is that nothing is done, bet natsaal briaoea:
the farmer goes on as before, till the next fartne.nr °ls
agent and himself again together. ",na„;ech eh,rlOgvenit
the new corn-law does not seem to melee , ,sin R-thIS.-
you. The wheat is much the same," anuirto Prtignefee
done. The farmer goes on exerting bite:e The Woe' 01
but what goes on abroad in the meantime
told that as soon as the duty 9g Or 3s' eat .110
doors are opened for the admission of gram to teerfor° et
aid the °
comes down t° -•re potsi'n of .11fe
the farmer here cannot look to artificial ours .tog
price of corn ; then, with this low duty, m so bundssol
farmers r a tiJ
corn into this country, swamping the farin tote fto so'
until the month of May or June creates a T),iple °is (Arose
—(Cheers.) But we come now to our Pro' what otur I vie,
immediate repeal.—( Great cheering.) Is'°'fi' sebeir
N, no • were: t t
sorer to the word " when ?" We say cr oe
cheering.) The landlords may say that this nest j no'
and in order that that argument may not oe ledlWis
newspaper organs to work to frighten the far total, ther: thet
asive. What is there to be afraid of 111 °eel th",d
hail
diate repeal of the corn-laws? We are t°
vast deal of corn lying abroad, ready to ,eion,*
market it the corn-laws should be repealeeidaytig cotaish
a
so w- 11 dealt woh in the Times of te'le in lof n's"e
read, if yeti will allow me, an extract (tee,. reneiires
" Count up every quarter of c. rri ert".,llo4oevia'eleill
richest granaries ; track all her wiediTe' or) tbe joi
evert creek, and ova stream ; Oibe I
r;
aid every sheltered ley. the satiate' fr,v. take 4000
and the artificial pi °duct iveness et the so° and c
all the warehouse., all the heaps, and all 1, enable,
si .11I.if of
and we entertaid no doubt wha.ever that rea-ti'nieer.tb,, Ovrifer,
men will he astonished above Lneasure at troioe* tbe j 5,
ness ef the land.' The Baltic and the r•
sed pin spa
Genoa, the St. Lawrence, the Nlississipel; seln „ore iv
that fl * under our feet, are name, of ter or.' ares_l7l,
if they lowed with corn. But rivers of clyouOst lorvilw,eas
impessib:e a fiction as rivers of gold* °finned the fet soden:,
vestigate, to measure, and to count you --,11; its
ble accumulations dwindle into a
few
Winltitudes
mob
so
sustenance for such living and growing refs,. too
sadde,toollt,
Manchester, or Glasgow. There is ,;I`. /se 'are 001.,
on earth, nor will there ever be t' csien/giftlw
avvfullest words that ever were 'tti, gets! of oe
unsaid, which they never will be ilia charge"( ealebrieeitl
Now this is painting stern truths in all Tto agen °re h° 101'
and poetic language —((heers ) 100 s 0 the s and „.
and I ask how have we been situated, nq..9, 11:34U0' 6t11;00
smaller demand for corn ? In the year,ei7if
during all this period tie average ie for cecittrro, Dad
quarter. We ransacked the world the too; eceite.°
years we swept nearly the face 0.. r fore vie silos
the corn of all nation' into e" Which fool flssl,'
have here a list of the places fromve g rens sipDl nob
ha O,
corn during that period. We esernnarkt wiser IN'
and from Sweden, from Norway, ~ the 60ou not
burgh, France, Germany, Portugaltthsr.‘,:erenehrit,
_snit.doicodan.
Gibraltar, Tripoli, Tunis, Alg,er,*
Australia, Canada, the United for .0
ths-
Every, region on the face of the gt°''' aseecheufore ,earr)
America, and even Australia, were
receive p
• Re ,6 0/
And how much of corn did ter
ale• age° eted
countries when the price was s••-• r wroth' nomn'p t had
In the year 1839 wheat, including fir! 'anneal coeveroaellat
quarters, or about one-eighth of
Tl7en the G,be itt4'
rt trade' 'tell' IPC
do
wheat in this country. In 1840,
given one Fear's stimulus to this 765 oar
20000.Ne0
wheat sent into England was 2,40 a
and the total
se asselnee
itribge
timhopsoertthwraese2,y7eB.3ara,
2,700,000 quarters per annum, anSao , back
between iv Of'
99,'72tLi:rwIebiangeoorlintiriltr?:‘01
he'd IP ote,
in—(Hear,
England until
60w2asqtrorter,
brca 03111 4:0
ted from a , and 1 tete
80s., and when it could be impel'
ears a tots, the ii t,
There was, therefore, during those V
s; the result 'resod ' fed
repeal of the corn-laws, and you sa
r)
thTehpisrireTswhoatlid .rvise
for the t° if in the 0)
will fill you ensel--- A°
our markets. If you
d
diate repeal of the corn-laws, Y°'
during that Peita then• if we
pass an Act now d rse (cbe
and not 675. fora
—for now corn is only. 465,
corn dearrne - -bee
-
stia° position that you were in
'easnin this °oil'
therefore, I say, where is the
that
were not inundated with it in
store a cern cotije OCI
No, there is no such thing as a _sada for. nai 0,0
rutin r" ad )
during ce rain °rod° r.beer°' '
that might be expected to olds
oftht the groi
i.c5.,...(•• eS•
there is no ground for the corn- a might
car
there is no such thing as a proeviron
l tn"
be diminished by the repea
ee.st sue- tts of °no- $O4
There was no supply therefore ea ie ,„be repbeas uteri ;
laws Kern carded out to-morrow min petted from the regular market, and,ssue 'wold