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Udine 'proposed to tisteCiallibittee 'were proper, awl
as such, he felt them Atakbd tti ble'ropptnt. (Near.
Whatever unpopolstity may ittikh to this opinion—
strange as It may appear, that urrpoitilatity *clad h
to him an additionatrstason why he should give thou
-Resolutions hit support--(Nebo:) • When the
Algiers, with whom* wet ihisiot generallyto content
upon adverse Ones, eame forward, as out the resent
occasion, they did, %with altienurefrauglo with ge-
neral, though 'to Inarly Unpithweittoe, consequences,
die would 'be ashamed of hinitelf, if, thinking that
lite:note aright one, he *roll advantagedf whatever
.ostpopolartty met attach to it, to -withhold the con-
4litrreace of .hitraid to 'promote a common object-in
ninth they fortrilotesly' agreed— (7.,stil trier eNeur.),
Itervote which he 'meant to give, was not one de-:
iltacediroin partial' calculations oidetail, but from a
Vries' of general iprinciples ; first, .that no country so
Rt tat and auspicious in wealth and *station as this,
old evertor an instant admit•into 'her policy, that
ti to main subsistence of )het •people should under Any
tnriomstances be dependent upon a Foreign Power.
ilowever true it .may be, that perfect freedom of
tlonwnerce should eitia among 'iutions in general,
Mend even among individual's in particular; it was yet
equally *true, that in almost every instance it was im-
possible this equalky could practically subsist, and
even if it wereposibk it 'an d that in this par-
tteitlar ease its practicability was manifest, still he
lealkittontend it would 'be unwise to adopt it upon
Itte present occasion—(Near.) How was it possible
111 corttnend this equality so londly sought for ?
libuld 'they Galley thennehes that they could coin:
*sand the future concurrence of foreign legislations,l
ets as to leave a safe chance of their not being exposed
to a complete state of dependence ?—()Tcar.) As
little was it possible for them to establish a perfect
equality in system between the farmer and the ma-
nufacturer. The one bad as good a 'right as the other
to the Legislative protection of his property.—'
(Vries of hear.) When the commercial interests cease
to seek this protection, it would then be time for the
farmer to do the same ; but he would affirm, that of
all classes in society, those who labour in agriculture
ought to be the most favoured by the Legislature—
and were entitled to a greater portion of considera-
tion. than any other branch of the community.—•
(Cries of .Hear.) N. man respected and honoured,
more than he did, the manufacturing interests lef the
country, but as far as these regarded the peace and
war of the country, they were subordinate to the
agricaltnral. (Near.) So far as he (Mr. Poasonby)
regarded the moral character of the people (no mean
consideration in a general question) this interest stood
far superior to that of the in tnufacturing body. If
he looked to the resources of war, or we continua-
tion of peace, the greater benefit was striking—a
hardier and a bolder race sprung from agricultural.
pursuits. Considerations flioNing torn this view in-
duced his preference. (Near.) ft had been said, in
one of the views which wag taken of this subject, that
would increase the price of rent. He (Mr. Pun-
sonby) was not ashamed ti's avow that it may so
operate good consequence would, even from
this, have its effect, for the farmer would he enabled
cc maintain a comfort app.:rim sting to that in his
days of greater prosperity. Aid woul'l
rued Mr. Ponsonby) no rod result -melee: from
this comparative independence of the farmer
diem weld; fet it the other classes in so
ciety conceived that they were denied the benefit
which the farmer and the gentleman pes4essed, they
must slat their eyes to an obvious roreeiren:ea—lor
if the farmer and the gentleman were not the put-
chmers of she manufacturer's ptodtice, he should be
glad to know who were?--()Tear, heir.) No greater
mischief cauld arise, than by propag stiez an °Onion
that the two classes of the comniutiay had opposite
or separate interests.--(Cries of Rear, kar.)—There
was, in point of fact, a positive identity between beh.
It was impossible to improve agriculture, without in-
fusing into manufacture, particularly in a country
like this, the benefit of the advantage. In some small
states, in ancient times, and in some few (very few)
of modern, this effect may not be apparent ; but in a
nation like theirs, the one interest could not possess
resources independently of the other—and the true
property of both would always be fonnd reciprocal.
Near, herr.) —There was another View of the pies.
tion—its 'consecutive increase of rents. He (Mr.
(Ponsonby) wai aware that some writers on political
economy' had stated, that increase of rents involved
increase of the prices oaf labour and food. The
absurdity of man never advanced a more absurd po.
sition, in the sense in which it had been applied.
Rent 'wreathe Surplusprodure of the farmer, notliiiig
more, that is, what he paid to the proprietors after
deducting the incidental expenses of the soil, the
amount of the productive nature of his farming. Pro-
'dustion, was, in fact, national wealth; the more the
• farmer can produce, the higher he can pay: for who
would.vetiture to assert that a country increasing in
this ratio, was not advancing in prosperity ).(Crier
!g bear.)—He their adverted to the state cif Ireland,
and confessed that •her state weighed heavily with
'him, ass consideration like the present. She never
cOuldnow become a manufacturing country, at least
comparatively with this. He need not state the
cause. He would, however, say, (and he meant no
invidious retrospection) that the power of England
had been for 600 years, levelled at her depression,
foolishly indeed for the one country, as it *al cruelly
oppressive for the other, and the bitter consequence
was, that the resources of Ireland had been converted
into unaatural channels. It were 'Auto dwell upon
this reoollection.• The artiebei of Union had, how.
ever, Ird at rest the possibility of Ireland's being a
manufacturing country she can be an agricultural
one, and from her etercise of this becupation, can
meet and aid the eonsuersption of Ilithesh Manufac-
tures... 4 New, hear ).—The low of hie Hen. Friend
(Sir 1. Newport), not long since tinseled, for the free
importation of grabs into thin Omar, NOM Ireland,'l
bad done more for the general benefit of the whole
empire. than any public law bed elkoted since the'
Navigation Acts—(NN" Lesr.)—Look to the fact...i
see the supply of toed this country has received by
that auspicious memmrei—and would may Gentleman
who beard him, prefer that such a channel of inlet,
course should take Marmite Ii the geltic iii peefe-
renwhicceh tools. toinushe nearer and andadmoniore
airmadlediate opening
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