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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

larch 14,1848.

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'1)4117 MORNING, MARCH 14, 1848.
Iv
tena, did not hesitate, last week, to express our
tipts':l, of the vote given by one of our representa-
for ll'. Cardwell, against Mr. Horsman's motion
trouq"l a just modification of the Income Tax, as
its render that impost more tolerable and equal
constituenn
laietyPnrielire• As little do we object to the pro-
an .
Pression of the general sense of. the
being enn'Y, with respect to the offence committed,
honourable in a constitutional form to the
toinni.--e member himself. We cannot, however,
eleeto:a" • the tone of the document, to which the
their`a. of Liverpool have since been urged to
.aiiflx
titan imgnatures. It is unnecessarily dictatoria -
tier,;(lB', indeed, personaly offensive; and we are
the
tuetermknose by whom it has been drawn up, will
Ilape
ii"anY from signing it, who would. otherwise
,t,"°°e so most cordially, and will thus far ren-
etiCu document, when presented to Mr. Card-
bee' Much less influential one than it might have
"' It was perfectly competent for the majority
t,47. electors to have conveyed to the honourable
% „."er a knowledge of the fact that, by pursuing
eatsin line of conduct, he had forfeited their
iniwlenee • and to have suggested to him that,
%to? such circumstances, being no longer a repre-
tru:.ive of their opinions, his resignation of the
(1-. nnPosed upon him would he the fulfilment of
bettilltiP, not only to them but to his own reputation.
etii s, however, strict justice would not have
Prea,„_°ntraged, whilst courtesy would have been
lont`ived, had Mr. Cardwell been invited to offer
hePlanation of his conduct, before sentence
silenClaniarily passed upon him. His vote was a
dtiele; and, as we stated last week, it was one
tihniti"tn a previous demonstration of his disin-
tis:ecia. o du:beide upon it hastily, he may have ar-
v,hi„ at a conviction of the propriety of giving,
40,
the
117 must confess it is hidden from
e,
7e,ives, to h;
-an, we doubt not, appeared at the
gro
Real: prinei ded. Rejecting, therefore, as we
Pte that, with respect to questions
fitters, the
the taxation of the people, or any other
;ard hi representative is to be regarded or to
peti .111ael as their mere delegate—bound irre-
t velY of all ether considerations, to carry out
elPressed
"gs and exparte views of the publicT m. eet-
Corli,.°_,t Public bodies, professing, like the National
•,tveeenera, osea "in behalf of the people"
ltkeh°,neeive that the honourable member might
14 hit, accorded to him an opportunity of reply
aotli°rialaielealisers• The second paragraph of the me-
,,Ttillat,,Pever, seems to us, by its peremptoriness,
Totiti,,, if not meant, to put all chance of ex-
ek..as44l out of the question. The unaton. eable
;id the of the offence is assumed as established %Rus sentence of expulsion is pronounced in
ltLa.ile,vsneli as that we would address to a clerk,
""netit„ ut, whom we had proved guilty of dis-
ve, after a fair hearing.
tleik,.earinot consent to repose any further con-
:1;N ifal You as our Representative; nor can we
iker ""e interests of the people of Liverpool
keb •to tr •
t, emain under your charge. We must
t 4 tell% uttt this is not precisely the language in
bt`"),tiettrian, who has been so recently elected
1144 nnnour of representative of this im-
tt,ed.c
a• tnnnity in Parliament,.ought to be ad-
it is
%I RI; :ill" We repeat our conviction that
tZtlifri,-,,,Y, not only to deter many influential.
triZhi', signing it, but materially to impair the.
ite,a such a- document' would have carried
. t expressed in more respectful. and consti-
hallttleheirins. To him, to whom it is addressed,
'et Cated to convey a sense of personal insult
be tided of deference to those whose names are
th„vieired t° it; and by the world at large it may
-IPle and probably will be viewed, rather as
44, netic exnr
',kg' and itte • ession of party. iliwill than as the
Wthi Lured expression of the feeling of a
14 Co •
Of „e tnuat h mmunity.
bue °wever, now turn to an examination
speech iht, e of
xPlan t
the hon. gentleman on Friday
kale tiptoe
vaot°ry of what we cannot but term his
, e, and which appears to have been
etze.... .--.•
ipation, as a reply to the charges of
a.kt havi'norialists. Mr.,Cardwell represents himself
f"to ti,..Ug been influenced in giving that vote by
ed ","sidera.tions—" first, by the duty which he '
Sh r.? the great mercantile constituency whom
li:tq the honour to represent, and, se-
-133T those higher considerations which
~'leeo;,`etti a due regard to the general interests of
„..airliattY• He was very sensible of the pressure
"nY income tax must bear upon the industry
e ec'unt •
b
w„. y ; and he knew how much that pres-
te aggravated when an income tax, made
:t:l,estimate of former years of prosperity, Otreae ue.heollected at a period of unparallelled
1311 t having these considerations bearing
*tlah 44 yet when he looked
.at the.
11,,a,t Were ttilltion of the country, and considered
4-'," the ver: exigencies of the exchequer, and
reir'nded I,', Possibility of a revival of trade
thead it irern the condition of the treasury, he
stl,,,,_Ptoposil-:°saible to withhold his support from,
Ste is 1;;1" of her Majesty's Government.
Vi.tnetiit nst say, a slight confusion in this
tf, a.`
_Lae hon. Member's two considerations.
4.• the exe,Psr° With him both that the exigencies
l
upon goer, or of the nation, have. a power u
„ statesmen, and that their being fully
tle `` for 4t04.: tends to the " revival of trade," and 1,4 eN
, of confidence amongst a commer-
tho,„eit4 solLnitY• But in order to produce such
%lla' t•
egard must be had to the nature of
I
.er by which the exigencies of the ex,cS,tetit L° be supplied. A " revival of trade,,
ttionkti he °n of commercial confidence, can
NI of eaected by the levying upon the corn-
Npase bpa. tax whose " pressure is aggravated,"
'ing "made upon an estimate of former
Of Prosperity,"—what a heavy condemna-
%tie anch
kid "eted a tax is here conveyed ?—it "has to
.4, e" a period of unparallelled distress ;"
!i4,l4dign Carla
might have added, from a peo-
kintie allt at its injustice. This plea of con-
-4 for . . 11)4,,Nt1t the interests of commerce by victim-
Ulties, we think will be admitted as
fah ' and little less happy is that urged on
as °Quad°
ht, Instal, •History does not furnish us
'rottl" the ae ee of a nation being rendered power-
NI grtidri,uisition of a full exchequer wrung
gat takiyannalt4lng People. On the other hand our
vivinttaneeasq to go further—furnish us with
Zele ofed and r, attempted aggression from with-
d Peon Oven from its object by the spec.-
il tefs'nee to bear the cost of their
atiat wegwould remind Mr. Card-
to-`,,,l4iver-,"' is the spirit in which the peo-
W '°ve thewo gladly contribute their 11)0t obepillinent •• et mt. - present crisis.
etenitlified witLat!t the honourable gentleman is
leßi° It tne modification proposed byMr.
8 details are alleged to he imperfect.
k;e fatly they may have been so. But there
flayl4o e is
-lit to Y enough in the British House of
as render
t such perfect, or approaching perfec-
etioil of pa,,. ineasure. We have no fear of the
4111
trient if they would set themselves
ht ~c 1 the
PO4 " the lask, to get rid of the difficulties,
Ithi N Pro Y are, of Providing a fair and just tax
tdttei Petty and in ee t, come; and it is not quite in
Rti for n our own views of the fairness of
inten„, that abil't
4,l,'Lier bei„ yto be withheld. We can '
itythvell is "R told by a statesman, to whom Mr.
ntity. t by
to look up as to a kind of
hat a doctor does not prescribe until he