The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-24 00:00:00

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o . and 18d.--[llear, bear!]--, ing soili an
attempt made, and that by the House of Commons,
to 61 each t maximum or minimum, as the exorbi-

tent one proposed, he felt it would be a feeling un•
worthy of his high situation, and a complete dere.
fiction of his duty, if he had not called them thus
together.—[Bear ! and applause.]—ln fact, he eon. .
sidered he woold have acted unconstitutionally,
had he overlooked the threatened evil—an evil
which was directed not only against his fellow.citi.
*no, but the community at large.--Cliear, hear!]

une, were b. iy . _ sccomp►,
other hand, they were to consider the disadvantages did not wish to attribute-improper or unjust
likely to result frotn Interfering with this great ,Motives to any set of men, or to oppose the interests
branch of what be might calf our domestic trade.— of• agriculture against those of commerce ; but it
It would injure the manufacturing interests, by was highly necessary, on his part, to point out the
raising the price of the necessaries of life, and the mischievous proposition in question, from whatever
price of labour to keep pace with them. It would
,quarter it came, and. to **rn fellow.ci►isens
embarrass us in our foreign competitions; for against the certain effects of t 5, Measure. if carried
though we had two great advantages, capital and late a law.—[Luuti applente.]—The country, for a
skill, they were not necessarily domicile, they might period of L 4 years, had patiently borne the burdens
ay to oilier countries. With this prospect Of serious of sin expensive war, and these' hardens •had fallen,
competition acknowledged by all was At ntit Jerome Ink great degree, upoe the middling and laborious
to hear the Legislature talk in the same breathe of classes of the community.. Was the country, then,
increasing the taxes and raising the articles of life, upon the return of peace, dole to suffer new, pri.
and the price of labour? lie deprecated in very strong rations and distress ?--[He r, beer 11:— Was the,
terms the practice of paying the labourer partly out . return of peace to be unaccompanied .with Its
of the poor rate , a practice which had its rise in the consequences, and the bounty or Providence to be
high price of corn, which they were now about to converted into calamity lilt! starvation ?--[Hear
render perpetual. When they knew not what.prices —No; he trusted that Ouch pernicious evils %you
were, they were about to legislate for prices. ' With be arrested and prevented. The population of the
their debt increased, with their money in ditorder, cowry was about twelve millions of souls : of this
and their labourers paid by au abuse of the poor population the landed interest, who are the great
rates, they were about to make a permanent advance supporters of the measure, formed a Iseirtieth part!
in grain. Any man who could look at such a And was it to bewi►dered, that they should force
complicated picture without apprehensions must this obnoxious measure upon the whole coon-
have stronger nerves Ulan. he had. It was impos- tryl—Uleer 1) .Were they to dif a, maximuns qr
Bible that they could Out their eyes to those Con- 'Minimum of corn fttr such a population, to the
sidemtions, and difficult not to see that the best 'eertain Har-
court*, ender all the circumstances, was to do no- as certain mar
thing. pa when they came to the standard of 80s. tempt must
it could not be supported by the report, and even people ; and
on dititi Own view mast be reduced, if attempted at all. bets of Parliamew

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aed ruin of the litter, for tlieir own,
de antage end profit ?--11•Heitrti The at.
be resided by the great body of the
I thoegh it was a qualification for Mem.
aliment to swear they were landed pro.
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