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great hoarders of money contribute towards the exigen-
of the state. (Loud cheers.) But there is another class

which this tax falls; it touches us, as landowners and
;rs of land. (Hear, hear.) The tenant, as you are
c, pays less, in proportion, according to his rent, than
landowner. Now, I have always been accustomed to

speak plainly, and I mean to say that every landlord is bound
to consider the circumstances of his tenant, and in the long
and that in case the occupying tenant's
-.nt. is too ranch for his means accord-
..s present rent, then the landlord should himself bear
(Hear.) He must do it. I say that if the 34
apon the tenant makes his expenses more than his vinn is
'orth, the landlord should bear it, inasmuch as the tenant
'-qs a party to the arrangement. (Hear, hear.) Who,

s consider it
on of 3 per et

per cent

...c oenefits of our great and free insti-
Jtection which rank and property enjoys, so
uch as the landlords? I should be ashamed of myself if I
that the landholders and the moneybolders of England
I,n, called on, in times of difficulty, to uphold the
edit and the national resources. The landlords
enjoy a greater value for their land through the laws and
re called upon to support
roar which they derive so much in a time

I would ask, enjoy
tutions, the f

customs of the country, and they

governmet

But a word or two to you, my friends.
t from the income-tax and the new tariff a

of na
It may be said

,nal pressure

ill be c

t upon agriculture; I have, however, come
after considering the whole bearings of the
the great protective power of the agricultural

classes of the country rests in the renewed prosperity of its
trade and commerce. And, with respect to the corn law, if
you look at the late corn law, which has been superseded,

there was a much greater panic and much greater distress
among the agriculturists when the old law was in operation,
than there is at the present time. Call your attention to
1835.6, and ask yourselves what you then sold your wheat
for? Was it not ls. or ls. 6d. lower than at present ? " Yes,

t then fair to say that the measures of the

present government have produced ruinous consequences to
you? I certainly had entertained great doubts as to the

propriety of conceding the extensive alterations proposed to

be Made in the corn laws, but at the same time I never enter-
tained the idea that a certain fixed scale of duties could be
always adhered to ; and who, when be beard of the state of
the starving thousands in the manufacturing districts, and
felt that something must be done—who was bold enough to
take upon himself the responsibility of making no altera-
tion ? I confess I could not do it. Gentlemen, I remember,

after having come to this conclusion, I was asked in the
House of Commons how 1 should meet the farmers of West
Somerset again? I said I should them again, as I had al-
ways met them, honestly telling them what I had done, and
giving them the reasons for having done so. (Applause.) As
to the grazing department of agriculture, I know there are

in their cattl

:t a high pric

it low prices• This is an evil such
But I will ask you if

been such as could not bi