Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-06-17
BRITISH CORN IANS

Extracts from the remarks HUsKIssoN in the B,,
fish House OF Commons April %, in opposition to the
motion OF Mr. Whitmorc, the House proceed to The
consideration of the Corn Laws.
My Hon. Friend MIR. Whitnore) has stated 70 ,o,,
that the States OH the Continent had in conseauence
OF tie measure have alluded 10, great degree dis
continued TO grow know that the ObseI vation
applies not only Poland but to many other e,.to.
that they have, in discoHllnuing one produce epcou
ragged another that they have increased their ocks
from kno" ledge that if markets are closed ao.e
corn, they are open 10 wool. admit that was st cne
tune party to raising the on wool; but SI,ov tia,
The consequences Cd that tax that all the low priced
WOOL excluded from the market and that in conc-
quence In SlesIa, aHd IN other places they manuEac-
UTed this article to very great extent and made thin
cloths much cheaper than able to do They
therefore found their markets i'll America and particu-
arly IN South america to the exclusion of our woollen
goods. The subsequent removal of this tax placed us
upon The same footing with them; our manufactures
haturay increased I'D prosperity, and raised the price Of
"oOi III 0ilesia and IN those other places, from % to
81 HORNS above what IT had been We were therefore,
aoe TO enter the market and compete with them Ne
object, however, has been mainly to call the attention,
Oh the House to the state of things the Continent
to show the effects of that accumulation have alluded
TO- ana 'he difficulties 1t threw the way of any per
manent system at the present moment If any aItera
.,o III TIE Corn Laws we're at present thought of if
e PoIs were al once thrown open the effect would be
to bring INTO the markets of this country immediately
such an accumulation Of produce as would atorcther
disgust the people with the principle of free rade-tbc
PrIncIPie for which they ought always to have the
q
natural but merely artificial one; was fine effect
oil tie system, OF alternate monopoly and free trade
Ii such be the then, what it will be asked is fo e
done!-Jhere two modes to be adopted tbe FIRST
is that of opening the ports, permitting the influx that
would lnundate and the IS that of opeuinp e
ports but with such protection as the agricultural in
tereSs OF the country required. But if we permit the
importation at Cos at once, the consequence will be
that the whole accumulation of years will Immediately
pour ~ upon the country and what the effects will be
cannot say although do participate in the exces
slye alarm of some Hon. Members. If we wish TO
adopt some protecting system that will be liable TO no
such objections at the present moment, difficulties
viii be very great because if compare the stse Of
the countries the Continent with this country ,ve
should require duty large to be totally out of nro
portion unless gradually lessen il so as to hermit
gradual Importation. do not go so far as to say ,t
we cannot, or must not, enter on this revision and
indeed the time must Of necessity come when soroob;
must be done.It possible that the want of rr, %
felt in this country may be diminished between t ana
another session Of Parliament which will re,novo ~
considerable obstacle to The revision of the corn ave
Looking to the danger which the long duration of te
law may orng upon the country would have brought
ut forward Tins session had paramount considerations
prevented 1t. Something may arise which may admit
Of tore'gn corn being gradually introduced into this
country cannot say what may happen but there are
various circumstances which may lead TO the v sbed m
s'e''''-s"ch' tor example, "a arrangement int -