Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-07-28


Resolutions except, the mover and the secondcr, d
md that the ayes therefore had no members to act &
rs telers, the resolutions declared to be neg
atiyed without division.
Mr.. OConnell made a very animated speech. on q
the 4th June, to the Aggregate Dublin Meeting. Il
We shall quote one passage--
"The Irish want advocate who can feel that he
is pleading his cause hear, heart Is the sua
ton OF the people o. Ireland at the present moment
such as it ought to be? No (hearl. They should
have poor rate to be levied off the property of the
absentccs hear! and cheers Who is there that
thinks would rob the poor OF Ireland [hear, heurl
would indeed rob them by being the advocate Of
lust poor rate Lhear and cheers. Much yet /
remains TO be done for Ireland. From this altar
speak the Professionals of Irelandfrom this altar
address them, and say, do you wish to see Ire
land Is she ought to bc-do you wish to resi- |
dent Parliament in Dublin loud cheeringl tell you
the Parliament of England Is incompetent to egislate
for this country; they have too much business of
their TO do, and the fact is that TO the Para-
lnent beng situated in London to att,ih- |
ute the impoverishment and degradation which is
Justly attributable to abscntcoism. We have had a
Parliament in Ireland before / hope ] may
be allowed to say that L have already made one
great step towards attaining the liberty of Ireland;
let the Professionals of Ireland now join me- aud We
shall have Parliament again-[checrs I wish
it to be distinctly understood that Catholics, we
shall not seek for repeal of the Union--t would
not become us TO 90 so; Tor now, Tor the first time,
Lave the Catholics experienced the slightest benefit
from that Union Bat here is one Catholic who if
Protestant will join him for the purpose, will strug
tants Of Ireland will join with the Catholics we NAV
achieve boodiess and glorious revolution like that
of 1881 [cheers ], The narues OF Grattan .nd Cur
ran have been dcscrvedly inscribed upon the pefes.
tai of public liberty, and will be endeavor upon
that pedestal to scratch names Tcontiet e.eer-
ing. | thoroughly convinced that it il absolute
ly necessary for the benefit of England herself that
the union should be repealed [hear1 How are $50
men to be brought together to agree UPON ary-sub-
lject? The thing could never be ACKNOWLEDGEMENT If
there We're not certain induccmeRt-a kind of oil
OF rhodium TO attract theul 1t requires nniniste
rial Sampson catch the foxes, and tic together the
rats OF Parliament"
! From Bciis JFeehly Messenger of 1fqy 3I1 =
GENERAL SrAGNATroN OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
i lie distresses OF the country have again been
brought before Parliament on the Birmingham petit
ton, which was presented by the Earl of Carnarvon,
which was answered by the Duke of Wellington. 1t
Is admitted on all hands that manufactures and
commerce are in most embarrassed condition, and
that our home consumption is suffering as nnch as
our export trade that confidence has almost disap-
peared between man and man; and that SO little as
sstance can be obtained on credit, from the known
dminutIon of the profits of trade, that the captais1
refuses to make advances, and rcposes in sort of
suien contentment, upon the interest of his invest
ments without exposing them to tle hazard Of spec
ulatlon. 1t Is quite clear that such system must
produce general stagnation and distress. Money is
the manure by which the field OF commerce is invip-
GRATED and refreshed, and therefore when the c.n;
taiist is discouraged and locks up his money in pub
lie securities, the general merchant and trader is ne
cessarily distressed.
me luke OF wellington, IN a verv intelligent
speech. contends that productive industry is MS
great that the raw staples of orr mnni,fac
lures were never more abundantly imported from :
BROAD; that cotton, wool hemp and colonial produce
nave flowed III upon with an unusual plenty
hence, then, he asks, any genuine cause of com
plant: Here are the means of employing industry
ana settlng the people to work, aud consurnpt ion
however depressed at present, must III short period
revive.
| With respect to our home consumption we certain
~ fhnt 1t WILL revive but we are fearful that our
foreign trade cannot struggle with the new system of
Mr.. Huskisson. We appear to have adorto1 ), tba
winch however philosophically true common eXperi
ence has proved to be false. We are told tbat tho
new system built itself upon this cardinal max;nn
hat IL would be to the advantage of this country 10
break down all restrictions on the Importation Of r
egh commodities, even in favor of those nations
VINO should MAINTAIN their restrictions on our COM
inercc. we were told that the ADVANTAGE ofbuvinr
cheap was the only object that Government, sIoni5
keep m view, to which native industry and the en-
Poyment OF our Cwn population must Weld: and that
20 such system load OF taxation under which no
otner nation on earth ever groaned afforded no i'm
peailent but that on the contrary the heavier orr
ueo te more eXPedIent was 1t to adopt and adhere
10 Inc new naXms OF commercial philosophy.
! but can such system be founded on princpIes IF
truth and reason? Has it Justice or humanity far ;to
basis Unless it be false, how is to be explained
tat iact eXpiicable III other way that DURING the
period which has found us ENGAGED in lavn,, tbs9 60
ner stone of this political fabric-jn renov;nr 20 :
srictlons, duties, distractions, and probbitions i,
our ports ana markets, from the industry of other ma
ana dHo"iug such industry direct compett-
.,o" WIN our own produce,-how is it we ask that
mere mas not been any restriction removed or anv
ouy reduced, IN any port of Europe, on British com
mcrce or on any article Of British productions Ar
we alone possessed Of this philosophers stone OF an
people on the earth, and all other nations fool.
but ourselves' The fact above stated is undenia.
Die. Whence, then, is it that, in return for so many
advantages to the commerce Of so many nations We
nave OBTAINED no one advantageto our own FOREIGN
commerce? 0's"
The government Of no country in Europe acts on
our new system political economy. They deride
anu soon at us for adopting it, and think it as DANCE
rouS to the peace of mankind as we formerly tbonb
some of their revolutionary doctrines II is new in
practice with it is rejected by all foreign govern
mehts. Proceeding upon the maxim Of common
sense ana christian charity, that first duty is to
provide for those of our own ho1sehnld IL. e..