Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-19
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FKIDAY MORNING., MAKCII Io, 1880.
PARLIAMENT.

PARLIAMENT.
Having yesterday published the speeches from the
anti ministerial side of tn two Houses which spoke
the plancst and doubt the truest, languagc to
minister's on the state of the country present this
mornings the explanations and delenses, of the Duke
of Wellington in the House of Peers, and of the
Chancellor of the Exchcqucr, i'll the House Of
Commons.
On the 5th Feb the debate on the foreign rela-
tons ard internal policy of the country was resumed
In the H. of Commons, on the question, touching the
",he Report the Address" Complaints of the
suernss ofthe people of the sighting and unsatis
factory character of the Kings speech and the ana nv
of the Duke of Wellington and his ascrption of the
distress to temporary causes reiterated by ma
ny members but we have already quoted enough to
give the reader general idea of the depressed con-
dltion OF England, the specuatons upon the causes
which pIoduced, and the expedents proposed to rem
edy it. 1t respect to the latter the ministerial tone
is, to leave things to themselves. Attribuing the
condition of the country to accidental and temporary
causes, heir logic is that prosperity will return with
the removal of those temporary causes; and that to
effect this time is sufficient. The dissatstied-and
much lsrger portion of the country appears to be en-
braced in this class than any former crisis partc
uarly Of the wealthy-talk in very different rpanncr
1t seems certain, that much tho pressure has been
occasened by Peeps BILL prohibiting the issuing of
bank paper under the denomination Of f5. and the
consequent appreciation of money. Debts contract
ed when money redundant and prices high, have
to be paid when the nominal is in fict equal
t" i'ity per cent moro than was contracted to be
pnd This is the curse of paper money-now by
its excessive emission raising all things above their
reasonable vaue-now by its being called in, leav
ing debtors to pay, from the appreciation of money.
twice the value of their debts Such was the s.ate
ofthings which drove Kentucky to her relief laws,
and to the legislative excuses which reflected so
muoh upon her moral character. In this high and
dry situations was the whole class of debtors left bv
the u States Bank going into operation, and by the
driving out of the trash with which the State Banks
had deluged the Union From the plenty of thu.
trash, men had made contracts, which they after
wards had TO fulfil with gold and silver or their G.
qpivaent. England is now visited with the same af-
iction and to such degree that Parliament is call
ed upon to violate the national faith, by compoun
ding with the public creditors, and to extend relief
to individuals from thr private engagements. PEG
pie of America Look and learn.
Among the speeches Of the second day. we select
that Of SIR Joseph Yorke, for the sake of its bu
mour.
Sir JOSEPH YORKE said, he was so cxtrenolr,
hoarsc that he could hardly make himself heard md
that the very eloquent speeches they had lust
must be bis apology for attempting TO speak E'o
queDt speeches were very well calculated TO excite
the house to take part III any war; and he was not
surprised that, III time past, eloquent speeches had
produced that effect. The country however had
paid very dearly for such speeches fHear and 1aurb
ter.) lie gave the noble duke at the head of The
Government great credit for keepin, them ont or =
war; and he begged TO remind hon. gentlemen who
were fond of the "high tone in FOREIGN po;c,,
that it was TO that ''hgh tone" that the country
was indebted tor Its enormous debt CLEAR and laugh
ter He trusted that ministers would drop tho ssGnb
one;" that they would look at what their pred cess
ors bad DONE and how the country had been BAN
boozled out oi ta money. He trusted that m ps,ors
would think OF these things. and take warning. He
recoected very we'll when Mr. Canning came dow,
to the house ana proposed that we should snepJ
that 2,000,000k for the sake of keepino PorturoI N
order for little while; that the hon. member for An
crdccn was the only person who said, "Wait little
don't be IN hurry; adjourn the debate till nezt
week, and, III the mean time, turn the matter over
III your minds, or else, gentlemen depend upon IT.
you'll get yourselves into COMPOUNDED scrape &"
Such was the language Of the hon. member for
Aberdeen thear and laughter,) and it did him very
great credit. The noble lord (Palmerston) below
Dim complained that we had inierfered and prevent
cd the Mexicans from sending an expedition 10 Gu
pa. For his own part he believed that if this expe-
dltlon had been allowed, there would have been
counteTactlon, and that Cuba would have been in
the possession, not of the South Americans even if
they had gained it, but of The North Americans
re was IN no state secrets, and though his rinht
honouIabie trend (Mr. Peel below him, was. yet
cabinef minister could not set himself off to so o,roa
advantage he 1Sir York; could set hinrnP fbear
and iaughtcr,] for this very reason-that cabinet
minister was not allowed to tell all he knew Now
as 10 the address, he begged leave to say that he
goo c0ncurreq II IT. although the speech said moth