Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-19
PARLIAMENT.


PARLIAMENT
Having yesterday published the speeches from the
nnti-mniscral side of the two Houses, which spoke
the piainest and no doubt the truest, language to
ministers, on the state of the country present this
morning, the explanations and defcnses, of the Duke
of Wellington in the House Of Peers, and of the
Chancellor Of the Exchcqucr, in the House of
Commons
On the 9Th Feb, the debate on tho foreign rca-
lions and internal policy of the country was resumed
IN the Ii. of Commons the question, touching the
'the Report the Address" Complaints of the
suiierings of the people of the sighting and unsats
factory character of the Kings Speech and the apathy
OF the Duke of Wellington and his Inscription of the
distress to temporary causes, were reiterated by ma
ny members; but we have already quoted enough TO
give the reader general idea of the depressed con-
dition of England, the specuatons upon the causes
which produced, and the eypedens proposed to rem
edy it. 1t respect to the latter, the ministerial tone
is, to leave things to themselves Attributine the
condition otthe country to accidental and temporary
causes, their logic is that prosperity viii return with
the removal OF those temporary causes and that to
effect this, time is sufficient The dssatisied-apd a
much larger portion ofthe country appears to be
baced in this CLASS than at any former crisis, partc.
uary of the wcalihy-tolk in very different roanner
1t seems certain that much ofthc pressure has been
accustomed by Peers BILL prohibiting the issuing of
bank paper under the denomination OF .c5 and the
consequent appreciation of money Debts contract
to be paid when the nominal is in fact, eqoai
to fifty per cent more than contracted to be
paid This is the of paper money-now by
Z nil
reasonable value-now by its being called in, leav
ing debtors to pay from the appreciation of money
twrvv .ra value of their debts Such was the state
OF things which drove Kentucky to her relief laws
and to the legislative cxccsscs which reflected 50
much upon her moral character l.: this high and
dry stuation the whole class of debtors left by
the U. States Bank going into operation, and by the
driving out of the trash with which the State Banks
had deIuged the Union. From the plenty of tina,
trash, men had made contracts, which they after
wards had to fulfil with gold and silver or their C.
qnivnent. England is now visited with the same ac
Fiction 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 relie
to individuals from thir private engagements. PEG.
pie of America Look and learn.
Among the speeches Of the second day, we selec,
hat of Sir Joseph Yorke, for the sake of its I'm
mour.
Sir JOSEPH YORKE said, he was so extremely
hoarsc that he could hardly make himself hcnrJ AMI
that the very eloquent speeches they had lust head
must be his apology for attempting TO speak Eio-
quent speeches were very well calculated to excite
the house to take part IN any war, and he was not
surprised that, III time past, eloquent speeches had
produced that effect. The country however. Ind
paid very dearly for such speeches Hear and Iaucb
ter) lie gave the noble duke at the head of To
Government great credit for keeping them out of n
war; and he begged 10 remind hon. rentlemcn ,,,o
SO fond OF the "high tone" in foreign uol;rv
that it was TO that "bigh tone" that the countyyy
was lndebc cd for its debt. Hear and lnuol
teri tIe trusted that ministers would drop the "IIob
tone" that they would look at what their pred cess
ors had done, and how the country had been BAN
boozled out OF IFS money lie trusted that m ns,ers
would think Of these things. and take warning He
recollected very well, when Mr.. Canning came down
to the house and proposed that VIC should srcnJ
that 2,000,000L for the sake of keeping Portu1nl in
order for little whilc that the hon. member for An
crdeen was the only person who said, await little
don't be IN hurrV adjourn tic debate till next
week, and, in the mean time, turn the matter ovor
~ your minds, or else, gentlemen, depend upon H.
your get yourselves into a cOnfouDded scrape "
such was the language of the hon. member for
Aberdeen (hear and laughter, and il did him very
great credit. The noble lord fPalmerston1 bolnt,
him complained that we had nerferod and Dtevent
cd the Mexc0ns from sending an expedition TO Gu
ba For his own part he believed that if this cxpe-
dIton had been allowed, there would have been
coUnteractoD, and that Cuba would have been in
the possession, not fthe South Americans, even IN
they had gained IL, but Of The North Americans
lie was in no state secrets, and though his RIGHT
honourable friend (Mr. Peel) below him, was vet
cabinet minister could not set himself off In en- roa,
advantage as he tSir York; could set him of hear.
and laughtcr,] 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
quite concaFred IN u, although the speech said moth