Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-28
From late English Paper.
british HOUSE OF COMMONS, March

BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMoNS, March io'
MIR. D,mcon,Je presented petition, from GER
tain ship-owners of town in Yorkshire, COM
planning of distress. e
Colonel Uiison rose to support the prayer OF
the petition. For some moments, the honora,
! BILE Member was not audible in the Gallery; put
becoming animated as he proceeded ne sa'u:
Sir, I am sorry have not the gilt OF the gap 10
represent the distress of the country-lLaugh .
ter.(-The Honorable Member may laugh, out
he wont stop my mouth laughter. - tmnk'
Sir, there are many persons mere VINO wan. 4
change of hands, and not change OF "'S",e
| Continued laughter. Aye, aye, lausn-ou.
tell YOU you have not the interest OF the country
at heart, and the longer you oppose me- ai's
longer III speak-(Shouts of laushter:!-l Sh0ula
be unworthy of seat in the house. shouid De
unworthy Of York, if let any body Dr0w-oeas
me. seldom trouble the House, put l stand u
up in my place to do my duty as MEMBER ana
tell the rale tale of my constituents-(L Laughter
And can tell YOU, if had any power over
! the House, I'd have poll of it every week, ana
compel every man to tell the rate tale OF MS con-
stituents But I'm afraid there's some pad work
going on behind the curtain-(L Loud iaughter)-l
see there's great chickering's at Ministers every
night: but nobody cares for the country. see
work; but the rale question is the distress OF the
countrv-That,s the thing Loud Laughter. -
Sir. | blame the House of Commons, tor IT they
told the rale tale of their constituents. and gave
the Ministers proper informatiOns, the Ministers,
if they have the fear of God and the welfare of
the country before their eyes, VOID be obll-
ged to give the people reliet-(Contlnued Laugh
ter. )-But now the Ministers are wandering
L ci r e ,,,fn is fha
fault of the House. would not do my duty if
did not state the facts-IfI did not seek for
information, and probe that information to the
bone. and sift it to the bottom-( Loud laughter.
Il hope. Sir. that when this information is CIV
en-. Ministers will come down with some whole
some measure, which will enable US to ascend
the hill Of of health towards the relief of the coun
try-(Cheers and laughter. IF any man tells
me there can be no relief, I don't believe him
(Laughter)-There is nothing beyond the power
Of man. with the assistance IF his God-'Loud
and continued laughter. ~ can tell the Honor
able Members opposite, that they will not stop
nv mouth. will assist the Ministry, at whose
back stand, as long as they act with consistent
cy-Ioud laughter ~ say that if Honorable
Gentlemen will not stand up in this house and
tell the rale tale of their constituents, they are
unworthy to be members of this House. If had
the power, they shouldn't be here; they should
all be sent to the right about-(A laugh. II am
speaking, sir, the sense of my constituents
There is not the general distress that's spoken
Of Inthis Majesty's speech the country's called
in state of general distress. say the country
is not in state of general distress. There's
class of men enjoying the privileges of the law,
and they don't pay single sixpence to the ex-
penses; but they receive their dividends, and
they are not in distress, for they are allowed to
escape without PAYING Laughter. u say, Sir
I'm right. The larded interest is the main spring
of the land. What the devil would become of
US without 'em? Tell me that-(L Loud laugh
ter. Aye, you may have your laugh, but I'm
right. say, sir, it don't become them to laugh
at what say.-(Continued laughter.)- ~ don't
pretend to be more than home-spun country
genteman-(a laugh)-but when fill the situa-
ton do now. will conscientiously stand up
and do my duty. I say to these gentlemen on
the opposite side of the House, you ought not to
have your parties, and get up your motions, and
do this and that and the other.A Unless you join
with US in getting rid of the yok (yoke) of Minis
tiers, you'll never be of service to your country.
| wish you'd pause for moment-(The symp-
toms of Impotence in the House here became
very manifest You may disturb me here, but
that won't putme down. l tell the gentleman
opposite he would not disturb me so out of doors
II tell him he has not the interest of his country
at heart.-(Roars of laughter1
The Speaker: Order, order.
Colonel Wilson-I would not for any thing be
out of order. All want is to state to the House
the rale state of the case, only want to do JUS
tice according to my conscience and the consti-
tuents that represent only want justice to
the neutrality-suspicious. of Impotence were here
again manifested ~ will be heard, sir-I wish
to do my duty to my constituents; and whenever
it appears that Pm unworthy to sit here, III walk
out tomorrow. Loud laughter.) / was i'm
peded in what was going to say-(a laugh;
appeal toany member of this House if ever i'm
peded them in this way. The only remedy for
the distress is to confne the bonding system to
our own ships-to such bulky articles as timber
and wool, and those bulky articles. Let our
ships have the benefit of that-let foreign ships
come and pay the duty. and then, if they chuse
toretract and take away their cargoes, why then,
give 'em some drawback: That's the only re-
medy, sir-his Majesty's Ministers ought to do
that That free trade system is running us
That's the system Of the rivht hon gentleman IN