Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-12

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no, OF ncapacty measure the value letters but OF ina
bty TO measure the value OF thugs, that he accused
the Right Hon. Bsronet. CAT this Sir james Ora.
ham entered the house aud took bs ts Treasury
Bench. directly opposite 10 Mr. Cob et,) .'Ah!' said
the Hon. Member, stopping shout in ms course. and
pointing TO the First Lord uf the Admiralty amidst much
laughter, snow shat have one vote at least" The
Right Hon Barcnet opposite has conidy AVON e that he
was led to support the bill OF 1919 under ,lu.ion How
then can no refuse TO march with aid tho re
Nouiion which proposes: &c laughter cascnrd by
the Hon. Member using the word ''rerOuiiuu, instead
OF "resoution'D The only defence Which lac could find
Tor tie measures adopted 10y the Right Hon Member for
Iamworh, was in specch lately dsvcted by thai Ri ht
Hon. Geotouan lie said ''tiat there distress ia The
country before lSl0 Arising chang in The value OF
money! No doubted tie fact. There was distress in
iSoi In consequence OF tie peace OF Amens forcing
bank 10 make preparations 80 pay ~ gold In the years
lSlo 1911, lSlo, 1916, AMI 1877, there distress
arising out of a similar iho Right Honorable
Baroiet had sso SAX, THAT IT was necessary do
something in 1919" lie (Mr CUbbet) admitted it; hu,
that which was done was not the something that ght
to have been done. But who. it night 10 asked.
was there to point oht the proper mode Of proceed
ing tic replied million and Iva fof men, " no peti-
toned that House III 1917 tor Parliamentary M and in
adjustment OF The money affairs Of the country These
petitioners prayed ahat justice mig he them by all.
just'ng all pensions d public salaries and the interest
the national debt the altered anl circumstances
the county and he could tell the House that these pet-
tons must be acted yet, else there would be no
peace Ia England. Among oher thngs, they pe'ilioned
tor the reduction OF The National debit aud adopting the
language OF petition presented respecting the Sout,
sea bubble they concIUd,dby praying that the last drop
of the niuons blood should be poured out to he licked
up,b the cannibals OF Change alley (.aughtor)
The act OF 1919 was shameful an act as was ever
passed by borough nongeng Parliament, and that was
saying great deal; hut lie had vet noticed the cIc,
oil tins bill OF 1919 upon tue working classes Oh! but
must have benehted them, cries the Right Hon Ba.
ronet "or 1t lowered the price Of PROVISIONS Granted;
but then di 1t not lower the price Of wages considerably
too! La liom 10 the other caamies which il had pro.
uueeu this on had produced more mischief by its effects
upon the mind the habits and characters the working
classes than any twenty other bills which men.
toned Sturges Bournes Bill had done mischief. Tho
game laws had done mischief. But this bill had
done infinitely more mischief than all of them Ue
would show the house how the msei,racy and peutry
went work to prev The poor deriving any
Int from the fall Ut prices which this bill occaSiOned He
held in his hand certain resolutions passed at meeting OF
the magistrdcy for the hundred of - in Hampshire
on The 3lsi OF August 1892, at hc meeting Sir r. Bar.
ing oliciated Chairman, aud Mr. Woolham as Clerk 10
the magistrates In these resolutions they fixed the price
al winch the laborers IN that division of county, were
IN future to be paid for their labor The rule which thew
lmd down was uis-iha single men, (no paupers0 should
receive 3s and Cd. a-week tir average wares I'M,
year through Now thu barbarity OF such a r.sohtinn
as that was beyond any Thing that he had ever met with
elsewhere in the course OF his reading. (Hear hear
which the laborers OF Hampshire had subsequently com
United, could IL feel any that they were com.
mit,ed, when looked to the words-the blood xau.t
ing words-oi those resolutions? Was he stating what
could be questioned? No; there ia the document (r,sr
ing it upon the tabe and there shall remain to ac.
qu're sui greater publicity The Of 1919 was the
pretcSt Tor the great OF iniquity which was then
perpelrated against them for these resolutions stated
IN express terms, that they adopted in co,se-
quence oil the low prices which had folio ed die hill al
1879 Had the scale Of wages fixed in them remained
unaered 20 lac prese time Oh no; but - ia. YEAR
1880 when The Oos place, aud Ia. tina, tutor
ra'e county Of Hdns, which had 1876 its peassntiy la.
nished Tor lie, periods little e that ali Ibis
mischief MAS done by Ex.ns low scale Of wages,
which those who fixed il uibu eI TO the bin ol
1919 He (Nr. CobbetO did O; attribute that misc, iet
10 the Right lion. Haono-iar iron, il; that mischief
ought 10 those wh) really created H. and Iose pet
sous he had already pointed The notice Of ,be rub-
lie He had done; he he'd DISCHARGED his ,iuiy i'm
Bringing tits mater before the House aud country;
nad he should now place his resolution upon the uu
oeng convinced That it was not airy Paa,nv nary
FORMS and that IT was consistent with right III tice
Qiear2 He then formally moved his resolution.
ar tieden seconded The resolution.
Sir Robert Peel amilsi loud Cheering rro,, ALI
sizes OF me House lie said dat, out of respect the
by some member Of great weight aud influence in the
House (Cheers0 who in his conscience believed that he
wa; discharsIhg public duty; but he owned that he
coud hot Out express his surprise at this motion, COMING,
as did IRON one who only few evenings ago had said
oil nun mat comparing him with others who had taken
part IN e same proceedings he wasspO,Iess as an angel
(Cheers ana aushter) Had he (Sir r. PceD nothing 10
complain OF in the ac that charge this vague nature
mad been held over him ortwo months (Cheers)-tla for
charges which had never Until been defined and for
acts spread over period oil years he was now 10 he
dismissed his Majesty counc? Up 10 this MO h he wac
not told of the particular nature of the chnrpes 70 ba
ed against him. Tonight the hon. member ,iisavowed
any mputaion OF any corrupt on his (Sr r. PEEP
part he merely attributed his conduct TO his ignorance
ou' Tor mat gross ignorance he would have him
from his Maje'iy's Pivy Council (CheersD But youLi
It not have been lair and candid ct the hon. av
communicated TO him something of the particulars of the
Indictment which he thus preferred against him for arts
done so far back 1910, and 1922, and 1926, was
enough TO have the charges made for conduct so far
back, and spread many years without tho n;us
lice oil denying to him, up the hour when thew were
brought forward inimaon OF their precise nature
but, 10 look at The whole oil The resolutions tey
anu were made zap OF such tissue Of
that 1t was diihcult TO deal with them They ber,n b,
stating mat the King could do wrong-tai however o
enTd against wrongs being done in his Maiesty name 10
any OF his subjects with iinpuny the same laws ybch
had as their birthrgh descended his from
Just and wise iorefaher, made all and every one acn in
that name and underthat authority fully and re llv esou
siDe 10 The people OF The realm; but that when The ~ ro
was the act oil Minister Estate to advise the KING
Tor TIE good oil his pcoplewhen that Minister received
as The reward oil his fidelity and skill large sums of the
peoples money-thls, then, the aggravaton Of IN
charge against him. that he was receiving LARGE sun NJ
the public money at the time ne gave that advice which
was now condemned; but in 1919 he was not a Min.
isteT OIL me crown, and receiving flrhing nj
the public money. (Cheers) lie hai 40 ob;ec1 in
pPrecahng II in that year. but in 1922 lie was in OIL
nee ana had as littc object in depreciang H. His ACT
10 1913 was not az Hii".@ter, but a MeI.L.SsTq
lament and he owned that hsrxzRsp>aoI 1lSpposinp
The Hon " enhsr 6-UsTh ea1.s.1tl,a7 his noian Gs5
not been 10 dismiss him from The Privy Council hut
from that House, Tor the offence Of having extrpsied the
small note circulation (Cheers.) He was il was true
PnVy Councillor in 1919, but he not then advising the
crown lie would not stop 10 speak Of corrIip, motives:
those were dsdvowed, and he woCld wait till they were
imputed. (Checfs) But the charge was that he had
deluded The liousr-hdt he had made a speech which,
had deluled the House Of Commons (fIear, hear and
dugh) He was charged with having introduced three
measures on this subject but he had introduced ONLY one
that Of 1919 The measures Of 1922 and 1926 were
not introduced by him. The measure which lac intro
duced III 1919 founded the report of the commit