Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-09-21


PARTIAL LEGISLATioS.-Am Among the Instances
of partial legislation produced by The rule o.: tae aris
tocracy. the corn laws are ilr most remarkable 8:
They are a device by which the owners Of the soil.
few IN number tax enormously thc stall oi LIE, and
thus inaict IA scry upon thousands aud hardship up
on hundreds Of thousands and Inconvenience upon
millions, for the purpose ct enhancing thor Own
enormous revenues in the I}ri..h Isles thu land
is owned by few; Britain and Irchud heng DIX tct
into very largo estates. owned by tie " noal.ty and
gcntry." and cultivated by tenants at h "a rent.
The corn laws impose tHciuaing duty upon Tor
cgn bread s,ulls, winch excludes them until wheat
rises to a certain and very high prce. Then, aaa
nos I'LL then, can foreign wheat other bread stuff,
,. admitted at all. THIS system. oeri-ed by the
deepest We might say the most q na .l taeuu y
enables the landed aristecrat and las c1adJutpss .
demand continually, nigh puce. last below taat
Wich authorizes the removal al the duty and tue
admission of foreign wheat. Let u~ suppose aOuud-
ant crops in England. Scotland aud ireland Com
mon sense will say that bread Ought - b. cheap
and yet 1t is dear, notwithstanding the Abundance.
Ihe land owner, who receives ms rent from the
land, the cutvator who pays IT. and the corn ictor
commission merchant who sells Il, all inter-
csted IN sustaining the price. Accordingly they fix
tins price Just below that which would admit foreign
corn, and then deal out the crop no faster than the
consumer can cat 1t.
To tins combination may be added the Spectator.
who favored by the banks conceals a crop IN ware
houses and sarves the poor the midst OF abln-
dance. Through this internal system, bread Il dear
or IN the British Isles taan IN any part o. the world,
and the misery thereby inflicted the laborlng
classes is appalling. And whose interest is pro-
noted by this system of robbery Merely thai OF
the landed aristocrat and the factor pcculai-
or. ihe tenant merely obtains from II tie means
of paying high rent But he gains notAlng for
the Oh price only enables him - pay a q. rent,
and leaves hln no more profit than he would Obtain
under iow rent wlthou, the system. II the sys-
tenn were abolished, rent would be .ov and the cul-
tivator pros porous ut present. Even the cora
actor derives little benefit from the system for h
bu ness would thrive by the sale of cheap bread as
well a. dear, by the sale OF foreign, as well a.
of English bread stuiis ne land owners alone
the nobility and gentry" engFoss tie profits Q: -.
y stem.
Does this partial legislation iog the benefit ofars
tocracles afford as any lesson Had the manutac
turing interest Of Boston been abe 10 control TIC
legislation of Congress they have more than once
attempted, the people of this country would have
been obliged to wear dear clothing. llst the pco
pie Of Britain consume dear bread and the WOO
grower and the cotton planter would have derive,
no benefit from the system. Tor protection 20 agr
culiu,e WAS no part OF It, Would competition Ea.,
reduced prices Just it reduces them ia Brit
ain where the Whole OF the article is controlled b,
the few. Let remember our spcculatoi.s im .l3ur
when scare " existed IN the midst OF abundance be
cause blnks enabled the fcw t. speculate on the
many. Let remember the specu.1tsons IN beef
when one nan was ab.e to nfct suffering upon
three or four c.tcs. l., Us beware Of arlstocra
ces, whether OF land owners or splnIers and wcav
crs.-Ledser.