The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-04
CONDITION OF ENGLAND.
raoM THE LONDON COURIER.


The naiien have riseu in great numbers to remon-
strate with The master against the recent reauo.Sa
10 their wages of twenty per cent NOV, when 'nS
workmen are generally exposed to great distress anu
privatiOn, and when they beginning to resist oy
violence, further reduction OF wages the nraaes ~
which MIR. Ferrand has INDUCED in the House OIL
Commons, which the Tories cheered to the SKIES,
when they served the purpose of diverting attention
from the niquitous Corn-laws, will tell with great
force on the minds of the people. They have MT
Ferrand's authority, they have the authority OF the
applaudng House of Commons, for believing that
their masters and employers are all intent on cheating
and defraudng them and they will no doubt act
they have already acted--on that lesson. Mr.. Fer
rands teaching will now turn to profit, and ne and
the Tories will doubt have the satisfaction OF see
ing that enmity between master and workmen, which
they have evoked, rife in the land.
We demonstrated the very night we heard MI r. err
rands first speech against the encouragement given to
him by the grave Tories of the House OF Commons
including Sir r. Peel. Now, when the hunger caus-
cd by the Starvation laws, when low wages and slack
ened employment the results of restrictions on trace,
an when the infammatory harangues of privileged
speakers producing their appropriate effects, and
naiers and GOLFERS and other classes, are collecting
in multtudes settle the rate Of wages by foce the
military put into requsition to keep the peace we
read of squadrons of Dragons riding about the coun-
try with drawn swords and loaded curbines Sir no
bert Peel and the landowners persist in maintaining
laws which keep away food and take away trade from
the people, and perslstng in that policy, they are COM
PEELED to carry 1t out by establishing In the CROWDED
districts of the empire complete military rule. Halt,
oven two-thrds of the soery kept in garrison at
home are plainly required by the mschievous conse-
quences of the Corn laws, which Sir X. Peel would
rather maintain by military violence than preserve
peace and order by allowing the people 10 be prosper
Gus and happy
fess holy horror at interfering with it, lest they
might impede the prosperity and happiness OF tne
blacks At present they seem inclined to lay thelr
own disturbing hands on Canada but when the
Wings proposed to touch the tmbe duties they couo
not think of riskng the prosperity of that colony
But with marvellous inconsistency, or with lmmea-
surable Hypocrisy, these very men have not the
smallest regard the suffering millions at home, and
witness with the greatest indifference masses OF po-
verify, distress, and suffering, caused by their enact
ments such as never before existed For the blacks
and for the Canadians they have the enderest sympa
thies for the starving multudes at home they have
hussars and brandished sabres They are accustonl-
ed like the shwoman sknning eels to their trade OF
keeping order at home by the sword; but they ieei
appropriate Indignation at other persons using the
whip What with the corn-law makers keeping 1000
from the people, and at the same time keeping mem
quiet by the of sodiery, England-once 1t IS sad
free and happy England-has fallen below other ma
tions.
According to the accounts from Ireland that coun-
try is neither tranquil safe. Edinburgh was alarm
ed few days ago, by large assemOage OF tue woIh
ing people while we know that at Greenock, Paisley
and Glasgow, the utmost distress prevails. Such is
the condition of the empire after twenty years
peace, and much longer uninterrupted continuance
of all kinds of natural advantages Obviously the
cause of our national distress is not physical but
raj. springs from institutions, and is terrible
reproach to statesmen 1t is the result ofthe joint
and combined labors of both Wings and Tories ; and
neither of them have any better remedy to offer us
than IS duty on corn, or an Income tax. What will
follow this we cannot tell but neither Wings nor
Tories who the ofths great social disease
will ever cure it.