The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-04
CONDITION OF ENGLAND.
FROM rHE LONDON COURIER.

The naiers have risen in great numbers to remon-
strate with the masters against the recent reduction
in their wages Of twenty per cent. Now, when inc
workmen generally exposed TO great distress ana
priyation and when they are beginning 10 resist ny
violence further reduction of wages, the TRADES IN
which Mr.. Ferrand has INDUCED in the House oil
Commons, which the Tories cheered to the SKIES
when they served the purpose OF dlyertng attehtio
from the inquitous Corn-laws, will tell with great
force on the minds Of the people. They nave mr.
Ferrands authority, they have the authority OF the
applauding House of Commons, for believing that
their masters and employers all intent on cheating
and defrauding them; and they will no doubt act
they have already acted-on that lesson Nr' FER,
rand's teaching will now turn to proht, ana nc ana
the Tories will no doubt have the satisfaction Oh sec
ing that enmity between master and workmen, which
they have evoked, rife in the land.
We demonstrated the very night we heard Mr. Fer;
rand first speech against the encouragement gwen 10
him by the grave Tories of the House of Commons
including Sir X. Peel Now, when the hunger caus-
ed by the Starvation laws, when low wages and slack
ened employment the results of restrictions on trade
an " hen the inflammatory harangues oil privileged
speakers producing their appropriate elects ana
nallers and GOLFERS and other classes, are collecting
in mutudes to settle the rate of wages by force, the
military are put into requsition to keep the peace we
read of squadrons of Dragons riding about the couh
try with drawn swords and loaded carblnes Dir 40
bert Peel and the landowners persist IN maintaining
laws which keep away food and take away trade from
the people and perslstng that policy, they are com
PEELED to carry 1t out by establishing IN the CROWDED
districts of the empire complete military rule. Hall,
two-hrds of the sodiery kept IN garrison az
home plainly required by the mschleyous cohse,
quences Of the Corn laws, which Sir X. Peel would
rather maintain by military violence than preserve
peace and order by allowing the people to be prosper
Gus and happy
Whenever sugar is mentioned our Tory rulers pro-
fess holy horror at interfering with IT, lest .ney
might impede the prosperity and happiness OF the
blacks. At present they seem inclined to lay ther
own disturbing hands on Canada but when the
Wings proposed to touch the timber duties they could
not think of rsking the prosperity oil that colony,
But, with marvellous inconsistency, or with lmmea-
sLrable Hypocrisy, these very men have not the
smallest regard to the suffering millions at home, ana
witness with the greatest Indifference masses oil po-
verify distress, and suffering, caused by ther enact
ments such never before existed FOR the packs
and for the Canadians they have the enderest sympa-
thies for the starving multudes at home they nave
hussars and brandished sabres. They are accustom-
ed like the fshwoman skinnng eels to their trade OF
keeping order at home by the sword but they ieel
appropriate Indignation at other persons using the
whip. What with the corn-law makers keeping food
from the people, and at the same time keeping them
quiet by the of sodery, Englandonce, 1t Is SAID
free and happy Engand--has fallen below other ma
tons
According to the accounts from Ireland that coun-
try is neither tranquil nor safe. Edinburgh was alarm
ed, few days ago, by large assembage ofhe work
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
of national distress is not physical, but mo-
rail- 1t springs from our institutions, and is terrible
reproach to statesmen 1t is the result Of the JOINT
and combined labors of both Wings and Tories and
neither Of them have any better remedy to offer US
than IS duty corn, or an Income tax What will
follow this cannot tell but neither Wings nor
Tories who the othis great social disease,
will ever cure it,