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STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
House Of Commons. JuIy %,
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mouse 81 Commons, July -.
DEBATE oovcLuDEDJ
Lord STANLEY Sir, among the numerous extraor
binary misrepresentation OF the affairs which have
been made 10y the noble lord who has Just down. there
was hardly any remarkable than that with which
he commenced his speech namely, that my right hon. friend
IN the beginning 1T his address, had complained of ths
conducts" the noble lord IN moving directly as was
nus bounden duty 10 do, OF confidence IN Her
MnIesys Government whereas, the very fest sentence
that Tell from my right hon. friend directly and diatnet
REALLY the reverse of what the noble lord has
Clear heoT) 80 far from complaining the course pur
sued by the noble lord my ght friend CONNIE need his
observations 10y stating that he did complain of the course
which had been taken 10y the noble lord lie admitted that
inc course taken was entirely within his right
and privilege aud hst he did ;hnk hc!c fa aud eii
mate ground the for not that course
winch the noble lord IN his first sentence said INV tight
hon. friend, IN the outset of his speech complained that
the noble lord had adopted. [learl But confess
that with whatever satisfaction may have listened To the
speech OF the noble Ord seeing the number DAYS
cannot but be OF opinion that the public may somewhat
think the business OF the country has not been materially
advanced or the time OF the house very valuaby occupied
10y the course which has been taken night Hear
do not complain Of the which the noble lord Ia.
pnrsued-prudent a. doubt IL has been-in making
such statement and in taking such a course as To
render 1t impossible that the OF the house should
be taken on any practical question. The debate has
served Opportunity for hon gentlemen on the other
SIDE TO pay each other reciprocal compliments their
Nos'suPeony IN debate, "a laugh ut assuming that there
never were such speeches delivered those which have
ooeh delivered on the other side during the present session.
and OF coniendng that II rght hon friend has complain
ca at me business OF the session has been impeed has
been So impeded in consequence Of the SUI
peJriy IN debate OF opponents do not exactly know
what the noble lord means by superiority; but if ne means
superiority point OF quantity, there certainly be
doubt Of the claim OF hon. gentlemen opposite on that
iear hear) The noble lord tells the vast number of
days during the present session which the b has o
sat, or when 1t has adjourned g. I, o'clock in the
evening have not had the opportunity Of locking back
TO the facts but cannot fail form strong conjecture that
the great majority Of the days which he were DAYS
which were not devoted to the Government business ,hear
and, even admitting for the sake % the thing the
OF hon. gentlemen opposite debate cannot help thinking
mat There IS IN his statement itself pregnant evidence
was generally those DAYS devoted to notices Of motions
and not TO orders Of the day, that about or half past
the house was counted out because that hour hon.
bers found occupations agreeable than motions and
discussions that would lead to practical conclusion "A
laugh)
But then the noble lord tPamerstOn TALKS OF our nan
eaI deficiency The noble lord has easy mode OF pass
ing the proceedings Of his own Government Saws
ne, we had deficiency, and very sorry for IT,
"a laugh Yes but being very sorry FOR it precise
~ the mode 10 deal with II. They had u deficiency that
was annually augmentng during three four or five years
What did they do Why they were very sorry for II,
laugh They took no steps to stop il, 'oh -, but per
'eu year after year TO accumulate tall the deficiency of
each year exceeded the former Hear. hear! By this
system we We're left with something like 1000 OUOl ac-
cumuated deficiencies by the energetic policy of the noble
lord All lac say Is, that he very sorry for il lauqh
but then he adds, Only what would have with
our measures respecting corn, timber, AMI sugar The
house and the country, however seems not exactly
OF the same opinion Hear. hear Ii the noble lord and
hs colleagues OF that opinion must say il was very
lately iOrmed-it looked something very ike death he'd
repentance as If they had only resolved on it at the time
when their fate as Government practically sealed.
Then It was that they introduced financial measures which
they knew would be rejected, and they cried See what
we would have doue 1t you would have allowed US Sir
ths energy OF the late Government at the close OF their
l'ience docs, confess appear somewhat too much
IKE Tie gaNanlc energy that Is las
moments o. dying person. Laughter The noble lord
then goes on 10 tell that the present Government have at
the end OF years increased the deficiency Now when
the noble lord complains OF OF energy present
| To he aIs had
step taken by the Government on their accession To
ONCE, tor the purpose of putting end TO the finan-
caI dihculues lett by their predecessors, was not
one OF the o0ldest and most straightforward
finance ever resored 10, especially when il measure
known 10 be unpopular in itself. Hear hear) will
say S That there never was holder attempt remedy
the disordered finances OF country, than the incomeax
proposed by the present Government yHear, hear) And
too the noble lord, when telling Of deficiency has
not taken into account the hayears income that
not coUecled when he made his calculation. But saws
the noble lord we lett only deficiency but also
some wars on hand Yes you did, aud very pleasant
po'iAon those wars in. Clear, hear, and laugh
Does the noble lord think he left satisfactory state
with regard 10 the IN India} The noble lord asked
win some complacency, whether my noble friend Sir r.
PSeD Lad not avaed himself OF the preparations which
the preceding Government had made IN India l admit
we did but the noble lord had much moderated the diff
cunes IN which we were placed with respect Aghanis
tan, and touched very lightly upon what he was pleased In
call the incident ct Cabu' a laugh. believe the
noble lord considered the incident serious matter at
one une than now that II IS overcome, he Is likely 10 ad
INIT near, near lie noble lord SAID ~ DO blame
NoH' because IN Tie Afghan war you avalcd yourselves
the skiiiu means and preparations provided by u.s. The
means and Preparations provided by You SAID that
Notwithstanding the incident You prepared with
means 10 set matters a right again; all night
were prepared o set tie finances Hcar' and a laugh
The incident however, such induce Lord Auck
land 10 abandon the enterprise and the only
made corps Of held in readiness 10 cover the
retreat Of the troops when they about to abandon the
country IN their Inflated condition. Hear, hearI For
months after Lord E.cnborouph's arrival Ia India the ar
nv was IN such state IN AfghanIsan t. be able
u move backward or forward but compelled tu re-
main ln position Of inactivity and Incidence. Was our
Candahar iorcc-I do 70 say any thing against
the army, 10 whom blame could atich-but was our
tandahar ioce m an efficient condition proceed Ca
bui'
Then with regard China the noble lord had said that
he did not blame the present Government with resuect Ia
the course which had been pursued IN Chua and added
that Notwithstanding the which had been cvecd al
the late Government for not adopting vigorous inca.
sures at the very time that were used the penipo
Tertiary was debating the Of peace o. the Chinese
Government The noble lord accuses MS for having avail
ed ourselves OF that plcnipotcuary We did So and am
glad OF 10. amglld my right hon. friend uvaed himself
OF the services Of discreet and able 10 conduct the
business in China, and that feeling OF party or rivalry
iutcHCtcd with his successfully
The noble lord had said the success IN China wa, owing In
our having followed the plan Of the preceding Government
u was not achieved alone hy that means but by adding
largely 20 the military and naval force China When it IL
remembered that in 1872 the forces n China were nearly
double 10 what they had been Boo the previous wear that no
steps were taken az that time our naval and mi
htary orcc China by single ship by single battalion by
single man. by single aim must say that the war In
CHINA was brought close by the present government not
IN consequence Of following the plan Of our predecessors
but by following mp the course which We adopted
during the first six weeks OF holding Office. loud
Cheers There was document lett by the late govern.
men TO show that they had intended adopt any larger or
more ample means with respect China than they had al
their command n the previous year Their was no docu
show that any increase was intended either for Chi
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