The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-11

poses they charged an enhanced price upon nv
of the necessary articles Of consumption Which en-
HANGED price goes into the pockets of individuals for
| their profit at the expense of the many That
| II appeared that Notwithstanding the addition Of
considerable per cenage 10 the existing taxes la the
course OF last session, the revenue had decreased
whilst the public expenditure had increased and that
large deficiency IN the revenue existed. That We
considered II would be improper to make up the de-
| hciency ~ ihe revenue by and addt onal taxes
or by loan, and that it was our decided opinion thai
The hnaneialdiihcules Of the country and the want,
OF the consumer, will best be net by general ,sri
sion and reduction Of The duties on imports These re-
| solutions were agreed to by about sixty members of
Parliament, present at the meeting aud x dsy by
as many more, all supporters of the Wing Ministers
aud there were twenty-five other members belong
| ing TO the Ministry, and IN Office who agreed with
the purport Of the resou IONS but declined from fear
OF giving offence to Ministers TO sign the resolutions
None OF The Tories would sign the resolutions al
! though several Of them agreed to their purpoh and
! object BY order OF the meeting communicated
copy OF these resolutions TO Viscount Melbourne the
Prime Minister, and he. well as his colleague,
we're informed that the only CHI ince that they had of
| obtaining the increase Of the revenue requisite 10
to make up the deficiency, would be by adopting our
suggestions OF abothing all nlonopoies, and especially
| those OF corn, sugar and timber"
The Tories made an united attack on the plan Of
| free trade Of the Wings charging them with intro
ducDg il at The eleventh hour, when they had not
power, by their majority in the Commons, carry
their proposed alterations The country did not be
lieve the Wings sincere, and onsidered the
move political move which they would try
by general election, TO obtain better House Of
Commons for their purposes MIR. Labouchere, the
President of the Board of Trade, TO have intro
duced the alterations and resolutions in the tariff on
other articles, but he did so and the opposition
of the Tories under Sir Robert Peel t. the SUGAR
| DUTIES, proposed by the Wigs, put end t, Par
lament The Ministers dissolved Parliament and
sailed new one expecting that their late move
ment in favor of free trade would have secured t,
them representatives from the mercantile aud manu-
featuring boroughs and cities But the electors were
disgusted with the long tsmporisng system of the
Wings, and would not believe them homes, aud sin
cere in their intentions, they had postponed ing
ing forward the scheme until forced to do So and
that they had merely made il the watchword or cry
for the battle Of the general election aud Sir Ro,
bert Peel obtained Parliament called by the Whigs,
which gave him. on the first division, ma orty OF
ninety two members.
| " My belief, as well as that of many attentive Oh
servers Of the proceedings at that gene a. election i,
that the Of the Tories, or monopolsts do
pended upon the unpopularity of The Wings aud
restless desire to give Sir Robert Peel chance OF
making some of the reforms which were much want
ed in the country, aud which the people were conf
dent could not be carried by the Wings they should
be honest enough to propose them"
al is curious to notice the course taken by Sir
Robert Peel, when he became Minister with a large
majority to support him. He did nothing in the
sion Of l8%l, but asked for time to consider and 10
mature proper measures for the difficulties of the
country. In the session of S42, he brought forward
his plan for general alteration of the tariff Of Gus.
toms, and in able speech, laid down the best AID
soundest principles for trade. He abolished every
positive prohibition Of imports, and made genera
reduction in every Thing but and sugar, and
articles about which lie was then in negotiation with
France and OIL her countries. He pressed the report
on Customs Imports, which he had abused in lS4l
and he adopted the same schedule in his plan which
had proposed and submitted appendix in 1870
In short, he appeared to me to have become
vert to free-trade in the fullest manner and that he
only wanted little time to carry out the principle
he propounded.
"The alterations introduced in 1912 in the tariff Of
busoms we're many and almost all in the light direc-
ton; and we expected that Sir Robert would have
continued the reduction Of duties in this session. anu
have afforded 10 the country the best chance Of
moving her present difficulties and distress.
81 believe he Is opposed by his colleagues, aud
that he wants the moral courage TO carry out hi,
principles, or If opposed in that 10 resign.
"You have been here long enough, and have had
communication enough, 10 enable you 10 III up what
OF detail has been omitted BY IN this past session
and TO judge of the state Of the free trade question
this country. IL is one Of time only and while SAT
Ter from the incubus OF the Arisocrasy and the Cer
gy your country, by acting independent Of US would
soon enable US, who advocate free trade principles 10
carry them here. With free trade both the United
States and Great Britain would flourish without IT,
cannot see any solid basis Of permanent prosperity
Ia either county,
Such Is the state Of parties in England. The
Wings were driven cut Of power in lS4I, because
the Wings were unpopular, and the mercantile aud
manufacturing boroughs and cities wished to give Sir
Rober Peel an opportunity to make some reform
which we're much wanted by the country, and which
the people did not believe would be carried by tho
Wings IL they should be homes, enough TO propo,.
them" Sir Robert Peel did propose and carry through
many reforms but be ef the duties on corn and ar,
rro~n wsU
The anti Corn Law League, a mos, potent polil.
cal Organization have pledged themselves to Obtain
the repeal Of these duties They lat year raised
fund Of $25o, 900, which was expended in u. die.
semina,ou Of political tracts, public discussions and
other means OF agitation. They have opened sub
serpton for $500 00O and have raised a very large
part Of that sum to be expended in the same mannyr
during the present year AT the election in Salisbury
they carried the American flag eide by side with ths
British flag, and the battle Of free trade is fought
with the avowsd purpose Of bringing into Parliament
majority who will repeal the duty on corn, and Ne
discriminating duty on sugar, as means Of inorsa,.
ing their trade with America.
Sir Robert Peel, in ls42, carried the discriminsl
ing duty on sugsr. which Is snnu~ie "a ION ~
ground that II would enable him to make q
treaty with Brazil for the abolition of slavery
His words we're Make the st,empi-try 10 get con.
SESSIONS from those from whom you get your supply
You may delend ulon il there is a growing conric.
ton among the people Of these countries that slavery