The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-09
WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY NIGHT DECEMBER O. ls45
FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM PAPERs RECEIVED
By THE CAMBRIA.

3 FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM PApERs RECEIVED
By THE CAMBRIA.
From the London Times, Nov. g.
e OrENMG o. THE PoRrs.-W Whilst the public mint
has been kept in state Of suspense, the ministerial
councils have been distracted with divisions Il
the extent and remedies of the famine crisis II ha,
: ever been so. The tenacity of human hope cllngs
to, and the weakness Of human reason parades
slight preexts in the presence Of impending calam
ties 1t s not sntil the danger becomes great tc
he resisted with success, confronted with cour
nge that the errors of rash confidence, and the fol-
(, ly of specious representation, are confessed
and then the immensely of the crisis is put forward
as excuse for acts which were once justifable on
the score of prudence, but have finally become in
evltable from necessity II is no use for men
whether in the cabinet or out Of it, to disguise or to
understate the magnitude of the impending danger.
II Is no use for them 10 argue that because wheat
cheap in England, there is chance of famine here
or that the failure Of the potato crop in Ireland
not affect the corn markets in this country. The
facts are known to every man who has had the will
and opportunity for inquiry. Wheat is cheap. But
what wheat The very worst that is brought to
market Good wheat--the wheat which supplies
the table of all midde-elass farners--s already
dear What, then, may il be erpectedto be four, frs,
sir, and ten months from This time? The uggle of the
average returns fictitious price just now by con-
founding the good with the bad The averages de-
termne the duty, and the duty is such TO exclude
supply from abroad. Under any circumstances,
therefore, it is reasonable TO- anticipate that,
before the period of another harvest arrives the sta
Pile food of all classes will have become dear--that Of
the poorest and lowest, dear beyond the possibility
Of purchase. But when take into consideration
the state of the continental markets, tho deficient
crops in France, Belgium, and Holland, and the
prospective demands of those countries on the gra-
nares of Europe the case is complicated with new
difficulties and new absurdities.
1t is not many weeks since large quantity Of
corn was taken out of bond in England, and shipped
to foreign ports Let the present duty continue but
a few weeks longer, and much of that which re-
mains in bond will be exported to countries whose
wants may not be greater, but those whose wisdom
is more proyident than our own; who know the adj
vantage oflaying in store against season of dis.
trcss and who know not the slippery virtues Of the
sliding-scae. We shall thus present to the eyes Of the
civilized i0ord the singular spectacle Of nation polun
taiLy poor in the midst of great ,ceah, boarding up
stores which il forbears touch and starving itself
for the good offs neighbors. However the philan-
thropy of such country may be admired for its
novelty, yet mankind will question its sense of JUS
tice, especially when they remember that this tenn
porary self-denia is to be compensated by future
extravaganza; and that though we abstain from buy
ing when we might buy cheaply, we shall enter the
markets when Competition has created DEAFNESS,
and dearness has been followed by general dis
i tress
That men should hesitate before they believe in the
approximation of danger is natural. That they
should delay or deprecate change in their own
measures, and the work Of their own hands, is nafu-
raj also. But state necessity 10 more powerful than
seflove or sef-delusion. II works by signs and by
wonders--by the popular voice, by the operations
| Of nature, by the distress Of nations. Let no man
| say that his work is inal-that his wisdom is para
mount-that his counsels are for all time II is not
so. II never was, and never will be So The great
chain of events coils round and round us, impercep-
tbe, inevitable, ,inextricable. The present
corn laws are doomed II is for the premier to de-
eide whether he will sign the warrant of their exc
cution Sefove, the tenderness of sponsorship,
and lingering regard for the graces Of consistency,
may stay his hand. But his mercy will be suici-
dal II he delays others will be found ready to act
for him. He will only gain the unequivocal praise
| of having been unseasonably, and point
only, consistent But there is much in "the look Of
| the thing" with premiers, as well as prudes. And
the most prudish of premers may hesitate before he
| condemns what he has sanctioned, and sanctions
what he has strenuously denounced. If this be so,
there is only course for him to take-to abstain
from taking an open part in this important discus
sion-to leave to others the merit OF settling the
question--and TO resign.
| The state of the potato crop continues to be an
anxious, indeed an absorbing feeling, not only with
| the people of Ireland, but with the whole of the
and gentlemen have been held in the Irish metrepo-
lis and elsewhere to carry out measures for meet
| ing the emergency. At one Friday week, in the
Music-ball, Dublin, the lord mayor presiding, a
committee was appointed to cooperate with the
| Manson-house committee and TO wait upon the
Iord-lieutenant At this meeting, Admiral Oliver
impressed upon all present the necessity ofapplying
the repeal rent to the purchase of food for the peo
| pie This was very unpalatable to Mr.. O'Connell,
who assured the speaker that his portion of the rent
should be returned to him; but the chairman inter-
fered and interdcted politics. Accordingly, dep
utation from the combined committee proceeded to
the Vice-Rega Lodge, in the Phenix-park, where
the following resolutions were submitted to Lord
| Heytesbury:
81. That sufficient evidence of the imminence of
famine exists to render it necessary for the govern
ment to take immediate steps to provide food for the
people.
| go That the best mode of distributing such food,
will be by the encouragement Of pubic works of ma
tional and local utility.
"3 That the lord lieutenant be called upon to
open the ports for the reception Of all articles suited
| for human food.
"a. That the lord lieutenant be also called upon to
| take measures to prevent the expectation of corn
| from Ireland.
"5. That the lord lieutenant be called upon to
take measures for the establishment of public gran
aries, in convenient situations, into which grain
shall be received and receipts given for the same at
the current prces and that In the event OF famine
| being averted from this country, the owners of
grain so stored shall be permitted to dispose of it at
any higher prices that it may be possible to realize
| in other markets.
&c That the propriety of stopping the distila-
ton Of spirits from grain be submitted to the consd-
Grafton Of government.
az That the lord lieutenant be requested to take
measures for raising at least million in aid of the
purposes recommended; and that the payment Of
the interest and principal be secured upon the re-
ceipts of the commissioners of woods and forests in
Ireland"
Souri, CARoLisA coLLEeE.--We are gratfed at
the happy termination of the difficulties, either real
or imaginary, that have for some time past existed
in this institution. The success of the college Is
now placed beyond a contingency by the appoint