The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-19
FOREIGN.

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Inclusive. Tie spirit Of tie British aud French
press is, as our readers win remember, fully gssf
in dat journal.
.TnE eoRH-LAws.-lt appears by the following
afticles from the latest numbers Of the Times and
the Standard, (sad to be the organ of the govern
ment) that the British cabinet are at least as yet,
ani,l,sS 70 let their decision as to the opening of
the ports be made public
The REPEAL OF THE CORN LLws-Wehave very
few words say in reply to the contradiction that has
been given u ogt statpent respecting the corn
laws BY the Standard and these words are simply
reileraton Of tose hst were used il opt paper Of
Thareday. We sahs,e 20 ON original announce
menI that Parsmsi VII mtst esrly m Jsnuaryi
and thai repeal Of the cornlaws will be proposed
in one houseby Sir Robert Peel in the other by the
Duke of Wellington. The result, Of course, can
only show who is right aud who IL wrong on the
present oceaslon bat We would remind the public
that this 10 hot the first time Of an authentic an
nouneeniett Id lha Times being yehsnentiy and
erfoheodsy eantfadieted by soitfe Of lis oohempo-
raries The deterwipdtiof Of the present premier
ard hie bdRe Of Wellington TO carry Catholic etnan-
cpstlon was ah9uhcea ~ Tits Intelligence respect
ing the sorn-laws is now announced, and was IN
the same way, in langua C almost as grossly seur-
tiloqs as that Of the twins (lhe Herald and STAN
sion of Mr.. Gladstone from lfs pfe5ent soteriifieht
were fleis, apnoqneed by the Times, verified by
events and hluDdersgly, or wilfplly denied by The
would-be orgaiis CT The government We are pre-
! pared TO stand by our announcement snd we DO
not anticipate that Il will be fasifed by snychHnge
in the resolution that has been come to by the heads
| OF the government They will not be oyerawed, we
suspect by the threat that what might have been
their own Standard, may be seen futering in the
ranks oftheir enenies.-1imes.
Tm "REfoRr" Or THE TmEs.-.rhe Times
seetus resolved to carry on its fabrication by mere
swsgger 1t says to-day, we ore prepared u
stand by our announcement, and we do not antici-
pate hal tcil be JllnSa Oy uy csd".' ~ The r''o'-
tiOi that has been come 10 BY IHL HEADS OF rHE gov
ERENEST." The words quoted in Italics imply a
misglving, and those which we have further disun-
guished, by printing them in SMALL CAPIToL,, q
quslIhcauOnI but few weeks will explain ALL and
at present II may be sufficient TO remark, that
though the Times pledges itself 10 stand by its IN.
nouncement, 1t has already staggered from "a decision
qflhe cabinet no longer secret to q resolution come
To by the heads % The gOrsrnmin which resolution
as II lntImates, may possibly lie changed BY the
way, the Times omIts TO engage TO full by its an
| nouncemeut," though this Is much the more proba-
bic contingency. Oar contemporary is modesty
conscious no doubt that the public wants no assur-
ance OF It's falling eohtioa. The motive Tor this fay
| rcatipn Of the 7fHnS may perplex some simple
people, and therefore 1t may be well to explain TO
tnetn lna lnuepcNue,y OF us private largalns, lOt
which We pretend 10 know nothing, but FOR the ma,
ture Of which the Hampshire Independent may be
consulted with advantage the Times has been, 10
make use Of the language Of the stock exchange
phrase, bearing" in plain English, laboring TO
depreciate the public stock and all other public Sc
curiies for several weeks; and il could scarcely hit
upon pro eet better calculated to promote that end
than the announcement Of repeal Of the corn
| laws. This was one motive, and auxiliary TO this
was the wish to have large orders for American
grain sent out by the packet 3eadia which was ex-
pected to leave Liverpool on Thursday evening As
IT, however, all luck did dog its psth," the Times
disappointed in this, for the .4eadd anticipating
| by three hours the appointed time of sailing, the
fabrication returned to Printing house square re- in
teetd. Next, the Times was not at all unwilling to
make little mischief in the cabinet II it could, and
to bring the whole cabinet under the suspicion Of
those TO whom IT cwes Its political existehce-and
who are its ony Arm supporters In the third place,
the one feeling in which we believe the Time; to be
sincere the one feeling in acting by which 1t has been
consisent-is feeling of inipleeable hatred owaran
the agricultural body II really, we are persuaded
wishes for the ruin of the agricultural body by a
premature repeal Of the corn-laws and it hopes to
further this repeal by its unfounded statement. To
prosecute further the inquiry into the motives Of the
fabrication would be Improbable. The falsehood
failed very generally. Standard.
RuMouRs.-A variety Of rumors have been cur.
rent in political circles with respect to the move
ly said that at the cabinet council on Wednesday
Sir Robert Pee! i,tinaed that If his cole aeues re-
fused To- support proposition for the total and i'm
mediate repeal of the corn-laws, he should feel il
necessary to resign Office. This inimation is said
to have overcome the opposition Of the Duke OF
| Wellington, who at length gave his reluctant assent
to the premler's proposition. 1t is said that tho res
ouon of the majority Of the cabinsl is likely tc
lead TO the resignation or at least three of its mem
bers-hoyd. Wharncllffe, Stanley, and R,pon. The
nar,e OF Lord Haddngton has also been mention
/ ed one of the probable seceders 1t has been re-
marked that the first intimaon which her Ma'estt
will receive OF the intention Of hey ministers will bt
through the columns OF opposition newspaper
This i- highly respectful - CronicLe.
We quote the following from, the Morning Croni
Gle, the acknowledged exponent of the views Of tn,
Wing party in England, as showing the view taker
by that party CT Sir Robert Peels position befor,
the question Of the corn-laws.
The severe blow which monopoly has received
the singular aid which has been given to the caus,
of free trade by the letter which Lord John Russell
has addressed TO his constituents In the city of Lon
don--have not only reused the anger, but excited
the ingenuity of those who (ignorantly) think the
interests promoted by the present state of the law
The country must be prepared for every description
Of stratagem which desperation suggest 10 re
tain the last rags of rotten aud deceptive system
and not the ess so that every day renders il mort
and more evident how preiudical that system ID ever
to those who most devotedly cherish it. We must b,
prepared for every kind Of misrepresentation which
can alarm the timid appeal to the prcudces Of classes
or arouse The passions and fading admonitions o
/ panty. IL is easy, then, to see why lie organs Of
monopoly and toryism have already attempted tc
represent the step taken Lord John Russell as ,
party movement, having no other motive than well
timed tactics, and other end than regainng Office
TO present Russell as the rival of Peel, they think
the surest means of obtaining the support Of those
whom Peel's expediency and policy have rendered
the confirmed adheren,s to Russell's principles Blu
this shallow diversion will not do. Lord John Rus
sell has come forward-not a candidate for Office
not a rival TO the minister--but as tone of us
the Queens subjects" to promote what he sincere
ly believes to be great and essential good; and he
does this in way which the more entities him to
the regard Of the nation inasmuch as it involved
the recantation Of Il long-chershed opinion MOI
can il be denied that the step taken by the noble
lord has materially essened the difficulties witt
which Sir r. Peel was surrounded in dealing with
the present emergency in which the corn-laws have
placed the country But il the difficulties les
sened which stood between Sir II. Peel and the