The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-20


The last week has been of continued and unex
amplod excitement. On Thursday the corn and "a
y6'bils were read third time in the House o
Il ords and as test votes had been repeatedly takei
upon them, they were passed without division
Aner they were carried TO the House of Commons
that body almost Immediately proceeded TO diyid
upon the Irish coercion bill and the fact soor
announced that 2l4 members voted for the second
reading, and 292 against it--eaying clear major
~ against the government Of 70 Sir Robert Pee
was fully prepared for defeat upon this distractng
question: question which has distracted the realm
for quarter Of a century or more; bat he was evil
dendy mortified at the extent Of the majority sgans
him. When IL was ascertained, he took up his ha
and left the chamber, apparently with disgust. On
the corn and tariff bills was exceedingly desirons
as measures Of pure phianthropy--,hat the admin
isration should prove successful; but with all my
admiration for the talents and public virtue Of the
late premier, rejoice in his downfall upon ques.
ton which, il had not been negatIved, would have
rendered the condition of the peasantry of Ireland
degraded and humiliating that Of Russian serfs
That lated island, It Is certain, can never be gov
erned successfully by rigid eoercion and in the face
of the corn BILL which is calculated carry album
dance Of bread every laborers door, it seemed 10
be an act Of desperation for the government 10 press
such an enactment. Ii was DANGEROUSLY demanded
by the proprietary interest Of England however,
Ito use the language expressed by It's former lnau-
enIia organ, the Times, as necessary for ma
ton whOm we nave suuorcu 10 become
not only to England, but to Europe and the civil
lied world" .....
On Friday, the royal assent was obtained TO the
corn and tariff bills and consequently they notc
statutes Of the Kingdom. Thus England has entered
upon an experimentation experiment II must yet be
termed-the workings Of which will be so important
in their results augment ineonceiyaby her al
ready gigantic manufacturing and commercial di.
msnsions, and propornonaely increase her jnhuence
and power, or she will have passed the eliminating
point Of her greatness, hazarding the punctual
payment of the interest on her enormous public
debt. The measure is so marked in its character
that il must eventuate either in veal or wo IL is
the work Of the pcople-the banding Of the peoples
man-and therefore all American sympathies are
enlisted for its Golden in his tour through
America, beheld the power Of the people and the
sautsry effects produced by its operations. He was
aware that human nature, enlightened was the
same everywhere, and more particularly in the An
go-Ssxon race; and when he returned TO Manches-
ter he raised his voice in behalf of the rights Of the
people An humble calico printer, without pro.
feSsiona knowledge Of politics, he soon by untirng
industry forced his way into the public avenue. His
rantings, as they were termed, were considered by
The landed arlstoeracy as carnations from dsor-
dered intellect. Indeed, the doctrines which he
promulgated were pronounced, not unfrequently
dangerous to the perpetuty Of the crown. As they
became more popular, and had too much method for
madness, he was denounced as an upstart, pie
beian, a dangerous domagogue But, nothing
dsuned, he persevered, relying more upon hia
purely Just cause than by grazing il in fsncifll
phrases, He made himself heard throughout the
realm. The people, awakened to their wrongs, car
ried the Commons as if by an avalanche. The
queen recognising their power, expressed through
the "lron Duke" her desires that their wishes houd
be gratlhed. The lords perceived the handwriting
on the wall-the triumph of public opnion-and
yielded all their cherished privileges much more
81.
ureSts-than some Of our six-years lease senators
forego their own opinions in obedience to the pop
uar will Freedom thus teaches by example. 1t
IS The pOr pop,h por Del doctrine-the sublime doc.
triae which constituted the creed of Mr.. Jefferson
that has hosted the privileged classes out Of their
long-enjoyed protection Golden brought it from
Amenca and as II Is no exotic, IL is already taking
root in British soil. May it continue to grow and
flourish until 1t extends to the darkest Of the
universe!
Sir Robert Peel said, in his valedetory, alluding
to the new corn and tariff laws:
"The name, however, which ought to be asso
GATED with the success Of those measures, is MOI
the name of the noble lord, the organ of the party
opposite, neither is il mine; but the that ough
to be, and will be, associated with the success Of
those measures il the name of who, acting
believe, from pure and disinteresed motives, has
with unurlng energy, by appeals to reason cheers
enforced by an eoquence, the more 10 be Admired
because it was unaffected and mathematician
cheersl effected his great object;the name, say
which ought to be associated with the success Of
those measures is the name of Richard Golden
Loud cheers. Sir, | now close the address which
1t has been my duty to make, thanking the house
sincerely for the favor with which they have listen.
ed to this last act of my official character. Hear
hear. Within a few hours that power, which
have held for the period of five years, will be sur
rendered into the hands Of another Without re-
pning, again say, without complaint, shall leave
Office fear by many severely censured-by many
honorably acquitted; while some will regret the
severance Of party ties, not from any interested oil
personal motives, but because they believe the
maintenance ola great party to be powerful IN
strument in the conduct of the affairs Of the state
shall surrender Office censured by many honora
BILE gentlemen who, from no interested motives, have
adhered to the principles of protection. Hear
hear. | shall leave a name execrated by every
monopolist who, from less honorable motives
maintains protection for his own individual benefit
Loud cheers. But it may be that shall leave
name, sometimes remembered with expressions o.
good will, in those dwellings which the abode o
men whose lot 1t is to labor, and to their daily
bread by the sweat of their brow cheers when
they shall recruit their exhausted strength with
abundant and untaxed food-[renewed cheersl-
the sweeter because il is no longer leavened by
sense of injustice. Loud and long protracted chez
mg."1
Lord Palmerston, in reply, observed:
"The right honorable baronet has well said tina
the merit of the great commercial measure which HI
has succeeded in carrying is not due so much t
gentlemen this side Of the house, or to gentlemen
on the treasury bench, as to the talent, persever
ance, and earnest coquence of my honorable frent
the member for Stockport. Loud cheers. Ih
right honorable baronet has paid a just and well
deserved compliment to Richard Golden. Re
newed cheers. But l think the house and tn
country will look even beyond the point to which h
directed our attention, and see in Richard Golden no
only jealous, enlightened advocate of great i'm
provement and reform in our commercial code, bu
they will see in him the most distinguished result o
that great measure of parliamentary reform-lhear
hear, hear (which, whatever might have been tn
ancipations with which it received at the TIM
1t was carried, has been essentially the true ant
original cause of the right honorable baronets being
able TO pride himself upon having carried his grca
measure of commercial reform, through the jealous
and untiring efforts Of Richard Golden. Cheers.
beg again to congratulate the government upor
the close of the differences with America, and tC
repeat that the silence of myself and friends on the
opinions which the right honorable baronet has ex
\ r ~.