The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-26

the affair of Texas which 10 more unmeasured becauss
more uncalled for than his declarations against
Tuileres will take the earliest opportunity answering
these aspersons and attacks they deserve There is
America The cause Of peace and the principles OF order
everywhere the same They cannot, under any cir
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integrity Of the leading statesmen Of Europe require that
the pretensons OF the United states should be explicitly
perceive that have taken our stand, not upon
question Of rtoal right though that is one not easily
to be shaken but upon the general and fundamental
laws of nations and that on this groand We have with
the consent OF s conservative Powers and statesmen
who stand opposed to war and to aggression in every
part Of the globe.
The Corn Law Policy or Peel.
The London Standard of July 3rd, gives the
scheme Of corn law repeal, said to be meditated by
the ministry gradual reduction ofduty intended;
these terms are the best the landed interest hope
for the landlords called upon to be awake to their
interests.
The answers to be given this day the city Of London
and city Of Dublin addresses the throne are expected
with curiosity for which, imagine there good
all must be satisfied but that they should give any ex.
PLANTATION Of the designs Of her msestys government
would be wide departure from precedent
The explanation will be consttutonally reserved for
the meeting Of Parliament and ali that anticipate
OF is purely egative well has the secret been kept
We know that ministers will not propose total and
date repeal OF the corn-aws the Times assert
ed mOntn the caDlnet had decided upon
this is all that can be known to any one not member Of
the cabinet.
Meanwhile there has been great deal of bold and in
genious and perhaps not improbable guessing, which it
no doubt our duty to present to our not
what will be proposed, as what may be proposed
what 1t IL therefore worth the while consider mature
ly The following scheme, for example. il among the
conjectures most confidently circulated We give il re-
peatng caution that it to be considered the cal
cuation Of men, formed from the external indications,
and not from any information obtained either directly
indirectly from the cabinet 1t said then, that minis
ters will propose the reduction of the duty upon import
ed corn to something rely nominal or little more than
nominal after certain period say five years.
The reduction be arrived BY annual dmnution
during the proposed period beginning it'll fixed duty
SONG M pH.ween los. ana us anu s.rxng On IS
of lsi6-ls47, 1885, s47-is4s, los. and on, until It
would come down to four shlngs at the end of the Pc
| Rod.
On the other part, it is surmsed that a concurrent
measure Of compensation to the agrcultursts the bur
then of the poors rates and county rates be assign
ed to the consolidated fund the increased charge upon
that fund being met by considerable augmentation Of
snch Is the plan which we find most generally rscev.
ed as probable but we must not conceal thet is very
Cd that from early day after the meeting Of Parlia
ment tho ports will be thrown open for the admission of
time the new law, whatever Il may be, is expected to
come into operation. We shall not waste time in ser-
b but So wo the
while to consider whether il not the airest equivalent
for the law that can BE- should raa
If it would be- as we think, an inadequate compensa.
tionleaving too the question OF general protection
untouc hedthere is the for agriculursts,
and indeed for all classes interested in protection to
exert themselves to prevent any change for seems
impossible that any other change give them good
terms as these we have described IT, the other hand,
the parties interested to be satisfied with these
terms is no less necessary for them to act with zeal
and energy at the present moment for 1t is az true now
as when said two thousand years ago by the eo
quent Athenan patriot that the OF the absent
are the spoil Of those who on the spot-the
wealth Of the negligent or supine is ever the prize OF
| the vigilant and active.
Somefh nr Affecting the agricultural and all the other
protected interests whether to affect these interests for
good for evil is contemplated that matter upon
which the can be doubt Is It net therefore, the
duty of all those whose interests to be affected TO
awake betmes and look after their affairs the
ment means well by them, to support that government
which will certainly meet with oppostion-more GER
tainy indeed the holder and patriotic its designs
if the COVE rnment i'll TO resist the ILL., and to
depose the go vernment that threatens h-an achieve
ment now more completely within the power Of the
agrculturss and the other protected classes than at
any time Of the present century The impossiblty of
q wing radical government is now manifest, and the
choice therefore lies between the present government
and more deeply committed to protection If any such
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