The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-03-04

Agriculture, they say, cannot exist Wilhont
but Peel says il must exist without it
at the end of three years. lie has pilled against
him the arslocracy--at least the insolvenl por-
ton OF it, who live from hand 10 mouth by their
rents, and cannot submit 10 any dimnntion, how
ever slight, even with permanent prosperity in
This is not slight or contemplate
opposition. but worse remains behind. Tue ultra
free traders insist upon the repeal Of the corn
laws being immediate. They treat with scorn
the three years grace to the landlords, and main
tain that justice cnn only be conclliated by in
slant concession. They talk about the plurder
Of the past as amongst the reasons why they can.
not tolerate robbery for the future.
Thus arrayed, the hostile forces face each 9th
er with scowling front, and in the centre stands
Peel, looking grayely on, preserving placid
dignity in the midst of the onslaught from either
party. In the House of Commons he is omnipo
tent, and however furionsly the war may rage
out of doors, it is believed he will be enabled to
carry his tariIfby majority Of S0-cerIainly by
more than so. When matters come to Il crisis
and the free traders in the popular branch of tle
legislature have to decide between sacrificing
Peel and his plans, they will become, il is be,
leved, less crotchety and more PRACTICAL.
Unqnestionably, the present advanced position
of the free trade principle is the result OF then
energy and enterprise. They have encountered
great dfudgery, spent enormous sums III, as they
term it, educating the national mind; and now
that they have advanced 10 the gates of monop-
oly-n0w that their former antagonist is on his
knees repeating the prisons he has learned from
thcm-they may be pardoned, perhaps, for the
Indulgence of the vanity that waits upon success.
But after all, disguise ii as they may, Peel is
their mainland they know it. Public opinion is
with him; he is the minister OF the commercial
world, the favorite of the capitalists, and sup
ported moreover by the middle classes He
wields moral power which the peers dare not
brave. ...... -
Dismiss Pool Repudjate his measures; and
who is to succeed him? Lord John RusselI?- -
Wond free-trlders advance or Tetrograde in his
keeping? Powerless among the peers, and moi
overburdened with popularity in the county, he
is not certainly the Atlas to bear the load which
the crisis involves. He might ultimately succeed,
but the conflict would be protracied, even to the
absorption possibly of the three years which is
The bone of contention.
Looking at the question, then, in every point
of view, taking into account the present condi-
ton of parties, the advent OF new election, the
flush of triumph which mantles the cheeks of the
ree-tradcrs, the gloom and anger which reign
in the faces of the prolectioniss-v viewing the
state of the registry, the condition of the food
market. our relations with the United States, the
absence Of an excitement except on the great
Question of free trade--we arrive at the conclu-
sion, not only that Sir Robert Peel will pass his
new tariff triumphantIy, but that he will do so in
the present Parliament.
DOMESTIC. Mr.. Golden has published an ad,
dress to the farmers of England on the PROPOSE
ton of Sir r, Peel, relative to corn. His object
is to convince them that it is better for their if-
terests, in every point of view, to have the corn
laws repealed al once, instead of waiting for the
minister's term of three years. The reasoning
by which he supports this view of the case APP
pears on the face Of it very conclusive, but
whether the response will be in the spirit of Mr.
Cobden's letter, is very doubtful. No class Of
men dread change more than farmers, and most
of all, sudden changes
This timdiiy is further increased by their state
of dependence on the landlord the least refusal
to comply with his desires may be attended with
'no,ice to qut;'' and to political subserViency
they sell themselves from the moment they be-
come tenants at will. Li,llo doubt can exist
that free trade in corn from the present time
would Prove less injurious TO the farmer than
what Mr.. Golden calls the "transition state >
during which the stock of corn would be accu
muating in every part of the world TO throw in.
to the British market on the very day that the
duty was remitted.
The present time, as he very satisfactorily dc.
hr-t loY
their nerves in the new race Of competition; corn
is scarce and dear in every part Of the world
and at least one half of the three years must e.
lapse before any supplies, under the most favor
able circumstances could reach us from abroad
to counteract home prices.
The battle which has been raging for some
time between the free traders and the protec-
tonists, continues with undated fury; and the
sound Of the conflict falls upon the ear from ey
cry part Of the country. The anti-corn-aw
league, while they approve of Sir Robert Peel.
financial scheme as a whole, are busy marshall.
ing their strength against the modified sliding
scale for three years. Meetings are everywhere
held to petition for immediate repeal; and the
Iwell-organzed plans Of the leaguers, from their
greater compaclness and system, show TO advan
Itage on an occasion like the present, when pub.
lie opinion is to be concentrated and promptly
expressed. .-.
But the landlords are not idle; and if theiI
oratory is not so eloquent or so convincing, it is
not less earnest and impassioned. The object
of both parties is 10 act upon the hopes and the
fears of the legislature. The further consdera.
tion of Peel'sscheme is to be taken into consd
Grafton on Thursday week, when protraccd
debate will be followed by division, and then
some clue will be afforded as to the future Mem
bers of Parliament are generally influenced by
other motives than reason, and many Of them
are in the situation Of the representative of a
Scotch borough, who declared unbushngly: a
have heard many speeches that changed my
opinion, bpt never heard one that changed my
unfa - ,4t ,a a..