The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-24

Surey is impossible to refer to this comparative liable
Of be ARTICLES M embraee Can there
be doubt that il the consumption OF articles of seconda
ny necessity has been thus advancing the consumption of
articles OF first neccssity-of meat and of Bread for in
stancehas been making at least equally rapid progress
If there be- from any cause tendency to the consunp
ton the necessity much rapid than
the increase OF population the responsibility of undertaking
regulate the supply Of food by legislative restraints and
the difficulty of maintaining those restraints
any sudden check TO prosperity or increased price of sub
sistence, will be greatly augmented WHILE on the other
ton is materially lessened.'
1T was from the combined influence of these various
sideratons-rom diminished confidence in the necessity
advantage OF protectionirom the increasing difficulty
resisting the application to articles OF TODD OF those pr
cipes which had been gradually applied to many other
arces-from the result of the experiment made with
gard to cattle and meat in lSi2rom the evidences OF rap
idly increasing the aggravaton OF every
other difficulty in the maintenance OF the corn laws by the
fact OF their suspension the first real
from the combined influence OF such considerations that
to the conclusion that the attempt TO maintain those
laws invoate after their suspension, would be impolic
that the struggle for their maintenance would assume
could counterbaacce the consequences OF failure
even the evils attending protracted conflict
The exposition of the views of the protsc tionsts, made
in elaborate publication by Lord George Bentnck, in a
protested reply to Sir Roberts letter, seems lin the
general judgment of the British pess) to be entitled to very
little consideration The Times, after indicating Lord
George Bentncks attempt to initiate the form of Sir Rob-
address, and abiding to the "shower of abuse" with
which Lord Georges reply opens, thus states the main
point of its argument:
"Afer these noisy preminares, Lord George proceeds
the grounds of his vruous indignation. His
and foremost groundhat which occupies the greater part
Of his etters this that till the latter end OF last yearhat
is, till after the laws repealed and Sir Robert
Peel driven from ofce-there considerable failure
of the potato crop in Ireland, considerable scarcity of
provision for the and considerable distress; thai,
the alleged potato disease in the autumn of 1915 and the
winter OF 1915 fraudulent pretext and base
ration by Sir Robert Peel that fact, till June IS6 pro-
visions were abundant and cheap and within reach of the
IN
just whatever for the Legislature to do anything
e as s e sp TODD Be- se@ that
opinion, and took contrary course, he violated every po-
standing on which he had been r,ised to power-he took
line against which good faith honor, TRUTH the national
and which must sap the entire virtue Of our
system, Nc Ache set "a perncious exampe-het taught
as p he " openy
ing with, and of contempuousy dsregading and tram
United ' Kingdom Me &e &s &C. Sir SIR RoSe2 did ali
this yany and was all this basenes because in the win
crop Ireland, ond that ground took steps to remove
the legislative obstacles to the supply of food.
quite much he the facts. Sir Robert never
said that there actual famine He said there was a
scarcityan injured crop and insufficient and that,
from history the diseasc Other countries appre-
hended failure and actual famine in the
fully and most feariuy subsantated. Lord George does
that argument He hirks it. He is afraid of it,
He hides his face He has to say about
it, In the whole of his tedious rigmaroe letter there
an alusion it, Were his letter all that know about
the matter, should be left in the dark to the fact of
Sir r. Peel having felt used the argument as,
deed did Also together with all really consdeate per-
We repeat the crisis which called for the repeal Of
the laws in January 1876, merely the actual
scarcity January 1885, but the not improbable famine OF
January, Igl7 Lord George skulks from this part of the
question: which really is the hinge of the whole political
controversy great example, how much real cowardice
there may be at the heart of vain and boasul man
We have been unable to find in our English files copy
of this manifesto of Lord George Bentinck. We copy,
4. Il n - ~
following passage, which shows that great ques-
ton at least-that of religious toleraion-the opinions
even of the ultra tories Of England not wholly unin
nuenced by the progressive enlightenment Of age
Iii had been in Parliament a, the time, would have