Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-05
CIV, are not at the mercy Of our or' eor'groTer,"-


land and France have determined to leave Turkey to
the tender merces Of the RUSS an bear. They both
speak in indignant terms at the Sutans undertaking
10 make additions to the settlement agreed upon al
Vienna That is they abuse Turkey for doing now
what they urged her not to d. three months ago
The fact is both those frst-ratc powers have been
very badly bubbled by Russia and have, fear,
become very little more than dependencies OF III,
Czarship The London Times still affects very lofty
Tone and talks as though its Government possessed
the weight it once enjoyed among the powers Of the
earth But talk is ALT dareS not act.-NchoaS
holds the strings Of the wheat bag, and he can,
pleasure drive the PariSans to rebellion reduce
Manchester to submission
In the very same paper, in which the Times vent
its spleen against Turkey, it undertakes to write
down the price Of wheat-and upon the strength OF
the importation Of a fortnights supply in week.
1t congratuates its readers that they mot at the
mercy Of our corn-growerS.' Deluied man, \
thousand times better for you ,uli it bc, If YOU
were dependent on your corn growers instead of
being at the mercy OF the Gar. Your own quota
tiou applies to you Cest L centre q,a g0usems i
7aoHde-and Nicholas governs z, centre, ne j. to al
intents and purposes your master.
We begin to think Blackwood is right The repeal
of the Corn laws and the Navigation laws has in
substance destroyed the independence Of Encland,-
She is now Dope ndeu upon foreign countries for her
bread-aud by and bye, when the full force Of the
new Navigation laws is felt she will be dependent on
foreign vessels to bring It to her country in that
condition can scarcely be called independent In
fact disguise it as she may She cannot persuade the
world that she has been perfectly free agcnt-that
she has not acted somewhat in dread Of the Cars
control over the Eastern grain market, and, cons,
ouently. over L centre Of Manchester, Birmingham
and London, in ANONYMOUSLY abandoning Turkey TO
her fate. correspondent OF the Times writing from
Vienna, under date Of 9Th September, confesses as
much. lie says
"PerhAps Paris correspondent Of a German paper
makes the best apology for the recent policy Of the Abe
deem Cabinet when it says no one could f5rstsN tia
1853 you'd Be an unfruiffl year, AMI ti4: Of
corn IN the Wet troud yrore such po-sLt! ally II
RustiG IN the Eat
That covers the whole ground-If the Free Trade
permanently diminshes the amount Of domestic
breadstuffs below the wants OF the Inhabitants there
must be permanent dependence foreign nations for
food-and what has been made apparent this year.
may be the case always.
But VIC copy the Times artice-writtcn on the lOth
September-the day which it said wheat hadr reach
ed its maximum price-although it has been advan-
cling ever since 1t presents all the considerations
that seemed to justify fall in prices-faacous
though one week proved them be- and it glorifes
Free Trade-at the very time that Free Trade had
especially contributed to bring dis redit upon English
diplomacy and put in jeopardy English Indcpen-
dence
the London Times, Sept. 10.
The coarse saying of the elder Napoleon, " Cc,i lc
pentre qu gouuerHe nof admits of two very differ
ent sgnfcStions;the one that people in general will
approve that system Of government under which they can
best their livelihood; aud the other that people are
apt follow the hand that feeds them The first isobvIousv
the true because it the general law; the second u,ce
sary being confined 10 such instances great pOtcnae
distributing his pdhDH 81 ciroGtSSS pupulacc, in a
paroIism OF terror or OF rage, choosing the pro-
missed most The hrst sense OF the maxim is that ilu-a.
ted by the general policy OF this country never more
conspicuous, triumphant than at this juncturc:
the second sense is the policy Of Napoleon ILL., treadng
Of course in the steps OF his uncle Ii i the policy a
Of some other European Powers including those OF the
Zolyeren learn from the letter Of our corr-.r
dent at Berlin. Without such thing a. an order In
Council, without the least word from either tho
Legislature any department Of the State but nuIy In
the regular operation Of laws time enacted
there is pouring into this metropolis such SUNNY -, 81
A. removes all danger Of famine or even !et-ig ~.
WithstAndng uufavOuraJe and It'll unsettled have,
weather grain seems % have reached ts q4J,ga r-
TO- the preseu a. least aa5 tls been rain ~a H.-
~ Tie Asi TeeE We cl1 b. e. 10 1-= '5r reason "a -
ind that f1r 8 ~ quarters ~. ~. "a 4Es. .l, 10.
rived % L0-1ol from --y.eIjs-5 % ~.-.-54.- %. 49,.
GyTe1 - 80 garter ~ lJ-s.z- cheat. tsr .r -.
q Bnu-a a. q lss- aar ~ -s Of 'o-eg1 Tt. "a,
d. Dssn spscaly invited % rather la,-ltr ma H..
Ihalss. Es have 10. -sl.-ai foreign corr .rgaar. ~
deTlats FROM their Usual W. t-4H. s.J ..r .t
Is1Al c1st01s-s b7 a. e1traor5ra-y prom. ss OF r,.
of eltss Dro h1e ris much lees la. her M1.e.'- ,re
ly underAzea 70 ind Eork and food Tor the 6lir15lr
Nofkins usl 10 tHi- net'9po " commanded the baker
90 perl Of their liberty q their p-res - supply tread 10
every oonsr a. losing prices. No the steady arJ ~
ant inau1 Of food, uh.ch B. Likely o. make london ,fs
cheapest capital 10 Europe fJs ne ueee--.r. ~ IT, g.
many months % come j. the re--.: OF 41s tia. t,, 49,
been FOR some year 10 regular operation
We are told Indeed, by the authorities Of tbs crr trad
that We are not 70 expect continuance Of such .rr
and that the few days Of east sind Ne had Is- No..
have pretty well cleared the Baltic Tor the prs
ent IL may be 90 and certainly have no wish 70
sec greater importation than Il Necessary for our r
or than can easily be disposed Of Let the iartper b
turn, by all means, particularly wheu the general r,,
perity Of the country enable tncuublo 10 nav ,J ,i
But We must say, that such fact more than two b,
area thousand quarters OF foreign grain arriving boz the
port OF London alone from the 9TH 20 the 10Th Of St
Der, while the greater part u own harvest . ann %
IN the fields, seems 10 remove al doubt a. 10 the -y
cy Of our supplies for this year Even If Rus, .Loit
succeed 10 entirely stopping the mouth of tho D,,
aud running all the countries on that 3D. t,,I &c., y. q.
clear that there are other parts Of the world a productive
other MYERS m more CIVILIZED hands, aud other -ra mora
open Having established character a. the be r,,L,
fho freest port aud tho safest customer. In t,, l
We shall have the preference all other couptr.s
a.
The present too, is state Of things that should bc t
factory 70 all parties AZ bomc for while We are mo-, t i
mercy OF our own corngrowcrs, neither are thew sey
% be TOO much beaten down. Ten years AGO ti,f tis
prices now ruling We should have had no irn port,,r
oept IN bond These 100000 quarters would have hoo,
shut up 10 warehouses, waiting Ur uo capcrfeI limo
when wheat being al 78s, would be admitted dYty f.
In due time would probably have attained -
and We should have had regular avalanche of rorr
thrown on The market, followed by an immcn.. da,.tr
OF prices, and the consequent ruin OF those farmer. t
had not yet succeeded u bringing their corn Do market
Nov there y no such catastrophe booming in the fr
The British farmer not tempted or rather copuafs5
IKE HsTrHus 70 struggle TO raise price. up 10 some Par
hsmentary summit only 10 be- suddenly hurled dow
again. IL 10 at plain straightforward bfyirr and se,r
meanwhile tho excessive fluctuations that prevailed rr
der The Corn Laws are thing Of The past rice or
fall Of l0s IN hafa year thought something consider,
bic. No legislation could have attained such uri
formy AZ that which has followed the roJct Of to law
enacted 10 prevent fluctuations " course we are 10,
sensible Of The uncertainty Of AT human Affairs 90 feel 81
cure against excessive fluctuations We can only say Oh
al appearances are against The probability Of their fccur
renee.
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