Corn Laws Speech In The House Of Commons April 2 1840

Author : Charles Pelham Villiers
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656303458
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book On the Corn-Laws written by Charles Pelham Villiers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Corn-Laws: The Speech of Hon. C. P. Villiers, M. P., In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, 1st of April, 1840 Exceeding any other. I wish, therefore, that the question was with those who could do more justice to it than myself, and still more that it was with those who had the power to do the people justice. I had, indeed, well hoped that 'ere now, that the landed proprietary of this country, would, in consideration of that deep distress which is now pervading and bearing down the productive classes of our community, have given some sign of intending to relax the rigours of their law, and that what has hitherto been denied to the claims of justice, might yet have been granted on the grounds of mercy. Three months have, however, passed away since the Parliament assembled, and not a Whisper of such an intention has been heard on the contrary, the same querulous note has been sounded in another place about agitation, and the same haughty and ill-placed observations respecting its object while, in this House, we have seen that the usual efforts have been made to procure some proof of opinion in favour of the law, but, in truth, proving nothing but the influence so commonly used by the landholders over their dependents; and showing nothing, as it appears, but the determination of the class to maintain the law unchanged. Having, however, mooted this matter before in this House, some confidence is placed in me that I will not suffer it to slumber and I cannot, there fore, allow more time to escape without asking the majority of this House to recon sider the decision they gave on it last Ses sion, and seriously to review the grounds on which they rested their Opinion, and which I apprehend to have been, that the law works well, that it has satisfied the purpose for which it was enacted, and that it ought to be maintained. A bold con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.