Author : Richard Cobden
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483405172
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis Political Writings, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Richard Cobden
Download or read book Political Writings, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Cobden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Political Writings, Vol. 1 of 2 When I left the building I remember saying to a friend that I did not see how the Corn Laws could survive the attacks to which they were exposed, and that I perceived, or thought I perceived, in the meeting I had just attended, the proofs of a public Opinion too powerful for the land-owners much longer to resist. The hour of triumph for the League was, in fact, even nearer than I anticipated. In the next year's session of Parliament, the British Ministry, with Sir Robert Peel at its head, came forward with a bill for removing the old restrictions on the trade in grain, and wresting from the landed proprietors the monopoly on which they had relied as one of the main sources of their prosperity. The bill became a law; the long and vehement struggle was closed by the defeat of the aristocracy; Peel, now the object of their displeasure, though thanked by the nation, withdrew from the Ministry; but he, like Mr. Cobden, found his reward in the appreciation of his country men. 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.