Right Honourable Benjamin Disr

Author : Alexander Charles Ewald
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656505333
Total Pages : 674 pages
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Download or read book The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., And His Times, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Charles Ewald and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., And His Times, Vol. 2 Mr. Disraeli was in favour of the bill. He supported the principle of com pensation, and differed wholly from the view taken upon the subject by Mr. Bright Now I hope it will be under stood, he said (february 15, that I uphold the principle of compensation, not merely as a matter of justice to those whose property is destroyed by order of the local authority, but also as a matter of public prudence, and for the general advantage of the country. I confess that, unless I believed it to be necessary for the general advantage, I should not support the principle of compensation. I admit that those who suffer under visitations like that we are endeavouring to mitigate, ought to receive some assistance extra from that which they may acquire by their own exertions. But I must also admit that public subscriptions are the natural resource to appeal to under ordinary circumstances; and if all we had to consider were the losses of the farmers, it would be, I think, a legitimate question to discuss whether their losses should not be supplied by their own exertions, and by private sympathy and charity. But a great principle is here involved. I believe that by admitting the principle of compensation you are indirectly preventing the spread of the calamity which we are now endeavouring to eradi cate. It is on that ground I support the provisions of this bill. This view was undoubtedly based on just grounds. The farmer or squire' was not to be compensated because he had lost his cattle from disease, but because he had lost his cattle by comply ing with the orders of the government, which directed that property should be destroyed for the public good. Under such circum stances it was only fair that compensation should be tendered for the loss of valuable animals, which might perhaps have been saved had their owners been permitted to have recourse to the remedies that were then so freely being suggested. In spite. 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.