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• 'And I mu war , at leutin wards , ( And—should my chance so happen—deeds , ) With all who war with Thought !" I think I hew » little Mrd , who sings Bfce people bjind . bywillb * the stronger . "—Bnox
THE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS . IHK AST 1-BSSTER 3—AGRARIAN TISWS OF THR UBXICAN WAB . We nave already announced the liberation of the imprisoned Anti-Renters . On this Agrarian victory *• find the following editorial comments in Young America : — The ^ Anti-Renters are liberated ! and the war-cry which hw had a place at the head of thU paper since their incarceration gives place to the watchword , next in order . It ia time bow that the public mind should be diiabated respecting these Anti-Hent Tictims and their « suse . For many yean the Anti-Renters haTe vainly odtavonred to obtain legislative redress for grievances that the principles of the revolution entitled them to re .
Erf from as soon as the National Independence was attained ; and yet , although two or three generations of them have gone to the grave as dependent tenants instead of freeholders as they had a right to be , it has been said that they should have redressed their wrongs by the ballot ! They were a minority , and' the ballot to them was insufficient ; they might have sunk to the condition oflrelind ' c tenantry if they bad not shown that they ha « , as a last resort , a weapon more powerful . The BUi of the people , Buffering in other ways from the samt giant evil , were too much engaged with their own grieT . snces to be able to investigate the subject of the feudal tenures of the Anti-Renlers , until it was forced npon their attention by resistance of the law , the death of an over-officious pnblic officer , a threatened iniurrection and the costly preparations to meet it .
Sow , shall we profit by thete events , or are they to be thrown away upon ns ? There u certainl y reason for hope . The country that bunted Anti-Renters like wild beasts has elected Anti-Renters as legislators . Anti-Banters condemned to imprisonment for life , and others condemned to be hanged , are now at liberty , and will soon receive high honours from the people . The following is a list of the names of the liberated Anti-Renters : — Zsrah Preston Daniel Northrop Daniel W Squires John Latham ¦ John'Phoenix W Brisbane < 7 alvin Madison Xf Jocelia ¦ Isaac S Bnrhans C T McComber John Bnrch John B Coons W Reside Thomas Morgan The foregoing are not only pardoned but restored to the rights of citizenship .
The following named persons have been pardoned , but not restored to citizenship ;—Smith A Boughton John Van Steenburgh Edward O'Connor Moses Earle The editor of Young America concludes his remarks iy raising the cry , — Restoration to Citizenship of the Anti-Renters ' Boughton , Earl , Tan Steenburgh , and O'Connor . The noble stand taken by the American Agrarians against the unjust and wicked war of which Mexico is the victim , entitles them to the thanks of the men of all nations ^ who hold fast by the great principle , that " what is morally wrong cannot be politically right . " The following extracts are from Young America . "—
Standing Armies . —It used to be the democratic doctrine that a standing army was the bane ofRepublicsjbut this war of conquest is to inereate our standing army instead of abolishing it . The President already wants tea additional regiments , and Congress , with extraordinary mnaificence , have offered tvxlve dollars a piece for lacklandere , to be employed " to conquer a peace ! " By and bye , when the cripples , and men with broken down -constitutions and broken np morals , return among us , 1 think the matter will be better nnderstood .
WICKEDNESS OF THE WAS . If i t be democracy , to invade and conquer a neighbouring republic , and maintain the conquest by a standing army , I beg leave to wash my hands of it as quickly as possible ; bat . as I understand it , it is not democracy , or anything like it . If every man has a right to a home on the earth , as we believe , we have no right to invade the homes of others . If we could not trade with them we should have . kept away from them . If they were in our debt , how much better it would have been for government to have assumed the debt , and prohibited all . intercourse with them till they had paid us . Can any .
thing be imagined more wickedly and stupidl y absurd than to take advantage of the necessities of the poor Iacklanders congregated among us from ether countries , as well as our own , to send them to kill or be killed in Mexico because some of their citizens had wronged some of our own who choose to gd among them for trading speculations ! If Mexican men , women , and children deserve death because they belong to a nation som- of the members of which have taken our property , what do they deserve wfco virtually rob our landless citizens Of their right to the soil by refusing to co-operate to re-Btore it ?
WHAT CONOBEIS SHOULD HATE DOM . If instead of voting this Mexican war , Congress had voted the public lands free , Mexico must inevitabl y have followed suit , for it would be impossible long to monopolize land and keep lacklanders in a state adjoinin ? one in which there was free land . Thus would the whole continent have become really free without bloodshed . DKIYEN TO THE BLiCGBTEtt ; A few days since our attention was drawn to a company of rolanteers paraded at the battery , fir the purpose of being incarcerated on Governor ' s Island , until they should be transported to the slaughter grounds in the interior of Mexico . We made an ante-mortem examination upon this forelorn bod y of landless wretches , and give the facts as they were elicited . They were wtwdeert only in name , having , aa themselves averred , been driven to enlist by being ont of employ , and aecessitated by hopeless destitution and gnawing starvation .
Many of these were mechanics , and otbers , with no avocations , except that of compulsive idleness . They had been enrolled in the manufacturing towns , Pittsburgh and Pittsfield , Pennsylvania . They looked woe-begone , dejected , and unhappy ; presenting auy other appearance than that of being the bulwarks of a Republican nation ' s liberty . It occurred to us that if President Polk conld have been an eye-witness to this scene of harrowing wretchedness / rf he cosld have looked upon these heart-broken men , compelled by starvation and want to alienate themselves from poverty-stricken homes and forlorn and neglected families , to be cruelly butchered on the battle fields of Mexico , or die from fevers and exposure among damp marshes and wild fens , for his glory , he could not but have repented in gall and bitterness the heinous and wicked war policy which is sowing broad . cast over the land , murder , wretchedness , famine , and an immense national debt .
THE DDTT OF NAT 10 KA& SEroSMCSS Seems plain . Xothing can be imagined more absurdly unjust , than that men deprived of their right to the soil should be required to risk their lives , or pay their money , to carry on this war . If it must go on , it properly belongs to the land-lord * , and those who have obtained wealth through land monopoly , to do the fighting and to furnUb the means . Instead of which , the President proposes to tax tea and coffee , so that Astor with his thirty Billions may pay no more than the poor ssamstreis earn , ing twenty-five a day of sixteen hours , and to get an additioaal half million from the people ' s lands by cheapening them to the " grasping speculators ; " while Congress Prop 3 ses to the landless men to leave their destitute families in rented houses , submit themselves to the arbitrary nUe of well paid officers for ten dollars a month , and a bounty of their own land if they happen to sur . we the bloodthirsty contest ! It will never do ! The war must be stopped .
As it is the policy of Monarchies to fight with Lacklanders , so should it ba the policy ol republics to Bght with Freeholders . One freeholder would be a match for two or three lacldiuders , because he has a " stake in the hedge , " something to fall back upon . It would be the aim of freeholders to terminate a war as soon as possible , hut lacklanders , having no home , care little about terminatiaga war that they onee engage in . In republics all should be freehoHeri ; and the way to bring this about is -for hddauders to leave all fighting to the landlords . and make those who profit by landlordry pay the expense . Iinaiordry is analien , who , instead of being naturalized in this republic , should be expelled , with as little ceremony as possible .
The monarchists of Europe have looked npon our war tfith a sister republic with the greatest delight ; and i t u the darling policy of the British Tories , and their * Tundmongering Allies in this country , of whom the fcouner oni Enqui r er is the chief organ , to burden this « pubhc with a national debt and a standing army , the « uw £ meM 1 ' ftey conld deri " t « destroy its « n «? w Th * gMae u too ^ K Plain to the people , m ? £ n ^ r 6 r bl 00 d * - The Tories must be defeated ! The Republic must be saved ! Young America must become a model for a Young World' * " """"* """"
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.. f * ™* - —* gentleman in ^ k writea thus — l wish I enuld send you some of our potatoes so beautiful and white . I am sure the reason the potatoes in England have become so bad is from oTer Gttltivation . All those fine manures have altered and destroyed the natural structure of the root , and if Mnnera would let the ground alone , the potato may *» agnn plentiful and good . Some time hence they pay find that not only wheat but other grain ma ? become like the potatoes . " Pojirt is Prussia . —It is a lucky thing that Wood was not a Prussian , otherwise his" Song of the abut' might have cost him dear . A Dr Von Meyer , at Berlin , has been accused of what are called
comanimistic tendencies at Berlin , for only reading a composi tion called "The Weaver ' s Song , " by tteinricU Heine , the literary exile at Paris . Ono witness examined , ' to incriminate the doctor , is M | d to have stated that he informed against him Because he hated him . Dr Mejer was , nevertheless , sentenced to long imprisonment , and although he nas appealed against the sentence he is to remain w confinement until the decision 04 the tppwl is
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The arrangement entered into between the Bank of France and the Russian Autocrat , by which the Russian Government has purchased French Government stock to the extent of 50 , 000 , 000 f . ( £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling ) has been the principal topic of discussion in the French journals . The organs of the money - jugglers generally approve of an arrangement by which the Bank is relieved of its pressing em .
barrassments . The " National" regards the transaction with indi gnation , as placing in the hands of the Tsar the means of operating at the Bourse a gainst French j nterC 8 ts # ThJg ig > witbout dou ht , a prelude to that closer connexion of the Russian despotism with the present villanous French " system , " which Louis-Philippe has so long desired . The tyrant and the traitor are about to combine to keep down democracy , but democracy will be too strong for them .
Of the ri ght-royal immoralities just now attracting the " eyes of Europe" to Madrid ^ we have spoken elsewhere . According to the latest accounts from Portugal , Saldanhahad " made no sign " of reducing the " rebellions " Junta to obedience . In Italy , the Pope is progressing in his good course ; one of his latest acts has been the taking to task of the Roman aristocrats : — " If you will not cultivate your lands , " said Pius , " I will take them and cultivate them for you . I will not endure any longer the spectacle of a rich but uncultivated soil , and a starving peasantry . " This is an example which the British Government would do well to imitate in Ireland .
The Turkish Sultan has replied to King Otbo ' s letter to the effect , -that the adjustment of the dif / ferences between the two governments should be left to the two cabinets . The Ottoman Ministers still demand " satisfaction . " The Sultan is marching with the age , and daily giving proofs of a sincere desire to promote the enli ghtenment and happiness of those over whom he rules .
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INDIA . The Overland Mail has arrived , but brings but little intelligence of any importance . With the exception of marauding in Scinde , and some hostile operations in the Gransoor territory , tranquillity reigns supreme in every part of the land . Affairs in the Punjaub are progressing favourably . Rajah Lall Singh has been taken to Agra , and placed with his family in the fort , where the celebrated gates of Somnauth are still in '' durance vile . " fie is said to look happy and jovial enough , and doubtless , were it not for the loss of wealth and power , he would be glad rather than sorry to escape from the silken chains of bondage imposed onhim by his imperious mistress . Nor has the Ranee ' s grief been long-lived . She is represented by those who have seen her to be a pretty little creature , with black eyes— "fair , lively , and intelligent . " She will probably soon supply the loss of her cavalier servant e .
A revolution is reported to have taken place amongst the Birmana . The son and successor of the late Tharawaddie , is said to have been murdered . FRANCE . The Scabciit . —Baron James de Rothschild has expressed the intention of devoting a sum of five million francs to the bnying of grain and flour for tho supplying of Paris . The grain and flour will be bought in the foreign entrepots of Europe and America , and sold in the Paris market at the current price of the day . Should the operation be attended with Ios 3 , it will be supported by the Rothschild firm . If , on the contrary , there be a profit , it will be converted into 60115 de pain , to be distributed to
the poor of the capital . Several of the journals mention the report of serious disturbances having broken out in tie neighbourhood of Orleans owing to the rising prices of food . In the department of the Loire , outrages of the most alarming character . Plunder has been perpetrated in the presence of the troops sent for the protection of property . In one instance 100 soldiers have been disregarded . In another , fifty infantry and twenty-five hussars were defied by the populace , pressed upon and hemmed in so completely as to be incapable of moving , while boat-loads of grain were carried off by the thousands of peasantry assembled .
Thk Chamber of Deputies resumed , on Tuesday , the discussion on the proposition of M . Dovergier de ; Hauranne relative to electoral reform . SPAIN . j A curious state of things exist at Madrid . The ; queen wishes to change her ministry , but none of i them will resign , and she cannot get any to countersign her dismissal of them . The ministry distrusting General Serrano , and wishing to get rid of him , ! had appointed him Captain-general of Navarre . This office he declined accepting . He was then desired to go and inspect the troops in the Basque Provinces . He was ordered to start forthwith , and told that his instructions should be delivered to bim at Pampeluna . A regular passport accompanied the order . The general replied by a respectful memorial to her Majesty , declaring that his station as a senator did rot permit his quitting his parliamentary post , unless real peril threatened . On this the ministry demanded permission of the senate to prosecute Serrano , which
permission was granted . According to the latest accounts Serrano was still in hiding . The cause of this curious affair is thus explained : —The queen , for whom forei-n Powers have been at such pains to select a husband , has already , following the example of other ladies of her family , allowed her affections and favours to stray from their legitimate claimant . She has , to use a favourite Spanish expression , pronounced herself in favourof General Serrano , a young man towards whom we have ourselves observed in public such behaviour on her partas would astonish the demure ladies of England . Her « ish has been for some time to get rid of the present ministry , and to form another , with General Serrano at the head of it . This plan , however , she has not been allowed to carry through . The king objects to the irregularities of his wife , and has , jointly with the ministers , used his endeavours to remove General Serrano from Madrid , by offering him the Viceroyaltyof Navarre . Serrano refuses that honour , and is doubtless supported by the queen .
PORTUGAL . Thk Civil WiB .-0 n the 9 th instant the Dnke of Saldanha , who has collected the materials for a bridge , made a demonstration of an attempt to cross the Douro , somewhere near Carvoiero , but a large force having soon shown itself on the opposite aide , he withdrew again , after the popular army had fired a few cannon shots at his men . The " converted " Miguelite General Guedes surprised a detachment ot the Queen ' s troops at Pezo de Regoa , on the Douro , killing twenty and capturing fifteen soldiers , a colonel , and five other officers , and eleven horses , besides
a considerable number of muskete , left on the field by the fugitives . Another quondam Miguelite , Bernardino , captured a Miguelite guerilla ( for there are yet a few s-ueh ) of eight men , and sent them off prisoners to Oporto , thus giving a proof of the sincerity of his conversion to the new political creed he has adopted . At Oporto the greatestconGdenceis feltin the success of the popular cause , provided that England will be neutral herself , and oblige Spain to be so likewise . That " tough man-of-war" ( a 74 by the way ) , old Povoas , has set out again for the province of Beira , the scene of his recent surprising achievements .
GERMANY . Viessa , March 10 th . —The winter appears not at all disposed to leave us . Last night a great quantity of snow fell ; it is several feet deep , and the cold is still very severe . In consequence of this continued unfavourable weather , together with the high prices of provisions , the public health , especially of the lower classes , has suffered very materially . The hospitals are all so full that there is no room for receiving any more patients . March 13 . —The proceedings against the officer and ctdets implicated in the conspiracy of 1839
most of whom belong to Count MazzakelH ' s regimen of infantry , aa well as to some other regiments , art now concluded , and sentence has been passed—in most instances , the sentence is confinement for five years in the fortress of Munkatz , in Upper Hungary . Emigratios . —Almost every day , the "Suabian Mercury" brings accounts of the increase of emigration . It is a sign of the times in Germany that a new word—Europamilde , tired of Europe—has come into fashion to express the discontent of the people . From the 1 st to the 17 th of March , 2 G vessels failed from Bremen for New Yoik , carrying out 3 , 804 emi grants .
SWITZERLAND . Scarcity . —Accounts from Berne of the 15 th inst . state that misery prevails to a frightful extent in that canton , usually regarded as one of the most opulent in Switzerland . One of the journals estimated the Dumber of persons subsisting on public charity at no less than a hundred and some thousands , which is equal to one quarter of the population of the canton . In Berne of the districts , especially in the Bernese Oberland , provisions are so scarce , and ' ofso bad a quality , that some epidemic disease is feared in the spring . Bankruptcies occur daily „ and sales by auction increase on a similar acale . It was remarked that during the whole year : of 1807 then were fewer bankruptcies than are indicated in one of the last numbers of "Official ap ; aounoements" of the canton . The budget of the town of Berne for the present year shows a deficit ' of laf . sifif ., or about one-tenth of the cantonal d / ocft . The scarcity ot
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food increases . Domiciliary visits have been made by order of the authorities in the establishments of certain individuals accused of hoarding up stores of g rain , bnt they led to no other result than to prove the universal want In the midst of all this misery , party spirit is as violent as ever . ITALY . Rome , March 9 . —The sovereign Pontiff has appointed a commission to draw up the statutes for an order of chivalry . The order is to be the reward of merit and good actions , without regard to the faith and the country of the individual . It is to be divided into two classes . The first will confer hereditary rank , the second nobility for the life-time of the member . The order is a star with the motto— '' Virtuti et merito . " Owing to the high price of provisions , and rot to deprive a number of persons of the means of earning their bread , the Pope has authorised the theatres to remain open during Lent : this is the first example of such a measure .
The "Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette" state * , from Rome , that a conspiracy against the liberal policy of the Pope had been discovered at Ancona , and that several monks were at the hsad of it . Some arrests have , it is said , taken place . Cardinal Grasselini , governor of Rome , has introduced the most liberal reforms in the department of the police , and decreed the walling up of all the under-ground cells in the prison of the Palazzo Madama . Six unfortunate men , confined in them at the time of the cardinal ' s visit , were set at liberty . Tuscani . —A letter from Leghorn of the " 13 th says : " Arreits continue to be made in Tuscany . Amongst he prisoners are MM . Barbanera and Georgini , and M . Grossi , a physician . " Austrian Tthaknt . —Mr . Mazztni has published the following letter : —
Giovanni Morandini , a young ; engineer from Sienna , ( Tuscany , ) after having journeyed through France and England , re-entered Italy from Vienna , in the mouth of September , 1846 . Hating never taken any part in the political agitation of the country , be was suffered to travel unmolested throughont Austria ; but once armed in Tenice , he went to pay a visit to the mother of tl : e Bandierai , who was ao moved at the mark of sympathy the was receiving by a stranger to her , that she fainted during the conversation . Some persona were present , and the incident produced a certain sensation at Venice . In consequence of this Morandini was arresied , and taken -to-Uilan , where he is st ill imprisoned , without any trial . Moraoiluu is the nephew ot ttw Bishop o { Uawn Matittima . Giulio Bargnaui , ot Brescia , Cattaneo , and one Mettelli , employe in the Royal Civil Tribuual , are likewise , during five months , in prison at Milan , for no ether crime than having receired a work of I * Abbe Giobertl . —Joseph Mazzini .
19 , Cropley-street , New North-Toad , March 23 , 1817 . POLAND . The Cologne Gazette announces that the Grand-Duke Michael of Russia is to be nominated Viceroy of Poland , with the same power and attributes as were exercised by the Grand-Duke Constantine up to 1830 . THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Constantinople , Feb . 27 . —It has been lately stated in the Journal de Frankfort , that a Russian iort in Abasia , by name Soabchi . had been attacked by the Circassians , who had been decidedly repulsed by the Russian garrison . This account is so far true ; but the most important feature of the affair is left out of it . The attack on the fort was made by eight thousand men from seven independent Circassian
tribes , who have been for the last five years in truce with Russia , and consequently hare taken no part in the campaigns of Shamil . Woronzoff , by endeavouring to convert this truce into peace and alliance , has provoked th : s outbreak into open war . He had been for some time carrying on negotiations with these tribes , and seemed to be making way towards his object , when the chiefs , dreading to be seduced from their neutrality into overt hostility against their countrymen , ¦ thought there waa no otherway of terminating the negotiation than by at once taking up arms against the subtle negotiations . The purpose of their attack on the fort was ' therefore , not so much to take it , as to be relieved from the persecution of negotiations , in which they i felt they were overmatched , and to come to the aid
of their heroic countrymen under Shamil , whom their orators told i hem they ought to feel shame and sorrow for having so long left to defend their country without their active assistance . The seven independent tribes in question inhabit the coast country of Abasia , which forms a Bhore of the Black Sea . The next fact or report is well attested , yet wants confirmation . It is said , and pretty generally believed here , that two Armenian officers of Georgia , in the Russia service , Generai ; Bebuton and another general , who were with the army in Daghestan , have deserted with many followers to Shamil . It is added that the Patriarch of Etchmialzine , the spirtual head of the Armenian church , an intimate friend of these generals , is implicated in their desertion ; and that he has been carried prisoner to TiflU , where he remains under arrest .
Massacre op a Tribe . —A letter received at Constantinople from Circas 3 ia gives an account of a terrible act of vengeance taken by Chamjl on the tribe of the Achenes , for an act of treachery on the part of the , latter . The Russians had persuaded the tribe of the Achenes , who had made their submission to them , to send messengers to Chamyl , demanding of him to send them 1 , 200 men to aid them in rising against the Russians . Chamyl , not suspecting any thing , sent the 1 , 200 men required , who were received in the most hospitable manner by the Achenes . The insurrection was to take place on tho 15 th ot January ; but on the night of the 13 th , the Achenes , aided by a regiment of Cossacks , fell upon the
followers of Chamyl and massacred the greater number ; some , however , escaped , and carried the sad tidings to the Circassian chief . After the massacre , the Achenes and the Russians took possession of the village of Cassaban which they fortified . Meantime , great activity prevailed in the Circassian camp , numbering 50 , 000 strong : they swore by Allah not to spare a living soul . On the 27 th January they appeared before Cassaban ; on the following day they stormed the village , and man , woman , and child , Russians and Achenes , were put to the sword . On the evening of the 28 th , 5 , 000 lives had been destroyed . The few Achenes who contrived to escape , crossed the frontier , and have been distributed amongst the different Russian forts in the Crimea .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . By the packet-ahip Garrick and Montezuma we have accounts from New Yark to the 4 th and Cth inst . inclusive , respectively . The accounts are important . Close op this Session . —The sittings of Congress erminated on the 4 th of March . The Three Million Bill . Tiad received , previously , the sanction of both branches of the Legislature . The Wilemot proviso was rejected . The following is the substance of the bill : — This resolution enables the President to conclude a treaty of peace , limits , and boundaries , with the republic of Mexico , to be used by him in the event that said treaty , when signed by the authorised agent of the two government ? , and duly ratified by Mexico , shall call for the expenditure .
The house of Representatives had refused to sanction the levy of a duty on tea and coffee . The Irish Relief Bill passed the senate , but was thrown out of the house by a vote of 102 to 53 . The Irish relief fund in New York amounted to 55 , 000 dollars . One vessel with the supplies of American charity had already been dispatched from New York for Ireland . A second was to follow . The news from the seat of war promises a speedy collision . While the army of General Scott was preparing to march upon very Cruz , the Mexicans suddenly appeared betore Saltillo , aad drove in the outposts of General Taylor . General Taylor was , however , exceedingly strong there , having with him 6 , 000 men , who had marched with him from Monterey .
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THE TEN HOURS' BILIf . [ Mr OasllerhaB addressed the following letter to the Editor of the Morning Post . ] Sib , —It was natural that I should read the report of the speech delivered by Mr Bright on the second reading of the Ten Hours'Bill with marked attention . The Honourable Member for Durham , although he refused to meet me in the Free-trade Hall , Manchester , had given me reason to expect that he would prove , In the House of Commons , that factory children , engaged twelve hours per day in actual Mour , may be educated ; and also , that if the hours of labour should be reduced from twelve to ten , a reduction of one-sixth in wages would be the result . Judge , Sir , of my surprise , when I found that , after all , no reasons , on these points , were given by the would-be Member for Manchester .
The perusal of that speech convinced me that " a little learning is a dangerous thing . " It was well that Mr Bright told the house how very imperfect his education had been . I heartily wished , for his own sake , as well as for that of those whom he represent ! , and for the constituency of Manchester , should be ever represent them , that he had remained a few years longer at school . Certain persons require long memories , and , in a leg islator , consistency is a virtue . In this wonderful speech our hero blows hot ond coldat one time insinuating the Ten Hours' Bill would not injure the millowfters ; at another , declaring that it would rob them of one-sixth of their production ! He said , "he it not for a moment be supposed that in his opposition to
the Ten Hours' Bill he was actuated by the belief that it would in any degree injure hia personal property or prospects . " Having made th » above assertion answer his purpose , by giving its author a disinterested position in the debate , Mr Bright , before he sat down , asked the house , " Was it passible thata measure which would at onco cut off one-sixth of all the great manufactures of the country could be considered unworthy of deliberation and discussion , or could be passed without producing confusion and disaster amongst all the producing classes V This " Disinterested" manufacturer next hb > ed at some scheme which , the masters vrill adopt to rid themselves of loss , by throwing it upon the operative * j 1 m says , " It would be ueceMaryforthe ttanttfaoteaeiftemMiwi to takotlu
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proper steps { by reducing the wagtt ) to prevent the ruin which mutt inevitabl y fall upon them if this course of legislation should be persisted in . " Mr Bright also assured the home that "he believed in his heart that the proposition was a most injurious and destructive one "—this from the lips of a man ( a mill , owner ) who , a few minutes bsfore , bad said he " would not havo the house believe that it would < n any degree injure hit personal property or prospects !" Again he contradicts himself—saying , " If you take off two hours in tims , you must take off two hours in wages "—and then , " This bill is a protection to raisa wages , at the expense of capital , by Act of Parliament !" This honourable member would have the world believe that none can understand the Ten Houm'Bill better than he ; still , it U thai he fences with himself .
Mr Bright professes to have great regard for truth , " he caunot conceive of a guilt more dreadful" than that working men should be deceived ; yet , it is clear that he thinks there Is no barm in misleading the house . He said , " The object ef these parties ( the advocates of the Ten Hours' Bill ) from the beginning was net what it pretended to be , but to interfere by law with the labour of all persons , of whatever age and sex , employed in the manufactures of the country . " Now , nothing is easier of proof than the fact that , for thirty years the advocates of this measure have consistently sought to protect those who were not adults or free agents . Their efforts have been all that time before the public—the records of the two Houses of Parliament furnUh proof of their consistency . Pity that Mr Bright should use his privilege as member of Parliament to pervert truth—to denounce thousands as hypocrites !
The member for Durham was resolved to become " Grand Inquisitor ; " passing from the condemnation o ( a vast multitude , he singled out one individual for his most malicious shaft . Mr Bright said , "The things formerly stated by Lord Ashley were now given up , and his own friends would not credit them . It was acknowledged that on no question had a greater number of exaggerated statements been brought forward to justify this unjust interference with factory labour . " Had the unfortunate member been better educated , he would have been more courteous—bad he been honeBt he would have met the noble lord at the public meeting in Rochdale or Manchester , and there charged him , in person , with falsehood 1 Had ho not known that he was " bearing false witness , " he would have given proof of his assertion .
Mr Bright cave the house to understand that he !\ aS no objection to meet his neighbours in public ; he said "he was not afraid of going before that or anyotber manufactoring constituency in Lancashire , so far as this bill was concerned . Wherever he was known he was sure no one would charge him with any want of sympathy for the class for whom the house was now called upon to legislate . " What could induce him to deny himself the pleasure ( teeing that an invitation was given to bis 6 rm ) of confronting the noble Lord Ashley t The true answer U—Mr Bright knew that all Lord Ashley ' s statements were true ; he therefor * reserved their denial for a place where he was well aware Lord Ashley could not reply . I may also be excused asking the hon . member why he refused to meet me at a public meeting in Manchester . In Manchester i t is commonly reported that he dnre not . Mr Bright knows that the friends of the factory children have no need to exaggerate . Language cannot describe what those victims have suffered , Their wrongs are only known to God !
The man who expressed such deep anxiety lest the operatives should be deceived ought to be very careful not to delude his hearers by false statements . Again , I charge Mr Bright with stating an untruth . He Baid"Now , with respect to the question of wages ,. the noble marquis ( Marquis of Granby ) opposite said , 'He believed the quostl . ii had been put to the working classes , nnd they were willing to work a shorter time even with less wages . ' He ( the hon , member for Durham ) denied that assertion , "
Tha truth of the statement made by the noble Marquts of Granby is attested by the votes of great numbers of public meetings . Lord Ashley , Mr Fielden and Mr Crawford have themselves thus tested the operatives . In very many cases I have distinctly asked them , when thousands have been present , " Whether wageB shall fall or rise , are you for the Ten Hours' Bill V , The unanimous and reiterated answer has been , " Yes ; let wages take their chance . " Now , sir , when one member of Parliament presumes to deny the assertion of another , he is bound to give some proof . I dare Mr Bright to the proof . Has he ever attended one of those meetings \ Has ha received his information from those who have been there ? Let him-ensfver . There is no mistake about the matter with the factory opsratfves . They have been too well schooled in factory suffering to be duped by those who would uphold'the oppressive system . :,
Mr Bright was not less trustworthy when he ventured to touch on tho financial part of this great question , When this precocious schoolboy turned financier , it rrai laughable to witness what capers he cut . He calculated the millions of millions of pounds of our annual produce of textile fabrics ( among which textiles the learned gen . tleman specified £ 4 , 000 , 000 worth of hardware , ) and then he positively asserted that the sixth part of the wh ^ le will assuredly be lost , if the women and children work only ten hours a day in factories ! It was thus that Mr Bright attempted to alarm the Chancellor of the Exchequer— "Taking into consideration ( says the hon . mem . ber ) the fact that the diminution of imports and exports would c&use a loss to the revenue of nearly £ 7 , 000 , 000 , lie would put it to any man whether it would be possible to carry on the affairs of the country under such circumstances V
Such absolute madnes ; cannot imposo upon any sane man . Mr Bright knows very well that it is not tho custom for factory operatives to be employed , on an average of years , more than ten hours a day . He is well aware that the Ten Hoars' Bill will not reduce the annual production—that its operation will be a beneficial regulation —^ merely distributing the labour equally over the whole year , and preventing those altercations from excessive toil to no work—alternations that are so destructive to the health , comfort , and prosperity of the factory operatives . * * Mr Bright has not an operative in his mill who could not inform him that bis own production has not been reduced by the regulations and reductions of time heretofore made by the Legislature , or that could not tell him that , for a series of years , his mill had not regularly run ten hours a day .
The truth is , the Ten Hours' Bill will not reduce the average hours of labour , it will only regulate them . Sir Robert Peel cannot be ignorant of this fact , Juat now many mills are not working—many are only working four hours , six hours , or eight hours a day . I am told that Mr Bright ' s mill is now closed against his factory operatives . Before any Member of Parliament permits himself to talk of one-sixth loss in production and wages , he is bound , in justice to himself and the house , to prove that practically twolvo hours regular work per day at all our mills has , on an average of years , been the custom . Failing in this proof , his statement is not worth the breath it cost him .
I cannot omit to notice the self-gratulation with which Mr Bright informed the house , that his workmen had "dared" ( yes , that was the word ) "dared to petition this home . " Granted , this is an improvement ! But , no thanks to the opponents of the Ten Hours' Bill . Had that party ( now represented in the bouse by Mr Bright ) had their way , the tyranny of the system would hare remained iu its pristine state . Thanks to the friends of the Ten Hours' Bill , factory workers dare now petition the House of Commons ! The records of the house contain proofs that , formerly , factory workers have been discharged and proscribed ( the hon . member for Durham knows the meaning of those words ) , for no other crime than obeying the summons of the House of Commons ! I allude to those factory operatives from Scotland who were summoned to appear before Mr Sadler ' s committee , and who , on their return , finding themselves discharged and proscribed , for no other crime than obeying the speaker ' s summons , petitioned the House of Commons for compensation .
Mr Bright ' s allusion to Lowell , is simply dishonest . The factory workers there can never be compared to ours . . They ( of Lowell ) are farmers ' daughters , working a few months in the factories , and then returning home . A wise opponent of the Ten Hoars' Bill will never name Lowell ! Mj Bright ' s garbled extracts from my observations about MrAckroyd , of Halifax , call for no remarks at present . We shall meet in Manchester—then I will settle all private scores with mg accuser . * # * I remain , Sir , your obliged servant , London , March 13 , Richard Oastleb . P . S . —I am told that Mr Escott iuformed the House of Commons that I had attended meetings to advocate an Eight Hours' Bill . If tho hon . member for Winchester did so , he told tho house that which was false . 11 O
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» . „ . „ MONDAY , Miicii 22 . H 0 U 8 E OF . LORDS . —Loin Buodohak moved the ihSh ? adlng of the B * nl « -uptcy aud Insolvent BUI , TorSV ^! erafewwon 3 '> fora the Lord Chancellor and Bill wainli rt 0 B \ " 8 » J tb . The Drainage lands ESSS ? r ' - ^ 5- "sr : S » 3 » sms £ - * - - 3 Rp = S 5 SS 3 ? 2 H—S !—^ the education estimate on Monday , the 19 th of April
Poos Uvr AstENDHENTS . —In answer to Mr Bomh wick , the noble lord stated that it was his intention to bring forward tho proposed amendments in the poor law Bhortly after Easter . Post-office . —MrMomiT asked whether any step * had been t » ken to prevent public servants employed in the Po « t-omce being also employed in a private specula , tion , called the "Post-office London Directory . " Limt session grave charges had been made against certain officerg of the Post-office for employing the public servants of the Poit office in collecting information for a private publication of their own , and an inquiry was to be instituted . The mult of that inquiry had not tran . spired , but It was understood that the public servants were still employed on Mr Kelly's "Directory . "
The duMCEuoft of the Excbeo , uee said Mr Kelly had made a claim for compensation which was valid to acer-: f '" f . *" ; i nditwasneceil ! aryto « 1 Iow hi" » to con-Z . M ^ . ° 8 toffice Directory" for a time . It had been tit ?* a thatMp Kelly , who bought this work from his predecessor , and bad spent a good deal of money Inn , * - chlnery for the printing of the » Directory , " and wa * in partnership with hi , brother for this purpose , should continue to superintend Its publication , receiving no compensation , but he was prohibited from eraplojing the servants of the Post-office , and If any one ofthemacoepted employment from him he would do so under the penalty of dismissal . - MrT . Doncombb understood from what had been stated that Mr Kelly was no longer tocor . duct tne "Post-office Directory " at tho public expense ; and that he was toreceivs no compensation . He was glad to hear it ; for if anything , he ought to have made restitution . A return
haa been madoto the house stating that Mr Kellj ' s pro fits were £ 1 , 200 a year , but he ( Mr Duncombe ) said they were £ 12 , 000 , and were made by means of the lettercarriers . He understood that Mr Rowland Hill had ob . taiued an office In the Post-office—that he had a room there , and two or three olerks . What ho ( Mr Dancombe ) wished to know was , what were Mr Rowland Hill ' * duties , and what was his salary ! He seemed to be quite powerless , and was not likely to be assisted by Mr Kelly » nd Mr Bokenham ; and a notice had been given at the Post-office , thatdanyof the letter-carriers who had any suRgeetions to make to Mr Rowland Hill should lay them before him through tha heads of their department , and those heads were Mr Kelly and Mr Bokenham . Thn principal complaints were made wUh relation to the
Post-office Directory , " and it was not likely that the men would make such complaints through Mr Kelly , but they ought to go direct to Mr Rowland Hill . To prove the animus with regard to Mr Rowland Hill at the Postoffice , and how Colonel Maberly and Messrs Kelly and Bokenham felt with respect to him , when Mr Hill left the Post-office in 1842 , a notice was given that , as Mr HiU ' a office in the Post-office had ceased , any officer holding any communication with him directly or indirectly would bo dismissed the service . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr Duncombe ) wanted to know what chance Mr Rowland Hill could have of obtaining information from those heads of depirtinents who had given such a notice ? It was important that it should bo known what were the duties and salary of Mr Rowland mil , and what chance he had of improving the Post-office service through such
channels . The Chancbilo * of the Excheqcei said , with regard to Mr Rowland Hill , ft would have been more convenient If his hon . friend had given him notice of the question he had put , because he had made statements relative to what had been done in 1842 , and spokf . n of notices which were given in the Post-office at the present time , which were no doubt true , but he ( the Chancellor of the Exchequer ) had had no opportunity ef ascertaining whether they were so or not . It was notorious that the business of the Postoffice had increased to an enormous extent . This being to , it was desirable that there should be additional assistance , and the government were of opinion that no one was more qualiflod for that duty than Mr Rowland Hill : early in the autumn , at the suggestion of the Postniasttrgeneral , he had been appointed his secretary , not to the Post office generally , at a salary of £ 1 , 200 a year . Mr Duncosue— What is the salary of tho clerks ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was unable to 'ay . If be had had notice of the question he would have obtained the inform ation required by his hon . friend , and if he liked to move for a return on the subjoct he should have it . There were two or three clerks attached to tho department . He haa been informed by his noble friend the Postmaster-general two days ago that he thought most highly of tho services of Mr Rowland Hill , and that since he had held his office he had been the means of further improvements in the Postoffice . ( Hear , hear . )
ACCOMODATION IJ ; THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS . —Mr Humk complained that space enough hud not been provided for tho members of that house , when they were required to attend the House of Lords . Indeed the approaches to it were such as to hazard the personal safety of members , and the space below tho bar would not contain more than twanty-two persons without pressure . Lord Mobpeth said it was impossible to find space below the ^ bar , for nil the members consistent with flitting np the house for businesi . but every arrangement possible for the convenience of the Commons had been made .
THE ARMY SERVICE BILL . —Mr Fox Macm , la moving the second reading of this bill , stated the principle and explained the provisions of the bill . He was not sanguine enough to look to limited enlistment as a cure for all the evils connected with the service , but he believed that it would operate to the removal of many of them , particularly if accompanied with othsr improve , ments . What the Government now proposed to do was to enlist recruits for ten years in the infautry . ' and for twelve years ih the cavalry , artillery , and ordnance . At the expiration of these periods it was proposed that they might further enlist for eleven years in the infantry , and twelve years in the cavalry , artillery , nnd ordnance . Should the period of service of any soldier expire when his regiment was abroad , his commanding officer was to
have the power of detaining him for one year more , on showing that such detention was neceisary for the public service ; and should he become entitled to discharge when the country was engaged in war , and his regiment was in active service , his commanding officer would have the power of detaining him for two years beyond the period for which he had enlisted . It was also proposed that after this period of service had expired , the retiring soldier might enrol himself for a deferred pension , to which he would be entitled for life , provided he ware aa enrolled for twenty-two years , nnd served for twelve days each year during that period The earliest period at which a recruit could , under these regulations , be .
come entitled to a deferred pension , was when he attained his fiftieth year . The operution of the bill was designed to be prospective , and was not to extend to tho existing army . Not only would the proposed alterations render the service more popular , bnt a limited system of enlistment recommended itself to them in an economical point of view . The right honourable gentleman concluded by pointing out the benefits which would accrue to tha army itself from the proposed system , as well as to tb * State , from the readiness with which it would occasion the ranks of the army hereafter to be tilled up , and from having at home , independently of the army , the nucleus ef a well disciplined force to repel attack , Should tht country ever be called upon to do so .
Sir Howard Douglas was not prepared to meet the motion with a direct negative , nor was he disposed to move an amendment to it . He maintained , however , at considerable length , that the proposed changes would not be beneficial to the soldier , to the claas from which the soldier came , to the service , or to the country . In addition to this , he contended that no more inopportune period cnuld have been chosen than the present for making such an experiment , Col . Reid , Col . Lindsay , Col . Sibthorpe , and Col , Wood opposed the bill ; Sir De Lacy Evans and Major Loyard supported it .
Col . Sibthobp said that the bill before them was a proof that at the present time nothing was right . ( A laugh . ) They had attacked church , law , and physic . ( Renewed laughter . ) No profession was safe nownothing was as it outfit to be . ( Laughter . ) The wisdom of our ancestors ( laughter , ) for which he entertained a great rcspi-ct , was totally neglected , if not deprecated , within the walls of this reformed house . ( Laughter . ) And yet the people were nono the happier , or the better . Here they were going to meddle with tho army . lie should have thought that the past services of tho army were sufficient to prove that it required no
change , having over proved itself invincible .. ( Hear , hear , and a lauKh . ) He strongly deprecated the use by the right honourable gentleman the Secretary at War of tho term " unhappy " as applied to individuals enlisting in ths army . For bis own part he had becfi . ten years ta her Majesty ' s Dragoons , before he had coiao Into this refined society , ( laughter , ) and he must saj that he had met with as good men and as good manners In military circles as he had done since he begun to . listen to the long speeches in the house—speeches which , if he was un > learned before , had made Mm ten times more unlearned atill . ( Loud laughter . ) He had heard with great regret
that the majority of men who entered the service w « r « disgusted with it . The right honourable gestleraan op . posite had asked whether it was to be wondered at . H « thought yes , it was to bo wondered at very much that any such sentiments should be entertained . He thought the proposed term of service too short ; it would tak * three years to make a raw recruit a good dragoon , and what length of service had they afterward * to recompenso them for the exponse of training t Ai to opposing the bill , ho presumed that thero was no usa in kicking against the nrjeks , ( laughter , ) but he wiahed . tiuA a oiTUion . joljjht take place , t » give hia . sad-tussA wka
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thought with him , nn opportunity of putting on record their opinions . The bill was re » d a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday next . Deaths fbom Pahinb ih Ibeland . —Lord o . Behtinck observed that Mr Lsbouchere , in answer to a motion made by him some evenings ago , had said that the Irish clergy kept no records of the deaths which occurred in their parishes . Since that time he hadreceivedj several letters from Irish clerpymen , informing him that by the canons every Protestant clergyman was required , on the 26 th of March in each ypnr , to make a return of the marriages and deaths which had occurred in his parish . It was evident , therefore , that if tha go . vernment wished to receive such returns as he had moved for , on the occasion referred to , the machinery existed whereby such returns could be made .
Mr Laboccuebe observed , that he hnd objected to the returns nlluded to , because be believed tlmt it was impossible to get accurate information on tbe subject . The noble lord had alluded to the canon law , by which Protestant clergymen were obliged to keep a registry of the burials which occurred in their parishes , but he ( Mr Labouahere ) was much deceived if that Saw had been generally observed by them , Lord i . Rcssell briefly vindicated the course which the government had pursued in reference to the importation of grain into Irelaud . That the government had acted on the safest principle , in refusing to interfere with private enterprise , was evident from the fact that vast quantities of provisions were now being poured into Ireland at all points by the private trader .
Mr Djbbaei . 1 contended that if private speculation was now doing anything fur the relief of Ireland it was not until many of the population had died from famine . So far as these wero concerned , therefore , the relief novf Bffordedwas like locking the stable when the steed was stolen . Alter some further talk , the house went into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill . On clause 9 being reached the commitUo rose , the chairman reported progress , and the houso adjourned at a quarter past one . TUESDAY , Makcb : 23 .
HOUSE OP LOROS . —Lord Brodoham presented a petition from the Spanish bondholders , in which they complalued that their claims , to the enormous extent of seventy-millions sterling , were still left unliquidated , and that no provision was made by the Spanish government for their pnyment . The noble lord hoped that a country which had the character of entertaining a very high sense of nationnl honour , was not aboutto follow tho example of repudiation which had been recently presenttd to the world b y certain states in America . The Earl of Clarendon admiied the high sense of
national honour which generall y actuated the Spanish people . The government of Spain had never denied its obligations to the parties to the petition before their lord-Ships ' . He believed that the clii . f obstacle which existed in the way of an arrangement , which would be satisfactory to the creditors of Spain , was , that btfore any government in that country could complete such an arrangement , it was driven from power by some new revolutionary movement . The British minister at Madrid was at this mo . ment in communication with the Spanish government upon the subject , and he hoped that his exertions would prove successful .
The petition was then laid upon the table . The Drainage of Land Bill then went through committee . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr John Romilt moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better admin , istration of charitable trusts for the benefit of her Majesty s Roman Catholic subjects . Visc-unt Sandoh then moved for the appointment of a select committee on tha present state of our commercial relation with China . The motion was apteed U . Capi . Winn —Mr C . O'Bhien then moved for a select committee to inquire into the conduct of , an < i into tho latter * of Capt . Wynn during his employment in thecounty of Clare , in November , and December , and Janu . ary last , us inspecting officer under the Board of Works . The government had refused him the inquiry for which he now appealed to the house—a poor reward , certainly , for sixteen years' undeviating support to the Wliigs . Major Macnamara seconded tbe motion
Mr Labodchbrb would , as a memb « r of the government , be sorry to conciliate any support in the bouse by pursuing a course different from that which he had pursued towards an officer of the government whose conduct had been traduced . He could not assent to the inquiry sought at present , and he regretted that tb * motion had not been deferred for a few days . Papers relating to the conduct of Captain W ynn had > on the motion of the ljon . gentleman , been laid before the house , and were how in the course of being printed . In the course of a few days they would be before toehouse , and if what they contained were not satisfactory to the house , he was far from saying that inquiry should not then be made . At present there was not even a primafaeie case against Captain Wynn , and ho could not consent , until a better case were made against him .
that ho should be dragged as a criminal before any committee of inquiry . The right hon . gentleman then defended the conduct of Gaptaiu Wynn , who , under cir . cumstances ol the most trying nature , hod behaved with firmness , spirit , and forbearance . Ho ( Mr Labouebere ) had defended the conduct of the relief committees gener * ally in Ireland , but be was bound to say , that in the county of Clare the relief committees had been guilty of a vtry gross Heglect of their duty , which had magnified the difficulties with which Wynn had to contend . In thecourse of a few days , however , hon , members would have an opportunity of judging of the conduct of that gentleman for themselves from the printed papers whioh would then be in their hands , He hoped , under thesa circumstances , that the hon . gentleman would withdraw his motion for the present .
Mr W . S . O'Bbikn supported the motion , being at a loss to conceive why the government should refuse tho committee , considering the charge , which , on an « e parte statement , had been suspended for two months over two hon . members of that house . Lord J Russell observed that Mr Labouchere was not averse to the inquiry sought for , but thought , under all the circumstances , that that iuquiry should be deferred until the house was assured that there was a sufficient case against Captain Wynn to justify inquiry . If th » hon . member would frame his motion so as not to con . tain objectionable terms , and defer naming the committee until the printed papers alluded to were in the hands of members , there would be no objection to the com . mitteo demanded . After some further conversation , The motion was withdrawn , whereupon Mr W . S . O'Brien renewed the motion ^ in terms pro * posed by Sir R . Peol . The amended motion was then agreed to .
The National Fast Lord J . Russell moved the adjournment of the house to Thursday . At the same time he thought it right to state that it was the S peaker ' s intention to be in the house on Wednesday , in order to give such honourable members as might wish it an opportunity of attending Divine worship there , Mr M Pniups wished to know what effect tho fast would have in Ireland . It was said there were 70 l ) , 00 fr . persons employed on the public works in that country , and he was , perhaps , not wrong iu supposing that they were each paid on an average one shilling a-, day . He wished to know whether they were to work on the fast day , and if not , whether they were to be entitled to pay from this country , without giving any con ., sideration whatever for the money i Mr Ladocciiere said if his recollection served him
right , they had a fast in Ireland since the introduction of tho system of public works , and it was then thought right that the men employed on these works should bs allowed to work on the fast-day , and should be paid for so working . The government considered that whore the money of tho counties and baronies was to be paid away , it was quite necessary that the people should work , while at the same time they felt it would be iocon . sistent with the principles of humanity and religion to let them starve . ( Hear . ) Mr M . Philips said he was anxious to hear the explanation just given , as it showed the great injustice , done . to the working classes of this country iu being compelled to remain idle . Lord G . Bentinck asked if the reduced rations . of Alb . of bread , per day , which appeared in the morning . orgati of the government , the Times , was really tln _ quantity of food ordered by tho Irish government for , those cmployed on the relief works %
Mr LaboCCHMe etmld not say , as ho had . not seen , the order . Mr BnioHT Baid he should be one of the . la 9 t persona , in the house to say a word against any reHgious observ . ance adopted by the people of this country . But ho could not help saying that , considering the proposed fast would have no effect on a large proportion af the-English people who did not assemble fox worship in thechurches of the established religion , while in Scotland a . large portion of the population were also opposed to the ,-established faith , acd that in IvQlanO * accerdirc to tho . statement they had just heard , the government , acting : on a late precedent , would not require the peopled fast , it would have been more wise if such a step hid , not been
taken at all . Instead of doing honour to tie Ueity , hothought it waa insulting to religicD . On the oue haml it would tend to encourage a gross superstition » mon some , while it would strengthea infidelity on the otli « . ( Heai . iiear . ) He had spok » a to many , person * on th » subject since the fast was or ^ wed , and ie had u « fc fouii * amon * any a feeling that the affirmations of the vroela . nwtion were verified , or that any « asnnaile ( u-oimd existed , from what they Iorow from Scriptural revelation , for expecting that any advantage would result throush . out this country from a , fast ordered by a civil power , and disregarded by sino-tenths of tlio people of tho country when it wasoJdered . ( Hear , hear . ) Hediilnot wish to say more on , suvh a matter , but considering that the fast had been ordered hy tho government , and wai
supposed to be soaclioned by that house , he could uot allow it to pass without entering his protest against it . He considered . \ t a useless ceremony , a remnant of tho days gone bjv and not in accordance with the enligUt . ened opining of tha present time . ( Uear , hear . ) Sir O . QASY said bo hoped the house would not enter into a dJucussion oh this question . ( Hear . ) His own impression was , that tho fast was in accoi dance with tho geuwal foeling of the people of this country . ( Hear , i » ar . ) Mr P . Howard thought the government in appointing a day for fast and humiliation had acted in perfect ac . cordance with the feelings of a majority of the people , The motion was then agreed to , ~
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