The Fall of Protection, 1840-1850

abolished Adam Smith admitted adopted advantage agriculture American argument Bank of England Bill British ships Canada Canadian capital carried Catholic Emancipation cent classes Cobden colonial system commercial Corn Laws debate defended differential duties Disraeli doctrine duty on foreign English existing exports facturing favour fixed duty foreign corn foreign countries foreign wheat free imports free trade free-traders Gladstone gold Government home market hostile tariffs House of Commons Huskisson imperial imposed income tax increased India industry interests Ireland labour Legislature Liberal Lord George Bentinck Lord Howick Lord John Russell Lord Melbourne Lord Stanley maintain manufactures measure ment monopoly mother country Navigation Laws object opinion Parliament party Peel's political population preference preferential Prime Minister principle produce proposed protectionists protective duties question reduced repeal revenue secure Sir James Graham Sir Robert Peel slave-grown speech statesmen sugar supply taxation timber tion Tory United Kingdom wages Whigs whole