 Let us then unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people.  Peel - Page 227by James Richard Thursfield - 1891 - 246 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 618 pages
...had Lord John Russell said? He had said, " Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions amongst classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people" (loud laughter).... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pages
...injurious to the aristocracy." " Let us, then," continued this immortal letter ; " let us, then, unite to put an end to a system, which has been proved to be...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." Ah ! my Lord John ; never did you speak truer words, — never did a Russell breathe a more patriotic... | |
 | 1846 - 660 pages
...afterwards says, " It is no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty. * * * Let ns unite then to put an end to a system which has been proved to be...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." It is well that his lordship sees and admits all this at last, though most unprejudiced and enlightened... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - 726 pages
...opinion, strong in ancient associations, and the memory of immortal services. Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be...the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime, amongst the people." Having dilated to some length on the advantages of free trade amongst nations,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1846 - 750 pages
...opinion, strong in ancient associations and the memory of immortal services. Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be...classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and erime among the people. But if this end is to be achicved, it must he gained by the uneqnivocal expression... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1846 - 628 pages
...purpose of recommending- the totul and immediate abolition of a system which has been justly described as the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. (signed) William. Brown, Chairman. MEMORIAL from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough... | |
 | Agriculture - 1847 - 820 pages
...had Lord John Russell said ? He had said, " Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions amongst classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people" (loud laughter).... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1852 - 646 pages
...letter ended by an appeal to all classes to unite and to agitate in order to put an end to the system. " The government appear to be waiting for some excuse to give up the present corn law. Let the people afford them the excuse they seek." A cabinet council was the consequence of this letter. According... | |
 | Archibald Prentice - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1853 - 458 pages
...opinion, stroug in ancient associations, and the memory of immortal services. "Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculiure, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and... | |
 | BRITISH STATESMEN. - 1854 - 388 pages
...legislature, strong in ancient associations and the memory of immortal services. "Let us then unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." In the struggle which followed on this important question the noble lord took his full share, giving... | |
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