 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.  The Annual Register - Page 1501879Full view - About this book
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 618 pages
...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). That certainly was pretty strong even for a partisan ; but how did the noble lord... | |
 | Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pages
...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 the...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 the...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... | |
 | 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
...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). That certainly was pretty strong oven for a partisan ; but how did the noble lord... | |
 | Archibald Prentice - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1853 - 458 pages
...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...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. LORD j. RUSSELL'S LETTER. 405 " But if this end is to be achieved, it must be gained by the unequivocal... | |
 | 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 the...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... | |
 | Thomas Doubleday - Great Britain - 1856 - 552 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...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. " But if this end is to be achieved, it must be gained by the unequivocal expression of the public... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 pages
...has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter division among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." Sir Robert Peel prints this letter in hi» Memoirs with this observation : — " It was asserted by... | |
 | William Torrens McCullagh Torrens - 1863 - 700 pages
...aristocracy. The time was therefore come," he said, " for uniting to put an end to a system which had proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture,...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." The Cabinet reassembled on the 25th, and con* firmed the instructions framed by the Home Secretary... | |
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