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Character, Life, And Times Of His Late Royal. Highness , By The Public Press.
by his attachment to liberal principles , and the clear ancl manly style of his speeches . The speeches of the Duke of Sussex were always ingenious , and often displayed much research and erudition ; but on this occasion his speech was remarkable for its plain good sense . " In his notion of this free constitution , " he said , " he understood that under it there was a natural connection between property ancl power . The
Catholics were permitted to acquire property , and power must follow it . Any attempt to separate power from property , or to keep them , when in existence , from uniting , ivould , he was convinced , not only disturb the tranquillity , but endanger the stability of the state . It would have been better never to have granted anything to the Catholics than thus to stop short , and erect for ever a barrier against their claims . He
begged the house not to discourage the arduous and honest efforts which the Catholics were making for their freedom ; which a virtuous , and he would say an illustrious , portion of the people of this empire were making for the attainment of a most praiseworthy and glorious object . If the house acted so unwise a part , the natural consequence would be that those arduous efforts would be turned into another channel , and
might in their effect be as destructive to the commonwealth as inimical , undoubtedly , to the Catholics themselves . " We do not as yet know the whole extent of the penalty which tliis country must pay for
neglecting to follow the wise policy so forcibly stated by the Duke of Sussex . We delayed the act of justice till the Catholics extorted it by their power , and feelings were engendered during the struggle which every day seems to strengthen rather than to allay . In 1815 began the war of the landowners against the rest of the community , for lhe sake of keeping up the prices which a succession of bad
seasons , a successful industry , and the difficulties of obtaining a supply from abroad through the war , enabled them to obtain—a war which is yet waged , though without hope on their part of ability to sustain it much longer . His Royal Highness , who always felt for his countrymen , was strongly opposed to the Corn-bill ; and in 1815 he signed the celebrated protest against it , drawn up by Lord Grenville—a protest
which , in clear , emphatic , and signally prophetic language , points out the results of that foolish and wicked measure , and in which the great principle of free trade is laid down with a force and felicity rarely equalled . In later years he continued his exertions ; and , though only in the habit of speaking in the House of Lords on important questions , he never missed suitable opportunities of asserting his opinions . He
took an active part in the discussions on Parliamentary Reform , during the agitation which followed the fall of the Duke of Wellington ' s administration , and the accession of the " Reform Ministry" to office ;—was the medium of presenting important petitions from corporate
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Character, Life, And Times Of His Late Royal. Highness , By The Public Press.
by his attachment to liberal principles , and the clear ancl manly style of his speeches . The speeches of the Duke of Sussex were always ingenious , and often displayed much research and erudition ; but on this occasion his speech was remarkable for its plain good sense . " In his notion of this free constitution , " he said , " he understood that under it there was a natural connection between property ancl power . The
Catholics were permitted to acquire property , and power must follow it . Any attempt to separate power from property , or to keep them , when in existence , from uniting , ivould , he was convinced , not only disturb the tranquillity , but endanger the stability of the state . It would have been better never to have granted anything to the Catholics than thus to stop short , and erect for ever a barrier against their claims . He
begged the house not to discourage the arduous and honest efforts which the Catholics were making for their freedom ; which a virtuous , and he would say an illustrious , portion of the people of this empire were making for the attainment of a most praiseworthy and glorious object . If the house acted so unwise a part , the natural consequence would be that those arduous efforts would be turned into another channel , and
might in their effect be as destructive to the commonwealth as inimical , undoubtedly , to the Catholics themselves . " We do not as yet know the whole extent of the penalty which tliis country must pay for
neglecting to follow the wise policy so forcibly stated by the Duke of Sussex . We delayed the act of justice till the Catholics extorted it by their power , and feelings were engendered during the struggle which every day seems to strengthen rather than to allay . In 1815 began the war of the landowners against the rest of the community , for lhe sake of keeping up the prices which a succession of bad
seasons , a successful industry , and the difficulties of obtaining a supply from abroad through the war , enabled them to obtain—a war which is yet waged , though without hope on their part of ability to sustain it much longer . His Royal Highness , who always felt for his countrymen , was strongly opposed to the Corn-bill ; and in 1815 he signed the celebrated protest against it , drawn up by Lord Grenville—a protest
which , in clear , emphatic , and signally prophetic language , points out the results of that foolish and wicked measure , and in which the great principle of free trade is laid down with a force and felicity rarely equalled . In later years he continued his exertions ; and , though only in the habit of speaking in the House of Lords on important questions , he never missed suitable opportunities of asserting his opinions . He
took an active part in the discussions on Parliamentary Reform , during the agitation which followed the fall of the Duke of Wellington ' s administration , and the accession of the " Reform Ministry" to office ;—was the medium of presenting important petitions from corporate