 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1896 - 620 strani
...which was a cruel burden upon the laboring class of England, and were described by Lord John Russell as the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter division among the classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. McCarthy says that... | |
 | 1897 - 592 strani
...FreeTrade sentiment was immensely facilitated by the timely reduction of postage. The Anti-Coru-Law League distributed vast quantities of pamphlets and...sooner or later. sir Robert Agricultural distress had Peel and Tariff prevailed in the latter Revision years of the Melbourne administration, and the nation... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1898 - 568 strani
...Russell then invited a general understanding, to put an end to a system " which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the...penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." Then the writer added a significant remark to the effect that the Government appeared to be waiting... | |
 | George Armitage-Smith - 1898 - 252 strani
...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." Other public men followed, including Lord Macaulay. The circumstances of the time by their urgency... | |
 | George Armitage-Smith - 1898 - 252 strani
...Free-trade principles. "Let us then unite", he said, "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." Other... | |
 | Benjamin Orange Flower - 1903 - 302 strani
...he urged the importance of union, in order to put an end to the system " which had been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the...division among classes, the cause of penury, fever, and crime among the people." This was the first time that Lord John Russell had committed himself to... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1904 - 1038 strani
...nation would tolerate a return to dear bread. The Whig leader, Russell, wrote that Protection was " the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the...division among classes, the cause of penury, fever and crime among the people." The Conservative Premier proceeded to announce his conversion (January,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1905 - 424 strani
...while to contend for a fixed duty," and that an end must be put to the whole system of protection, as "the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture,...division among classes, the cause of penury, fever, and crime among the people." This letter produced a decisive effect on Peel. He saw that the E., VOL.... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 652 strani
...Russell, took up the cry for the repeal of the corn laws, on the ground that they had " been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the Wal olf cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the LifeofKutpeople."... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 668 strani
...Russell, took up the cry for the repeal of the corn laws, on the ground that they had " been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the Wa{ o{e cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the Life of... | |
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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. 
