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duction, and therefore entitle the landed interests, 

 in addition to the outgoings which bear generally 

 upon the occupiers of the soil, to adequate pro- 

 tection. 



No allusion has been made to the protection 

 which some branches of manufactures receive. 

 The object of the author of these pages has been to 

 argue the question on higher grounds to show 

 the importance of protecting the agricultural in- 

 terests of this country from the competition of 

 nations independent of Great Britain, and the 

 paramount necessity of doing so under the present 

 circumstances of the different classes of the landed 

 interest. 



