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misery. This great cause, human depravity, 

 will not be subdued and conquered by mere head 

 knowledge, the seat of this is the heart, which can 

 only he reached by the divine principles of Chris- 

 tianity. A system of national education must 

 be built upon the broad foundation of our holy 

 religion to accomplish the great end desired- 

 making a virtuous, contented, happy, and Christian 

 people. When such means are used for subverting 

 the causes of distress and misery, we have good 

 reason to believe they will be successful, and that 

 the condition of the working classes will be 

 lastingly improved. 



The condition of the farmers, too, would be 

 very much better if the corn trade were not uni- 

 versally free, for there would not be the same 

 limitation of home agriculture, and there would be 

 a field for the employment of farming capital in 

 British territories beyond our own shores. It will 

 be much better not only for the colonies, but for 

 the landed interest of this country, that the corn 

 trade should not be extended beyond our colonies 

 in a greater measure than the Corn Laws now 

 allow, not only for the reasons already given, but, 

 also, as the supply of this cheap corn would be 

 gradual, it would afford time for the circumstances 

 of the great interest which is more immedi- 

 ately affected to be accommodated, in some mea- 

 sure, at last, to the change. And if the landed in- 

 terest be content that the present Corn Laws, 

 Corn Laws which do not interfere with " the 



