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pendent countries produced by the means of 

 foreign capital and labour. 



That the present Corn Laws do not interfere 

 with " the raising of cheaper com than ever yet 

 has been raised," nor with the people of this 

 country obtaining it from a market not likely to be 

 closed against us from national jealousy, from the 

 caprice of a government, or " from the whim of a 

 tyrant/' 



That the present Corn Laws do not retard or 

 interfere with the most extensive commerce that 

 .ever existed in the world. 



That the general prosperity of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and the prosperity of our colonies will be 

 much better promoted by the continuance of the 

 existing Corn Laws, than by their abolition, or by 

 weakening their protecting power. 



The opinions which the writer of the foregoing 



pages has ventured to offer, unfashionable and 



unpopular though they may be, are formed from 



extensive practical information, assiduous inquiry, 



and serious reflection, by the aid of which he has 



endeavoured to disentangle the subject from the 



perplexities of refined speculation and theory, and 



to place it in its true practical position. He has 



endeavoured to show the injurious effects that such 



a change, as is desired, would have on landlords, 



farmers, and labourers that other classes of the 



community would receive no benefit from it, and 



that it would check the progress of improvement 



in our colonial possessions. The love of experi- 



