The Free Trade Policy of the Liberal Party

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Excerpt from The Free Trade Policy of the Liberal Party: A Speech Delivered at Pendleton, September 30, 1868ON Wednesday evening, September 3oth, 1868, at the Pendleton Club, Charlestown, Henry Rawson, Esq., in the chair, Professor J. E. Thorold rogers spoke as follows upon the free trade policy of the Liberal party.Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, - There are, perhaps, several reasons why at the present crisis the attention, not of you only, but also of all the electors throughout Great Britain and Ireland, should be called to that financial history which is implied in the heading to the address I purpose giving you this evening. My friend, Mr. Rawson, has alluded to the fact that the great battle of free trade - that is, the liberation of your bread from the tax of the monopolist - was achieved 22 years ago. As a consequence, a very large number of persons in this meeting must be unaware of how great and continuous were the struggles by which that victory was won. We are told in the sacred page that, after the great blessing of plenty, during a time of dearth, was secured by the wisdom which the Divine inspiration bestowed upon the Patriarch Joseph, in the course of time another generation arose which knew not Joseph, and that the people thereupon fell under the power of the Egyptians. Gentlemen, you may apply this historical fact to your selves. If you lose sight of those who in times past, by their policy, vindicated to you a free market, both for your food and for your labour, you may be quite certain that the Egyptians will be down upon you again, and constrain you to make your bricks without straw. (laughter.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.