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Observations Upon the Importation of Foreign Corn; With the Resolutions Moved by Lord Redesdale in the House of Lords, March 29, 1827 and His Speech Thereupon. with the Resolutions Moved by Lord Redesdale in the House of Lords, March 29, 1827 and H

Observations Upon the Importation of Foreign Corn; With the Resolutions Moved by Lord Redesdale in the House of Lords, March 29, 1827 and His Speech Thereupon. with the Resolutions Moved by Lord Redesdale in the House of Lords, March 29, 1827 and H


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828. Excerpt: ... employed for the purposes of trade, at a cheaper rate than British ships and British seamen, have proposed the abrogation of our navigation laws; threatening the destruction of the naval superiority of the country, to obtain cheap freights. The mercenary views of traders leading them to employ foreign ships and foreign seamen, because they could be obtained at cheaper rates, having, towards the close of the once glorious, but afterwards unfortunate reign of Edward III., operated to reduce the naval force of the country, and leave its trade open to the depredations of its enemies, forced the parliament, in the reign of Richard II., to make provisions by law to compel the employment of British ships and British seamen; and by those provisions the naval power of the country was quickly restored. The same sordid disposition to individual gain, without regard to national injury, which produced the law of Richard II., is now attempting to destroy the naval superiority of the country, together with its agriculture, to obtain cheap freights and cheap corn; without considering the injury which may be finally inflicted on the country by the reduction of its strength, or inquiring whether, in the result, corn will be cheaper, or trade benefited. The immediate gain of the individual is too often the sole object of a trader. See the Act, the 5th of Richard II., and the proceedings stated in the Rolls of Parliament, which led to that Act; attributing the decay of the naval force of the country to the avarice of traders employing foreigu ships and foreign seamen, because they could be obtained at cheaper rates. Traders are too often influenced by the feelings which led Mr. Thomas Inkle to sell his Yarico and his child. Is the protection of the country, the protection o...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151321978
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151321974
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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