He  would  say  nothing  farther  relative
to^  the  distress  which  afflicted  other  coun-
tries, or  to  the  remedies  that  might  be
applied  to  it ;  but  he  would  proceed  to
consider  what  remedy  could  be  applied  to
the  distress  which  it  was  admittea  existed
in  our  own.  And  here  he  experienced
bonsiderable  satisfaction  in  reflecting,  that
though  he  and  the  noble  earl  were  some-
what at  variance,  with  reference  to  the
effect  of  taxation,  yet,  with  respect  lo
one  very  important  point,  the  practical
application  for  relief,  they  did  not  differ
at  all ;  for,  at  the  same  moment  that  the
noble  earl  argued  that  taxation  was  not
the  cause  of  the  present  distress,  he  ad-
mitted fully,  that  il  was  most  desirable  to
remove  the  weight  of  ta^cation  as  speedily
as  possible.  Now,  it  undoubtedly  could
not  be  supposed,  that  taxation  to  the
amount  of;  fifly  millions  could  have  no
effiect,  one  way  or  the  other,  on  the  situa-
tion of  the  country ;  and  if  it  were  felt
that  such  a  mass  of  taxes  did  not  operate
as  a  benefit  to  the  empire,  it  must  tie  al-


^rj        and  the  FinaneittI  MeaturufoT  iU  Rdief,         Ebb.  26,  1^92.
