Agitation Is The Marshalling Of The Conscience

Agitation Is The Marshalling Of The Conscience Of A Nation To Mold Its Laws.

The Reform Bill Has Destroyed The Ancient Conduits And Strainers, And Brings Public Opinion To Act Upon The Government With The Rapid, Turbulent, And Uncertain Violence Of A Flood!

Can There Be A More Lamentable Picture Than That Of A Chancellor Of The Exchequer Seated On An Empty Chest By A Pool Of Bottomless Deficiency Fishing For A Budget?

My Object, Having A Surplus To Deal With, Is To Consider How I Can Deal With It To The Greatest Advantage To The Consumer - How, Without Inflicting Any Injury On Canada, I Can Secure The Most Substantial Benefit To This Country, To The Manufacturing, To The Commercial, And To The Agricultural Interests. The Real Way In Which We Can Benefit The Working And Manufacturing Classes Is, Unquestionably, By Removing The Burden That Presses On The Springs Of Manufactures And Commerce.

But After This Natural Burst Of Indignation, No Man Of Sense, Courage, Or Prudence Will Waste His Time Or His Strength In Retrospective Reproaches Or Repinings.