...the nations maintain their present system of isolation. The Colonial system, with all its duz/.ling appeals to the passions of the people, can never be...Again, Free Trade, by perfecting the intercourse, and securing the dependence of countries one upon another, must body of the community — that they allow...

...so long as the nations maintain their present system of isolation. The colonial system, with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people, can...Again, Free Trade, by perfecting the intercourse, and securing the dependence of countries one upon another, must inevitably snatch the power from the governmentt...

...from the burden of her colonies. ' The colonial system,' he wrote in 1842 (i. 230), ' with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people, can...indirect process of Free Trade, which will gradually and im* • Life of Bright,' i. 486. t ' Collected Pamphlets,' p. 126. I Morley, ii. 89. perceptibly perceptibly...

...accelerate than to retard such an event. In 1842, Mr. Cobden wrote :— The Colonial system with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people can...Trade which will gradually and imperceptibly loose the bonds which unite our Colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest.1 And Mr. Cobden's desire...

...dazzling appeals to the passions of the people," urged Free Trade " to gradually and imperceptibly loosen the bands which unite our colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest." Again, to show how, some twenty-five years ago, England had lost the right estimation of her special...

...so long as the nations maintain their present system of isolation. The colonial system, with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people, can...Trade, which will gradually and imperceptibly loose the bonds which unite our colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest. Yet the colonial policy...

...Corn Law legislation, he wrote to his brother. Mr. Cobden said : " The Colonial system with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people can never be got rid of "—got rid of ! Is that the object of our policy ? (cheers)—" can never be got rid of except by...

...letter to Mr. Ashworth in 1842 shows ' : — The Colonial system [writes Mr. Cobden], with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people, can...Colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest. This may not strike some of the Fellows of this Institute as a very cheery prediction, but it at least...

...indirect process of Free Trade, which will gradually and imperceptibly loose the bands which unite the Colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest....fifty years. Again, Free Trade, by perfecting the i intercourse and securing the dependence of countries \ upon one another, must inevitably snatch the...

...so long as the nations maintain their present system of isolation. The colonial system, with all its dazzling appeals to the passions of the people, can...gradually and imperceptibly loose the bands which unite the Colonies to us by a mistaken notion of self-interest. Yet the Colonial policy of Europe has been...