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I Am No Party Man In This Matter In Any Degree; And If I Have Any Objection To The Motion It Is This, That Whereas It Is A Motion To Inquire Into The Manufacturing Distress Of The Country, It Should Have Been A Motion To Inquire Into Manufacturing And Agricultural Distress.

-Richard Cobden

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I Am No Party Man In This

Richard Cobden

I Am No Party Man In This Matter In Any Degree; And If I Have Any Objection To The Motion It Is This, That Whereas It Is A Motion To Inquire Into The Manufacturing Distress Of The Country, It Should Have Been A Motion To Inquire Into Manufacturing And Agricultural Distress.

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