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Kirkealdy, Dundee, Perth, and Stirling, the highest honour 184
Which the municipal suthorities of these cities and towns Zr. 89.
Can give, has heen conferged mpon that man who is in all
Parts of the country, and thronghout the world, recognized
% the impersonation of Free Trade principles, and of the
Aati-Corn.- Law League.
“Beotland, in former ages, was the cradle of liberty, civil
ad religious. Seotland, now, is the boms of liberty ; and
there are more men in Secctland, in proportion to its population,
 who are in favour of the rights of maa than there are
Mm any other equal proportion of the population of this
fountry, , , , I told them thai they were the people who
should have repeal of the Union; for that, if they were
oparate from England, they might have a government
Wholly popular and intelligent, to & degree which I believe
does not exist in any other ebuntry on the face of the earth.
However, 1 believe they will be disposed to press us ou,
80d make us become more and more intelligent ; and we
Nay yaceive benefit from our contact with them, even
though, for some sges to come, our connexion with them
Way be productive of evil to themselves.”
In England, at least, it is certain that the amazing vigour
aud resolution of the League were regarded with intense
Bisfavour by great and important classes. The League was
thoroughly out of fashion. It was regarded as violent,
®xtreme, and not respectable. A year before, it had usually
been described as a selfish snd contemptible faction. By
the end of 1842 things had become more gerions. The
Rotorious pamphleteer of the Quarterly Review now de-Nounced
 the Leugue as the foulest and most dangerous
Combination of recent times. The Times spoke of Cobden,
Brighs, snd their allies as © capering mercenaries who go
trigking abont the country:” os sattors of incendiary
Raptpan: pe peripabetic orators puffing themselves into