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brought his motion forward at an earlier period of the session, because in that ewe the bill might be proceeded -with after the recess, without' any interruption from the object which bis motion had in view, and he Would have better guarded himself against a charge of delay than he could at present. The question, however, was one of, such .great importance that he felt himself compelled to proceed with it, and he was led to hope that there would still be .found sufficient time in this session to proceed with the bill. The chief object of bis motion was to do justice to a large body of men who felt, and who in his heart he believed had been unjustly accused, and to whom no opportunity had been afforded of justifying 1 thenlselves upon the charges that had been made against them. ' He trusted that honourable members would not be led away by the character of the evidence which they had read upon this subject; evidence, he would admit, so strong chat if he could bring his mind to a belief In its truth, he never would have brought forward the present motion. That the honourable member for Dorsetshire (Lord Ashley) believed this evidence, there could be no doubt, and so believing, it did him the highest honour to come forward as the champion in the cause of humanity. It was his (Mr. Patten’s) wish to show1 that the statements that had been made respecting the manufacturing interests were not correct; and that if they were correct there were more waja than one of remedying the evil. The only way now to come at the real facts, with reference to this subject, was by additional inquiry; and this proceeding was fully warranted by the practice in the last parliament, which declared they had through the evidence given before a committee sufficient information upon which to legislate. He would broadly a -sett that the house was how in a worse situation as to information than before the appointment of the committee, because the committee had closely confined its inquiries to one branch only of the subject ; and this, tended rather to blind than to enlighten the house. In the last parliament the chief object of the committee was to as. certain how long children were compelled, to work.' In what parts of the country they were,most worked, and what was the best remedy for such evils, so as to do least, iujuty.to the manufacturing interests. He would read an extract from a speech made on that oeeasioii .by an him. member for the county which he (Mr. Patten) represented, and one of the most able who spoke upott' the subject. That honourable member said that endeavours would be made to evade the law, because he knew that the laws
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British Traveller and Commercial and Law Gazette
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Apr 04, 1833
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