Excerpt from State of the Country: Speech in the House of Commons, Thursday, the 18th of March, 1830 On the 16th of March, Mr. E. D. Davenport moved, "That the Petitions presented to the House, complaining of the Distresses of various classes of the Community, be referred to a Committee of the whole House, with a view to inquire into the causes of their Grievances and the remedy thereof;" upon which, the following Amendment was moved by Sir Charles Burrell, "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the national Distress, and whether any and what Remedies can be applied." Mr. Huskisson rose, and spoke in substance as follows: - Sir; - The principal arguments which have hitherto been adduced in favour of the motion, - I might, indeed, say the whole - by those who have given it an unqualified support, turn upon some undefined alteration, which they wish to effect in our Currency. The Honourable Baronet who immediately preceded me has ventured into the field of prophecy. He predicts, that we must, ere long, come to one of these alternatives - either a depreciation of the currency, by a return to an inconvertible paper circulation, or a national bankruptcy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.