text:  Upon this phrase they have lived ever since--till somewhat roughly reminded the other day by Mr Baring that "great _facts_" are very "_great follies!_" Now let us once more ask the question--would all these desperate and long-continued exertions and sacrifices--(all proceeding be it ever observed from _one_ quarter and from the same class of people--nay the same individuals of that class)--be requisite were there any _real movement of the public mind and feeling_ against the Corn-laws? Are they not requisite solely because of the _absence_ of any such movement? Nay are they not evidence that the public feeling and opinion are against them? And that perhaps they will by and by succeed in rousing the "stubborn enthusiasm of the people" against themselves? Where has there been called one single spontaneous public meeting of any importance and where exhibited a spark of enthusiasm for the total repeal of the Corn-laws? Surely the _topic_ is capable of being handled in a sufficiently exciting manner! But no; wherever a "meeting " or "demonstration " is heard of--there also are the eternal Cobden Bright and Wilson and their miserable fellow-agitators who alone have got up--who alone harangue the meetings