text:  A moment's reflection of the character and circumstances of the Ministry who proposed it served first to arrest the apprehensions entertained by the agricultural interest; while the thorough discussions which took place in Parliament demonstrating the necessity of _some_ change--the moderation and caution of the one proposed--several undoubted and very great improvements in details and above all _a formal recognition of the principle of agricultural protection_ still further allayed the fears of the most timorous