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Note 44 — Chapter XVII · THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT—THE REVOLUTION OF 1830

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The question of tariffs was one bond of union. At a political dinner on July 9, 1829, when the toast of the union of Catholics and Liberals was given, one of several maxims on the walls was: 'Notre industrie, agricole et manufacturière, a besoin d'un système de protection sagement pondéré; sans cette protection, le travail étranger viendrait prendre bientôt sur notre marchéla place du travail national' (C. Rodenbach: Épisodes de la Révolution dans les Flandres, p. 82).

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