My dear Sir,
The Act for the repeal of our Corn Laws will come into operation on the 1st February next, and it has been resolved to celebrate the event by a banquet in the Free Trade Hall in this City, on the 31st January.
The prominent part you have taken in your own country, in the adversary of the principles of Commercial Freedom, and the warm sympathy you have always manifested in our movement, has induced the Committee to direct me respectfully to invite you to be present as a Guest.
In conveying this invitation, permit me to hope that you may be able to make it convenient to make one among us at our festival.
Believe me, dear Sir,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
George Wilson, Chairman.
[115]: La lettre de M. le comte Arrivabene, à laquelle Bastiat répond, était relative à un passage du chapitre III des Harmonies, publié en décembre 1848 dans le Journal des Économistes. Ce passage se trouve pages 73 et 74 du tome VI.
(Note de l'éditeur.)
[116]: Il s'agit de la deuxième série des Sophismes économiques.