The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-15 00:00:00

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Thelirst objects of these letteis will be to defend-you against the misrepresentations aisilsalam. airs of the Mercury, that is to say, of Mom Barks lad Kiiderbrode of Cockey Lane, Norwich.' F*; you will oblierve, that we are ;very weak indeed, if we be angry with the dog that is set to bite us, and not with ellose who keep the dog, and whose him on. If my dog kill, or tear, or worry your sheep; it is I that must be answerable to you for the damage, and especially if 1 know hint to be a sheep biter. You are, indeed, justified in knocking oat the brains of the devilish car if you can get at him; but, in the present case, weratmot very Well ascertain who the cur is; and, then,. if it be Mr. Sseon, he has no brains to knock oat. So that we must 110OCe. to our friends in Cockey Lane ; and make them the responsible parties. The misrepresentations and calumnies of these men are perfectly monstrous, and.these 1 mean to expose to iuitable detestation.—But, besides this, there is their ig„noronee to expose; and this is really almost incredible. One would hardly Suppose it possible for men, who have bad to do with the press . for so many years, to be en profoundly ignorant. This ignorance would be ;natter of sport, were it not for the reflection, that it must, is some degree, communicate itself to the readers of the paper. Habit makes people, and especially young people take for right and true what they see in print. Then, even this would be of less consequence, if the effect were not so fatal. Thousands of men have been ruined, totally reined by being led along into false hopes by this newspaper. It is, as you will presently see, still engaged • ih this Woilrof delusion. Whether this proceeds from its • ign7rance sw Its oiati.,:e, the effect is the same ; and that effect ought to be enunteracted. When the " NORSILIC YgOMANII GAILITS " shall. hems actually staited,•at Norwich, where it will be „o.dad published, it will be easy to counteract this We- Add. I am, indeed,• inclined to believe, that we shall abate the 7nuisanee•altogether. After our battery shall• be fairly opened.ir will not, I believe, be long before the sham fortress in Uockey Lane will surrender. Until we open our battery, I shall send forward a sort of advanced guard every week to gall the enemy and to scour the country of him. These light troops will come in the farm of open half-sheets, price three hatfpence, only half of which is to be the price to the venders. The other half they will have for their trouble. So that, if ipy gentleman choose to send for a parcel to put into the hands of a labourer out of employ, in order that he may carry them about the country, such gentleman has only to write to the Register Office, Nu. 183, Fleet Street. A suQlcient supply will, of course, be sent to the venders of the Register at tiorwich, Lynn, Yarmouth, and Duey Saint Edmonds. Now, then, Gentlemen, let na look at the last Saler dw's Mercury, and see telether it he not high time the' something were done to rescue the country from-the . impu'aion of giving currency to such a jnmble of igno rance and malice. The paper that I ha►e before me professes to take " a review of the politicil transactions "of the past year." I shall not insert the whole of this article ; hot, I should be glad to know if any man of you have read it through; for, that man, .if there be such a man. I declare to surpass Jon in the virtue of patience. The writer begins his " Review" thus :— •' We now sit does to our used task of reel-wing the po " idlest transactions of the past year. One suhject .may be " said to have rerressed the public mind and almost to have "occupied She whole attention of Parliament, for nearly all " the grand debates during last Session were either incident " to or arose out of " The Distresses of the Agricultural •' CI ." AM it is this subject, which, rather woofer " guidable than improved in the appearances itpresents. is •, still the question upon which the whole prosperity of the "toiletry still hinges, ' • . Do you understand this? You understand, that he sat, and did not stand, While be was hammering some thing out of his head ; you can guess, that he meaned to say, that the subject bad occupied almost the whole of the attention, instead of having " almost occupied the la hole attention :" that to say, not Analog quite occu pied any part of it: you can, possibly, guess at his meaning here; but, to guess at the rest ; to guess at how "formidable" stands opposed to " improved," as applied to the" appearances" of a •'subject ;" to geese how the " subject" becomes" the question," and how the "pros perity" of the country " hinges" upon the "subject," so betosne the " question ;" to. guess at these I defy you and all your successors fur fifty generations to come. Strip Ills thing of the mere cramming or wadding, aid it stands thus; • This subject is still the :location -upon which the prosperity hinges." These ere time very first three sentences of this" re view" of the " political transactions of the past year." We shall, I dare say, see enough of this as we go on.; but, it is the ignorance of this writer as to the causes of your stffering, and as to what is necessary to be done to save those of you who are not already ruined ; it is this ignorance which is most worthy of yourattention. The writer talks about the Distress of Agriculture ; about he Revenue ; about Ireland.; and about our Foreign Araks. DCI• o t • . .. THE STATv.S!I _„__ al j. h.ill to ?----- -:. I *. csfi . t, . i s/ sr if .4, , etcm tsfr It quotes ,naol esti tes'of a whimsicarns3n, the na sh to shos;, that stir eaa now"icerr a Mathias 01l five millions a year! You will observe, that, in 179 0 , ifes did neYarsoli7dtiaisiare than Reeler Mitithes a' year.. Yoe *lll alio* obsler4 that forte produce .ii xi 4eur nom ire it eras then.--Yen know that farmers did not roll in money in 1790. How, then, are you to believe' that r aeitA thspriers of 1790, you can pay your share of 1 forty fiestmilliests of taxes ? but. now let us hear what Ceekey lan...says in sepportof this: —.. • "'This 019 w of the mum 'lrby no - means so deepest. as "our rerohetionary politicians would have the Iyoormst " believe. ft Records very nearly indeed with ewe "weans. "eased opinion—Mat It is quite within the-power etindos " try. itscreased by a better coestanediew ft/ Mesdames of "stealth—by the coaversion or eur.paupers into productive " " labourers hy wens of capital, and by economy in Uter i" doctionof ear establishments. to bring our r e s ources to " a eery sheet lime even abore.enr additional bordelm..' • What can. this Corkey mean? Whet eao be mean by " a better conthinetion of the elements of wealth ?" Where is the "capital," that he talks about, to come from ? What does . he mean by " redaction ofeititMich . " meals," and, that, too, you see, when, in the came, breath, he talks of bringiag our "resources enettobore " oar borehole. that is to say, making tie. able, to-pay all, and !more Man all, of the present tares! :Wile,' does ell this meinithen ? 'Why, it means eriellitit; ir . it 'steeper/Wad roguery 'in Cockey Lane. itltnehil‘t . stll meaning it all ; or it mean' bidding for the a 7 the •4X-OMOTR, by accusing of revoltoienory de al all those who wish to put a stop to that which:Mr. W ,, Arrano truly callsthe " confiscation and robbery;' whieleare now going on against the landlord and the :fartiser.-- . -- filen are daily losing their estates ; sabers their capital ; the fandlielders and other tax receivers are taking the estates and capital away. Thedrones are devoaring the honey, and thelbees are on the point of perishing. A atop is wanted to he put to this: and at this moment Cockey Lane sends fortbits doctrine of "better iono " binations" to enable the coafiscators to go on! ' It says (if there be meaning la words) that some trick can he found out to make' ea' tear even more tares than we now pay; though Mr. nannies resoltitioop. of which Cockeye appeared, said the present taxes.were net to be borne! • . . However, this is a fine spekhken 4Am/teaming stupid ity. It is pure inaaity. ' The London press is bad enough ; but that of Cockey Lane beats it. I dely.eqy human being to anderstarld whatthis writer means bore Whigs and gowns (for:snen, I mean) were invented to hide the ignorance of the wearers. Corder BACON has no wig or gown, and therefore be resorts to obscurity kr language. He thinks, like theficolchfcelostjere, tbttl/4 writing in a way not to 6e 104r/toad. he shall woan . you to look upon him se AornweeL Whoa the brook la clear, you see the &atm. - mid tad it &below. ".I'll " make my puddle ortaitir",' isrt - Bir.OSE.' " anfi'tkelo ".they will think it deep os qtft gei,". This old receipt Of DEAN Swirr is, however, unsuited to the present times. Men have not money to lling away spot writ ings whichgthey ciihient ettelftstand ; sad, gentlemen, I beg you to be assured, Olaf, wen yoairead any thing attentirely,:and cannot onderteMO, it Is tlio offal)** of ignore/see. One object. al awirrate. t :tat klabSottler. ought to,be to wake his readertiluedsretosselAilk' 114 fail in that, of what as art his writings 7. Aad itth*g bent no wee, why threw Wily "NOW apes rlaili -fs*td, espeeially, when he is (as far ii he' Ili' pittOvVoidta: vouring to completeyour ruin, and is abasing yore Into . Ihe bargain. The &venue is the next Sepia la 11Nssnual review of Cockey Lane. • " Aed as it has been shown too safisfectorily to admit the " smallest doont, that our system of i sinking fund has en " tailed a vast loss upon the public. sod that there is every " reason to ■nth:ipste that the calealations of the Chancettor " of the Rxeltereer in the last Session will be foend to have " no more truth than the promises of the former years, it is I. plain that our system - of finance Must. to be efficacious, " undergo some new and extensive modification. by wbieh " it may be made no; only to bear more equally upon the " monied, the manufacturing, and the landed interests, beet " larger in its available reressate. The deficit of the quer " ter ending Oct. Jo was 1413,39: 4 1.; the deficiency of the " list. ending Jan. 6, was 306,9761. as compared with those " of last year." This is a sheer falsehood. There is no deficit ; that is to say, according to the accounts published front the offices. i never believe in those accounts any more than Ido in Dr. EADl'll advertisements. The tacos put forth just what they please ; and who, -except-41r. BACON, ever voluntarily put forth any thing ab►ginst himself? However, (Jockey Lane gees upon thisq ac counts; and these accounts (allowing duly for taxes re. pealed) make out an increase. Ido nut see why there shOuld be a decrease. This weak creature is bothering his head about " extensive modifications" of finance ; but, then, he prates about making the finance "(mind hi m !)" larger in its available revenue!" Good . Hod ! What doei the man mean ?, He must mean roguery, •it does not signify talking:: • , Gentlemaa„.as-to reucattis thelact is (u ,was, 0160. n last heir, le my ten lettere to Intllords) that eveitty, 400. lord aid every fitriner in' the kingdom may be totally ruined, and the revenue may keep OA increasing. When the farmers of France were (before the revolution) • were vassals; the revenue was greater them it is ?mit, •ln the East Indies soldiers are planted roomd the farmers' fields and in his homestead, to Saks' all the crop away except just enough to keep bins and his labourersfrom starving. But, this gives a monstrous revenue• At present the estate of the landlord and the. ca pital of the farmer are taken away in reve nue; and, if the whole of these were to be taken away, the government would, like those in the East Indies, become, in fact, the sole proprietor; but, the rercuue might still increase, instead of falling off This is the plain common-sense view of the matter.— This is the answer to the government hoantings about increase of revenue. But, what answer da these boast ings find in the " extensive modifications" and larger " available" of Cocuev llscow ? The fact is, the man knows nothing at all about the matter. In Ireland Cockey sees, that the Marquis 'Wel lesley " has already given proofs of his vigorous mind." In what, (jockey? In the answers, the pompous and childish answers to addresses almost f rom companies of washerwomen, about a bottle, flung at his head in the play-house! Never did mor t a l man before witness such vigour of mind! Why, the Addressers themselves seem to have been Itol the V—kt vaw . ‘• g while. oi T es h i e G s el n i wilV• are they thil Powers, roligiousi, 'Civil and military ! to *salons ingainitt Grangenieiii.aniiho . . cad,ta .Protest . spit jfaatershilar 4 4 f of Ire Intellpted 0 do away the Protestant Chireh; then, inileff, there • is some iiiirieliftalking aboilt falttlitritatellol llll e l F omen. • Otherwise it is nonsense to • talk of any such • . Mr. Ilums.'it propo s ition for taking-awityalta- Wes in Ireland is. the thing that sltpws " vigour a!' t ild.. " • 5' ' thtiltt Cockey next comes to our Foreign A ffa ai rs , hasis full as profoundly read as in other matte r s. •-a " The oh:loges in the administration, both , ae. Ptaa' , l " relate to Ireland and to England , and as &e s t inc l . " our foreiga and domestieepolicy, appear however to " Wag iii, same degree the secirisiles of am. lime. LORD " WELL/41.611'h go vestment is unquestionably directed • " against that exclusive principle which hss been so " fatal to Inland, while Mr.;Csxpitso'sministerial acts " consist better with, the frre sentiments et the country • " than did those of his unfortunate predecessor. We . ," refer to Naples, and to Spain and Portugal; as ex !' bibiting the traits to, which we aikido, Italy was ". surrendered to the despotism of the Holy Minute°. " Ga the contrary, ow counsels have been, it shout 4, ".seem, employed, and rick lea, in prevoing the siklarAS "of From viper spains. •. • . • .. • •• ' Do you know what " stectiag-the • requisites of time" may mean! Do you understand what he means by "free sesthinciets of the country !" However, it is the man's Orofound ignoraiteets.lo the fact : it is this. that we have to ‘notice here. You see that, though it is notorious that France isactspally preparing to in- - vade Spain ;, thOugh it is equally natoriOns that our government openly declares that Prance hat a right to do this; though it is notorious, that. our government is acting almost in a hostile owner against the Cortes : notwithstanding all this, Cockey, repeetatg the old ten-times refuted assertions of the. StocK-Jobbing prints of London, very coolly says, that " our counsels. have been, it troadd seem, '. employed with eff ect, in preventing the attacks of France upon Spain!" Oh! ' it would 'seem," would it! It would seem, Mr. 8 1 7. con, thit thpu art a precious ninny! And what "at tacks" dos[ thou mean I • Thou art, verily, st_hapeful pilot to the politicians of Norfolk. The fact is, as to this. matter, those who Willi hed ‘ the greatest influence with the vile press in London, -were deeply interested in keeping up the preee et' Spanish &stk. • Thousands upon thousands have, I dare say, been paid for paragraphs tending to this effect. And, the good of it is, that Cockey Bacon lies not oily sw allowed: these - paragraphs as rxmlaining gospel truths, bat he keeps prumpipg them up after they are laughed at in London, even by the jobbing prints. from whom he took them.. Thousands of per sons have been ruined by these paragraphs. The SrettssiAN did its best to prevent this; but, ttiaboured I almost in vain for many weeks. Now, indeed, the public sees the value of its endeavours, and, accord ingly, looks towards it with confidenee.:' Such, .-Gentlemen, is the " iferkie of Coekey Bacon! ignorance equal to hii is rarely to be found ;. but, it is by no means inferiotin poiut of - magnitude a° his malice. In. his last Saturday's paper he hulk commentary on the proceedings of the'lete County' Meeting. I shall insert the whole of this commen tary ; and then offer you Soma i - few remarks on t, Igter quoting a long and abusive pessage from the :rage and last-siaketig OLD Tulsa, Coekey Bacon proceeds thus :* " We bare cited the above passage from the . 1-st of " the English Journals, " Tot Tates," (and the Times " is by so means alone in deseriNag the scorn and ridicule " which justly light upon the County) in order to shrew . " what arc the firatthoughts of all honest men concern- 1 " ing this disgraceful husinesi. The• termination of our Coenty Meeting has filled Norfolk with shame " and indignation, and the rest of the kingdom with " laughter pod contempt. It is an vain that the ' majority of those present declare they knew nothirg of " whet was proposed to them—it is vain that they re " present it to be impossible that any set of men, " except asindicrs and thieves, could be brought " to assent to propositions involving the abso " lute' stoppage of every asan's coneerns, and tali " versed plunder and civil conwisotion—the fact is " recorded. Mr. COKE and Mr. WODENDUSE, and " thousands of people beside, could not prevent the " conclusion they so positively deny. Cobhett hay " ing no connection with the county, but by his pub " licatioos —no means of power or persuasion but his " talents, of whatever kind they arc, had the address " to procure a majority against she weight of charac " ter opposed to him in the person of the one Mem " her, whose life and/Ur/ow have been devoted to the " service of agriculture and of the county—against " the personal regard and public estimation which at " tend the other, and all their connections, and indeed " against common sense and common honesty. The " more unnatural and absurd all this appears, the " peeler the ascendancy of Cobbett's bare name and " designs. It is tnis very fact that makes the matter " so much the more important. —There is no disputing " llic filet—so it is—the High Sheriff's signature is at " the foot of Cobbett's petition ,/air revolution, and it is " become the petition of the County of Norfolk in " County Meeting assembled. The real strength of " the County—the mond majority, and a great majority " it will be found to be, are however taking imMediate " steps anew& i everting this triumph of fraud, impudence, " and fully, obtained in the novae of- the -Colony.- -Mini " Bred ineedicigs ore raising, ' to disclaim aM participation " in the proceedings of Friday the 3d, sod to tirot3,t " against the unjust, fraudulent, and revolutionary " doctrines' contained in Cobbett's petition. Let " not the great proprietors nor any others imagine " that they can escape under the evasion that they " were not present. If any set of men usurp their " places and use their names for infamous ends. they " assent to those ends so long as they permit such use "of their authority. In this ease indeed they become " accessories both before and after the fact—acces " sories they are to all intents and purposes, every " man of them, front the Duke of Norfolk to the ocou " pant of half a dozen acres. Either the ruin under " which agriculturists groan is false or the complaints "of the sinking tenantry:9ot only as amatter of ha " hour and humanity, have a title to the- itioq ear n es t " attention from the proprietors of thy soil, but as a " matter of policy, these most useful of all men osighr oto hare been listened to, and supported by t h e presence " and assisted by the counsel of their landlords. Both " are embarked in one 'Tsui. and they sink er swim " together. Gentlemen shall now see what they gain I.y " delivering their tenants over to the guidance of suca " politicians as Cobhett. Indeed we have the authoWy "of Noblemen and Geittli men of the highest rc- othing is " spectability for sa3ing they regret exceedingly " they were not present to have assisted in re " versi►7g this *weeding, Which cutlers glee coney " with infigruy so long as it vet :Italia uneontradie/ed.— "We shall put this thing very plainly. There is not " a man of any sense or any honesty in Norfolk who " who would not gladly reverse this proceeding. The , o whole inspultititnt of the county is looking up to thei , • 0 4. l i ff Ellrfoollai'lliwor:To-'"""47 1 tr nah.r4l ishho l / 4 atid elm) slut d-lt Atte , .tiliii vs , ti.tl reels AI j'lSt indignstinn at being thus herd ti p to lite world as a Caul arjanave. so he reckons upon ll e " just sympathy of all those wiles° characters Rrt• CVt'il ." if nossittic more deeply concerned the n Is s owe. '" For what is the distinction lb itch tit.: Weller " orders most affect!. •tV nice sotise of Isonnor. if '" then they sit' silted • deem_ and aetetieseej j tja,i_,. "griftexTeren and , r tiTerbir; can kulemeaster Chet "they are dead to•eharacter, i addict Pat in iheithe tic attheir.canaexiokes r vantent to cadre-thc-hissamstasit .; .c most desessed i tFor,n. rather lhlk.-P!c." s4 '`lhe he " coming dullest Or their cantinas.; so a Sr" rt,. "ha; ~ "Ithey tack tlitrbistioslf,; di; 'knoiviedie:' the itlyi`goi it " tend tlle , aefivtty th at otOtt ereflehploditat l t# mak, :" Mier fik, Opet'rem d' to :Sweatt:n*4hr, ar,voel l ocs-iat 4 .'idereatitlis„, To sii/ that dertnall AP PrirAtOPl4 l ,44 " those. el. Cahhcars pot Coo. c WI Quit -Olillasti " dote, or that puma Ant/ail wortAsoltite ton east Ariu s. " such a mem, will 'be represented, writ be taken tystia; ",end is a were evasion. Ths,R.oent) has Armor, " proper to meet, Mr. Coto: has declared that tt wsa "most fitting-for the yeomanry to sign the requittitirm. " in order to shod the tsaissersality'of the distress sad " of tho-molive to petition. • A committese.ot sabssan- " tial farmers prepare.' a set of resolutions, which Le " approved; and winch Mr. Wodchouse sat not met! so " to accept with a reservation ala s wane ismocly-wordort " clause. Ail these goentlamou at least arc .ptirectimilir " committed, and along with them, are committed ad " the sense, and all tlyshatioug,and all the hammered' " the comity, There •eirstiadeed be little dislM Mir • " that Cobbett has eter-rejakil kis pisrpoic, for an alaA ' " . eati .110 1 w 'deAgits'ilesieff the' **Sires .of Cobbett',; "'ildefritics;withont pre diiimineidensclf a rrtultitkoii,t., " in the very worst sense °rifle Aerie. istaiely„,in Oat " sense by which a.,revolutioaist is diatinettiehed,a I, " the elusticree who, wou4l pil4age the crews, the churn,. " and the public creditor, and throw the whole sortelis, " ite, callus*. This . point Cobbett has settled e.t -" finitkely." Let me take this crying commentary in 'thO'llyifte. i in which it lies befo e me; thatch my ienaiiielus,l not, I promise you, fientlemt n, be very Imigi..-The first thing is an atbmspt to make you 1 eieve,,lthat the Petition is bad, because the Old Times and tilhe'-.- kesdon priests abus.e,,it. Should yea think the wOrgi, of any act of yours because it was censured by men whom you despis ed -1 -I will next- week (I have-tin:- time nowt make , kW* hut eihiltslicin of this Londe:, press ; I wall make-oink a display of it a shall 1 make a mut' Of stay Ibeling shedder 'at the b VV . thouv , ht of being trailed by it. I will p , lt of it. math ; sand then the vile thin. , wi ll be ahle to do'nlo EP teweikann. Tpne Would think this man in•.d." Witg, " a ill-. ',rot Present," sad not able to bold their,bandal, A astmority " against the Petition, anti yet isulferst , tovasal. What! were they spell-bound! Wereibrf bewitched! Alt'! Gentletnen, we need not care med . -Il i about this heel ached majority. Qh! what sad pork 4 There was Mr. Coke; :theta Was Mr. Waskittraws: the " natural leaders" of-the County ; and yel,Bls! horrible ! there was Cobbett ; there ants Mr. ate " whose- life and fortune have beessi:deniteer.its; your sen - ige. r .—Stop!—Hort bas. M. Coke devoted lift and fortune to yogi! He has bees living a very pleasant. life ;, you have gime kilt • a seat m a rrimment for many„ many years ; and our have h none of his pilaw ;.jse has it yet, and yon would now prevent him from loaing it. That matter is square, thee. - • There wassMr. Celts! There was Mr. Workhouse, amnerable and beloved !..' There were your "natural leaders !" And there was CS Pet!. liming no connection with the' cOttntry, - Having no 'pewees of pelt uasion,; havitsgeothingetknyferhisr— top—" nothing but his pebtlemeions and Ii a talent, .''" Oh! ob.! eity.be heuk these, then! Aye, and go, as Mr. Coke and Mr. Wodebluse bad not these, von made a mistake,' and took me for the " natural lee; trer in/dead of them ! What a mistake! Well ; but why cry about it $ Have another County-Meeting, awl then the m'atithe can be rectified, you know, Mr. Bacon. But, none of your." Handled-Meetings" ! none of your hole-and-c waer meetings, like those bell by parsons and tax-eaters against the poor Queen! No - :e of .h . s unless you wish to be a jest for everlasti , r4 God 'bless us! The T, in .Cockey-lane,lave not only a majority of the Coun'y, but a Majority of those who were Frescnt ; and they leave the " whale pram-. lotion ;" and ye: (Jockey Bacon cries aloud for hide anfii-vrner Mee ins? With such ravings it is waste of flue to attempt to reason. But, Gentlemen, pray mark the direct falsehoods: the direct and malicious falsehoods cf this article. Your Petition is called revolutionary ; and it most explicitly declares your anxious, wish that the constitution of your fathers may descend to your children. You are accused -s . wbbies ti plunder the Crown ; mitt dike, because yon Imuest, that certain estat2s, in which the king Mullis aMily have no property, from which they receive sot a farthing, which have been transfernd from the Crown to the public nearly a hundred ,ymrs, and which you suggest may be sold in order to heirs pay of the public 'Debt, instead of being kept to, yield the public next ti nothing!--You are accused of a wish to plunder the Chum's: and this beraustt you suggest, that a part of the public , property, com monly called Church proper . y,- may ho applied to help to pay q• the pab!ic Dee, knowing, as you do, that it is at public property, that the Parliament I hes, at different time;, taken parts of it from the Church, that a part of the titl:el are now private property, that the Duke of Devenshii e owns the tither of twenty parishes in Ireland, and knew:ng, too, that Mr. HUME made a motion, during the last Session, for appropriating the ;Ad.: of the Church property in Ire land, and means to mike anuthei snch motion during the ensuing Sessi n. You know, that, when the tithe' were first gi ante I, the Clem v maintained the puoc 1 out Qt . them. Yi.o know we.! that , they do not do I this note. And yet, you are accused of a wi,,b to pleader the Church, became you baggest that a par:. of this immense mass of public property nifty ho applied to the liquidation of the Public Leta.— You are accused of oishing to phender the public Creditor; hocause you suggest 'hat an " equitably • adjustment" of his claims ought 'o take place. Yuu before suggest that he may be partly paid off by an appropriation to that purpose of Church and Crone estates. Yon only call for an " equitable attjun meet ;" Mr. WESTERN contends for a deduction front him of one-half at least. Mr. Woemsotnet agrees wills 11/r. Western. Mr. Tninerrie calls for a dy• duction from the fiutdholder. You ask for nothing but " an equitable adjustment of his claims." Cocke Bacon praises Mr: Wousuouss and Mr. THURTEI.L, and cars you phorterers!..--Lastly, you wish for an " equitable acYustntent of all contracts between man and man ;" and to give time for this, you pray, that:, for one year, the farmer and mortgager may . remain u» disturbed by the tievere presses of diStrapit and p ,. •• ►d -QS." . 41 • .1. 41 • • les • TI RiM tsji IMO AN Yn , sus &Of „Ma . . ' ~I i • • • ti . I I. • v . .21 P xi 3' 111 dm