The National Register.
London, England, 1819-05-02 00:00:00

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Ws occasion
present system
particularly whit' consider• the eredillr
unconstitutional military establishment 1111 1
peao
alone
vides
every
are expended
whoever
went
babits—•tbe
the

expenditure.
' waste
profusion in
fortune,
the constant.
the
. plunder,
establishment
that

men the ,
miniature of the ,
In both inalauees
would maintain
hlislutasst;
Irma* far
naisarohy
thoend
ture art
of mon
reriakneftre•
in wade.,
thicy,
-94

that .
expenses

millions
3legliganCe,

• Consumed. in

onsequenee
brought
In our,
pensions,
dikes, •
Upon
than
constnonwl
pings -
lust
empire

have not,
overgrown

. has
supported out of
migl►t be illosted
opiendid
from

the But
painful moat
the subject. , which is thus
pertly the
the metals liberties et the
main ter less Swim nest owed
rents of the ministry. But the
.it u, duet not rest here. Its effects
every part of the body politic,
connected with the government.
with the law are proverbially inclined
amnion of the community under aintribation.
the acme time the =pewee of the law administration
are enormous, and form a grievous
robin. All those emanate from '
the government. Parsons and
eilitearaged to job, and. is tom
peen of the country. Nest the
the pew tel.'s a satin pea iaAhe Aglow.

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ow tile may be heklly asserted, that the sums of which the
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• public are fleeced In this manner, are nearly equal
NECESSITY ijF '.'RETR EAT lIMEn.
to thosemisich are railed for the public service. It
. - . must, therifaes, mite to b. clatter of surprise that
Vs hive ripeatedly had occasion to -allude to the industry lanolie; that the middling classes cont-
ent overwhelming system of extravagance, and plain go bittali of the sererity of the times; and
titularly to whet we consider. the erceasive and that tins- iniakirsnis poor are reduced to a state
onstituticsal military establishment in a time of phatiy bordering on-despair. This picture, loaded
ce. It is not, however;in the military estimates as-it is, does not present the whole of the evil. A
to that this:, spirit of profution exists. Is Per 7 apish sof improvident expiates and heartless dissipa-
cs every. branch of the administration, 4041 swells tion, through , the example of the public ministry,
y item of the public. expenditure. The stuns that runs through. ever? part of society. Vain and hol-
expended in downright waste ate immense; and low ostentation is,the,vice,of the country. The din.
ever has witnessed the profusion in the establish- upsilon orate' government has nearly exting,uished
it of a nobleman of great fortune, and dissipated every principle of frugality; and the public in gene-
its-..,the wanton waste, the constant. riot, and sal imitate the vices of Ipii rulers in expending
combination between the servants and trades- beyond their income. WheeZo„. all this will end, it is
t fur the purpose of plunder, has an idea in easy enough to foresee; and the country, if it be not
iature of the great establishment of the nation- seasonably arrested ittitelies#-lozg career, will add
mai insieuees the sums that are thrown away, another to the list ef‘'ilteiniMates, that have fallen
aid milkman a handsome, •nay a splendid vita- from the summit of,grottiess to a state of the ut-
ilsoessi. It is certain that the waste of fur go- most degindatios, . 'the refoto apprehension of
awn far exceeds the expenses of the yriissian IRA a- fail mille to-4i-** r„very energy and call
tardy with its army of nearly three• hundred every virtue Into nctisfic' Yips bare probability of it
tend men. It is perhaps equal to the expendi- should alarnribs-eteltht particular; for the country
i ifthe Austrian empire, though a population would not oinit witikit its ._ -gg__. le, and its convul.
won and twenty millions is subject to the im-
sions might be terrify:a
.pes); end in throwing off'
al sceptre. At least ten millions are mourned
the vicious Ittliiio44in - le and disfigure it at
waste, through negligence, or ntalversatien, in proem. - .. .5.... ' .
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country. •ID this calculation is included. the , , .
g./. - , ' .;-;74;-'
oomearY =Perim, incurred -ri
in the collection of in
compliam;e3l4 : . WTI
to the High
revenue,—the money consume& in jobs, besides sh'eriff of• pevaff,;* pig% , ling was convened
it is wantonly . expended in the government on the 2Sdinst.:o,the, . Exeter, for the pur-
ls., . • The sums-raised for the poor, and that are Ps°.antin ,of c°!'e
sidcri toss of petitioning the
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singe . concessions to the
tied from their use, may also-he included, be- Lev
Roman C. • ' t ' , •" h Sheriff' taking the
to the poor rates, at *heir itesent amount, are a Chair, ne person wits . ',
. to support the Re•
iequenee of that flegicious
.policy which hes quisitiott., and an edjbirrnhinin,nasmoved by some
of the friends of Calliebe ihnitoeipatian ; but at that
ight down so many other evils on the country.
moment Mr. Prhbenilary Dennis entered out of
tur computation we have net included unmerited breath, and afieslleirig 01/eipted a few minutes to re-
'ions, sinecures, overgrown salaries, useless cover, moved a rati,4e..d'ar..l6m_ ent against the
es, and superfluous servants of the government. eriedmanbe n o
-f .. •-- • ty, though there n
ecandera= VIII IChwas at last car-
tea
the whole, the sum has been under-rated rather moved an smemireene %As /Petition proposed by
i exaggerated; andif it has been said truly that a Mr. Dennis, that thololVieers relied implicitly on
the wisdom of Parbeessekr•'..ao grant such conces-
usonwealth might be supported out of the trap. the
to the Cathelhen win sonsonan with justice
;• of 4 oloourci'Y; it otiflbt bo .ht with, at and the security efilli ;, i . . •
t equal confidence, that a splendid and vigorous The Committee- ,44 .. love presented a se.
ire might be sasinnined from the mere waste of cond report, lOWA, ;,::, . theAney Estimates
7 , vornm
.affairs in ence by
Europeen
gra- n
British government. But this consideration, tele° terrellibi=to
preeiT,
state of
affairs satins, is not the moatlaUrniliating part of orealjassedie
~ Ns appearance of' tran-
subject. The money, which is thus wasted, is rsigilp sm praises" . , rewing of the Army
ly applied .to
.purposes the must destruenee of offiffifololost_ _ Ac.! • . • g . measure bad ne-
in ton gm* • of the military
morals and liberties of the nation; and the re-' Imemaildds nounmy 4 a -
.. of men, equal in
tiler gee does nest venal and meddling adho-• nneesent so the mash :, :lemma from France
set •the ministry. But the injury, grave se =2ll.o4kmomo elites ' ' de planed under orders
. Of the heats Ibree voted in the esti-
, does not rest here. Its Weds are spread sorer
imentesaflest year, a leihnibrailre, t 42 rank and file
y part of the body politic, •hewever remotely has ohm plane, which, imadditioe to those misused
tented with the government. Persons connected akar rilKallianthalliallt Vinadtipately sliest a di-
e the law are proverbially inclined to lay the imilindigil off ammilhig t 4.34,111, aeon and
awo. Th. amottnt stdielliests mitten/ lib
dors of the community under entribetion. At ism lam am ofmina on 06,043. no mod num eledber of
same time the =penises of the law adminisinaien saes estimenal hr. the *doe of the. present year,
enormous, and form a grievous tax npen•the magoidwily of iltobb tiebis..._ 1161114,141 ill 1'614
it. All those emanate from the character of "4"6" eG81•714111310. 41riebleerelealiellittearie,
the *Anal Osisetinit sr talk lima in the nuns
gorenmaset. Parsons and magistrates ass
.1110 e,. a hot rem The ' . of eednerioas tirade in
tinged re jot, sad, is 'nary insults*, at the... the...last two yam to 45,802. odirele,
eif the enmity. Next the adarinistrgtem :ef The total
- 41481111Wer:V= Nis serviees of the
Pm tsie Sli ettin pea inAlis oystinwart.it. Air air wit Vicsou -Us. 3d.
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