The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-01 00:00:00

Ireland, the Earl of Liverpool said, The Noble Lord bad in-
sisted on tithes, a property to which the Church had a right.
He could not go ~eite the length or his Noble Friend, and be-
lieved that ultimately the question must come under the con •
sideration of Parliament. '—(llear, hear. ) See Morning
Herald, June 20, 1823.
There is the recorded vote of the House of Commons to 10
per cer.t. property or income tax ! being oppressive.
Under the operation of the property tax an esquire whose
principal of 10,0001. netted him 5001. per annum, paid to the
State 50/., wider the operation of the tithe composition, an
outlay of 5001. suLjects the cultivator to the same 50/. ; this, in-
deed, is " th' oppressors wrongs."
" The alarm excited by announcing a proposed continuance
of the income tax was now beginning to operate ; and the city
of London commenced an opposition by presenting to Parlia-
ment, on Feb. 8, two petitions against the tax, nue from the
Lord Mayor, Alderman, and Common Council, the other from
the Lord Mayor and Liverymen, both expressed in strong lan-
guage, rtopecting the odious and inquisitorial nature of" the
tax. The Ministers and their adherents increased their efforts
to make it appear that the opposition to the tax was fastened
by popular clamour and party manoeuvres. This attempt re-
ceived a final defeat by a petition, presented on March 18, by
Sir William Curtis, from the merchants, bankers, and traders
of the city of London. The number of signatures was 22,000.
March the 18th the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed the
continuance of the obnoxious tax several other speakers fol-
lowed on each side. At length every. voice was drowned in the
cry of question, and the House divided, when the numbers were,
for the continuance of the tax; 201, against it 238, majority 37.
When the result was announced, a long and loud cheering arose
in the House, which was re-echoed by the crowd that filled the
lobby and avenues, and the event was felt throughout the na-
tion es a relief from an oppressive burden."—Annual Register
for 1816.
" It has been presumptuous," so we read in the pithy
Examiner, No. 780, " to dabble in chemistry ; to look through
a telescope; to inoculate for the small-pox ;to abate the viru-
lence of a pestilential disorder by the salutary assistance of a
cow ; lastly, and we trust the argument will be deemed con-
clusive—to read the Bible. And in what has all this pre-
sumption generally consisted? In the anxiety of some men to
knew more than it was convenient for other men they should
know. The moment the daring inquirer discovered a truth—
s truth !—which :threatened to militate against a profitable
system of error, then the awful secrets' were invaded—the
ark of the sanctuary' disturbed. Any Barabbas of the day
was milk-white compared with the daring offender : in a word,
away with him.' Could great men thunder,' says Shake-
peare, ' there would be nothing bet thunder.' Could they
make a thirst for knowledge sinful and presumptuous, there
would be a most inconvenient multiplicity of awful secrets.'
Having now emerged from the honourable estimation in the
community, we take leave to mention a few whose great names
gave permanency to the system.
" Protest." "In our opinion, therefore, the land is sub-
jected to a direct taxation, amounting on the rent, tithe, and
poor •ratc, to 33 per cent I"
On the amendment of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn
Bill. Signed Duke of Newcastle, Earls Rosslyn and Lauder-
dale.—Journal of the House of Lords.—The Times, June 5,
1827.
" It would slyikc the foundation cf all property in the king-
dom."—Mr. Peel.—The News, Sunday, May, 23, 1825.
" Because he had an apprehension and timidity.". Air.
O'Connell, Herald, Dee. 2, 1836.
It is -new more than thirty years since the eminent linguist
Bellamy divulged his biblical emendations, through a periodical
of the highest literary character in the country, the "Classical
Journri ;" it is twenty. two years since we became adherents to
his promulgations, and with an intent watchfulness, The Sun,
the Examiner, and the Chester Chronicle, are the only Papers
amonto,t the range, who have promoted the matter held to be
"of tl, utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and "a
life b. yond
This enables us to repel the imputation to the " Continental
Despots," we rather say Sovereigns of Europe, or "the cruel
and faithless bigot," and it may go to assuage the acerbity of
vituperations against them, when one whose purport was anck is
" of the utmost importance to the interest of mankind," and
" a Lie beyond life," has received such an act of unexampled
injtstice from the press of England.—We hope this will not be
overlooked by the Germanic Diet on the regulations of the
Press.
" What complaint does the bulk of the -people make of the
Legislature ? It is charged, in the case of the Corn-laws—
openly and distinctly •charged, with inflicting hunger, disease,
and death on large portions of the community to enrich its
members. It cuts down the population, as. Lord Ashburton
affirms. It curtails the supply of food, it limits the demand
for and the wages of labour. It plunders the working-cla.ses
to put wealth in the pockets of the Aristocracy. All these
things are the very reverse of its duties. It holds power to
cherish and urotect the people, and is highly criminal if it
shorten a life unnecessarily one day, or misappropriate one slick
of the property of the obedient people."—'llle Sun, No.
14,869. May 6, 1840.
" The Anti-Corn-law League •yesterday closed its sittings,
and the members declared. that they did not despair. Neither
do we. Our conviction that the Corn-law is a most iniquitous
impost is strengthened by what has occurred in the House of
Commons. • We believe that to preserve such an, impost for
any length Of time is beyond the power of the House of Com-
mons. The debate and the division of Tuesday may help the
degradation and destruction of the Parliament, but they can
neither alter the public opinion of the nature of the law, nor
maintain it in opposition to the public conviction."—The Sun,
May 28, 1840.
It being spoken by him, " who spoke as never man spoke."
Mathew, c. iv., v. 4. " But he (Jesus) answered and said, It
is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God," it being our purport
to cant tut; cad the majority of a House of Commons to abro-
gate the mandate of the Deity himself. (2) though what we
submit " may at first appear startling," emboldens us.
This train of thought leads us to entertain the idea that it is
a national degradation ; that those in the receipt of from 3,000/.
to 30,0001. 'pvc annum should " writhe from the- hands of pea-
sants their hard-earned pittance" of three-halfpence in a loaf,
and this, too, for the support of an Establishment of high in-
tellectual character. The country's dignity demands the
abolition.
Therefore we hope that her Majesty will he pleased to pro-
mote an assessment of one-half per cent. on all houses at a rent
of 50/. per annum, 1/. per cent. on all houses at 100/. per an-
num ; two per cent. on all at 2001. per annum ; three rer cent.
en all at 2001. upwards at the annual rent-charge. Phis paid
into her Majesty's Exchequer, the Clergy to be paid by a gra-
duated scale.
We pray, her Most Gracious Majesty " hear us for our
cause," that it may disarm every depraved mind against her
" sacred person," and that no—
" Peasant shall have cause to say, • ; •
Heaven shOrten Victoria's happy life one day."
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