The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-19 00:00:00

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n'ent fnr tl P nying some new and more powerful. t u-
:11r, 0,, le putting down of wholesale anarchy in Ireland
made
annell, tie House of Commons last night,
made
mioivehement and eloquent attack upon the Bill framed
Learet,,,'(,rs for the above purpose but through the
hivedaentlemants whole speech one mast, r error en-
be intends "he deprecated the new law as if ;t were to
slread 'Wed into a country where law and freedom
th, ells', as if it were destined to coerce.. and punish
of Pe°lde of that !at country generally. This is a begging
eraand,'"na with a vengeance. The ground, the sole
(.4,r on which the measure rests is the eon existence of
tiOttqtai:,,nr! liberty as a protection to tt e unoffending tor-
nt , "tsh people. To them it is designed as a relie
C,l),,itstiatreguard.—a terror to the criminal alone. If the
tvete not were Ivere in force,—if the constituted authorities
Sad law! stripped, by a combination of deep-laid fraud
sttributetesa violence, of their most precious and sacred
f"... namely, that of saving the innocent and
(if th!, r°,ll oppression,—we should never have heard
Prow,
ofei'cing defensive Act of Parliament. If the
ieetia„ Ireland had entertained, as a really national
of her ;I'tt Or as one approved by any considerable body
to reP 'titelligent and respectable inhabitants, the wish
l'lsseecal the Union, such 'Je('a measure as that now pro.
ulnot have been thoualit of by the Govern-
itelegel'o'er..called fur by the
exigency. of the (else, since
dye character, and conscious power would
ni•t
balite:s:ll,d to the unhallowed expedient of systematic
Tale,
ft, Or encouraged the perpetration of inhuman
Lee 4 spur to the flagging fury of their partis ins.
haled the better feelings of Englishmen are ap-
Nision't and their love of liberty invited to make
ttisian-thceause with Irish desperadoes and murderers,
lay be establishment of despotic potter by law, it
hat 100 as well to remind them that there exists, and
fa), as existed in Ireland, a despotism which sets all
ab'tlatne constitutional liberty at di fiance ; that an
eettie„ P`'wer, created by the Legislature, limited to
ith aa-,sPriti and to a brief period, and watched over
ts'ikted,lf."" jealousy by the power with which it 0ri-
,,,444 of Abetter than a despotism set on foot in defi-
la,,, e-arliarnent—a despotism, outrageous, capri-
reaPot:sanaruit'arYt of undefined duration, and utterly
'lot • ;of which the daily course is an evasion,
Weak 4tl", of every law made' for the security of the
tee,
ofttigai the fierce,' the vindictive, or the despe-
;.l4,4l.ld Which the nal purpose is avowed to be the
:si,f•a„n of that supreme authority from which all the
year British em ire have emanated for more than
is not the introduction of absolute govern-
etsh °a fr untry, we repeat, which Ministers can
di, e fairly
vvo,4hi charged with but expel one species of
°"e PbY another—a hostile and destructive tyranny
ttie hich the motive is the love of freedom and tin`
tad taP:ake.et and its manifest anti, indeed, necessary oh-
na(l irah'ned as it is with other means—the conservation
fra'ti thrartu.vcritent of society. We have said more than
hic!t.ttl whit? the details of the Bill some pi ovisions may be
,rte not en are of a doubtful or injurious nature. We
t let them Present, time to touch upon them, but shall
The Pass long unnoticed.-- Times.
IZeat'lld,,alous manner in which the rich landholders,
ttilittlelaeB far' the making of our laws, have exempted
fi, '.t. e to stamp duties, was ably shown last night
ia:a!tathe'rb,hett. Exposures of this kind (which have
the ite frequent of late) must have the effect
.of sham-
'ass'o °t°cratiy out of their discreditable practices. In
fe:rtas witfht,h,e rating to
.the assessed taxes, they share the
thartt to
b`ne contemptible instruments who, either. from
tain favour, allow them to escape their fair
teat that in the case of the stamp duties it is the pieti-
st,
as It is
iniquitous. That principle is to take as
tw4liteef,Ps"ible from the poor, and to take as little as
thi!,,,ta,,t4thtn the. rich. Were it to be seen only in one or
trikuth throe might attribute it to accident ;. but it runs
a,:steit c whole of them, and we are not at liberty to at-
,4l;tl,eitetot°aticident. When we thus see rich men carefully
Pte tag t! cally exempting themselves, or all but ex-
otfse with lernselves, from burdens which are made to
th_d°l,,,, Peculiar severity on the middle anti lower
legiotato!_te bound to. say that. the difference between
it, eYeali.f. 4411 the pickpocket is, merely, that the one
se, IV, °mg the law, and the other robs by breaking
laadtlPhyw•rete much amused with the sort of justification
ord Althorp for exempting. the succession to
, tines paid
by succession to personal property.
pro (bard h•
di landed
th,,r‘tty 'a Lordship) the legacy duty on e
tf),',l4ol;' the country was considerable, the whole of
all "iktd,4l in little more than a century would get into
a, tile b.!°l the Government." He might as well think
al!aiiildßtrj'onal property of the coudtry in a century
tourbeast'tit' the hands of the Government. Hie Lord-
Pte °f
th r
„ if, the duty were considerable, in the
11,44:,1t ear century the amount paid would equal the
Ik, la to tie of all the landed property of the country.
holdhtea e!ffatitin there can be no reason for distinguishing
ett:44,e erent d,scriptioni of property. If the land-
,.°Y tan etinkteh from his income to pay his fair share
liiii,7eliat;ue retains his property ; it he do not, his
it „Nes 4505 hands, just as the farmer who does nut pay
cit the be° hie Cattle or his furniture change hands. It
be than uhtnesa of a Government to consider whether A
el h
la l 4.t d particular property, whether real or per-
N eit's %41) old
Nee that all persons pay their share of burdens
ittapttiotte; according to their measure. A Legislature
sihi ceuevise measures to take property from one class
freePtr .4vollr the accumulation of another class, but to
f.loOtitie,',e°Pe to all to acquire and to consume, and to
/it4,"ettqu':ie bUrdel3 to the strength of the shoulders. Mr.
Asti"tlY bur appropriately observed,that the famous
toNtstra
.°f 1815 ought to have bad this preamble—
ePlis expedient that the nnmher of persons
tr preamble—
di
interested in the welfare of the kingdom should
t 'de it- e----that the lade proprietors should b- ruined,
Ni,i; detest the huge ones, be it therefore enacted,"
iitllateara4,_cia Burdett would probably have answered
t I ~4,°1e111.-rnber for Oldham. by observing, that
laell'at:::"°111ers had not exempted themselves from their
CoaNd taxation, we Might now have been without
14t 1,q4: 4.1)1! to trace their descent from the Norman
er,!, ;:eltal4l, 41" in that case we should be unable to find
teu Of leading our armies. Lord Althorp, how-
tral 'neat a man to be the apologist of such a
l'oeto'lfk'l,eirotPeabrotialitY, and only asked for time. Several,
Ntth les recd oneurred in the principle of Mr. Cobbett s
er,smtnended that they should be withdrawn
Ptoqt:44croetltt and the question was not proposed. In
teas, u 'be Statement will work. The worst effect
'taternents of the aptitude of the noble and
itl,°ritra °tiering their neighbours is, that more humble
ik i 9 to consider themselves as hardly dealt
Jf 'ent to the Hulks or to Botany Bay. —Horn-
t4t 14,
Rae `•
„,
Zer(l,,lr,ianrea in contemplation. meet. the d_isturbed.
'soak' i Meet with no opposition in the House of
,tht
,aiready opposed by anticipation in the Com-
',Coonell last night spoke at great length on
tlitte;tltis'itt..l,le observed, That Ministers, in wishing
irett„ of Parliament, have an after-thought. . It
'hate 1,„ " against those who are Repealers, for nothing
e'att ealeulated to prevent repeal. I'll tell you
grater 'ireeted against—and I only tell you what lin
'elieve—its direction, its real intention, is to
pariah this collection and payment of tithes.—(Hear.)
hYtatyPesistAtbee of Parliatn-nt shall have passed, let any
atas`h e Payment of tithes, and let in that parish
otish;_ek,
li:(liearest accident—be burned a corn-s.tack o.r
it tChle, ~then will it be seen to what the accident is
ofiler„_ll dat.."oe to such a parish, and woe to the man
«itliai„„ a. `!titla t‘7,ii refuse tithes !" Mr. O'Connell, we see,
tblettal'eora,t"lerably well how the Bill will work. One
tarl'' °I 1 tti hies (t t e.ndatims, as we observed, is, there will
' coe!, L") Plaint of want of witnesses. " Why,
.3. IP" ja,at tet t (-)'(2.), demand coercive powers? You
„iy
orb'`, Ore'lwY and to convict. Ah ! but your excuse
c't 44 citild be witnesses required. You want none
!tor': witnesses---nO Jurs. Yes you do ; you
010. pte,: °I duties who tvill convict without testi-
ilictNViwk)" It is a rule with the Turks to have al.
etc ut Pry` dreckiN, ttilh","l,l:4_ for every crime, but it is immaterial,
J" means woad eh!
c'm execution, who is executed ; and we
of tt'r 1'1;1"
vojf (14,1„tr:10111 1.10%
,reproach which a courtmartial would
114ttil No want of diligence in not obtainin.g the
Cli,tPti4!„sf!, ceatat, aokv,rtn for every crime. The measure is one
st•wloo"",:aly ut 41°0 „fdoebtt!',; but as we have already said, it will,
:fw° .I°' th_efial,,atitra„_4e successful so for that there will be a
lefr. s%;:kso., v, terth,ll6,eii while a district is under martial law.
et, le the 11;1,N t'etior,tve Measures be not instantly resorted to
larnia
voloaf:
rtls,'o"l-4 LaAed
beyf
tithe Irish peasantry, nothing will
I I•k'tt Ireland"e sullen tranquillity obtained
.by
,swayost ! aoelor )101
teh4 has for sole object the protection
th'it tlist lie the Peasantry. There must be a poor-
listereilli,p Ar, e "ern clato teach the
nee, , recter,r, as, al
on sees together;
;wit"' l, ta 4tt e does not constitute the nation ; but
♦vio!rtil dsenitdoe titiltt! rb: Part of the nation as well as himself.
igiigpti'l444. 4teuttitUte "IY means of producing tranquillity.
jets
~,!!•-ea O.!! provided for, no property can be
osteltee °eta i:les4vjeseht 4°,!an will expend money on improve-
s'
of• I,?e extensive market of our popu-
(rase, eis.tr
jets, is open to Ireland ; and
31 tyn, f eseo'iteieePo°t't!tion to embark capital on agri-
es, ae, Alieilt4!!nterizaltn, that country ; but no man would
ell :tea; artPl tart
will the risk in Ole present state of Ire-
' oic'.'t;ttrittb.t° bra 'eusupported by the English nation
tilh, ::14(lre.illize Ireland by means of poor
must be attempted ; for the
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