The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-24 00:00:00

FOR THE STIN.I
J P I 1,, ESQ.

1.F."1 l'F.ll V.

-10N1-7ST .1011 N —As your IltXtie,4l Quacks, With
the r panacea of 11,.ivuisalItirage, are now lite-
! -iiy moved 'tom the field, we, may c4ll a little

, st.i.o sco., our *lid 111 ux mioing the real
c r Iwo climes of, onipl voq Aint —one tut-

ttir,i. Ike 41.116(-1,11Porerly Tatation.

reuard to the twiner, it has of hie been the

t•• lo reason, but to argue,
r• it I' ,rertv wt-re ,iate; tiot•Qt nat lira! want, (nit
irt"dquiration. yoti have 'been told that

't!;r PrIDT F.te le(itictd tc,ilOvert v 3,-1141 it lIAS tVell
be-II otgeti that ht %vitt) is poor, is so because
he it.:ell I),ssess• IbAit 011,crwise would

ii? Itig.

Tile such a rolilipu is 1, absiird as it is false;

mpites but a moment's cool consideration to per-
cri‘e—but the olject of its promolgatots is not

to permit cool considcration, but to irritate to
envy, discontent, and revenge, the unhappy and
01e in..!ustttins poor, w!lotn they draw to their
pi,lit ieal nteet,i,ngs,, trusting to physical strength
for a fl'H4 Victory, over all that can ensure the

peace or happines3 of Society,
. ,Fier itt us look at man inhis natio-di and in-
• fßnt sate What i, lte ? bas
h. %-,-No;hing !—Noshing bl'it; What the laws-:of
S4,eirtv secure to him ! Where is the wealth that
lte tolgtit to possess ? Toe share in that alreadY,
fievited by the labnur of filch; hands
pn:l head,
.which all thaitel loroperty, he
ebm kave no claim—anti,. e‘en• if the power of

feizihg it were to form his clNiru, veil must elapse

from hic birth tiet,re he could Fx rcisc :1114t
Wliai then rnii,t be
.his fate, without the iipierceil-,
inn 4'f r• Friends, or society ?—Td perish .1:

But it to proptrty„artificially acquit`e44 by others,'
no nAturhLelaims but tita,pf force, • for

t may leave Out of the tiurst ion the natural
tp,i;:i ;shin ent. aluCh ititreut ii InStItICC affords

hio), wh-re is the real or tiatoral rope' ty

to - ‘t;tiieh he •,hat'a clyt;rn ? Air and water, for
-evesy nOttr:kl' plittpf)se are free to hint , it is only
in Land, tliet),' that he can look for , hi4.equal
shAre—but if we were now to, adopt the Spencean
Srttent, JOH NS Y , ever reflected upon
its consegtience.? If thelandi of, Great Britain
wert, dividcd to-day, what becomes of the

'horn to• viorrow 9 Even if for `every chili)
that is both you %%et e to make a new
an idea ion ridiculous to be listened-to fora mo-
mem, who is to cultivate'tbat child's share ? Who
is to col,ivate for the aged, the blind, the crip-
ple ? How are you to divide the lands equally ?
Who will be content to take his four acres on Sti'•
lishury Plain, or the Moors of Yorkshire, whilst,
another has fonr acres of cabbage garden at Bat-
terseti ? Ah ! JoHNNy, what • would become of
your quattern•loaf, or of your pot nf:porer, if
half the lands of Britain were possessed • by in-.
tants, by old women, by the lame and the lazy !

Even in a state, of nature, man can claim no
more land than be can individually occupy, and,
when cultivated, defend from others. Even in
sate of nature, therefore, some must naturally
be poorer than others, exactly in proportion to
the difference in their natural powers ! But a
state of society, such es we have in this happy
en.untry, makes even the poorest richer than they
could ever possibly be with a natuval share in the
richest and most fat tile elimata that this world
ji fiords !

Shall we then, for a moment, listen to those
who only speak of equal division in hopes of re-
taining the Lion's share ? No ! No ! JOHNNY,
you may be tickled by a paradox, but you will
take care of your property.

Nex► comes the grand evil of Taxation. It is
very true, JOHNNY, the Minister is obliged every
year ro raise a revenue of sixty millions and up-
wards. I speak in round numbers. But this does
not all, come out of your pocket, JOHNNY : for
much of it is paid by your customers in France,
Germany, &c. who pay that advanced price upon
your manufactures arising from taxation. Be-
sides, JOHNNY, much of that sixty millions comes
back to you again.

In the first place, you have two thirds of it, or
forty millions, every year, for interest on the
savings that you lent to the Government &King
the laet hawked years. Remember, too, that the
money you lent to Government was paid hack to
you again in return for your indluvry and enter-
prize ; and that even the t went!, millions expend-
ed annually over and above the interest of the
flatioo d debt, come back into your own pocket
for soldiers' coats, sailors' jackets, ships built and
repaired, public works erected, and even thriongb
vile luxuries placemen and pensioners, who lay
out Their money in St. James's-market, in Bond-
strect, aud Long-acre.

Bin 'Economy ig the cry I 'tic it so ! Bait I,t us
f'ust se*, A4ocv , and 111 Kigit, 1.111 a! 4:C4:1(4111y can bg

pr4ctised. lu lorry millions, for the, national
debt, you can make uo saving, except by an act
of bankruPrey, or by paying off the debt. But
an art of bautuptcy, for its very first effect,
would more thri double that poverty of which
you now complain.- It would ruin all your em-
ployers and customers at home, JOHNNY, and it
mould destroy your credit abroad !

As to paying it off, my good friend, you
could not it you would, 31)(1 it you are as clever
fellow as I suppose you to be, you would ,not
if you could. Remember, JoutiNY., that all the
time you Were burrowing most money, you were
Making most in'oney. You had iiifficient capital
for all your spectd.ti,ois, besides eight hundred
Lmillions to lend; and if then, had !been nirGo-
vernment to borrow or to expend, how would
„ .
you have realized yi:ur eight hundred millions, or
bow would you-have made it yield you five per
cent. Fr annum I protest, JOHNNY, I almost
begin to think that the national debt teas been a
national hlessiiig, notwithstanding all the resolu-
tions at Spa-fields, Smithfield, or the Crown and
Anchor.

But to die point Of Economy. If we cannot
save out of thv folly what can we save
out of 11-ie Other twenty ? Has the'BrentiOrd Ba-
ronet, has the Sraffoidshire Baronet, has the, Mid-
(Melon Esquire; (iv has cven the collective ecotto-
tnY of All the TAleut's, been yerable to point out a
t:tvivg of one ? Ngy, could they,
do so, were it even five millions, where Could he
the relict, though it t%ere to crone equally on all ?
Fiv'e uriltiuns of .pounds uth)otgit tweet) !talons
~tif'repple would be about fo'or i,:hillittt4s
„per-head,
§oniethiog belo,v one, day's,. wages of a. common'
mechanic. But it would not come equally'npon
aft. Time savink.iii be,: as in
common justice it ()twig to be, in proportion to
:he sum total -Of his taxes. To a rich, wan it.
might .be_ a pound—to a poor roan, .not more than
a pony!
•

But what becomes of the profit to the commu-

nit y from a home expenditure of—five millions
• •
What becomes of theiabour elicited, the ingenuity;
excited, and the circulation produced? AU gone
with the,word Economy !
. So-much then for ['overly and Taxation. As to:
the, fits 4, JoUNNY, 1 advise you to get rid of it as
soon as you can, not by robbing others, but by
honest industry, n hich, as. you well know, can
never be practised by one man, without making
odic 's' licit around him.. 'For your comfort, I wilt
adil;-that the richer you get, the more you wilf:
belaied ; but', then, you will be the better able
to pay it.

This is a long story, JOHNNY, but if you.sit.at
home and read it on-Wednesday, instead of ram-
bling to Kennington Common or Smithfield, you
will perhaps be as wise and as contented as if you
'had listened to WaitbMan, Watson, \Vooler, nr
Wolseley, or any of the other worthies, who wish
to \V.!! !
Yours,'

IGNOTUS.

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE monxtNo PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

LATEST ACCOUNTS FR.ONI MANCHESTER, Ac.

[Morning Posts]

Our accounts from Manchester came down to
the afternoon of Sunday, at which time all was
tranquil at that hare. The report of a serious
affray having taken place on Friday evening, in
which two or three persons were stated to be
killed,' was a wanton exaggeration of a trifling
affair, in which no personal injury was sustained,
and the iesult of which was attended by pro other
unpleasant consequence than the breaking ',of 'a
few windows. The determination of the Magis-
trates, with respect to the case of Hunt andsthe
other persons Charg-ed with High Treason, Will
depend npon tic answer of Lord Sidmouth to the
case transmitted by them to his Lordship, and
which was the subject of the tielibefations of the
Cabinet on Stittll day last.