The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-18 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

PLAIN TRUTH.

EmToß—k'Ve st cre4t deal of she
" DPPRR,SFD State of the rountry''—even from

eer people i certain Nvho, as it ap

pets oilglit to know better.
To 'hest, ant) to ni! grumblers, l pot
tbe qopstioo—" Is the Country really and bona-
fide in a DRPRESSED State
Now, Sir, nsl atu Only in search after Truth,
to men t thil question fairly--1 acknow-
-Ird,:e tiia,t, t lyng tllir year 1815 as he

at...lldar,l 01. compari.on, Agricultural prices ate a
little lower ; that doe de nand for agricultural pro.
ci-ore is sometiiing less.; than some Of our Maim.
fac'uter- are unemployt:tl; that the demand for

Maiiii'Fieriires is something less ; that our

C nrn-rce is diminished—that is to say that our
loTorts taw! Exl.orts, at least in transit and for

watehonseing, may he a little leas, and that a
pm Clot) of our shipping are lying itt dock unem-

plovvd.

Jo short, Mr. Editor, I acknowledge that there
is a portion of Capital unemployed, and that
there is a portion of labour unemployed—but I
deity lijit tither of these amounts to any thing like
the extent represented by the spirit of party or
the spirit of grumbling.

Still teeklieg 1815 (I believe that is the year,
but 1 tueln the greatest year during the war) as
the criierion, 1 must beg that the Depressing
Party will look at the amount of Agricultural pro-
duce and labour for that year, of Manufacturing
capital and labour, of Commercial speculation
ten ShiPpmg business, and in tact of all the et-
ceteras of British exertion, including the employ
of Seamun and Soldiers in his Majesty's
service, for that is but fair 1 Let this amount be
divided into two parts ; the first part being that
which may be supposed to have existed quite in-
dertident of our warlike situation at the time,

1:)‘; ellhracilig the alumna of our present Peace

; the second including every thing
detwndent upon our own military and naval war-
fare, deducting the amount of our present Peace
Eitahlishment, and also upon the disturbed state of
the whole world in consequence of an almost ge-
neral warfare, and that, I think, iv fair !
The first of these divisions, for the take of
perspicuity, 1 call the Peace demand of 1815,
the second I- call the War demand. Now let
our Depres‘ors tike, the amount of Agriculture,
Manufactures, Commerce, and Peace establish-
ment in the present or past year, and note its
amount, as the Peace demand of 1819. Then let
then) compsre .the Peace demanci of 1819 with
that or 1815. and candidly acknow'ledge which
is greatest ! If the Balance is in favour of 1819,
a fact which, I believe, cannot be controverted,
then thecountry is not in a depressed state, and
we have no real cause for despondence !
Nay Sir, even it there were a deficiency, 1
would still deny ,the fact of depression ; because
though the cessation of war employ, in regard to
our Home labour of all kinds, has most certainly
diminished the [lonic expenditure to a certain de-
gree, with respect to the industrious part of the
co.mmunity who depend solely upon manual la-
bour--.still is that diminution dependent solely

ou the cessation of that from which it sprung,.
That the country was in an " artificial state,"
I grant ; but that was only partial, and arose
solely from the artificial state of war. Up to the
year 1815, the country bad never, in its natural
siate, enjoyed such a Peace demand as it did in
that year

These are simple fact's and considerations,
Mr; Editor, which; I trust, are palpable anti plain
meanest capacity. I do not deny partial
distress ; but I wish to.shew that (a state of war-
fare out of the question) we are not in a state of
depression; we ought' therefore to avoid any thing
like a state ot.despondency.
Mi.trepresentostion bag led to despondency; de-
spondency has led to discontent ; discontent 'has
led to outrage; Outrage has driven away capital,
Bpd encouraged emigration ; withdrawing of ca-
pital, and the emigration of the rich, have pro-
duced want of employment ; want of employment
has fostered. Radicalism ; and Radicalism has
brought some to the gallows, and would, if not
thin!v checked, bring even the misrepresenters to
the 06111611 e—tor that I suppose would be the
fn,hinnehle machine, the save•all, and end-all of
modern illumination I ,

But it may he, said, " that a portion of dis-
trrss being alloured'to exist, it is the duty of the
E;ovc,ltment to remove it;" Why, Mr. Editor,
null 5 0 ir 11, if Government can, and so they are
.cird.-avouring to do, as far as a Government ought
to (;0 in- free spirited, enterpricing nation like
; hot it is not to be done with a stroke
or, narietynn's wooden sword, and l'hope that
Q.1,,,,0100 do not wish that Ministers should un-
ebeith Beliones iron one.
am aware that a late active Member of Oppo.•