The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-05 00:00:00

TO TM?, EINTOR OF T 111,3 SUN.

Sut,--1 again take up
.the pelt to express.my
thought.) on two :omit importerit objects, the In-
come Tax, and (what is called) Agricultural dis-
tresses; the former has, most improvidently, been
rejected, the other is yerisub jailice: the Oppo-
sition,. who object to and resist, not indeed by
argement, but with virulent and ioffammatory
language, whatever. . proposed by Ministera,
however betieficial-to the country, itr.the matter
of the rejection of the Income Tax, to which
they undoubtedly contributed, that is, by their
Votes, arrogate to themselves this rejection as a
victory over Ministers,- while, in fact, it was
merely' a
,triutoph of mean selfishness over the.
good of their country : for I will ever main.,
tain, that with some proper modifications, and
dktinction between the species a property and of
incornei it was the best and wisest measure for our
present, and future welfare and security : And,
Sir, bad the Income Tax been continued for five
years instead of two years, and peace lasted so.
long, clie narioli would have been placed by that,
and by the undi vested produce of the Sioking
in such a situatiim with regard to our finances, a's,
niight have deth.d the cfrort3 of the 'whole world.
against us I but the self considerations of some,
and the love of present indulgencesof Others; pre-
vailed over the generous love of their country !
The Ministers who proposed, and the Minority
who voted for its continua ice ought to have their
names enrolled for the gratitude of. posterity ; and
the others, by whose means. it was,.rejeeeed, for
the purpose of.proving to the poorer and labour-
ing classes, who are so easily misled, those who
are and those Who are not their real friends. Al-
thinigh so often repeated, amid 'so wrll 'and so
Strongly suppOrted in your excellent paper, I must
once' inure advert to a few of the various.advan-
tages arising froM the contimiaoce of this tax'--it
affecred not the labouring classes—it torced the
avaricious to contribute some share to the wants
of the State—it compelled (perhaps the only way
they might to he compelled) the absentees; who.
in such very considereble.. numbers are speadiaig
their incomes to foreign countries, to pay some
part of the taxes of their own, from which.,they
derive that income and its security-0-4 would have
precluded the necessity Offrai,sin* money by lotthis
the iotele•t on Which, wouldgten Wave hecotem..
rotary, but `which now intisf, be raised
;by fresh
end perms-mew tdxes•pressing hard upon the,com
triunity at -hitge, %while tiff iaine time, the
landowners are Straining' every nerve to do the
same, by taking7;4lf every/ a:x7that'affects the
farmer; nut; in' acidity; to relieve him, but to
Mai nit) ex.m bit Ant and unreasonable rents for
.1 scarcely know of, a single instance
stvCrifieeof iheir interests : I look for,
in our Verliaineutary.blstOry; there I see
evury opportimity, takeu of eilvaetiog them -
va4 hot oeyer,iu times of the great-
tst se,r. ity and d ist rev, -one solitary iustance of
hilly t fur their ailles'iattfrn, hit least, not one Act.
pav,e:l rot giviug bounties, on importation in order.
to teduce the pricc of Coro, which they
nays h(en to ready to gives or) exportation and
t,t) measure to keep el) it., price..iit
torne.---But, Sir, i repeat,' that until the Nod-
9wners Tease to seizie the opnortenity of every
mcideutal high price of, graitl to raise thdr
tele*, tioy. are 'reduced to a just, actd. rca
sonable e..`ee, iim'er rbe sisbjc'et tornost, de.
irimental fluctuations. in the, priee,Of Grain, of
emirse, of those in the watfes of labour, and to
the evils and discontents which always take place,
*hen from a change of circumstances tisese Wages
Are uttemptea ql be reduced, TheSe flnetitetious
Affect equally our manufacturers; the wages ()Ills-
Itoue, wherever and no whatever employed, cal)
be properly regulated only by the steady rate for
the purchase of sufficient food and other necessa-
ries for the support of the •labourer
,find his hi'.
; and surely it ought to be the object of
gyery, especially of at great, commercial and,. ma►.
splact oriog Country, such as ours, to provide that
sufficiency at as cheap a rate as possible, partici).
larlylitom its vireclS on the price of the products
Qf our industry end lab ,nr'in the estports to and
OOromerce with foreign tiations. No doubt but
the price of coin, as well as tither commodities,
has been enhanced by our tames, and it is equally,
true, • that the landowner is fully and justly en-
titled to an ample rent from hisiland, and he ought
to have it, but tiot to the extravagant and unrea-
aiinable rents to which they are at present raised,
and he is certainly still less to the levying; ,any
part of them, as he is endeavouriag to tlo, upon
tie other classes, by relieving himself from every
pressoo that weighs npon hire, and throwing.
thew upon the.equaily bidet) members of the rest
of t he,,coolitionity ; for • the -greatest part far 'the'
neatest of the distress of the far pter arise not ,j
she taxes but front the oppressive rents of the
landlord. . .

Many grelit and obvioys advantages and.priv-
leges.ll:ive the lartilnwners over every other species
property t.tl,ty are by far Ole most poweidni
body in our Parliament, and personally interested
in raitiittiy and supporting the price` of
Ov.r Coro Laws (agility, slink,- it : in the repeal of
the prohibition of foreign. cp,n, effected by, lite.
exertions Of Mr, Pltrk, iti 177i3,, it tottli'l not tie
effected in rite ttlisoNte mattner which these en-
lightened men-''' I.esirell and Sound policy &elated,
be,:aitse the-ianded •intereit Was tcio poAerful to
give tips a Itystetn they irpagined (although'
errimeon,ly) to' he eBittinetve to 'the increaseof
dieir r*ntit.." 'll'erfraps:aVer: 01,1(
for alleisetlis Pailiament—repeal.all past
14%vs, new' ones, Nn . but
hitich Iparib Na'stittiken front them ,interference
nitil I ItTit; -Prom: the interested views I
perceive. 114Selisionof the .subject, no good
but much Itartn.titay oe expeesea.frotu 'what they
,„
Fp vdo in Ititure.l ant ott,, yoig constant tteitoir,,
, Mai U. - • " IMPAKTIALIS.