The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-22 00:00:00

PAT it toTic AD ORESS.

The follou'•ing Aildre6s, written by a patriotic
licliabitunt of the Towist of BO LT 0 , ha's been
circulated :in that propitious place, and pe-
witu a deference the relcViittcy of the subject
sc.; eminently ilesetre
<<FeLt.owToww• 1 ht-.-Y,lll have lately .4seard
-9 great deal about Tititatioif, Pensions, and
bine-
.
; and ill-dispoSed men are endcaitouring 'to
persuade you that Oil the evils 'Oil are noW
-tering proceeil from !be extrilvittpince atiti
r!ect of the Govcrniitent under which yon live.

it-tare yon stirrer yourselves to entertain so tin-
lonnolc:l and tlatigerou opinints; nsten with
e.ll.nness to a few argutnentsa3 they birike the
tni,nl of a plain unlearned than, Who grieVes to
sce you imposed 'upon by mistepresentatron, and
in (Linger of being. rendered discontented and nu-
.
Lippy, awl pet (caps tlirbnlent and riotous, by the
arts otitirs.

" We have.always had Taxes, Pensions,
.and
BineetiteS, and :ytit we haVe not always hattliad
times': nay, it is 'A tae't, thatCt{>t, or three yeays.
ag-o we had Mnle ta2e, 4nd pensions, and.titie6-
cure.: too, till!, we have now ; and yet wages,
especially weavers' wages, were considerably higher
thin they are at present. Therefore it is evident,
that taxes, pensions, and sinecures, are nut the
causes of the present distress.
"tlll other countries also are in the same state
ni our own. lu evety part of the Continent of
Epurope, and in America also, there is the same
s g 1141 commerce, as-great a decay of trade,
anti as tittle employment tor the labouring pour,
as 'there k here with us. I put it to your own
lt6nd tit st to say, whether our national debt, and
our taxes, can have ruined the trade of America
tool of Continental Europe.
" And thi:; also -proves that it is not owing to
any neglect of our Government that we are now
pfrtrernig,,so tiaticli. For If an atiVentageons Tiatle
could have been secured by the care and efforts
of tlitise who manage the affairs of nations, surely
some of the Gevernments would have foptul out
the means to make their own country prosperous
and flourishing : but we see that the saute distress
prevails eyery 4hcre.
" Therefore it 1111)81 be something whicb affects
ail roOntrirl alike that is the cause of this gePeria
distress. And that ran be nothing die than the
-change vthich has taken place front War to Peace.
MI the nations with which ,we have any concern,
have been, like ourselves, so long in a state of:
wto,,that commerce hail become, as it were, habi-
tuated to it. A great expenditure clamed a great
circulation of money : large armies created 'a
ocot demand boor for food and elothing,metinids
Of disposing of goods were discovered which bail
never before beet; thought of,: and so, as a sudden
transition from Peace to tVar used aiways to give
a temporary cheek to Commercial Profits 'met In-
dustry, the change Ivltich has lately taken place
from a state of War, in which we have till lived
to a State Of general eettee, has bad a
Sinniar etirit.

Is'et we nta)''be sure that eventually Peace is
better than War. Titigs will come room, again.
I?ratie will resume its accustomed channels. Pro.
fits still become ,moderate, but regular to the
master ; and w.igts twill he better and less fillettl4t.
Ittg to the Weaver. The industry of British
.-tvorktiten, and the shill anti capital of 'British
Tlerettants, prevail, so as to obtain for
this country a fair proportion of the trade of the
%world.

" Matters would not be any better at all if
the plan was to be ryloptell which is called'Par-
liamentary Reform. ,To all practical purpoles
ratliament ,is as well constituted its it can be.l
Opportunities .are now afforded to men of alt par-
ties to obtain a scat in the House of Commons,
tend -to express their, opinions with. vigour and
. Every lue.stion of consequent:* is fairly
debated ,amongst limn, some bei»F,
.00 one side
and some on another, anti all is published anti Mide-
ktit)lVO to the people at large. And what more
ciao we desire 1 • • - • .
'' How Which money think you, do these sine,.
dare against which so much has been said,
take out of your •pockets-? I am not afraid to
say, and many of -those who declaim against theta
so violently know-as well as I do, that they do
not take from the labouring classcrf so much as a
penny a head itt a whole year. Most of them
liave'heen given to the possessors as rewards for
valnahle services rendered to the country by them-
selves or their ancestors : and every good govern-
?twit and ought to take care to reward the
deservinit, as well as to punish the wicked..
Sitrely you *must yourselves feel that railing
ft gaiti3t -tiovernateut, and taxes, and pensions,
only:makesiour settierings greater, Anil adds the
worst plague of all---I mean that of art impatient,
discontented, angry temper. Your ruindl are in-.
fl t,rtctl. trot !iota pa,slous are ekeited to wrath
Ant 'fury. Thus you torment yourselves and
your tamilieft.- Anti in this way, your vexing
yottrielves with politics, and giving heed to thoss
sehttfWould fakely persuade you that you are op-
preeiseritity -the riehritrul neglected by the govern-
teedr. is it greiiter 'misery to your mind, and in
yottl..,„horne, than all your other di4tresses.
" rind iv hat Wank! - he the case, if -unhappily
arty of Y4O-shotilli be.stirred. up by thow. angry
fediogs_ Which boil itt your breasts, -anti by.tire
'it fliittiontrory specs het, 4.W tin 5e -.de men,
-to Ali t,f violeneeniut riot ? Your lives would
foildit6l. ,You trc ultl suffer a disgraceful
itleatlV or he Jtanished from a cottittry
jaws ;Oil hisd brolten, line! whose peace you !Hid
Mid then what would heroine of your
`fiit 4 hilt would be the sufferings of your
isvi,47!sanci children AVliat-the distress of :our
terints anti' kiturred ? - What the sorrow and re.
indr,:e of your own hearty ? -Listen to yonr hest
`who advi-ze you 'to be reaccable and pa
lienC; -who endeavour to relieve yune drsties-ses,
4ruljttitly to itteke you cotitented and happy. Tell
Ithe nteit who would agitt:te and inflame you, that
yuu-.Y,ll.tur-hArtliovi. minds, disturbed by-their,

tarp. nor your tivitilisought into ilAnger for their
tidraucentent ;--1114t, till they are foremost in all
charitable and benevolent undertalsingi, Yon
tlistrost their peotesaions of feeling tor your ilw
tresses ;,--.11111 ?‘.)4 trill quietly aHd
peaceably wait till .Vrovidenee shall plertie to re-
store to you prosperity, satified• that Ydu 11111111
much sooner attain to It by' obeying the La%is of
God and of Mau, Than by acting in defiance of
both.
" 013) TOWNSII.IN."