The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-14 00:00:00

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[nom VIE DUI 11,0( PAPEttgol
Peaetc Boma or lue,LANn.—Theidismalcond.
memo to which the affairs of [rebind are oo.wereee,
titled, occupies every reftecttowniek,gottiprippl
duces that pensiveuess, and broiknovitepAnd,ark
ecarance whicb is spread over every.stentnineims.
The cheapness of whiskey, itesonSeesueuse of the
sudden redaction of the du Ip,vpon
'ii, netts. mstlo
this public poison accessible to dweey whol owitl,H
the free use of it has given to beggeojeoptt.
a gaiety, truly horrible—like the flightily NW*
through the .gloom of the tempest glares'emily to
spew the devastation that is making. This and,
exception to despondency,. is worse
,than
.the calm
melancholy of the public—it &loaves, *tapas.,
citates, and maddens ; and its wild, aulactele-bot+
transitory, agile the evil it produces is immanent.
But what do our Irish Statesmen care fur that
—they who have taxed the ,publie 'justice of the
country so enormously by their imposts upon all
legal proceedings, that none can scarcely look the
/menus of contesting their rights in a Court of 1,
Justice in the face, unites the very opulent
clesses of the einntattnily. By and by there
will ,
nut be a. suitor of moderate property
the list of litigants in our Courts of Law—;o
enormous bas the taxation become. upon every
step in the legal progress to justice. rimy hare elute
down public morals in the ipire, and all , the fait
train of concomitants which nature•has allied with
morality, Ito raWe:a base revenue it their expellee,
but which revenue their own luespecity has re's.
tiered utterly abortive. And while justice 'and
moral habits are thus radically invaded in effect,
by the rashness, shallo, ness, and error of the
j.'ivancier, the public are, notwithstanding, in a
state of ruin—and the miserable expectations of
the Man of ,Taxes Wasted by the imbecility which
devised such expedients to draw money forth from
the pummel the people. Upon referring to the
monthly returns, of patients admitted into the Fe.
ver Hospital, it appears that since the reduction.
of the duties on spirits, the number has increased
to an aitneishing degree. Prior to this piece of
maladministration, the Managers of the Fever
Hospital were enabled to extend its benefits to
every part tof the metropolis, to extend humanity,.
and to bestow health widely, and hopes were
tertained that contagious fever would be altoget
ther eradicated from the poorer ranks of the people...
Tiw renunciation of the revenue upon spirits, and,,
the consequent cheapness of that bOefetarticle, has
overthrown all those humane eatpectitltuns, anti the
number of patients has increased utiaiti ap avenge
from -10 to 110!:—.Our state is truly
end we may as well expect that the skier Trq,
rain food and raiment fur tia, 'as !el ittok.fo;enoyl
other result, if the system 'd: kismet., Aide
unhappily we have been so lonclioingtenitir 514
ly persisted in. The State mtot,'lbe.,,ittiatOenreA.
and supported effectively, and if yen wiltopuat..
!lately and proudly ; but considerieCthes as a
principle never to be lost sight or, we'inslit that
the people must not he brought into wretchedness
and beggary.. It is not against Taxes we complain
—it would be a villainous hypocrisy to attempt to
mislead the people in this respect ; but it is against
the mode of 'Taxation which has 'been worked
upon in Ireland that we complain ; it is of the total
want of judgment, discretionland foresight in pro.
viding those burthens that we complain—their ferti.
lity in vexation, theist barrenness in production, It
is against the confused, involved, irrational,and ab.
surd vagaries of those who direct our fiscal con-
cerns that we are raising our voices, and invoking
the quiet dispassionate sense of the nation to think
on the matter, while there is any time-len. It is
against a shuffling, unsettled, pinging' system,
which abates one year what it had sell eirthe pre.
ceding, which has much desperation, bti,t ne/ can.
sistent d&.gn in it, which is cations ,ttte 'Morel set.'
fects—blind to political consequoneesS4leidei#l4
wisdom, valorous in its fully,poweifselittanitelderpl
and impotent ie public benelitsitels, higaingt *Mr;
mild, desultory, and feeble way '44, steatnibtitifr
through the natiou'a affairs thatoovelittelproteVtitit,'
as eertaZn to bring us in time toireeptVableittlit:
Let it not be imagined that-avetrail aglinvt ena-
tion to disturb the public:: Wg
know that public burthens are uisavoldebie, sad
mast be patiently borne—that it is the duty of every':
man to pay his quota conscientiously, as atehitiletli
map and a good citizen. Independent of a- ale
sense of duty, which Confidence and corruthitii;.in
any man, or any men, are unable to shekei we have
an interest in public tranquillity, and in the content.
matt of the people, and seek their unanimity as the
first great purpose of our hearts. But we cannot ca.
pitulate with every thing that is weak and injurious
to our country—and we think the public ought not
silently to endure the wretchedness into which ,
they have been brought' under the taunting* of
compliments addressed to their 4 4 Growing Prose
Perky." There is not a Corporation or a Guild
—not a legalized form in which the people can
be contemplate) that should not be convened, and
that ought not to express themselves, as they ho.
neatly feel and think, upon the preient awful
and dismaying moment.-
The Corporation Qf the Metropolis it is boasted
is neck and heels in the hands of our Ministers.
We doubt the fact. We shall soon see' however,
how the case really stands. Silence in the pub.
Lc Bathes, will he as strong as negative testimony
Can be, that they think with the Ministers, and'
that the nation is in a state of " Gron big Pro. ,
verity," tlin choke abode of private happiness
au,! Italic felicity. On the other hand, if a par.
t.cie. of public spirit exist, if there be any such;
thing as sense and manhood in the Irish people,
cenfulation of the Ministers in their assertions
respecting this coutatry, will be erriphaticill an.l
funned, and if announced, may redeem fs, froth'
the ruin and misery into which we-ate hol i;
e
i"g deeper and deeper ; and perhaps (if au
yet call) save us fur a season of: hope, oS
prosperity, and eonteutmen-e:XßubliteCOrrem
t eT,'
14)1744.) • ! -;)
The following energetic apteil at. t I
.41:peareil in an article in The Freeman's July :—" The inhabitanti Of the,llbelAkt
, 's
this city are iu the most poignant distress! Win%
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of
euiployment has driven many tethers of taibitiej