The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-26 00:00:00

CAUSE aid REMEDY of GENERAL DISTRESS
At an early peeled of Mr, Horathfield's Pshlications,
we endeavoured to draw, to them she sureties .of the
public ; eat as the importance of the sob;ect 'stresses
daily,. we must intrest, notwithstanding the • vast In-
terest excited., most properly, by the case of the Qom*,
and the eonstitutional questions which it•itivolves, that
the intelligent and, thinking part of the commueity
keep them Publications. before them. .. •
Mr. Heathield wss the first to proclaim that the
National Debt was the cause of the •verr ;surest dis-
tress which ants almost every class of the people;
he was the int, too, to suggest a mode of relieving
the country from its pressure, by an honourable die-
charge of the publics' engagements with its creditors;
whether his is the besumode that can be devised we will
sot now discuss, but it is sufficient for the prompt that
it is the only one giv n to the public in a tangark faro,
aid as we consider the language and cendnct of Minks.
ten &whit; the present Sestion of Parliament eqoul to
an extilicit acknowledgement that they are unable IS
devise any, rellef.of the public distress,_ we request the
attention of our•readers to the following short abstrset
of the Publications in question, in which Mr. Heath.
field his, as we submit, shewn, . • • .
That, the increase is the British•empire; of the ea
of national riches and power, has been very cossidetabh
daring theism thirty years.
That, Individual ease and comfort we not esposkimilk
in any proportion to this increase of means, hot thpt.
the contrary, the increasing prevalence of suffering WIG
distress, is generally admitted and deplored.
That, the public debt is a chief cause of this aftesmisolt

stale. . • .
That, the public debt admits of en eirripand
lileielatien, upon the basis of a contribution olf=
per cent., to be levied upon every description of primes
property, including the amount of public debt.
That, such lignitistion of the debt may be elllectod.
witArret a dangerousor mischievous ilistwriletrate
the state of property.
That, relief from duties to the extent of thirty stilligull
per annum, nearly, might precede any levy in moped of
the proposed contribution of fifteen per cent.
That, such ?mission of duties would. in effect. allay
the country from the payment of at least thittrols
lions per annum. because the coommer pays a cossidet-
able advance upon the Jetty paid by the oweelisat or
dearer. into the Exchequer. •
That, the same remission of duties, would be the amps
of repressing tau great extent, the fraadolost seed aim
rious practice of smuggling, of preventing othet
doss of fraudulent dealing, and of reduclog
rate% in a very considerable degree ; asd shire
admit the establishment of a system, eider willa
great evil of a population encoding the doused lord*,
t, might be prevented.
That, apes comparing, in the crest Conecespileftek ft*
probable rate ofi nestle money, and the prassald 111111 of
public, °d eist and stipendiary income. with the I
and consequent advance in the value sesuoy,=
sent proprietors of loads, houses, ail gomermoina
and all please remising public Immo and pay.
experiesco a door foirpromment. in respect of
considered with reformats to British espesilitsre. very-
lag is tholresrnive classes, betweestbirtms sad avenri
per cent. in parties's?, that in rarest of litres,'
Apo load, the improvement would h. in Ms prorrstiao
whist 10001. hem to INN. per maws.
J- intatrillsoldsipsfsel simago
armey, tut smipoots les riuhaties .f meow prist4eees
set lad to the appialessiss of aysemsagessoes pee
the hada, et egfidshural sack, or
et sof*
tilissat bassist tide chase would assns. 111 aOM
degree, from the feudal** of dales the imaidiab of- ..
feet of whit:l4'mm mosey prices, wield admit of are. •
dy to sossielerabie extent, by the modestly's of duty to
toorehast and dealer, on the stink on basil t uit
also basest the hither decline of essmoy rice* smeN.
in some demo, be checked is its bLetsitee-
sailing eases% and might be
'beans, so as to sustain the priori psiticslnt% of 'Ord-
tura] stock. Ross time to time, DRIB tutu ave supplies.
at diminished east, should noble the grower or dealer
' to vend at lower rates of price. without loss or prejudice.
That, by the means proposed, the Parser woad be
plat
in a coadition to support the tiosan he , siaistain
Ys It
family In the state of oamOset seised to his ste.
Olt is society, sad to make a proper lotus of rest to
liejourissar of the soli.
That, by the means proposed. also, Wisterias of the
sarshant manufacturer, mid trader, wadi be eseastlally
pus sussed aid advises& partioulmiy w•dba reprooke
elf lassallag, rod by the temoval of the oinuntotass
which a high ravine system preessta. M the, advs.-
'means revision of the British commercial spina.
And, assammmaly
That the positions_ aesemsd by the writer, are irk
=letly established for immediate practical &petit es.
rrN~.'the ass sad mishit of the British people aro
l, intersoptad, or precestsd. by mom nidtv pad
Ile wow place all classes ass orders in the 'slag.
most of the advastagos which they have so well oatiede
by their skill and industry, by their erioatasoy aied
tole ; and to which they are estielmi, by the Tallier nod
conduct of those who have fought sad soalimad
them, on the ocean and in the bid.
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