The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-02 00:00:00

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.tor concur with the 'majority of my ci;-electers, loss for
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th • sake of preventing adscosatimatiess. for which I
isim very little, and which I do not bier st all, 'has to
gratify nmeeirby sormaktig alittle ofirhalefired of OM
witiOMAliValiWdledwirMated candidates, wham I
hives* Reiier of rankiry almost equally iv the Aft a'
ray (death. The choice yon bamtlitside 1 dolltristieeli•
eroatt
gusty bel to he the best calculated for predating the
ter blrUidirerslt* sad the honour Ist the studies
-.l.lLtelt ) its miterbers ars engaged. 1-buive only
again to cougratnlate you upon that choiew—re thank
yen for the attendee with which you have favoured me
--..aisd, for the last time, to bid every *se of you'affec-
tionstely farewell." ...
P.B. la the lads annunciation of the eleetlifit of th•
Rector, there is a 'Marini of " ?Are a lentos,"
for' Rtjairs earatus." home foolish encodes of a
Mhsbrated University pave insinuated that this
was the real annunciatioa. They are, probably,
igamaut that though "berates" be not a lain
ward at all, ...instils." in its modern sense, would
have been as unintelligible' to an ancient Roman as the
other.

TO THE LAND-OWNERS AND OPCUPIERS OF THE
COUNTY OF BONERS ET.

handbill Park, Nov. in, ~..._
dawri. maxe—it is with sincere regret that I venture to
call your taiwillull .10 the Pretreat situation In which your
pep ferry is et present involved; and nothing but the an-
Inerdeddillosities into which you are plunged should bine .
induced tae to inter a responsibility which, I am well aware,,
will *mach epee ih• following deelandion of my opinionu,',
and the advice which I shall presume to offer you.
la the Sher4orits Merenry of the II th hest. which I hams
lately permed, I perceive a letter, sabseribed " Anti-Rath,
eel," addressed to the Freeholders of this once °palest.
comely, beetle+ some strong allusions are made to my pubs.,
lie amine devisee tee late Sessions of Parliameat. end ales
to some share which, It Mates, I have had in procuring a re-
qufsition to be sent is the Sheriff to convene the county, os
the subject of the Agricultural Distress,-11 measure which.
as the writer says, Ii " sot disapproved or' by me. This
letter.sherdtere, although under a feigned signature, gives
me some pretext for addressing you. If none other existed ;
and I *di very briefly slate my reasons for thinking a
Cuenty, Matting highly proper, and moat desirable. But as
v: these meson nosy produce other letters of as anonymous
nature, I amst here declare, that none such will receive from
me say reply, as I bare no wish to be engaged in a contro-
versy with characters of as sly a texture.
In the in place, then. I am convinced that se-
thiag will contribute so much to your receiving that
justice at the bends of the Legislature, which ie at pre-
sent withheld, from you, as a strong manly avowal on
yoUr parts, in the face of your country and its govero-
meet, of that depressed. not to say degraded, position
in which your property is involved ; to set forth with
firmness and moderation your utter inability to held.
under your present embarrassments. that situation in
society obeli by birth. sod the property you once ea
. joyed, yam' lies e,dditled to fill ;to state respectfully that-
nowsßef lure ;*et bars afforded by the in aaaaa es adopted
in. the Last Sessions of Parliament. which can in any de
gum be deemed adedrate to the urgency of your case;
ant the aetrouree bill carries with it the direct opposite
cliarsrtedosod remake conaidered by all who have say
know/ad/jet fie emeetneets as an injury father Haas a
-g•t-d so 111,40fOirrOWPf ; for the simple reason that its
- . PlArillion:probe noire a large import:Utters Of 4110111. * •
ottai. * • . }¢: tot: Lutes an average of years, no British
- earsiMgremit, t. sued that whilst yea expected the
pertain .et lgl other article', the produce of the soil,
atept
rush as selliserabthm, flax. seeds, hides, bark, butter,
drew. ke. Iv. brooklet least have been mad e liable to do-
t.. • ties Ids their lodpar)., is some measure proportioned to
ti Hide amet.oft— restioddidu hem, you observe, with est°. 1
ts =woe sod Arne!. that a proposition to that effect.;
by tesse'_of tlie individuals whom you send to Pars
lislbseol. rtes Mt aside by the most overwhelming ninliod
rit
These short statements, Gentlemen,as they are founded
1 in truth, I would vesture to recommend you to assert
boldly ; and if the worthy:High Sheriff shall, oa re-
ceiving a requisition, convene the county, that will be
the time and place for you to do so. -Should this meet-
ing. as "ANTI-RADICAL.' expects, be attended by " Iti-
nerant Orators." or “ Wand of four hundred years
&wading," and should they.
.introduce topics wholly
Id foreign sad irreleO&ot to the subject which you will be
I assembled to consider, we must leave them to the con
trool of the Sheriff; who will preside, aid to that good
sense and discretion 'which- the meeting, if properly
I conducted, will be sure to bring with it. But bemuse it
'; may en happen that topics of an irrelevant nature are
introduced. and some persons snag attend who may wish
1 to divert the Meeting from its intended sod legitimate
i perpose, can any man, I will ask, be timid euioagh to
advise. that therefore no opportunity should be gives
to this suffcring portion of the community to assemble,
• end temperately set forth their grievances ? If such
men there are. I envy them not their feelings, sail
most earnestly conjure you not to be influenced be them.
A patient endurance of suffering is to be recommended,
but a passive endurance of it is not the most ready way
to fisn:t a remedy. " ANTI-RADICAL" tells you, with some-
ti,itig like a tone of authority, not expecting coutrailic-
,,. Can, that " protesting duties and high prices" may
snit " rent payers" and o rent receivers" well enough;
bat that as many more live upon [than grow corn,
• we should soon tied petitioners. fee " low prices ; and
,
that were the " tradesmen, &Mit* mechanics. and la.
bearers," to be enlisted under each hi-s sera, and which
" itinerant orators" are sure Sit weillwl. " the vernal-
,
i tisaists" and " high-priced orators" would soon find
themselves in a minority. le -.answer to which truly
radical hint, I would olsserve, that the requisitiooista
being " high priced orators" is an assumption of " Anti-
Radical's," wholly.inwarreeted and unsupported by
fact. He knows tAjorkaat pine tot prices the Requish
tiooists would advAsWl ihil he is lamentably out, in
his calculations, lf:b8 iimigines that the tradesmen,
artisans, mechanics, sail labourers," are not all of thew
4, astleeply interested that the producers of the food of
;non should receive w fair and remunerating price for
), ' their labour and capital expended.serven the trodurerr
thet-iselves ; fur let me tell "ANTI RADICAL, this is
a subject much ben* understood than formerly.
tornitlistsnding all the absurd riot:trines of our modera
1 - pslitical teconomists, inasmuch as neatly all ranks and
clime (the mere fundholder perhaps excepted) are now
d convinced that with the ruin of the landed interest
inevitably falls the prosperity of every "tradesman,
,
artisan, mechanic. and labourer ;" they may indeed; exist.
1 hat they cannot prosper. And if it Le not so. perbaps
" ANTI KAAPICAL" may tell us why the (tigress is now
felt by all ci as well as the lard-owner and occupier.
1 have eagle an exception of the mere Inadholders : but
.. even in their rase, if they are not. blieded by habits
~' • I.:Lich it is not secessarylo describer they will see that
? . their dividends can exist but a very abort time after the
extioction of the hied. And even.** it has been said, if
li the land is usertmiged to them (a doctrine which, how-
ever, will admit of flick argument. and which, if
lit pushed too far. might lest( to the most clang es
k _ mills), and they were put into pommies •to-morrow,
they would lima that -it was not worth their having—,
they would find their mosey most unprofitably merged,
t sal their profit gone. since neither by name or
could they hope to make one ball of the .present return
of those who, from their cradles, bevelled the manage-
anent of it; and even were this difficalty removed. where
would they find esetenders? As .n oil may the laud-bold..
ere and occupiers costersplate profit by the extinction of
the NatiosaiDebt; asiossave, wbioh, weld it be effected,
I vieold mord certainly lavolve them is still greater ditfi.
, 1,.•1111111L cattle, than they turns cow sveriesce. And this cnn-

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