The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-21 00:00:00

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REPEAT . by rue 'WINDOW TAX
'[Yawl Vitt TAM GIIARIIMAN.
The Citigeus of Dublin ere, we rejoice to see,
tgain beginning to amuse themselves—they are te.,
ginning to melt in their mispectine parishes ler tbo
purpose of whitening to have this• infantesa !es
. repealed in tote. We treat they will two, es they'
eesredist tirmis,ftt be left almost alone in this arduotis
.lind most important struggle. It is .not to Uttblio
eery litePthe Windier Tas fa -a grievinee, bet to alb
Ireland; and if the Irish Penplis wish to have the*:
• 'seise.- ',tiered from •it and Its dii ful elleti.s, hie
whole country must st ;mice .come
throogb constitetionsl fturiei; demand redress„,.. The
failure of .the.litst.appliestion was principally teitig.
to tittlepailly thil.ffelatat se. be so originally. pre-;
velent on this subject.—and ilthough this apathy es,
Its truth only -apparent it produced as faitsl cense.;
. . liteoceses.l(..it bad bwv t0p1i...11e4 the exception of
. , (;oat,. .liYate,clostl;• a few places .4,1
minor impiartseci, 41"Csionet. bit said, qua, .betifitic
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*bet war ditto in • DoblieVeilf-sealitet esertloos
. were' madt in.the whole Islett# teoltakii-off this
just, untsecessar),and abotorisafpliflinpoit Ter hail,*
. l'eople bed too liitle'delikidestalsprio theinselees.—
•' We have not • rione the VA iceisroined to,
• gavot and .stahonit- struggieltOttid nine enhappily?
• the, prevailing opinion. --Without aelsoisible"
ganails.• that effect:us' relief Will be Obtained seeiller
~..*o?ry other meads 11taii by; 'Oelitheitiag the preitill-
try. -The ririeli4ol. list' Pißtioui sgaino the
striliddle 'ilea, go, :40 Mario° will calculated
leo over**, this. , Ore; eddeete tbi fete of`
the Weide/Se rani"'. • brew peeseeeed -to the
and', se feels is
object in view,. tbe• oniessimisse CertAseliil at trill/lhda
• tot emancipation hitt, 'lie ilterv:iiift sib i4PMS.I.II
OA as must be deplete/4,81W egauct-be sadly effaced.
Bel.aot %vitiate/ghee the Wowed' dwappelletateet
eve hopes', sari the seecies pektioll itedilforeese that
. has thus been generatedeve- Otte .yeti end thipt•if e
elnialtanesur• *gnu be under thelitnit PArlionneet,
were it only to annoy she wee*
• end to augment the piewei,e1.04,1116.4 hisple, by
' • eucoursging the eseitionitill Me= • ; toed
a willing oar to the •coMplabeig prayers of
1' ..the People of Ireland. - . •
We
emend, therefore, impreestspeuvery man the
• seciresity which there is foi• his eleeppiete forward it
• thie suspiclouratoment, to rnia•hie voice with that
• of she nation, in demanding the 0141 abolition of
•,. the Window Tax. There is not a single sound or
valid argument to be advanced .in favour of -its fur-
ther
_coniinnance. All the address, desterity, and
invention of those in power, could not bring forward
a syllable 0 its support during the two debates upon
. it 0 the last Session of Parliament, which could have
"'" ' the smallest weight, if the merits of a question were
' iikided in the House of Commons, by the force of
~skason alone. But, on the contrite, every view of
the subject which was there taben,• or which can be
emphatically proclaims, that a repeal is, in
• • p..int orpolicy, indispensable; end, in point of jot.
thee, imperative. We w oeld appeal to the very conduct
the Irish Government itself iu corroboration of
the former. Can any thief/ more clearly demonstrate
threonviction of those I. power; that the People of
irelaud amenable to ptiy the lases with which they
' ere asiessed, than the system on which their payment
• is now attempted. to be obtained. ?. What are all the
• little iutti;Gos which bar* been resorted to, and all
the efilirs- of discoisois, &r. &c. on psymenis
,:by in-taleselits, before the close of the year, hut so
teeny hank confer-test that the Administration of
i..oupitbtrof the difficulty with Which even
the nin-t afil.eit pert of the 'continuing can meet
,-:their sager? ' Noy, mose,they betray: consciousness
that it is only by 'spry petty indulgence and accent.
motto ten, 'oat the People, in their present eihsuiled
Coutittson, can be brought to share the pittance that-
Vesting 44a them with theititalerri•l and that the ones.
sides .Y those who are this whredled into comp-
iioce, would nut allow them to conttibote, or rather
-would drive them to madness, of the 6.4 Insoleete of
' *See- rues superadded to their already aCcurnulated
leffesings. Whets thinpf• however, strive at this
able -*when those who ;event acknowledge by their
• wended that 4he governed are oppresiste.--it is surely
time that the tette/eels-amid be relieved—that they
shield demand, and obtain, the rimiest of what
not only they feel au* leteltreble benign, but what
those •he have imposed it admit' to pe so. There
~cannot possibly be stronger evidenci'of the eapedi.
logy, or rather of the imperative`tserwasity of repeal.
lag the Window Tait in 'relent!, thou the fact which
. has nowbeen refiner! to. Whets tbi connive was
at all capable of paying the enormity., imposts that.
were heaped on it, were such desices as we have
been noticing invented? Then, then was nothing
bat vote tales, end enforce their. pereetit ; and it
.would be so this moment, were lot the Irish Go-
imminent -itself, satisfied thet-sie errs One aid all,
'if justice were done to ouiselves, unable to bear
any part of the berden under which we. are pow la-
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bourittg.
We wish the Pestle-'would ihoii ihet this tOnsi.
deratlon has engaged their ellint4l4..sod we hope,
ere longl.to *see that the whole countrY will be es-
erting itself against the Meeting of Parliament. Let
not the People be csjeled with such silly pretences
for Wringing the lest shilling from tiers as that the,
necessities of the State require it. The necessities of
the State do not need any itch thing. ' they have
only to look at the Irish Pension List to be conviqcrd
of this—or at the list of Irish SneCuret ; or at the
list of Irish Useless Places • or at the espenditore
eccoent for the Civil and Military establishmeets of
Ireland,Any or all of these will tell them in intelligible
tams, the necessities of the Slate do not demand
that the State should he harrassed onto beggary.—
The expenditure of upwards of 56,!X)01. in five years,
41, the residences of the Lord Lieutenant, and of
800001. • year, beside paid to Nes as'salary, for, in
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voila of fact, doing nothing; -these aril some if.ths
siecenitics of the Stoic for whicli the Assessed Titan
are enacted. They are net'sech alecestities as these
for which the People. of the United Slain surer! to
pay lutes, (at • Present. they pay scene,) Oh' tip, pert
they are net writhing ands's* oonaiersl eligitehical
tystrasi they govern themselves, se& they peistletr
Preshlent 4,0001. per atooro, for &log ap the
ties dud!' of a Republic, cootolobss oott(r.tirk• as
won inbobitobtras Ireland, while wit pry smarts
of 401000 L slice to a foul Lbettissitorb• lots

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