The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-06-17 00:00:00

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.pord,•sre he!' !ward it to be teoly telerneieoms. I u
'isialiertion se the debt increased, a greater anti
greater nunihro, of eredirese flai seord4d 5e16.11 in irr-
eft in soliiiiitting to "nstrEnerriinest parr weli ad in
Ippepieg in sahjectioe thosi who grievously se&reJ,
that the issidioos bloodsucking system inigut prospri.
So retch far the systcus's policy -

1 come isiw to the eethetitif fro which this deist,
falsely called natiooal, is supposed' rift stand. Hers we
must tarn to tho priosciplcs of—tkg constitution. 11,
those we lelra that EngDebartolo," tidy to bo tared
by reel repreanstatieq, for wbere_we talk of piaci•
plea. all fronds and orockerlea, iN stains, cheats, aid
impositions, how ancient soever, are Oat of the qs.s.
tion. Now, Ivry Lord, by thepriatipki,rit the Coasti-
tution we leare.tlipt ha Parlianteatrao!osse4ratione/Ip
exist beyond isdleration of ewe year. Wherefore it is
mosetrous to suppose, as tevlrheft on by •Vr• Cwibett.
libas the " children nobors," ale to be lazed by Lord
Lowlenderry's majority.
But the Folding Spivs" had its commew--
Parliament which hod

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-4 its esnotitatiamileborae, sod of which set a gi.
tine% part of the people had been electors. Therrfire.
in addition to so extreme a defect of iepreseetatmo at
the first as is here manifest, the member, of the Cut.
mons Hem is 1694. when the Fending System was
treated, had in fact, by se illegal ceatinumwe iitheit
seats from the year.l699. Ileums varirpe)a d logisie.
it,. authority; and, consequadr, iecapalslehtwieing
.Walidfty. or soh lawful existtue, to that pushiest
system.
New. my Lord. as se length of time eat.giviageett
title to tyraety, or a legal exieteoce so slayety or op.
pension of may hied, so it is evident that this Fvndiag
System, founds,' on taxing unborn generation& and
which is now stroll's is such a magnitude, that n de-
vours more thee half of what the nation has *albeit
on, is radically vicious, rotten at the very root, ant for j
the nation's was( ought to be extingeished. *..
How this relief shall be effected, so as to tali, the
least possible pain, is another questiou. The obriose
mode, however, is, by having recourse to a resticel re-
. form of the Commons House ; for thereby alone can
the suffering nation be pat into right hand., furor.
lag is the Samaritan wine and oil of wisdom sad vie.
the, tied binding up with beoevelence the bleeding
4iieffif which threaten the Conssituties with des*.
Is such a case, doubtless. your Loidehip will believe
that there are in England, peewee .peneeseieg the ee.
emery " powers of mind" for girls/ considerable
Aildlity and ease to the healing operation.
Year Lordship says, " Now surely Mr, Coifed has
is too ouch sense not us know. that if SOO' 4 pies.
" were to take place, it world end in depriving all
" those who bear me of whaiever property they pos.
"-use. and 'sad I. =diet abort of revelation!"--
But is there Yet hers. my good Lord. the asiwasption
of a prophetic knowledge that whertaia eustereekt.
IS such ease. COILS to pass, which.- 'being contrary to
aware. would be *sales skeet 11 enirsealoas T Arc-
linterkdge is mush mere easily isseemed. than proved.
He who minium biesmilf siferabewing that • mi-
racle stiff limped, would de wet far mlenrieg ma shit I
be path in reality a pessphet's tomudadoo, by perfets-
log beforehand a miracle in our peruses; for wain
short of this. cats warrant us in asiesduieg the junks'
of so extraordinary a preteosion. •
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it%e this appeal to Mr. Coslarrv, that -iy
iv • duo attehtios to the cesclskateee wlsic
aid the eircutssteaces dictated, cOnientei h I with
a qiagle argument, but it was enonsweerside. It toiled
alibis inheres* right of every man having his suffrage.
Ames a member of the St*, was required to *erre
in arms at the hazard of ids life, for defence of the
common property of the whisk empathy, and cense.
gutsily for defradisig your Lordship's estate.
Those, my Lord, who do not andfrebeed and anent
, to the proposition, have not kept pace with *ismer.
kdge nigh* age. That naassereetble argue** et Mr.
1 COD.SETY will receive support from a few mit, with
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which ibis letter will conclude.
1 1. The right to political freedom is, by the law of
Nature, inherent is every man, poor as well as rich.
and this right will he denied by cone. bet those who
sesame to be wiser thee Gad, that is to says dble 0• •
Sentrive a better law thaw that of nature. .. t
L. The author of Christianity legislated on the prin.
clple of a perfect eqsality in the settee of men, treat.
fog the least opals.* with the same respect as the used
wealthy; couiderieg all alike as the proper Jodrell
the means of .heir owe welfare in points of the high*
ileporteoce; and teaching, es drat*, the exercise of
'.their own reale* aid free will. •
3. If Jesse were right, then teat the Odor be !W-
-aal to that suffrage, whereby alone their reason aid
4ree will eau be exercised, (in communities too Intel- .
live aid populous for personal legislature.) for psi-
du self defence, in the choice of law makers • lo '
wedir that they may not be governed by persons ;hag
saber men have set over them, with a legislative power.
that may uffeci their lires, property and peace; which i
Ii a definition of el
4. NO a single instatice It the history of mankind
has ever proved that the poor of a nation have ever
'titre against their rulers, or seised the property of
the sigh; 'ashes 'drives to teeptratieretroppreveion
and cruelty in the extreme; wh history is fall of
'wideste against rulers and the rick. for hallo/ beens
is all ages, but too prone to tyranny and oppreesiells
se the injury of the poor ; for proving which, the pre•
stet state of things in our own country is a Woolf
ease in polo; and demonstrates the impropriety of
adding to the natural influence and intaraidelide lb"'
ia.kerent Ia rem/tie, ally degree of *Oat authority by
partial lairs.
5. Experience hereby shows. that the oppressilm
and insolence of rulers must be eztreeue. ere a people
.eft be provoked to resist or disturb a long estabeisbed
,gsvernment, to which, by habit they are attacixat
we it violates reason to imagine, that iesersectios d
A mission could happen, in coma:smear of sock *V'
',unmet* having' been freed of reirruptieass oPP/4ss_.
sod vexation, so is to eeibreee all rights sod pew"'
all interests.
6. There being the best and easiest' means Si Si'
'airing property by iufweery, and of securing: ie br
,rudenee, where freedom is perfect; se a teal? W
:ieople are, of all others, most 16t din d m rel-
ervation of jest*, tad . ease.
The writer subscribes Woolf your Lorill'h iiilrta
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