The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-07

holding comm''iIoDs of the peace; while the iuflice,
and police 81 the community, Is left ignorant, pre-
Turning and Incorporate upstarts, devoid Of all quail
eaos ard endowment, except that alone, If il may
be termed iaeh, Of unconditional fubalion and obe-
ence to the controulng nod ofthe;r hoafted patrons
u they faithfully adhere tins, they may go all
Lengths in violence and outrage to rae their confe-
quence and enhance their elimination in ftrikng ter
ror into the multitude. 1heie have there
fore the efrontery puI themleves forx ard on eve
ry occaGon and, after ferries Of habitral aes Of
turptude, whenever opportunity offers telf the-
become The ftourges and fire. brands Of the country
IL is much he laren.ed that there hu- too ma
ny examples Of thi. meanchoe truth, and that in
too many inances thei- wretohss have been fet on
"a Commit fragrant ass Of outrage to anfver the no.
itical purpofss of their patrous, who sr;., from,
appearing perionay concerned in THEE de. Is Of Same
On fuch locations, from behind the curtain, tie
hirrGng crew are fent riot on the Public fscr
and dreadful are the confeguerces thar follow while
the vile underfrappers u,.erlv gnoraut Of the
caule, and never Guefion the motive OF their iubor-
dination.
AS the emiilaries of the Union utercaed the feel
ngs of the p-aianry with feipe6 rents and tithe.
70 alfS they endeavonred to prelude. TIE opinion,
of the llty in general. againA The hierarchy ard O.
her parts Of the ecceiianica ettablii'ment They
repreiented that, while the Of the Irif pr,-
ates amounted collectively above eighty thouant
pounds year. b.iides imnenfe fums levied as fines
on the leafes of the lands and while the revenues
ut chapters and parochia clergy, amounted 10 near
million of pounds annually, the Wait expenees OF
this Establishment ufelefs for the purpoies of re-
gion, the encouragement or fupport of literature
nee preferments given foley from temporal or
political motives without regard to moral character
or literary merit; and fnce the religious Offices Of
the church were performed Tor about fxty thoufapsi
pounds year, by number Of eurates, who labour
n penury and eonfequclt contempt, for falaries
which, compared to the of he prelates de-
mon.trated icandaious inequality inverleiy rropor-
tonae TO the utility oftheir emroyments.
Though the liberty of the prefs had been circum-
icribed much by the precautions of the Legislature
means were found ltil employ this engine to the
augmentation of the popular dcontent aud difpoii,ion
to lubvert the eaablinled government. Two papers
called the Northern Stor and the Pref, were printed
in fucceflion for that purpoe, and indutriouy ercu
Iated. The former, inntuted a, BelaR, in the fun-
mer OF 1907, was not fuppreIed otherwe than finn
ply by an act Of military execution; party of
folders taking pof1eon of the printing office and def
troying the types: the latter, efablifhed in Dublin
toward the Slofe of the fame year, and afterwards
lin eonfrquence of new law publifbed under the
guidance OF Mr. OConnor, as the perfon reponiible
Tor ITS contents who is known have been then
member of the Irih directory, was nterdita ed by
another at of parliament. which has confined the
liberty of printing and Pubfiiug within very mar
row limits.
lar periods, and printed one iide of the paper
to TIT for being pa!ied walls, and frequently e-
cond editions PubIiihed of the fame numbers
Il chiefly coniitted of and abuive character
OF perions fuPPofed 10 have been piorners aeainli
United lriihmen, active oppoiers of their deigns
and to ueh lifts were generally added the moi furi-
Gus exhortations to the popuace rife and take ven
geance their opprecrs To flew the fpirit of this
paper, privately printed, and ndu2riouhy circulated
the following extract may be fuficient " Let the
indignation of man be RATED againfl the impious
wretch who profanely afumes the title of reipnisg
BY TIE gra.e Of God, and mpudently tells the world
" De can do z1,Ong !---lriihmen Is granting
ratent, and offering premiums to murderers TO de-
populate your country. and take away your proper
ties no wrong Is the foreign defpot incapable of
Sc wrong, who iharpens the fword that deprives You
OF HE, and exPoies your children poverty and all
its confequent caamities' Oh, man or rather
lefs, o king will the fmothered groans of my
eountrymen who in thy fill the innumerable
dungeons you have made, for Altering their iua
rights, be eonfdered no wrong? VIII enlightened
lrfhmen believe you incapable of wrong, who offer
up the moi amiable of mankind daily on the fcaf
" told, or the gibbit, to thy niatable ambition Is
burning the villages OF what you call your people
and ihoo,;ng the trembling fnfferers no wrong
Are the continual wars you engender and provoke
to detroy mankind, no wrong' Co, ir, pi1us blaf-
pheer, and your hypocritcal forcerers to the fate
&" jufice, and liberty eonfign thee Ere the grave
p" enboioms thee, make one stonement for the vices
4" ofthy protectors reilt not the claims of a peo
" pie reduced to every ilery in thy name give back
" the properties that thy nation wrefed from fuE
ferng people; and let the defendants of thofe En-
glib inruders, retore lrihmen their country and
to their country liberty It's rather late to trae
" one fortunate breeze may do it, and then, woe to
" him who was tyraut, or who is uniut !"
Such were the addref1ts and declarations. with
which this paper was daily teeming. 1t particularly
poured forth the dinrenes of the Catholic BODY and
taught them to be more dleontened with the exiting
government Of the country But this lefon had been
long fully learnt FOR no Roman province no COLONY
in the Eaf or Wei. no dependency of ancient Lace
damon or Athens, no ally of modern France, were e.
yer 70 keenly and automatically Heeced and piaped
than theie unhappy people. Every thing was made
pretext for plumber. They nrugged for liberty I'M
der Charles /. and pundered They ilrugqled
for royalty againh the rebellion and were plundered
They Tough, for James II. and were plundered The
robberies of the rebellion legazed at the reno-
ration. The robberies of the revolution were fecured
by long and grievous train Of palms. penalties and
disabilities too weghty for any people to ftir under
EnglIfh adventurers, Scotch adventsrers Dutch adj
venturers, let oole tten at their expence and
their farrell poiIeoDs from the owners TO
enrich pimps, paraites, mnions generals hate-cred-
tors and land-iurveyors. The trainers of the union
therefore, iudied how to roJfs them to refhauce Of
the Inundated aud degraded condition to which thew,