Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-02-17

i"S.ohS oI oppreSSorS-Oy the revolution
ot1776 you escaped this most impious of all
the arts OF state quackery.
In Britain (for it is the. example held
out to us) no one tax is found to consolidate
together the energies of such a good pov-
ernment, so well as tythes-that is, the
zenith part of the produce of every farmer.
does, by law, belong to a clergyman of the
established church-no matter whether
the farmer belongs tothat church or to ano-
Their. The state church must be support
ed-because it combines both temporal
ana spiritual influence. And the esta-
olished clergy, in return for the favor of
the state, act as sfifes to deliver over, with
the assistance of the parish hqvyer and pa
IRISH e.reiseman for punishment every de-
claimer agalnsttoo much energy i'm govern
ment.
The Privileged clergyman adds spiritu-
al excommunication in Britain--to the ter
rors OF regular government.
The tyfhes are Tohoiiy haidbu the farmer
he he Calvinist or Quaker-Mcthodist or
Seeker-he pays the tenth to the esta-
blished church.
Surprising farmer were to rent three
hundred acres fland, and offer the clergy
man enc hundred of them instead of fythes
and beside paying the rent for the cler-
gyman-think you he wcald accept the
land, even with the rent paid?
No he would not
His tenth of the produce would be better
IN Britain than one third of the land after
defraying charges of cultivation-for far
mers in England are generally rent
erS-
The farmers, in the first place, pay
the rent
Secondly, the land tax, and all the other
forcs, we have enumerated, in preceding
numbers
Thirdly, the wages of his servants, and
the expense ofhis house and farming uten-
sils.
Fourthly, blowing manuring and SOW
ing.
Filthy, reaping.
And after the farmer has incurred all
this expense and labor-then comes the es-
tabushed cfergyDian...but not nil then
he farmer, when his wheat is cut must
put it up in the field in sheaves of ten in
each heah-
Then the clergyman comes and picks out
one of the best; if there is one heap in eve
ny ten that looks bigger than the others,
that is certain to go to the established
church.
The farmer is obliged to put his 6arIev,
and oats, and hay also in heaps and the
clergyman gathers up every tenth heap in
like manner-he takes his choice, one out
efeUery ten.
The farmer dares NOT touch any of his
own property, the produce Of his labor and
expense, till he has given notice to the cler-
syman; and even then the parson may
suffer his tenth parts to remain in the field
AZ hours-and the poor farmer dares
not turn III his hogs, or his turkeys, or
poultry, the while
These various articles, however, are
only what are called the great tytheS
After that the farmer is obliged to pay
to the established church composition for
feeding, and pasturing his own cattle, sc.
&c.--and these are called the little
tytheS
Then for the farmers 7Uife-
She poor woman, comes under the par
sons clutches
She must carry to the parsons house
every tenth chicken
Every tenth goose, turkey and duck
Every tenth egg and roasting hig-
The tenth of her APPLES, and Peaches
and hears and cherries.
and more, she must pay conlhoSition
for the cabbage, thyme, onions, celery,
parsley, &c. sc. of her garden.
1t poor man has only one hen, and that
hen matches seUen chickens, the parson
takes one, notwithstanding; it was not the
parsons fault if the hen had not ten instead
of seven-the same of the htters of pigs,
the same of geese, &c-the LazVS give il
him.
This must be a stupendous fabric of hui
man wisdom-.for The fdrson'S Of tie es-
tabfshed church !!
Then the clergyman, takes the tenth
Caif-also for the established church.
He has the tenth hart of the milk every
day.
Or if the parson chooses the whole milk
of every tenth ddy--he may make the
choice.
Many poor calf and hog goes with hun
CRY belly in England, eUery tenth DAY.
but who viii be so jaco6inicaL as to say the
governn ent was made for caiveS ? Or
that John Bull is only a GREAT CALF for
submitting to it
n Then comes Easter dues
Farmers of America, do you know what
EdSt'r dues are
it is curious to see the poor agricultural
iaborers (the clodpoles) in Britain, whose
children are almost starving, or feeding on
their barley cakes, Juggling the tenth of their
scaDty produce, Of their gardens-their
eggs, their poultry, and NTH tears, knock
ing at the door Of minister of a church
called Christian
There is energy foryou 60 how de-
"graded are the United States, by "A jaco-
"binicat democratical government, such as
"they no7V haze" said " gUaTn,iv federap