The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-01

we have already faid, in refpe9 to the mean!
by which his partizans have fucceeded in fore
, ING him inio the repreientation OF TeRmiuf1er
WhateVcr aicrtious. We have made upon tn.
iucJect, we can be at no lois 20 prove. The
Proof can only eSpofc thofr whole names and
descriptions we have it in our powerto lay be.
tore The public though we would do it with
reluctance, beeaye from TIE numerous a3tEcafi.
en5 shea4y naSde 10 as, Enes tie appearance OF
or e. bmatffJ H@dreI, sve /se tbai may 81
i0efe, sveo as tradejaen, aypire to any thing Ike
ret?eHa6iity OF character, already repent the
oiind precipitancy of their zeal, and even to
oeprecate the dragging of their names before
the public, IL abettGrs of caule, sazv ronfG:
ed TO be 0"trnre0gQr dy2eyal end uueonG;tpfion4!,
by every one who has read tie opinions slireii.
go to the electors of Wenminfter by Sir Francis
neutrality-suspicious., which every Inaa, of any
character among them, NUT rejeei, as adding
lniult to iugra'itude. We canno, thiul, OF +,
gracing our columns by detailed enumeration
or all the voters in favor of Sir Francis Burdel,
but the few whole names and occupations we
have 1t IN our power to give, will he fully fuf-
hc'ent to aicertain and characterize the defc rip
ton OF perions in which his pariizans houd
be cIailcd''
Row the Grf aftrticn here made, IS a
downright falfehood. Nothing at all has
been iettied upon, or even propofed, Of the pur-
port here ttated. But am far from thinks
that trtumphai chsiring ought not TO take
place and, !: | were the manager of it, MOI
ahursdIy, wosid have it on the very day Of
me opening OF parliament, ard wCud have The
proceiiion end Gf there be no law or ufsge or
iegai order to the contrary at the very door of
the HSute. The king has ordered la TO Re
told, that in this difIolu'ion of parliament, he
has 9 REQUIRED TO fbeJsnjf Of biz plac,s pa the
people OF Weitminiter, the people of the firft
CITY IN the Kingdom, have expreiIed their Gcufe
In chookne OF Sir Francis Burdett; 3 wh-, they
nave done this by f. very decided majority
ihall they be called q ms6 ; Was it 10 mob
that the king appealed And Gall the people
be deferred from showing their re gard. in any
lawful manner they pleafe, for the % jea of
their choice The hireliuEs rever ceafr 20 tell
us, that the times are c,ifica! and fha
they blame the l{eople for acting as if they
thought them 70! They are continually call.
ing upon the people to thow their cGereg; and
mall they repreienr them as having dtiisns TO
oenroy the government ard contribution, be-
canie they have Crown that they felt uncommon
lnteret IN an election Were there eve, known
pePriar proceedings 70 marked bytranqu'i ,y
and pToprety, as tho!c of the electors OF Sir
Francis Hurdeti? Not hngle at of violence
have they committed, or attempted to commit
Nothing ittlamm2tory has appeared from any
man OF them /; and are they now to be repre-
tented as iansuinary mob, while in almoft the
very lame columns, the violence of the delud-
ed ra5b'e o! Liverpool and Biitol are cited as
mark OF Iey-ity and religion /? Indeed, one OF
Inc Offences ot the electors Of WeltminRIr ar
pears to be, III At they were not 70 be d,ludcd
by the hyPocnticai cry of ''n0 bobery." 1t is
an offence, in the eyes OF the champions OF cor.
ruption, that this cry was july etimated :;
that IT was clearly ieen to have bseu iuyente =
Tor the pufpofc of turning the attention Of
the people from the real grounds OF the com!eIt
between The factions and that accordingly,
Il was treated with contempt.
Entitled TO equal credi: is The af!artion, thai
lone OF the electors have applied 10 the editor
OF the Morning Pof not to pWhlilll their names
as ee6toTt of 81 Francis Burdett This is sno-
ther downright fai'ehood, invented for the pur-
pole of Ge;uded Perions, who live at a d.hance
from London; for near tn; fpot, fuch an after.
ton viii gain no belief. TIE addrers OF Sr
Francis BurdEtt is perfectly ia character. Ii ..
preciieiy what his electors expected and, #
had not excited clamoufs amonga the hoas OF
corruption, il would not have ani,yefed its our
poiC. Every one me, laid a perT9n to me,
the other day, IN Oxford Erect every oae
meet rcprobaies the addreis OF Sir Francis Bun
dstt."--" Which way did you come faid l.
"Why," replied he, " rom Whtc Hall, acrois
the Parade through St. James, Place, aad IN
S.. JamSs's and Bond-Greet." Wen, then"
added /, "now go to Somerfct Place, n,
Change, the India Houft, Loyd's, The Cuflom
H5ulr and the Excite Ofics, and YOU will ,nert
with exactly The fame cry. But, when sou have
heard the hundreds at theie Places. then 90 and
hear the thoufands and hundreds q ihoulands
in the mauutadories, in the ihops, In the work
IbCps, upon the river aud in the gardens. Gu
aud hear thOle, whole lahuur, Whole i; genui;y.
and whole indufry IN every way are t.xed To
iupport the el7morous whom you have heard
GO hear the lahOrious father Whole means or
provlion for his children Is token away t,y the
income tax; 60 hear the merchant ~ho Is com
peled 10 make an e%pOiure OF all his mod pri.
vate coacssas, 5Ec whr, by the takers, is frs-
quehtiy not believed upon his oash 20 hear
the numerous aunutsnts from whole f-antv
means Of fubiiAeuce ous-tenth is annually aiken
IN a dlre6t tax, while no greater 4 proportion is
taken from the NAV Of freehold eft ste 20 hear,
in iiIort, all thOfe who have morning. bot their
labor, OF one fort or another, 10 lulG;t on, and
who have no flare in the taxes 20 hear tbefe,
and then cor6e and tell nc, on Which fde vou
find the majority. "-Well may ,here be cl,.
mours aesjnA this addrcis Look at the K I'd
Book. Only LOOK at the ontiidc Of il. Look
at its bulk. See it f@elled TO the thickusfs Of a
dUodecino bible, and wOsder not that the adj
dreis has excited Glamour. Ii 10 bigger than
both army and navy IN put together. The fe-
verai HRs ia il prize numbers, including re-
Iation and dependents, fnrpa1iug, perhaps, The
number Of petfons employed in be az rlculiure
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