The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-06
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FROM coBBErT's WEEKLY PoLIrIcAL RE.
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se ms, considered, by some persons, at least. MS
cify TOR the expressing of national Joy; that it
IS, IN short, To be day for ]usILEs, that is to
say, OF rejoicing and all sorts OF merriment and
signs OF gadnssss anal it is to be so, for what /,
why, 1t seems. because, upon that day, the king
enters upon the fiitieth year Of his reign. Now,
sir, had no other objection 10 your proposition
than that which is founded upon the nature o;the
occasion, it its general prapiple, and. if the iubi
lee were expressly stated TO he merely mark of
personal respect towards his majesty, under
whose reign was born, would very willingly
nave joined your subscription but, sir, so far
irom'ts being expressly declared, ihat the jubi.
lee IS 10 be regard as mark OF personal res.
pect towards the king, it is perfectly notorious.
that with those individuals who have taken the
iead IN the thing, and who indeed. first set it on
.he ioot' the Objects any thing but that which |
nave described, and, that one OF the main purr,o-
ses 49, IN this direct manner to obtain what will
DC construed into " a general appreciation of all
MINISTERIAL measures OF this long and unfortunate
reign'-rather than aid in affecting whicI. pur-
pose, ! shall certainly run the risk of exposing
myself TO your implied charge of disloyaity, Of
.he Jesuce ana decency of which charge will
speak more particularly by and by
But, let us inquire little closer into this sub.
Jecto. rejoicing You call upon me to rejoice on
me nitieth anniversary of the kings accession to
me 'hrone. Now even viewing the matter in the
pest possible light even sup.,osng, that YOU
wish the jubilee to be held with reference to III.
King soIey' TO the KING personally why would
you nave me rejoice at this time in particular ,
fou certainly would not call upon us, your neigh.
oors to express our joy that 40 years ofhe kings
reign aireaay past; to clap our hands and TO
snout because be has passed nine years beyond
the age OF man; to sing and dance and drink for
Joy because the king is very old to be full of ioy,
80 o'erhow with g!acfness, in short, because tile
sung mas attained to An age, which according to
DStrp NfIa. l..
Oh ms reign OF but short duration. No; it GER
amy is not at this that you call upon us to joce
ot At what then, would ysu ~ Us rejoice? If rot
al the old age ofthe king, which ia lust the same
.hllg as the mere length OF reign; if not at this,
you must then wish us to rejoice at and to cele-
ofa,e 'he changes and events of his reign, and,
=" 'is way, To express our gratitude for the good
wi'icn the nation has derived from those changes
aa events Let US, therefore, see whether those
changes anti events are such as call upon us for
expressions OF JOY and gratitude
When the king mounted the throne |; the DEM.
o' winch the nation pays the interest in taxes a.
,iou'eu 10 about 80 millions il now amounts TO
W 'hi',ions; and one years taxes row is as nesr-
equai 10 what the whole debt then was The
poor rates OF England and Wales then amounted
w "oou' milton and quarter annually they
no" amount To more than six millions annually
me number ofparish paupers was then about
t"o hundred thousand that number s now a.
po"e Twelve hundred thousand. These are pref
" GOOD proofs, sir, that we have no cause to re-
J"oe at inc changes of this reign. But, sir, there
IS one, which will be very pat to your purpose.
WHeh yo' nave the poor iab0rers OF DroxfDrd pa
r,sn assembled on the jubilee day /; and that is
tlae wiien this reign began, it cost the laborine
man i'e-day's work to earn bushel of -four
g tnat row 1t costs him ten days work TO earn
Dushei OF Hour and that if he happens to have
thrce children, it is upon the common run of wa
lmnOssihla for
housh lot his family to eat, to say nothing of
meat, drink, clothing, fire and house rent Pray,
sr, state the f4ct TO the young ones the cid one
VIII not need be told GIFT. State this fact to them
ana u they do not rejoice, it is very stranse in.
ueeo.-. Then, sir, it you should have some poll.
uc,ahs IN the higher seats ofthe festival, you may
chteitan them with the history of the last ffiy
years glories, in diplomacy and in war. You
may relate 10 them how we lost the continent of
america Tor the sake Of law a,,d how for the
sake, OF other taxes and Of corruption, we got
possession OF vast countries in thu East, through
tle means OF which countries enterprizn g young
men, With scarcely second shirt to their backs,
ana WIN not much greater stock of ideas, con.
uiVe so to draw upon the taxes raised III England
as to Gust from their estates those, by whom the
saia taSts have been paid.-From those topics
you may diterge into matters of a warke ma
ture you may remind the "loysl" audience Of
toe capture Ot n whole British army at Saratoga,
anu another at York. 10 wn. Dunkirk and Helder,
VIII, OF course become the theme ofyour praise,
alter which in due place. will follow Fer
roll buenos Ayres, Cmtra, Corrunus, Taia-
vera and WaIcheren. You will, then, doubt
less, attempt an enumeration Of those, who
have been slain during the thirty years of war
with which this nation has been blessed out OF
the happy Fifty nor would it be amiss if YOU were
to lay before The conyiviM guests a detailed
account oi those who have lately died at Walche-
rem, and ct the tiousara's Of SICK and wounded
len behind by our generalin Spain, to the mercy
Oh the frensh aye to the mercy of those very
French, whom the IoyaP' writer's in England
denominste blood thirsty "yillans."
Returning agaiD to the BILE ssings ofour present
state, and The catise we have for joy. you may
remind orr neprers that the kings servants ilI
their extreme care Of us, have introduced very
considerable body oiforcign troops into the coun.
try whole tcgon OF Ger0 tns, horse, foot c.i
a. i.iery. ioG may remind them OF the present
s~te OF Ireland and bid teH not forget the
nnnbfrc t yesrs during the present reign, that
sAw tlie re'sJisi security act suspended, 40
adr,Dg which years many &c Ucir countrJ m IN
E" e HePt iof yeas nIsn, without being brought
trisl irons trst 10 last. IL iiig be nos enough
ID yJu ind them stlll back ward IL rejoicing, nc.