Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-25

ing 50 Clearly SAcHn thIt shcy nave EhoSe
soishss. But. the cause appears be this
they see, they fret, that the weight of the
taxes in England, joined to other causes,
must, if the world be left in quiet for years,
produce great degree Of decline il this
country. These men have, for many years,
been bawiers for war. They now tell US,
that the war has been crowned with glori-
Gus success ; but they forcsee that peace 70
rs will be not what peace usually has been.
They saw that the peace ofParis instead OF
crouding our ports with ships and goods,
and filing our streets with the hustle of
trade, produced a calm, u stiffness, rs to
trade, truly gloomy. They saw that our
own people fccked to France for COM
Portable living. They saw enterprising
tradcsmen and manufacturers ilock.ng to
America. They saw the houses in and
near London untsnanted. They every
Where heard Of the decay oftr3dc, and or
rui.ed farmers. They saw that without
law 10 raise the price Of corn, the taxes
could not be paid BY either landlord or
tenant. They saw, in short, that the war
had created the cause of impossibiity to
live III peace while France On one side,
and America on the other, held forth the
temptations of liberty and abundance. And
they saw, which, observe, was not the
smallest object of their terror, that the land
lords and tenants, in almost every part Of
the country, complained Of the hardship of
tyt.ieS, and pointed out the erGmhie Of
France, Eohere tythe8 had teen abolished.
They know, that we have about forty-fve
millions of pounds, or 80 millions Of dol
lars, n YEAR, to pay in taxes far eUer, be-
ing the interest Of the debt, instead Of the
niue millions of pounds, or SO millions of
dollars which we had to pay On this &C
bet he 2 it,
consequence ofthe increase OF industry pro-
duced in France by the revolution, and of
our burdens produced by the war, the
French are able to sell in our markets at
much less than half the price that we must
sell at, CT must leave The taxes unpaid
They see all these things. They are seiz-
ed with panic, that the ought lille Isl
al;d' qvil become as desert as that on which
CAPTAIN LAKE. put the poor fellow Jef-
fries, who was saved by the kindness of one
ct your countrymen (; and, in the rage, in
spired by their forebodings, they would, if
they could, render every other country too
miserable for man to live ill., They do not
recommend the reducing OF the army to
what 1t was before the war. They know
that this would not answer their purpose.
They might recommend the reduction of
the May but, then, yoU stare them in
the face. The Civil List is Indispensable
They would recommend to wipe Off the
debt bat then the whole system crumbles
TO atoms. Their last resource is, the hope,
by their writings, to str up the means of
making other nations still more zpretche a.
The state OF this country, as regards the
mcaEs Of enjoying happiness, may be pref
~ correctly estimated by this one fact !:
namely, thai notice has been given in the
House II Commons, that measure VIII be
proposed early in the next session TO Luy a
Ta.c ufi0n tie iirQferiy Of all herSous, 70ho
siaH go TO reside car Of tie kings do7nil-
ions, from which tax those residing IN them
shall be exempt. 90 not believe it likely
tor such . law to pass but, alter what we
have seen, do not pronounce it to be i'm
possible. At any rate, the idea has been
seriously enough entertained TO produce its
mention in Parliament. Reflect then, for
moment, on the means which must be US
ed II order to sssess such a tax: reflect
on the Immediate superintendent which
1t would give the government over the per-
son Of every man of property: reflect on
the vassal-lil-c degradation to which it
would reduce US: reject on the passions
which such state of restraint would en-
gender; and, then, form to yourselves IN i
uca of the desperation, which must have
been the parent of such a propositions
he truth is, that the amount of the taxes
is now so great, that all but the immense
fortunes. are sinking under the weight :
and shat, too, with q rapidity that is quite
Astonishing. The necessities of the gov
ernment require SO large a part Of every
mans income and earnings, that numbers
are seeking the means OF escaping from the
demand. Taxes, when excessive, must
crate paupeis because they go on press
ing the whole CT the people downwartls -
and, Of course, those who are just above
the poor list, are forced intoit 1t has late
II been stated in Parliament, and, thattoo,
by GEORGE ROSE, that the begga7s, the
common beggars, in the metropolis alone,
have increased 10 thirty thousand Equal
10 nearly half of the whole population of
Philadc iphia, when lived in it. This fact
appears to have been stated by Geo. Rose
as Introductory 20 \ measure for Huttiug u
8t2h 10 the cUK But how Would he
send the beggars to the country We are
overstocked already. Observe, trining as
is this village, scarcely day passes WITH
out bringing one, and generally more, beg
CARS 70 my door. Tie UagTqntdct warrants
us in taking them before justice and ha-
wing them punished But, who will take
the trouble, even if he wishes to do it p
Thus are they left to wander about. They
swarm over the country ike the vermin
upon their own bodies and are produced
by causes nearly similar. / have here
stated two striking facts my authority is
the Parliament itself. / state them here,
In the face ~ tse cOrr,frC and th1ie invif,.