Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-21
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POLITICAL.
FROM CoBBETT's WEEKLY REGISTER.
JULY 8, 1915.
TO MR.. NILES.

Prottrietor cfthe Weekly REGISTER. hu5-
Ashed at Baltimore, III the q. States Of
.6me7ica.
SIR-After thanking you for the num-
bers OF your publication, which Won have
been so good rs to send ne, proceed to
the subject OF this letter, the object of
which is to give to the people of the last
remaining rel,utic some information, which
they might not be able otherwise 70 obtain
relative to the effects producsd, and likely
to be produced, by the recent events in
France information which it is very ne
cessary Tor you to possess for, time may
not be distant, not nearly SO distant as Won
imagine, when you yourselves will feel some
OF the consequences of the events to which
I allude.
This second fail of Napoleon has caused
wonderful Joy In England amongst the
higher orders, and especially among the
6orOngt-nongerS, who have been now. u
second time, delivered or, at least. have
obtained arespite second time. The
reaction, which will certainly come, NAV
operate against them. But, in the mean
while, they get rid of their alarms, which
were, month ago, greater than at any for
mer period
The 6oasfing here is beyond all concep-
tion.-Though the fact is notorious, that
the Prussians and the Belgians were fight
ing on our side against the French tho
1t is notorious, that we held vast suDeri
of1ty OF numbers and means of all sorts.
we talk here as If the victory were Who'll
iy oar o7On. I7U0 hu7ldred thousand hounds.
at the first slap, has been voted TO the
great lord" as the Spaniards call him.
What did you vote TO Mr.. JACKSON. who
won more decided and glorious victory
at New-Orleans Burke, with his nen-
sion in his pocket, calls no6iHty and hou-
orS the CHEAP defence ofnations and so
they may Ill countries whose people do
not receive money along with the honors--
But, TINS grant Of money, enormous as it &c.
appears To be only beginning. a propo-
sltion has been made 20 make a grant To
the duke OF York; as commander in chief
OF the army, he having, in that capacity.
provided the army for the Duke of Wei
lington to night with. He has been paid
a pretty good salary for this, to be sure
put TINS, 1t seems is not enough. 1t is there
tore, now proposed, or at least has been pro-
posed by member of Parliament, to rive
HIM money on account ofthe success ofthe
army.
You will ask, what takes place in this
respect when we get beaten ? as in the
case of Plattsburgh, Lake Champlaio.
Lake Eric, Ncw-Orleans, &c. Whv. we
hold our tongues. We do not talk sbout
the matter, except to praise the valour of
our troops for day or two. Indeed the
country people in England, and great
many Of the towns-people, neuer kno7v A.
ny thing # such defeats, The London
newspapers, which alone have any very
wide Circulation, are employed in the
spreading OF falsshood and the suppressipe-
or truth. The country newspapers, with
very few exceptions, arc the mere eut
ters, through which pass part only of the ]
nth OF the more copious London sewers
but 1t IS, IT possible, the worst part. When
the news OF your grand achievement at
New-Orleans arrived, it was at once as
serted, that WE had gained a e1.eat Uicto-
7y Details even were published. The
same was repeated, with trining variations.
for week. Thus the country papers had
time to play their part. The victory was
believed IN, from one end Of the kingdom
to the other. At the end Of fortnight.
out slipped the account Of the deEat in the |
Hioafe ofa GazeHe, stuffed up with ad !
verrssments and promotions. We could |
not accuse the Government Of not hu5leh- |
inS q but, in fact, the mass Of tie peo-