Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-05
POLITICAL.
From Co66ett's Neekiy Register
Of august 20.
TO lord SHEFFIELD.

TO LORD SHEFFIELD
Intending to Sho1y, that the situation Of
England, comiiared qvith thar If liner
lea, Is such, and The inducement 20 emf
;gration 50 great, that in order TO ire
Serre our manu- acturcs, noe only ought
there 10 be- no tar ufion 1voot imforted,
BIZ that the earn Bill oughfto be re
hs0ied.
ar LoRD,
The situation of England, compared
with that of the United States of America
is such as TO induce every man to emigrate
to them, who pr, fesses any degree OF
knowledge III the making of machinery or
manufactures, or, indeed, processes enter
prize III amy art or science, ard vino is not
bound TO England by ties which cannot be
broken. The number OF the former is We
~ great. There are always great ma
ny persons, who wish TO better their lot :;
who aspire to something more than fortune
has given them. And the number of these,
In agriculture as well as in arts and manu-
features, must be greater now than ever,
seeing the general depression, which 1T pre-
sent reigns i'll England, with the most
gloomy pr spect for the future.
IareS, no matter by what part of the
community paid, in the first instance, or in
what shape collected, produce, according
to their amount, dimnution IF the means
OF living in all those who do nor share in
Them after they are collected. The mob
both high and low, are eternally backing
on the government to tax what they call
luxuries. Just rs if the taxes on wearing
hair powder, on armor!al bearings, and on
sport dogs, did not descend through the
| IN "A ~, 1rS-carc
tiers, dog breakers, and game keepers, to
the bakers, butchers, chambers shops,
taylors. shoe-makers, farmers and labaur-
ers. We have an additional tax on Ba-
cheiors. " Oh aye tax them as much as
you please" ,exclaim the ripened spin
sters. But. my good ladies, do you think
that the taking away of a part oftheir for
tunes will quicken their disposition to in
dulge IN that greatest of all Lu1uries, a
wife do you not see, rather, that what is
taken from the bachelor produces a ramifi-
| cation OF privatons, some of which reach
even You, my Gears, who SO loudly applaud
the tax T! Such Notions IS these. as they
have had their rise amidst a belief in hob
COB ms, amidst all sorts and sizes of SUI
perstition so they Will vanish forever,
when common sense shall Indignantly
kick down the jug of holy water, and scat
ter the last manuals Of stupidity to the
winds.
lakes are necessary, in some shape or
| another, to pay for their services, those
who carry On the public affairs, in which
include the business Of the pubic defence.
| But, II they be Carried t. an enormous a.
mount; it the book Keepers, over lockers,
| &c. OF mandatory, for instance, take "a
| way so much, that the working people are
! reduced to half allowance, The former may
make brilliant figure, but the concern
must languish and decay 1; and the work
| Ing people will, the moment they are a.
bic, endeavor, by change ofpiace, to bet
| ter Their lot.
This is the state in which England now
is, including amongst the working people
all those vino receive no share of the tax
| es because those who live upon the pro-
| ceeds of their private incomes, suffer in
| the same degree, according to their wants,
| as the poorest laborer suffers. That,
which is now taken from the people in
England, form so large part of the pro
duce of the estates and labor, (includine
that OF professional men, that every one
feels the hardship come most pressing
| And, we all know besides, that this pres.
sure not now to be of temporary duration
We all know now that the pressure is t.
last IoreUer, unless, which is lite less APP.
| palling, the burden be shaken off by the 20.
tai overthrow of the funds.
II is frequently said. with what folly OF
impudenoe we shall soon see, that Il
trade and navigation of the countr,
have ke3t face in their increase with thai
of the tareS. The best way will be, moi
to show, by reasoning, the utter absurdity
ofthis; but, at once, to go to the govern.
menPs own documents, laid before parlia.
ment, and from them to prove its Owl
fa!s.hood
In order to take away all pretext fol
saying, that | am comparing state o.
peace with state of war that am reck.
oniug the heavy expenses Of the present
or late years, as if they were to last
forever, i will take in no taxes al
present. but such as are to last forever
That's to say, the taxes ON account Of the
debt, the capital Of which, as all the worlC
now secs, never can be paid oh or d,
minished without ahongc. well
| then:
In 1879 The taxes raised
on account of the
debt, amounted
!, m,