Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-27
RICHNOND, .M4RCH 81.
STATE OF ENGLAND.

III Is strange England was never much pTais-
ed and never wss she much embarrassed, She
but ascends to the pinnacle ofslory, TO look dow
upon the gnph which yawns beneath her
She has waged war for twenty years and boasts
ofhaviEg consummated all the objects She had al
heart. She has put down the Jacobins in France
arrested as she hopes the march Of revolution il,
that Inflated country, and fixed the race of egitim
ate princes on the thrones of Europe. She has civ
en- loose TO her own hatred of France stripped her
OF her treasures and her trophies and bound the
eai m by the isnominious cham of the Bourbons-
Louis is on the throne; and Carnot is eyiIeti fron
the soil OF France Her poets sing of her numer-
Gus glores. -They boast of Trafalgar as the scene
OTHER naval superiority, and of Waterloo, where
her troops won the prize OF g!ory.-But, though
thus triumphant and appauied, how comes it about
that her people cannot cheertu!ly sit under their
own vines and ig-trees, with " nora to make them
AFRAID How comes it Ia pass that in this very
aood-de Of national exultation, her statesmen are
startled at the prospect which lies before them
Peace was regarded the hsrbiager of every bles-
sing but 10 ! when Peace comes, a train of cares
and :rnblrrsssments follow in her tram. Amidst
the clang OF irumpets aad the shouts of victory
the small sllvoice, not of conscience but of eacl-
iation, pours io-ta its ominous whispers. From
dreams of glory, England must be reused, to con-
template the dry realities Of finance. She that
boasts so much OF cosquerins others, is herself poor
and almost bankrupt.
England is in the situation Of n mailman, who in
the paroxysns of his insanity, has performed such
feats OF strength, astonish every beho,ier; but
when me returns to himself discovers that he is as
weak rs child. Her energies almost exhaust
Ell by her preternatuia efforts. TO Dav her own
aees and armies, substitute foreign .nerceusries in
her crusades against the OF liberty, she has
made the most extraordinary exertions % finance
taxes have followed taxes, and loans have succeeded
loans. untn Size has accumulated load OF debt,
which IS enough 90 To sink hsVy."
Her funded debt, inclusive ofths exeheqner bills
about to be landed, amounts to one fhoUS.ud 7siae
hunc!'ed md ffty millions stsrkpg-8,OOo UOO.O 900
dollars Otthis enormous suo, least three -lourths
have been conhac,edd during the present war.
The erPences OF the national debt are this year
estimated ct more than III millions pounds sterling
about Is millions ofthis are pledged 10 the sinking
fund tod'scharge part OF the principal Of the debt
the residue, 90 millions sterling, gnes 20 pay
the interest ai0ne more than lbs millions of dol
lars, and nearly equal 20 the whole debt Of the u
States.
1t is alenost iie to talk about discharge of the
Principal Of the debt. The wisest of her states
men have long since abandoned the idea in utter
despair. They are content TO meet the instruments
ofiniereSf, as they fall DUE and the great difficulty
at present is, how 20 do this much
The fG1es are nov Of two descriptions 4 the as,-
DlG1ent taxes, which levied either in peace n
in war and the 7ol'-iareS, which were impos in
consequence Of the necessities ofthe war, and which
both ministers and people understood would be tn
ken oil, as soon as those neee sstes had c-as.f-in
ioi tiit laSt 1edr WHICH armament nave Hny
accounts, the net produce Of the taxes was Gs7s1-
1881 OF this sum. 9i,562,O75l were the zgar-far-
IS the balance being the frat of the peace-tac-
The fruit Of these peaceaxes, then, is barely suf
tccut 10 pay up the here5. and the other expences
of the dcbt.-Not one cent viii be Ief to meet the
orfhn.-y er5saces ofhie g1rerHnent. which are
generally estimated SO . millions. What, then
becomes Of the navy what of the army what II
the thousand mIckworms, that prey upon the pub
Tic the Lords Of the Evch~qusr the lords OF the
bed-ehamber} our most Sovereign ord the King
himself? Or. that instrious paragon Of purity, the
Prince Rtsent with all his train OF parasites and
pinps'
The people will not patiently listen 10 the confiu.
nance Of the War-taxes Fne Property tax, aod
the lncOuc-tax are ahhorrent to All tl,-r eliags
" As f)r the IpcgWe-far (say the Eknjurg Re
rTsrgsrs IN Octoberas' it is on every principle 50
oppressive, 50 contrary to the principles of the con-
sututiOr 50 destructive Of individual securitv end
comfort, that we csnqot suppose 2 free bsobe will
euanre L one instant after the Termination Of the
crisis which alone jpsiifsoFit." IL this dilemma
then, what IS 10 be done The reviewers are dri-
ven 60 the necessity of breaking toto tie sinking
fund. They propose 70 take from il seven MILL
Ons " IN AID Of the public neces-itcs" conte1dinp
that il is much better 70 break their faith wth the
public creditors, than with the people, to whom
Parliament are pledged 70 extnguish the war-taxes
withthe var.
According to this proposition, the account will
stand thus
The ne' produce ofIhe vhole Of die tarc,,
~ 1914, wss J. 6sTcf1s1
OF d,esc tic ssGr farcs Yielded 2f.sG2 RIA
Amount Of t,c net permanent revenue 4t7loiso
------
The cvp-nccs o. The Natio-a RENT fer fhe
Same var. Including the a'daijisi infe-
or iosss n,7dC during the year i5is.ec
ai,l irficdirg The annuii cspiuc. or thc
Sinking Fund, f0' nsariyas po1si5f-J 41,21q, is0
The arnualiy soNectej in taSes tosrp-
port tie susing Pond I99oo.O'o