Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-08
And now, whcn AZ yictn

-hun now, vticn tii'S NiculVy
What the fruits oft? la what siti,a.i1S1 y1c
luanees oi England
Are the e1,sences eat down II level with li-i
Incomes itthey were 50, the ps,ce-,axes Wsm
oa;y be sufficient to pay Of the snu,,ai cxpenc.s d
their mountain o. lebt--,hey wouis sti want some
ol their war-taxesto der.y the ,oo,t cpnnnn ex-
penccs ot the covcrament.---}at their expcnres are
MOI cut down. Retrenc nent is not yet the order
ot the '!sy. The navy and army 10 lac main
taiietl, on the scale oi the estimates uropnset
! heir d e5auehed Regent 10 saeriiicc sic
Mistress, or solitary eniGymcnt. PNvilions anil
Palaces aGe rising ike mushrooms. And 10 crown
the r.'iicnions Ia,ce Of mnuarchv stranger isin
ported To- marry ayoung woman, ahOis the is:iti-
wife helr al the throne and t. fl them nut, tine
distressed people Of Enslan are to ponr in their
contributons--6o 000t year for S"ifa6ie estab-
hShaeJit OUTFIT of cars s.,hil'y to be paid ia
advance "iO,09N fr the various expenees of
state carriages, VINE, Se.i0,O00i. inr dress s. and
10000. ter M addition % her Royal Hgnuess's
jewels - bcsiiesa palace, Sc. &c.
Rctrehci'nents then out of the question, the most
obsOus resource in lieu Of the property ax, is new
foGps-li Castlereagh must go into the mOney
market. and borrow money to paw the interest of
the old debt. Thus England l. Ike the cxtr:,vagant
proiSal, Who makes one debt to pay anothcr.-To
this complexion has she come at LIST
IL would be well for the rniuistrv themselves If
hey 10 aot fall along with their brojet. They were
in minority in this question, aud The ice is bro
ken, they may slide into the g,..rh.
hut the D,stresses Of England will not terminate
with u,en.-ltis not the abolition oi the ircon,,-
tax, nor the removal of CsstIeresgh, which viii
relieve them. a more efficient remedy VIII he
found M the abolition II that corrupt system nf re-
presentation, which III most cases degrades Parl-
aRient into tool OF the Grown. II is remarkable
TRAIT OF the times, that the spirit which seeks par
nam ntary reform, is awake. Major
Cartwright anil Sir Francis Burtett viii not suffer
It to sleep. In the Westminster Meeting, held on
the Esd OF February, nrlett ayerred his sentiments
without reserve. He trusted that the moment
had now arrived when the people of England would
with one accord unile, proceeding upon tie broad
principle of the Constitution, with firm detcrmi-
nation alter this war Of delnso1, which had most
UNEXPECTEDLY, aad not less risly than {, tnn-tely
terminated, nf nainaining their rights and liberties.
Without any more OF tins husbear being held mp
OF foreign aggression, ie trusted al the evils would
now be corrected, and that the people would now
contend aeans the greatest OF all eporr'itics-a
corrupt House OF Commons, and corr'pt ministers
at h"nIe--eYils much more dangerous than any TO-
reign enemcq."
They might go one step farther-It would I've
more r;'ic5t reform, To- sweep "tf the King, Lords
and clergy at once, purge the British Constitution
oil Ills arlstocraticsl features and give free lOvern
rnent To the Empire MAY ii not be, though GER
talnly no, very probable, that this arrangement Of
the finances may give poweffnl sbpck to the Bri-
iish Constitution The French Revolution emana-
ted directly from fna,cisl eni,arrasspent-why
should the British BE- exempt from similar shocks