Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-30

| was caleby directed agains. the freedom of
France and as proof of this he men
toned the rejection, by the allied powers, of
the overtures made by the French repre-
sentatives in 1915. and their determination
to impose Louis upon the throne. How
would our ancestors, he asked, have felt,
when they cashiered the Stuart family, and
drove them from the throne, had the pow
| ers OF Europe attempted to resent them
| with AN army of 100000 men Old dynas-
| TICS were restored, but he saw no Instance
OF freedom being restored. Here he adj
verified to the cession Of the republic of Ge-
noa, to the bgotted king of Sardinia, and
remarked that the language in which that
transfer was clothed by the congress, .nnst
excite the Indignation of every man who
had the least sense of independence the
states OF Genoa were thereby conveyed 20
the King OF Sardinia, as his hereditary
Possession from father to son forever
Clear. hear.) Again he would ask, what
glory had the war gained to us. in repard
to religion Why, we had restored the
religious domination Of the pope of Rome
and so sensibly did his holiness feel his o.
bigations, that it was credibly reported,
he meant tc erect column of remem-
brance, on which the name of the Prince
Regent would have a conspicuous place.
cloud laughter.)
ASrin, the restoration Of Ferdinand IN
Spain, had been accompanied with eff;cts.
both as to religion and liberty, that would
make any mans heart bleed. The inauisi-
ton & taeJ suits were restored TO all their
ma,ignant influence, while the best patriots
OF Span were either executed, trans
ported, or in dungeons. Again. if We
looked to the Protestants of France. he
had seen letter which stated. tbat in
some parts of that country, even at pre-
sent. the protestants were in daily fear Of
beng massacred. What was our English
army dong tn re ?-not to preserve the
protestants from massacre, but to ke.,
the Bourbons on the throne. Here con-
siderable Impotence was manifested and
voice from the crowd exclaimed. "yVhst
have we to do with massacres ?-tell nc
now to relieve the people at home."l-
CpoE. this. Mr.. F. finding that the livery
thought he wandered from the subject.
ss'd he should now glance at the remedies
ior our existing distresses, and sho,.ld
touch only on those simple and obvions
remedies, which went to the point AT one,
First, we should resort to our hol ers Of
slnecures and useless pensions. and make
them dsgorge their i'll. earned gains
In pamphlet which he held in his hands.
those persons were properly denonlinateti
the nothing 10 do gentlemen" a LAUGH y
The correctness of the title YVES provedby
the examination of some of those GENTRY
before committee of the hous. Of com.
mons. Mr.. George Rose, for instance
being asked by the committee, whether he
apprehented that any public inconvenience
would result from the abolition of his sim
ecsre OF clerk Of parliament, "said he
ieit DIFFICULTY III answering that ques-
ton "a loud laugh Again. Mr. Tho
w n hal
2,1OOl. year. on being asked similar
question. oandidly replied, "that ne WIS
not aware of any inconvt nience the pnb.-
lie would sustain" from the abolition q
ms ONCE. AS to that prime Of sjnecur;sts
LORD Arden, he stood SO high on what h.
called his vested rights, that he refused IN
give any answer to the committee whate-
yer, though it appeared from the evil
dence of his deputies, that he was in the
habit OF receiving 20 or O,Oo0l. a wear
from his sinecure. One remedy would
therefore be. to abolish all the useless pIa-
ces and pensions: the next to be recon-
nended, was rigid economy in every branch
OF the public service.
Here Mr.. Flower began to lose his voice.
and becoming naudible, the audience ~.
pressed much Impotence for the close Of
his speech
Mr.. Thomson then came forward and
begged that the livery would hear the 6rst
resolution. His friend was an old man.
and had exhausted his voice.
The first resolution was then read to this
elect, That the distress in which the
agriculture. the commerce, ard manugac~
turts OF The country were involved, was
unparalleled IN the history of our country.
and was deeply alarming to all who had
at heart lis trve greatness, its happiness,
and lasting freedom %
Mr.. Thompson seconded the res lufion
lie could not but regret the absence. on
tle present OCCASION, Of one man, MIR.
Wanhman, whose voice had of,en thunder
cd III that place against abuses of any des-
crpton' His absence was an incalculahle
loss, tor there was rot a man in the citv Of
London TO whom the country was more r..
d-bted, Ceres of hear, hearty At times
ne had thought, perhaps erroneousIv. thar
Mr.. Waithman did not 90 far enouoh
but ne was always an intrepid defender of
the rights and liberties of the people and
ne lMr. - did hope that he would soon
see hini so restored to health, as to be ale
70 appear again on those boards. Resides
the reso utlonS which were to be pronoseJ
he had also tn submit a petition 70 M.
Prince Regent for the approbation Of INC
nall Tor as 70 the House Of Commons he
declared that he would rather cut OIL he
rgnt hand than sign petition 70 thet
body, corrupuy constituted as il was. and
regardless OF the interests Of the pee,,le--.
For HE mart Ne si,o,,of.. ~ -