Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-23

Sornl q correct judgment on the whole
matter. though am 10y no means certain
nat taey viii be ab,c 10 apply the suita-
bic RENE dy.
An artificial currency is q most danger
Gus medicine Tor disord red state and
sly this With a pre- tty full knowledge Of
the flee use that yUU are making oil the
sane Crug.--it gives to society false
glare AZ introduces speculation 1t Gre
ates sudden fortunes It substitutes trick
ard luck for industry and talent; it builds
palaces with one hand, and fills ai.s and
poor houses with the ether.
When | SAW the p.aiI-dressed and in
dusirous farmers OF Pennsylvania, it seem
Ell to me, that was still amongst those Of
England, the former being, | confess, ra-
ther more hospitabie ard better Informed,
the natural consequences Of their easy Cir
cunstauces, and y! the universal fashion to
read, which prevails in Nme. lea. But, the
English farmer has, OF late c rs. be, ONE
= tota,,y d,tiy rent character. a fox hunt
ing horse /; polished boots a spanking
trot to market; a get out of the way, or
by Cd I'll ride over YOU" to every poor
devil upon the read; w.ne at his dinner
4 carpet on his haor; n bell ia his par,, ar
servant (and sometimes in liz ry J, to
wat at his | BILE ; a painted lady for
wife novel-reading daughters sons ap'ng
the young 'squires & lords: house cram
med up with sof IS, p;a.o's, and all sorts
ot fuoIer s.
Another consequence OF this change has
been, great t,ininu ion OF the number Of
farms. Three or :uur. and sometimes
tn. have been thrown into one. The little
farmers have almost all disappeared from
out Of that class, ard have sunk into the
class of l.bourers. Hence the present de-
p. ess;on is the more severely felt. SO
great portion Of loss now falls upon one
man, that t.: whole race stagger under
It. Hcu will easily judge of the degree in
which this class Of men have been elevated,
when | tell you, that Mr.. Arthur Young,
whose ha:dlhood. as writer, is equal I'll
his talents, insists on it, that even the far
mer's 6aiiT ought to have a bottle q .Sood
Port every day with his dinner ; which, a
onc, you will bear i'll mind, would cost
farmer sos dollars year.
This work or subimatihg farmers out of
their senses has en- promoted by the no.
bity and gentlemen CT great estates, who
have By the means OF agricultural socie>
ties. cattle shows, and the like, given eve
ry encouragement to this class OF men to
become concelted and presumptsous.-
4" Farmer George !"-What think ing
people" your kinsmen On this side of the
water are Between the commerce. pco-
pie on one side, and the farmers OH the o.
! ther, the far greater part OF the Country
gentlemen in England have been fairly
squeezed out OF Elk stenCe. The three
great estates near the place where l was
bora, were, the Bishop Of Wmchester's
Castle, Moore Park, occupied by the de-
scendants of Sir William Temple, where
Dean Swift relates that he used to run up
the steep hill and Waverly Abbey, which
belonged to Sir Robert Rich. When re-
turned to England, found Moor PARK in
the hands of Mr.. IfmSon, and Waverly
Abbey in those OF Mr.. IOniSon. the one q
dealer in Shirits, and the other deal
i'll Nine. The Bishop stands his ground
yet and his old castle walls and Ma LOFTY
clm trees. And, really, it was con
solution to ME, to find something as left
t.
l should not mind this sweeping away Of
the little Old .ristocracy, ifa worse had not
come in its place. Nor should So much
mind the elevation of men in trade, who,
in general, have had some opportunities of
seeing the world, and are, from long ha5-
it, polite and liberal. But, the farming a
riStocracy is the object OF my adherence.
Here you have all the meanneSs OF the
crOuchIng tenant coupled with the AFRO
gance ofbiCth ; all the insolenCe of wealth,
unchecked by any OF those sentiments Of
honor, VIII CHI are seldom wholly wanting
IN men Of birth and education. This was
the Class OF Iaen, who, more than any 9th
er, and more than ali others put together,
were the cause Of the long and BIO dy war,
which has just been brought to close, and
whom Major Cartwright always called
the Body Guard Of the Borough-Mon-
gers" Amongst all other classes Of men
there have, at times, appeared something
ike libera!ity, something like feel .ns-but
am0ngst these men, never.
Notwithstanding all this, however, they
will not sink alone; they will press down
| some classes under them, and pull down
others. II they return to their former sim
pie state, all the middle class must come
down too. Ii they cease drinking wine, u
| sing carpets and 1fas, riding fine horses,
| using coaches, dressing their wives and
daughters in silks, and sending their sons
10 boarding schools, tradesmcn and their
families must come down too. Whether
the whole Of society will undergo a revo-
Luton know not 4, bur, this do know, that
the 7vhcis must undergo such a revolution,
or it must all resume its state and go OH,
! as before, as long as it can.
70 be continued in our merit
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