Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-01
FROM CoBBETlss WEEKLY REGISTER
10 THE
PEoPLE OF TIE UNITED STATES or AmriIcA

FROM COBBETI"S WEEKLY REGISTER.
10 THE
PEoPLr OF TIE UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
fast heavy 5,o,r 70 tie Pt;t System > Squire yoi
teyficdd and George HUSe-5.oons resoieed on
Jain Jiiti no. 50 pdsst1c OaIsGi as Id Cas-
tisreGeh GgpeGgs 10 haze Mought hins-.li.h
Tax dbanGGAed-.Ncso EIu--L ynisetun Pea.
tios-impor1:''f cia'tye I" soar u .is e.''se Of
f eed0Ss- S"h!'.ss-lteSe.lfs Es,.Lh record
e. suia L.ay E..s,A--.;.ctct tetiiions for ta.,-
Bofiey, -SIarch SO, 1870
In No. 8. which, hope. is, b. this time, safely
arrived at New York, told you that 1t appeared 10
me, that the persons, who have much to do .siM
The seats an Parliament, we're resolved 90 put an
endtO The Probc'Ry Tar. This ihey have now
doac On the iSth INST the Chancellor Of the In
cnequr brought iorw ard psupos lion FOR the con-
tnuaion a 1t IA part and when part, Il had been
eOu.ilu d, night have been aug sDentcd. The
iaHdholders seem To nave, at last, made up thec
minds TO make stand against the farther progress
OF me Pa. Sy.leG. They seem to have perceived,
last, that unless they began Ia resist now the
Whole OF their estates must pass away ron then.
Squire joit,i telt his pocket craving quite
| empty aod lac resolved not To give up his last
shining. There were col members tor the Tax
and 2,S against The Tax. IL YOU now lock back III
10 The .ipericdA par. NJ. z, and which, for nv
nea.th's SIX. did not pu6'is.. here you will see
| now well guessed at what would take place. y .
| YOU To- bear in mind hie reasons which gave YOU
tor thinking that the Tax would be lost. Thus vou
will see that though you will have the Register
I'LL about six wees alter the publication of the Lon
don part OF -, you will really ALWAYS be, With regard
10 true information, IN point OF tine, before
hand with the people here, ss tar, 1t least, rs my
means OlsnlormatiOn go because dare TO say To
| you what no une dares to say here.
say, ard so wifi you say, that it is hardly fair in
Squire JoeTh ad to refuse IN give up his - last
| slhns," seeing thai he 50 often pledged himself 10
give up, ouiy hslast shilling but the last drop
| of ais blood also. But he now pretends that tie
| pledge was onIy Eg7Ta:ite md he says, besides,
! tiist ne Under oOd, tlat al OILERS were 90 do tie
same that he was 10 do But that, at the end ofal,
this glorious work, he finds himself reduced TO pow
eriy, while others land especially these wyo 6Gckl
! rim on are grown amazingly rich that t.ey who
mad nsthing at tnc outset OF the war, bee me
rich as lordr, while he, who rich at the outset
Is become begsar, or, at least is broushtto Ia. eve
| o. besgry
| SOUR Jolterhead reasons tins with Oh Ce9ree
Rose :: Z" George" says he 80 ven TOLD me In yqnr
pamphlet, winch YOU published snI re-published,
during the war, tat it WAS necessary for re to part
with part OF my money, IN order u save the rest,
and IN order to prevent tlie French hom making
me an atheist" {" Well" says George, and
have you been saved Have NOT the church aud
our religion been preserved Z" :" Yes,'' says the
Squire, L" but have lost almost the whole vi NV
| ostate, while L0u have been gsnin, fac large es-
tie. aln got to b. SO no;oriously poor a fellow
that In p ope oimy village vii. hardly pvli or
t,er hats ne, tous; M ancestors used to eiy.
away hundred hus iheajs Of strong beer in twelve
| mo ia f; | am hardly kaown now ia the cru Nv
whit you are become Right HoAsRra5h Gentle
nun. and have blrole:s and lords dancing at yonr
heels"-" A, e, !" replies George, "blt, Ony Il,.s
o, the service have rendered you Your estate
! why, you would not have acre lett, il had not
ste p ~ aEd saved you. The j lcobins would have
tad your lands, and Satan would have had your
! soul"
tbs WAS Georges language. This was the WAY
IA which he c~ssc the people % pay taxes.
rem mber, thrt, when WAS in Philadelphia used
to read Geprg s pamphlet with delight and there
were great ,naby Americans, used to read IT
with delight also. We did not then know what
was the nanaer, in which George was paying sal
gage himself and which manner [ have nrettv
well explained, IN ibis Number, ia my secoai Let
ter to the people OF Southampton, to whioa Letter
| l shall add come notes for yo'ir insurmatian
Squire Js!terhead thinks it rather hard, that.
while he has been paying salvage that il t. say
while his estate has been passing away from him
George shonld have besn gai,aty an cs:are. It's
not quite new hing to see great mans estate
become The property of his s!e5vGrd; aud this is We
ry much Use case OF Old John Bull at this time
Wh, the any cps will be taken topu this mstter
to right, IS more than 1 can say.
4 he A. bste upon the Property Tax wal very i'm
poitan lord Cssilrresgh urged the house to g..
gree 20 il. Without d,is tax, he ssid they would
plunge the nation iuto all .,e dangers ef an inper
Iect -ySSsn o. Finance that they would remain sta
IOaary ~ their ebis that the tax was not an ex.
Petieni, but wasabsoiutey Necessary to the we'll
being Of the state; and he c0njuTe1 the House, AMI
solsnEy aitTeG.e! them not to refuse this ouly
means .: saving the codulIy." twas a in van
! t;e uti1ost imPatience was discovered, and the
prOpostion was rejected as stated bfare. Nav, it
was 8, evident TO the ministers, that the an,-own-
ers were determined e. make a stand in their own
defence, that, the night the Chancellor of ile
| ENciequsr came wv - tie iDus. and affirmed
| his intention 10 abandon he Her Tar on, .Eait;
that is tax OF Is. bIsei, whi;h, Incredible as il
faay appear to the rest Of the wnrl, has yielded
upwards OF millions OF pDnnds or millions of dol
las ysnr. Tue whole OF the tax upon Malt was
SOS quGrfeI Cor bushes) It vii nov be eOs
Bot here are iss quarter topped off apd, # 40
tz be imp0std IA lieu oiit (and no tx can) This is
real SAILING time, tpr instance, OF, at least 32s
N nth, o. 2Ot year
This IS doing something; aad, as nay motto was,
! before the parliament inst, "sgnetiiHg must be
d5He," events have already proved it true. Thas,
al n, he sgsfem!as received a jl0,0 a body-bow.
which, as we, IN England (among whom Xxi = IS
real -cience) well know, is worth score of black,
eyes ani b.oodynoses. These are soon got
| over 1ut good body blow or, what is caslad a
19N0Lsr-tl6, makes man remember ii Cor long
while. and he must have much more 5o.tom than /
take CssileFeagh TO haze i it does not render iirn
very shy for alter, whenever he sees his eu,as-
On'sl's eye directed tJwards the vulnerable part
Thus It happened oppn this occasion. The BODY
blow Ou the Property Tax night made MIR Vausit-
trt hasten to giUe St up0u tue subj of the Malt
Tax, seei that the landowners nad their eye fix
cd o.. tie Old point again.
| These are, however, but b.giunings There
b. rGDr. and still heavier blows gwen to the SIS
tem b. fore dis day twelve months. Loans have
nov b. rcsaiyei on but loans ere a mere expo
dent 10 put of the evil hour. What must be the
Consequence OF borrOwipg money 10 pay the int er
oct ff oil a.