The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-23

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10 THE PEOPLE or THE U. 80
AMERIcA.
LETTER AfA'
a ..d.,efio, of shs interest of me M,
,,onoi ds6f talked Of in fhe house OF
Roriey 7fh June, 1916.
The great subjes', the touching %
( the interest Of the .nGiionat de6f, mas, a.
last been clearly stated IN The parma
ment. ! observed. several months ago,
that the matter would begin to DC
talked of this session; and that IN all
human probability, The ne1i session
would sec something done. 1t is q
subject of infinite importance, not Only
TO US, but to fhe uhote 1po'fd Tor INTO
what part, what nook or corner OF INC
world does not thfs government thrus'
its hand And, therefore, as you may
= be well'essured, the fate of this govern
ment, or rather this present ystem OIL
sway, depends entirely upon the late oil
: the fands th.s,is TO say, upon the ca
pacity OF the gov ernment to get from
the nation at large the means OF pay
ing tho interest OF the debt which the
government has contracted; as you
may be well assured that this Is the
case, YOU will want nothing more 20
convince you, that the subject now oe-
fore US is the most interesting that Can
he imagined to the liberliea and ha2pi-
ness of mankind. All the kings aud
emperors of Europe; the Boorbons
and their royalis,s the Pope !; The
Dominieans the Jcsuits; the Holy
Office; The Cossack Priesthood OF A
me,ica All have deep interest IN
this question In short $50 *, there
fore, shall not scruple to SO into II
an the fullest manner that my limits
and time will allow.
In the house of commons, on the SIS,
of May Mr.. John Pe,cr Grant, who
is a Scotch lawyer, believe, (for
have never heard OF him ill this wine
teri because see, that he is mem
Der of the Kcs society, and because,
they call him, !" The learned gentle
msn," brought forward series OF re-
solutions on the state OF the Finances.
Il mas been custom, for many years,
for sonse man WHO belongs to what is
called fhe ohfoSi.ion," the Ha,crc.and
end Of which have so clearly des
cribed to you, to bring forwa! q set oil
formal propositions, describing the
state OF The finances and, CT courst ,
with view TO produce ga Impression
unfayorabie TO the ministry and their
management. AS counterpart TO
such propositions, the chancelior OF
the exchequer Tor the tine being has
always pFpdnceda sct.oi propositions
of an opposite tendency, which, he al
qoays, having majority of votes, Nave
Been passed by the house after the re
lection OF those OF the oppositioG man
This office of an All, uai resolution pro
poser was filed, for many yeats, by
Mr.. Sheridan ii then Tell 10 Mr. Tier
fIey next it was taken up by Mr.
George Johnson, whom 1 have no,
heard of for some years He went oui
of public life like he snuff Of rush
light should really be glad to know
what became of him. He worked SC
hard at this resolution grlndings that in
hot weather he used actually, as l am
inlcrmed, to strip - his shirt while en-
gagged in 1t. Whether such intense
application of the mind proved iniuri.
Gus to his intellectual or corporeal ia.
calties, and thereby operated at oDce
as check to,the parsult in him and a
discouragement to IL in others, know
not; but since his time, no one has
undertaken the sublime task until a
suficiency of talent, courage and pa
triotism were found in the person oil
Dir. ]. P. Grant above mentioned.
As / am not aware that it would be
possible for you to gather one single
Tot of useful information from peru.
sal OF the speech and resolutions o.
!. Mr. Grant; as l am quite convinced
that every attentive reader of the Re
sister must understand the real state
OF our financial resources and opera.
lions great deal better than, from tina
speech and those resolutions, MIR.
p. Grant appears TO me 10 understand
them. / will not impose on you the
fruitless task of reading either one oil
the other
But that which was said upon this
occasion by Mr. Smith, one Of the
members for the city Of Norwich. is o.
great importance, especially when we
view ii in conjunction with what was
said tn rehiyby the chancellor Of the
exchequer, and with what it has called
forth from the hired prints OF thj.