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

- SS1hby sh~sho@A AatSby sk'
Parliament that commodities being now
cheap, a stakeholder could buy double
the quantity he lately could do, while
landholders' incomes were diminishing.
But what is the truth? The war reduc-
ed the fosver cfhurehase by the stock
holder TO one half, While that OF the
iapdholder was more than doubled -
and now that prices are beginning 10
Z etufn q d,!ie towards their former
state, the landholder cries out, because
he INDUSTRIOUS inequality docs not con-
iaue in his, favor !! He has been wal
owing in wealth, while the income OF
the stockholders has every year! been
deprived oil more and more Of its eff.
cheney; and now he complains that this
injustice doeS not continue! But we arc
not inclined to believe the resources eff
the country unequal TO its necessities.
AT the end OF the American war, the
same disproportion existed Our diff
culties are undoubtedly great, and must
be met with rigid economy; but our
dangers are ct present only Speculative.
We must experience a few years Oh
peace TO ascertain cur real situation.
Our resources grew with the war they
Xpanded-adspted themselves with e.
iasticity 10 every occasion How gloomy
were the predictions when The great
commercial failures took place in 1893
and how have they been Lelied Is no.
pe1e more friendly TO national wealth
than war! The change from the one
state 10 the other may shock and alarm
but experience In the past should in
spirc cpniidenre IN the fmnre OF this
we are Certain, that Dan&ruhtcy, such
as d5r. STtu6 hp1ts al, qpouId produce g
rcv s!at.on. Those must attached to
Church and State, as now ex,s,ing
would be ruined; ,icprc Cialion CT com
modities, wan. Of employment, iins,
Instructions confusion, ould cIisue.
rhe only doubt would be, whether ii.s-
troubles would end in The establishment
OF Military Government, or OF . Re
puhlicrulcd by OBSERVERS The finds
Of ne present. SYSTEM auoEId disathsar
John Bull will look upon THIS a,tirle
as the offspring % he brain of tha, me
ritorious person, Mr. Stuart, who from
being Journcyman Tailor, has mount +
ed from tho shopeboard &c char;o, by
the means uf the Courier, * 70. Witch
MIR Stuart never did. have heard
write paragraph in ms lie Ba, yo,,
know whence the article really coWcs
and IN that knowledge you possess viii.
regard 10 this very important subject
great advantage. Il is . subject On
which The opposition prints are whplly
fsileRt. 40 tie ,Ieefioas, it is ike hot
poker. They dare not touch i ger i:
| must be krst exposed little TO the as
to get cool. Mr.. Smith is OF no Eaci;on
He wants neither place nor pension
He has therefore spoken cot.
Let us now canine this ar;icis, end
see what il is made OF. /, is very true,
that the suggestion is nos noorI, il we
include " al has been said cut Of Par
lament Tor suggested The necessity
OF such measure more Than ten years
ago; and il il had been adopted at tha.
time, with the qualifications that pre-
posed, the present difficulties & scenes
OF distress woUld never l,aEe existed.
Il is true, on the other hand, that in all
human probability The Bourb0ns would
| nos have been restored; the Pope would
still have been a wandcrer the Domi
means and Jesuits might sill have been
walters at inns; the Professionals OF
France might have still lived in safety !;
the public buildings at Washington
| might moi have furnished a subject for
8 the mos, brilliant dash Of the whole
war;" as the Morning Chronicle called
it; and we might have had no Water
loo Monument. But I am quite sure,
that he real peace aud happiness Of the
I country might at that time have been
rcs;ored, without any serious and last
ing injury to any description Of persons.
So far however was from being heard
| witt. attention, that the wspapers Of
both p:"ties fell upon me as il were y
monster IN human shape. / was aGcu
sed of being q sw:adler, a robber, q
murderer as if The debi had been due
from me only !
Though aoi aeVel, the writer says
that Mr.. Smiths proposal is bold and
SsischieUons." This is precisely the old
cant. Bold what; then, does il re-
quire any very great degree of bold
ness to propose a measure in Parlia-
men:! 10 eptitle the act TO the merit
of holiness, there must exist some
dangers and is it pretended that Mr. S.
exposed himself to danger upon this
occasion can remcmbe r indeed ,when
Mr.. Robson's words were taken down