Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-15


alton $4,000, and take The round number
at five millions, ailow inc each Individual
To have The power OF earning l2S' y week
ihis would produce annually $4,000, 00Oi
HAT these persons were out of employ
and what efforts of individual benevoicrce
could relieve the distresses 0ccasioncd by
this circumstance.
Mr.; Banks could not easily be pcrsua-
died that any delusion had been attempt
eel IN The speech from the throne i'll the
prospects IT held ont; the hon. gentle
man who spoke last had failed in esta-
biishing This charge; while, on the other
hand, he had INDUCED i'm a strain OF des-
pondencv quite as iaIlacious. The speech
represented The distresses as temporary,
while the hon. gentleman couien Ted that
they were permanent and iMincible:
such gloomy predictions bad, however,
aiready been shown TO be VOID of iouli-
datlOn.
He admitted that no general disalfec-
ton prevailed out of doors-the speech
spoke OF 70 such disposi,ion-bu there
WAS abroad working spirit Of disorgan-
izaiion, which had for It's object the de-
struciion of all that was valuable and
sacred-Was rol tins TO be suppressed :
Hear, hear. A right hon. member had
was no sinking fund (; it would be admit
ted, on all hands, that while the sinking
fund was operating on the one hand, the
national debt WAS increasing by annual
loans on the other, IN order 10 cqualize
the income and expenditure Of the coun-
Try. But, surely, II was some consolation
10 be informed, that no new taxes were
to be imposed; and when gentlemen talk
ed OF the necessity of removing some Of
those that existed, they should recoliect,
that to take off taxes was not always TO
relieve. as have been proved last year,
when IL millions were removed. This he
would say, and boldly, that, at the pre-
sent moment, the country neither IabOur-
ed under debt nor taxation, (lea', aea,,
hear; J for the true causes Of distress are
far different.
Onthe whole view Of affairs, he was
convinced that the result would he
happy recovery from all chr calamities.
and that al an earlier period than even
the most sangaine now dared to hope.
MIR, Brougham said, lbata speech more
calculated TO mislead, to blind the ewes
OF thepeople, and 10 hatterlhem with vain
Illusions of all kinds, than that JUST deli
vered, had never been heard parliament,
even from ministers themselves.
II was said, that The transition from the
war 10 peace was the source Of the natl
onal mlseries, 4, that that transition was
egGaly injurious after The American war.
II was true, at that period, there was con-
siderable depression, particularly OF the
agricultural nterests-but when eXamin-
cd the facts supplied even contrast TO
orr present situation. These disasters
began before the termination of the Ame-
rlcan war, and were gradually alleviated
by the peace, and in the Sci year after IFS
establishment(thc period parallel With our
present situafion) the sovereign used these
consolatory XpressiOns-tbat his males
" heartily congratulated the country
upon the extension OF iis commerce-the
flOurshing state gifts manufactures, and
The amount Of Its revenues. Hear hear.
Could any such language now be employ
ed Instead OF taking of IL millions OF
taXes, new ones were imposed; and the
FIRST year after the Peace, the country was
able TO pay nearly two millions more than
had been raised during any year of the
war. No new. taxes were now necessary,
but not only It would not be necessary
TO imnose new faxes, but if wouldrot be
possible TO raise them. There was one
point upon which ministers could not
touch-one pale within which they dared
not tread, and that was additional taxati-
on-ior the people had now paid to their
utmost farthing, and we're equally desti-
tuie of money and hope Hear, hear.)
During tie American war, the whole a
mount fakes did not exceed four milf
ons, while, during the last war, the per-
manent taxes were more than 80 millions
and war taxes besides imposed !
TO the amount of no less than 26 millions
a year. Was otfiis irigiIiful contrast! |
and was not any man guilty of a gross, Eof !
a wicked delusion, who told the grooming
People they were moi burdened: that the !
debt was nothing; that taxation
was nothing; that the pressure was mere
~ temporary, and that relief would be
more speedy than even the most sanguine
dared to hope Tie hon. gent. who |
spoke last was much in favor of the com
mttee TO be elected By ministers against
which he (Mr. BrOugham) protested most !
firmly. Ministers had nothing TO do but |
to choose their old tried friends and |
near the end OF The session, To produce Il
report, which there was no time either to
or debate. II was Tie duty Of |
the house to proceed with the utmost dis |
patch; for while twas delaying, the ma
ton was suffering. In order, at all events,
oprcvent representation, he should sug-
gesf, that on the very day when the com
luilice had come 10 Il decision upon 2
simple point, it should be reported to the |
house for their consideration. (Hcar0 a
SO constituted. might be pro-
ductive Of benefit.
Mr. Canine. for himself and his col- |