Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-27


rest OF the debt, and all the sinecures, and
pensions and salaries, and also the ex-
pences OF laundering standing army,
Will continue to be made up by taxes, by
loans from the bank, by excheGuer, hihs,
by every species OF contrivance 20 the Ia
test possible moment, and uatil fhe whole
OF Tie paper system, amidst tie war of o.
pinlon, OF projects, of interests and Of
passions, shall go 10 pieces l.. ship
upon the rocks. And THEN comes the
question CAN THE BOROUGH
MONGERiNG SYSTEM OUTLINE
THIS TREMENDOUS WRECK ?--If it
can; II the army can still be kept up, and
1.-THE personal safety of all the people can
still be suspended if this breach be-
tween the two systems does NOT LET
in REFORM, ii is hard to say how very
low this country is to be sunk in theseale
OF nations. II would, in that case be-
come so humble, SO poverty-strickeD so
degraded, so feeble that it would, in few
Years, not have the power, even if it had
the inclination, TO defend itself ganSt
any invader. The people would become
the most beggarly and slavish of man
kind. and nothing would be left of Eng
land but the mere name, and tba. on!y.
as 1t were, for the purpose of reminding
the wretched inhabitants of the vaIor and
public spirit oftheir forefathers.
Let as hope, however, that this is not
to be the fate ofour country. Let us hope
she Is yet TO be freed of the milestone that
hangs around her neck. As for me, i
shall never cease TO use the best of my
endeavors to save her from the dangers
which threaten her utter destruction; and
hope you win always bear in mind, that
II quit her shores for awhile, it is ONLY
for the purpose of being still able TO serve
her. 1t is impossible for any man not TO
see clearly that the sole choice nowis be-
tween silence and retreat. Corruption
has put on her armour, and drawn her
dagger. We must, therefore, fall back
and cover ourselves i'll a way so as to he
able to fight her upon more equal terms.
The Gifiords, the Southeys, the Walters,
the Stuarts, the Stoddarts, and the hire
ling crew, who were unable TO answer
with the pen, now rush at me with their
drawn knife, and exclaim, "write on l'-
To use The words of the Westminster adj
dress, they shake the halter in my face,
and rattle iii my ears the keys of the dun
geon, and then they exclaim with ma
lignant grin, =" rdy do y0m not continue to
at Barnet fair, [ saw battle going on,
tween a butcher and the servant of west
country grazier. The butcher, though
vastly superior i'm point of size, finding
that he was getting the worst of il, recoii-
ed step or two, and drew out his knife.
Upon the sight of this weapon the grazier
turned about and ran off till he came I'D
10 ScOichman, who was guarding his
herd, and out of whose hand the former
snatched good ash stick, about four feet
long. Having thus got what he called
long arm, he returned to The combat, and,
III very short time he gave the butcher
a blow upon the wrist, which brought his
knife TO the ground. The Grazier then
fell TO work with his stick in such Il STYLE
as never before witnessed. The butch
er fell down and rolled and kicked but,
he only seemed 10 change his position in
order to insure to every part of his car
case due share of The penalty of his
baseness. After the grazier had appa-
rently tired hitasclf, he was coming a
way, when happening to cast his eyes
upon the knife, he ran back and renewed
the basting, excaiming every now and
then, as he caught his breath =" dra thy
knife, wo't -
He came away second time, and Sc
cond time returned and set on upon the
raj times, exclaiming always when he
commenced the drubbing, dra thy
knife, wo't !" Till, at last, the butcher
was SO bruized, that he was actually un-
abled 10 stand or even to get up and
yet, such, amongst EnglishmeD, is the
adherence of foul fighting, that not
soul attempted 10 interfere, and nobody
seemed TO pity mau thus numerically
beaten.
It's nv intention to initiate the con
duct of this graZier to resort to long
arm, and TO combat corruption, while
keep myself out of the reach Of her knife.
Nobody called the grazier coward, be-
cause he did not stay TO oppose his fists
to pointed and cutting instrument
My choice, as said before Oeaving all
considerations of personal safety out of
the question: lies between silence and
retreat. If / remain here, all other
means will be first used to reduce me to
silence and, if all those means fail, then
will come the dungeon. Therefore, that
! may still be able TO write, and TO write
with freedom, too, | shall write, if
live, from America and, my readers
may depend on it, that it will not be
more than four months from the date
of this address, before the publication
of the Weekly Pamphlet will be resumed
in London, and will be continued very
nearly as regularly as it has been for
years past. My main object will be TO
combat corruption but, shall also be
able to communicate some very useful
information; especially as shall now
have, at one and fhe same time, the stu
alton Of both countries under my eye
Ifit be said, that cannot expect TO get
any one here to print, or publish, that
| write in America, | ask, then, what is
the use of writing here, seeing that the
same obstacle would exist, as to what