Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-16
LONDON, April 0.

COBDETT
We have received from Hampshire the fol-
loving partic uldrsre.ative to Co5bett which 70
toprove how little the stamp Office demands
or the suspension at the habeas corpusact had
to do with his absconding:
" The effects advertised for sale in the Rauts
chronicle and Courier, which we alluded to OH
MONDAY. were seized for rent by order of ,eu
Sir lanes Kempt, on farm, which Cobbett
rented OF him. consisting of an excellent man
sion, and 100 statute acres of goost<ind Cob
be't had resided in the mansiot,5l},} lately.
whe;i lie removed his family to a house staudin,r
on his own estate, and with them an the furni-
ture; and few days before he left the conn
try, removed his wagons aud other implements
ofhusbandry, and also his wines the latter on a
Sunday morning; no doubt all this was to pre-
vent sir James distr.'i,ng them for rent The
fine estate which formerly bore great croDs
had not an acre oft sowu with any kind of
grain, nor was there a pennyworthOf anv thing
left but what was contained in the ADVERTISE
ncnt. and greatest part OF that actually reuaov-.
ing when the distress was made. The sale was
postponed because the sheriff, who has taken.
possession fall his property on his different
farms under executions, has. is usual in siif;,'
cases, gwen an undertaking 10 pay the value of
such effects as were distraned, in part of paw
ment of tie rent due"
CORBETT's FAREWELL. S87
We have lust obtained copy of Cobbett's
farewell his readers. The following are ex-
" have reasoned tins with myself; What Is.
nowett TO bcdnne' We lave urged ourlclzs;5ns'
with so much truth; we have established them
so clearlyOD theground of both law amdrsaso31..
that there lsnO answer to ms TO he fonndOff,cr.
than that ofa suspension OF our personal s<lfefS-
II still write insuppOrt of thOsecain,s Fl:1,i<{
he blind not to see that dungeon is my loon, =
1T write at ALL and DO not write in s,i,,porf 5f
those claims, not oRly degrade MYSELF but &
do u great injury TO the rights ofthe nation. by
appearing to abandon them. If Iremain here
Unjust therefore, cease touritc either from com
pulSiOn oT from a sense of duty to nv COUNTRY
men; therefore II is impossible to do any good
70 tile cause ct my country By remaining in it
but. If remove 10 country where can write
with perfect freedom, il is not only possible but
very probable, that shall sooner or later. be a.
Die TO render that cause important and lasting
services.
Upon this conclusion il il that have made
my determination; for. though life wonld I've
scarcely worth preserving with the conscious
ness that walked about my fields or slept in
my ped merely at the mercy of secretary OF
state "-% still there is something so powerful in
tue thought OF country aud meighbOrIIoOd and
none and friends sc. I" that 10 tear oneself
away nearly approaches to the separating the
soul from the body"
After eXciaimiug (as ifhis absence would be
the source of such evilSi)-
" Shall truth never again I've uttered1 Shall
',,er voice never again he heard, even from
distant shore p
He. proceeds to hold fsrth promise of wri-
ting FROM his PatmOs -
. thus was tlse balance turned: and. my
countrymen, H. you well assured, that though
shall, If live, be alta distance from Won
tho the ocean will roll between ms, not all the
barriers that nature as we'll as art can raise
shallbc sufficient to prevent you from reading
some part, at least, Of what write; and, not
withstanding all the wrongs Of which [ Justly
complain: notwithstanding all the Indignation,
that feel; Notwithstanding all the provocati-
ons that have receiv ed or that mdyreceive.
never shall there drop from my pen any thing
which, according to Gie lar If Mc Int, L might
not safely write and publish in England. Those
who have felt themselves supported bv power
have practsed towards me foul play without
measure; bat though shall have The means Of
retaliation in nv hands, never will follow
their base example, lie saws
F" II remain here, all other means will be
trst used toredIcc nc to silence: and, il all
those means fail, then viii come the Dungeon.