The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-01-08
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DISTRESSES OF THE COUNTRY.

Olo kESSEo VI I'LL wv ~ I'M.
Atssyery numerous and respectable
meeting .of the Burgesses and olherin
babitaats OF Glasgow, held in an open
held at Thrush grove, on the 29th DC
'o5er, to- consider the ,propriety oil
petitioning his royal hishness the prince
ACCENT and the legislature on the pre-
sent distressed state OF the country,
James Turner, Esq. OF Thrush-grove,
IN the Chair, Il
The following resolutions were unani
mously agreed to- Z
LIST, That the distresscs which OF pre-
sent pervadcs the Agricultur, the Com.
mercial, and the Manufacturing Inter-
ersts of Great Britain, and which press.
es with peculiar severity on the labor
ing classes, is in magnitude and extent,
unparalleled in the annals OF The coun.
try and in IFS nature and causes so far
beyond the reach OF ordinary expedl.
cuts, as 10 make US ircmble Tor our flu
lure prosperity and welfare, and antici
raie,ii eflectual remedies are not short.
~ aPpiied, the speedy approach of an
awful and alarming crisis.
2. That this { ivy and neighbourhood
have their fu.. share of the; OVERWEIGHT
ING calami,!es oil the time, and add an
othsr 10 the many proofs already fur
nishcd from other parts of the country,
that she preseat distress is neither tenn
porary partial, nor local for they con-
lain upwards oil 10000 weayess and
mechanics, many thousand of whom,
In consequence oTthe almost total stag
| nation OF trade, and the sweeping tor
rent tt bankruptcy which mas followed
1t, are either wholly unemployed, or
earning such miserable scanly pit.
tarce as only mocks existence; and
what aggrayates the bitterness OF theii
feelings, and indeed the feelings oil the
1 whole community, under that load OF.
misery which they have long patiently
| cornc, and 10 which they Can, at pre-
| sent, STE no end, is the apathy and in
ditle' encc with which those who ought
o be the guardians Of the public wei.
ia'c, hare hitherto contemplated, in the
GiGst OF their protuSion and extraYa
sance, the destruction Of our trade,
Doth io,eign and domestic, and the long
train OF fearful and appealing evils un-
der which proportion OF The people
were consequently labouring.
Sd That IL is q gross insult oil Ike
common seDse ADD. understanding oil
he nation, 10 be told by those who have
been chilly instrumental In Bringing the
| country mo its present caiamUous sit
| uation, that all its dietresses have been
| occasioned by q sudden transition from
4 state of war 10 state o; peace while
| they are so obviously the natural conse-
4uenccs OF that unnecessary, rninous,
and sapguinary war, which has been
| carried on for upwards oil 90 years, in
| OF position to ihc wishes and often re.
| pcated circumstances OF the great ma
,ority oil the people--a war that had
ITS commencement in injustice, that
| was carried on in folly, and that has at
length terminated intyranny. latter entail.
ing upon the people of Great Britain a
Debt (uniustly called Nationally a.
mounting 10 nearly 1000 millions SER
ling, The interest of which IS about IS
millions, and this, added to the current
expenCes Of profuse and extravagant
| Government, constitutes grand total
OF 20 millions annually. to be wrung
from the cxerlions OF that industry
which these immense burdens have
long siUce paralyzea and ruined, and
which, in all probability, can bear up
but little longer under the enormous
pressure.
4,h. That we cannot but reject with
The utmost shame and indignation on
the results Of this long and arduous CON
| test, and on the disgraceful and unwor-
thy purposes for which the burdens re-
qursite for Carrying 1t on have been i'm
posed upon the coantry; for in all the
Treaties to which its termination has
led the commercial interests Of Great
Britain have been wholly oYerlooked-
t"e Interests of Kings, in opposition to
| .bc interests OF the people, have alone
been stipulated for-~ihe solemn pro-
misses and oft repeated, declarations OF
Government, that it had TO intention of
INTERFERING with the internal concerns
Of any country, but only of contending,
in CON junction with its High Allies, for
the liberty and indepeDden9e Of Europe,
have all been falsihed and broken; and
thus the faith and honor o.1he country
wounded and compromised in proof
OF which, we have only TO refer TO the
Gorcible re establishment Of the despi-
cable family Of Bourbon on the Throne
OF France, to the restoration Of the Pope