Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-23

| inns loan IS stated al ten billions ste,.ii,,,~
| Ana now, my friends, pray observe wh:S
traffic Is here going Oh! These ten mil
! mons ut money have been raised ia tares
upon us TO pay The interest Of the debt or
| part OF II. The iitpdholders having ect
| his. money into their possession. lend it
to the government of France, because we.
who pay the taxes, are become too poor:
| our property rs fallen too low liz value for
| tie iundhOlders TO lend il 10 us and thus
! ten millions worth of the income ofti,e
| gentlemen and of the fruits of the labor
| OF the people, afe conveyed over to ano-
ther nation, which must tend TO give iif,
to agriculture, and trade, and manufac-
lures IN that nation III just the same de-
| gree that The operation tends TO deprcss
ana rum our OVID country. To make
! Tins as clear as daylight, let us suppose
| the Isle Of Wight TO be cut off from an
trade and all Interchange of commodities
with the rest of The Kingdom. Let rs
suppose that all the people in the Isle of
wight are compelled TO pay a great por-.
tion OF their incomes and of the fruit of
tbeir iabour every year 10 be sent over
ana expended I'M the rest Of the Kingdom
and that no part of what they thus nav is
| to go back again to the Isle of Wight. ex-
cept the interest eft. Is it not evident.
that the Isle of Wight must shortly be-
come most wretchedly poor and misera
| bie WI not the propriefors there get
| RIA OF Their property as fast as tIIsS are
ape anu VIII they moi get away into tire
| other parts of the kingdom! Yes-and
| 'his is what the people of England ara
now Dong with regard 10 France. The
property q England is now going away.
ana all those WHO are able, and who do
not 1--we upon the taxes, are following the
property as fast as they can To take
Nagle instance suppose me to be living
In The parish of Botley or rather. TO sup-
pose something nearertle reality. sunnose
Mr.. EYRE, who does live there, and who:
having landed estate to the amount.
perhaps, OF two or three thousand pounds
year, and who being very good mas
ter, very hospitable and kind to all his.
neighbours, employing great numbers of
Them, and expanding the greater part of
has clear income amongst them. were. i'll
stead OF so expanding his income, to lend
Il TO the government Of France, and TO re:
| celve from the government the interest
only, every year--it is clear, that instead
OF fiDo MoHsdnd pounds year 70 expend
among his neighbours, he would have on
iy taco hundred pounds wear to expeud
amongst them. Here would be fsIlino
of of eighteen hundred pounds year'
winch, attiIrty pounds per family. would
take away The means of living from sirty
Fanatics. 1T this mode of dssposing of Mr..
! EYRE'S income would deprive sixtv fam
ilies OF Tile ms ans of living, the loai which
nas oeGi !nade 20 the government Of
France by the fundhoIders. through The
agency of the Ba,fngs, and others musf
deprive OF the means of living tkirty-fhyee
thonsand three hnnd,ed aid h,i,t,,-s Eree fam
| fiies. And This is a truth, nv good and
Per'sh'ng counirymeR, which DEFY the
WILLIAM GIFFORDS, the apostate Sor-
| rHEYS, and all the herd of siree,,re and
hired writers to controvert. TIE ;nfere,
yon will perceive, viii come back as;in
TO England, and may possibly be expepd-
| cd amongst the people of ENGLAND. but
| all The principal viii be expended in
france to animate French manufactures.
commerce. trade and agriculture, all OF
WHICH ms, VIII De TED by the ruin of England.
shapes, with regard to other foreipn com.
tries, and especially with regard to Anne
TIca. For can il be believed, tina. men in
the farming and trading line will remain
mere 10 give their last sliiliingto The fund
noiders, and TO see their families brougbt
TO the work-houSe, while country of
| freedom extends IFS arms to afford nro-
| lection to their property as we'll as TO tLe;r
| persons AT this very moment hundreds
OF farmers are actually preparing tn re-
| move themselves and their property to
America, and many are now npon the
voyage. Now, then, let us see what will
pc HE effects or operations of this sort.
man WHO rents farm, we will suppose.
determines NOT to remain any longer uD-
cerSuch state of things. He sells offbis
stock, amounting, we will say IN Gxa
thousand pounds. He turns dis stock
into money and he carries 4be ,,,o,,o,. (,
America. In England he gave emDlov-
ment, and paid in poor rates. the means
OF supporting about twelve or fourteen
families. Whence are To come Tie means
OF supporting these families when lie l.
gone Ihere is no one 10 sn,Dyv yjs
pMce, for there are thousands of farms
now lying waste. These families there
fore must go 10 argument the already into
| Terra ae burden of the poor-rates tbe,.
must go 10 add to Tie immense mass III
misery already existing, While the farmer
h'mseb, though he has lost, hy lhc low
price OF his stock, two thirds Of his for
tune, carries away tie remainder. tooc-
iher with is valuable industry and sEuI
to add to he agriculture Of An, IA. tn
give employment TO faifiiies there ia
add to the population and mower Of tl..f
country; and 10 congratulate himself o.,
ms escape from Tuinous taxation. and
lis iamlIy upon Their escape from the hor.
rors OF poor house. And who car.
6ldme such man? He mnsf sfiIl loye
his country bat the first law of nature
seD p'rSeJrat'on, imperi0usly CALI ON him
to abandon it forever
Yet, such is the attachment IF cohi,fr,,
III the breast of every good man so oreaf
are The powers of those feelings which,
bind men, and particularly fine co,,rtrt,