Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-10
FOREIGN.
[ From the (Londop) Black Dwarf of April / /
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA

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Cn iheishore they press, countless throng,
anu ieaie their burdens for the rest to bear
Ihro countless DANGER they NAV rove along.
But hoPEstiii lights ilem--and despair is here.
he tide of British emigration to A
merlca, is beginning to flow into this
:, port, and many parts Of the country "a
round, 10 an extent Which threatens the
deprivation of some of our best artlti-
GERS and workmen, and includes even
persons, who by their situation in life,
might appear TO have no cause schateuer,
iof quitnng their country. Plymouth
paper.
The Courier affects to be alarmed at
Tins statement, and very patheiically la
meDts ihe folly Of those who wish to get
ont OF The reach of the tax gatherer, The
tythe-map, and the usurpiDg faction that
denies them the rights of freemen, and
expects them 10 be willing slaves. Ii is
very silly, certainly, TO wish 10 escape
from the bondage Of such imdnlrent task
masters but otsfinacyis our national fail
ing. TO dislike taxation and distress. is
sery foolish. no doubt, but when folks
have got 1t INTO their heads that thew are
evils, What Is 10 be done? The poor Cox.
'1er is very angry indeed. and tells thou
Sand pretty tales OF misery in the unin-
hapiiea "iids OF America, and the bad
" thC enilSI dHiS Dut 10 lie
purpose. People still pat. up their little.
If they have any thing left, and set off
tor the land OF liberty and those who
hGce nothing, are still more eager TO
go TO country, where the government
does not stand at the entrance of every
go on"
All this is very, rery foolish, but folks
VIII nave Their way. The Times" is NOT
dns1y; u Is only sorry, very sorry, that
such things should be, and wishes the
country to he " made lovely" that the peo-
pie may love ii again, and stay at home.
hts is very good idea. But how is if
to be done? The country is the same, or
improved. The people are betterinform-
Ell, ana mare industrious, than any other
nation, yet they cannot contrive TO live
mere as tiley dad; and after all, il avails
nothing To a man to live under The most
genial sky, or IN The most lovely SITUATE
ON, If il only call him 10 unre.iuited Ia
bodr. Starvation would still be starvation.
even III Arabia the biesi; and the tax
gatherer is a more fnghiiul monster than
any wild beast of the desert. The coun-
Try Is " toueiy' enough: Ii is tile system that
Is hateful. II Is the pitidey to which eSery
man Is subjected, and which no man
iikes 10 submit 10. Why then does not
the " Times" recommend The alteration
of The system? Why not endcayour to
make that lovely No other expedient will
check The spirit of emigration. Nothing
else VIII retain the artltcer, and the la
Dcurer- PANT the tax gatherer If you
VIII, as beautiful as an angel, you will
never make him Iovsiy," liz the eve of
!hose VINO tbInk lie comes TO rob theni.-
IL Is not what he Is, but what he comes
LOT. Even those who have participated in
the spoIls, do not like to give back their
share OF the plumber They wish 10 keen
1t, and 10 make the most of it: and tbey
see that Is not 10 be done here. Those
whose situation in life, As the paper saws.
might seem TO give them no cei.se for quit
ing Their country, have the most cause
NO man has twelve months security for
what he calls his own, liz England. Every
year mSt make it worth less TO him and
an act Of parliament might in three DAYS
make ii worth nothing. His money con
sists III paper promises. His land is pawned
for d thousand millions of debt: (more
than all The land is worth )and he is yearly
assessed for more than sixty millions for
the interest. This DEBT is rapialy going
on, and must finally swallow up ali The re.
sources OF the country! This is very
" loUeiy," no doubt, and very "desira5te -
il Is very shocking thing that man should
be so 6findto ms own interest, as TO think
OF leaving his share of g lOveiy" debt of
thousand millions and his yearly contri-
button of assessed tares, and tgthes, and
poor rates; all OfwhiclI he ought 10 know.
constitute the weahh Of tie nation. and Of
which while lie remains here, lie is en-
titled to the blessing of a ee,y .fnH share.
Then 10 think of leaving behind lin. a
" 'orety' prince, and a loreiy" admins
tration, aud a " iove1y" national church.
to which lie has the high advantage o be-
ing permitted TO pay tenth part of his
income To think Of doing this, 10 20
TO land where there are none Of these
advantages, and where lie will be abso
iutely obliged 10 keep lis own money.
and to eat his own food, is very lamen-
table instance of English iniaiuatiou -
This is however the epidemical disease,
ana tlie state doctor has 10 power to cure
It, People will so, in spite of bad roads,
savage society, perils by sea, aud the mi
rythey must encounter in leaving haDpY
England.
BY so doing, they very sllamefully leave
us 10 pay meiT debts; they run away with
cur gOods-and industry, and talent. and
leave us TO make up The defciencv as
we'll as we can. The House of Com
mons would do well TO pass a Lqo, that all
these emIgraDls shall be liable, in Mei,.
persons and goods, TO their full prouortiou
OF The English debt and taxes and that
Their descendants shall not be exempt
from The payment of all future demands
spOn them. Death and vengeance are
they not British subjects and shall they
lose The benefit of their birth-righf, be-
cause they are blockheads enough 10 a.
bandon themI
Seriously speaking, the attractions of
liberty aud independence are so power