The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-16
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iIlnanIary reingm and the s'.l;,.c nf ,r,i
cultural distress, and the r. .armers H.,
WIN much skhi partially hlende tl,esr t,,n
/ great questions. The rriormrr, annear
bs slowly gaming ground. S.r + I.th-
BRIDE, Who IN former wears had been IN,
supple follower Of his NaicsiY's ,nie,s,.rs
mas recently abandoned them and asow.d
himself i'lend of parliamentary refo,m
! 'fiS conversion se.fas rot to have be,n
/ ,ery well rell5hcd bs The MARQUIS of Lon
! den.erFy, WHO, II IA after debate upon an
! entirely different subject, observed that
! ne noble haronct vas "crrtainly very nc
romnodailng intending a goCd-nainred
rePfoot at his sudden change of sidas A.
! very numerous meeting In Kent county.
81 The friends of reform, Cobbett addressed
TIE meeting, and succeeded in geifiuo
through IL resolution, rceommpndinr the
reduction al the interest on the national
debt and this proposition has even found
support among some Of the most thorough
! gong re!olmers III Parliament The re-
at faets are, that the people Of England are
ground into the duet with taxes propcr-
~ Is not generally distributed the natlou-
al Gebt remains almost stationary, or at
least experiences no considerable diminu-
'oa. 1t Is therefore pretty obvious that
| there are materials already accumulated.
winch may make that country a scene of
important changes alH We ought not to
ht SURPRISED, Ii change, when it did come,
should be attended with violence abd com
moi,c1. DR.. Washington las already de-
clarei that he believed revolution must
preeedr reform"
IRELAND presents scenes at which
human sensib!lity must revolt. lis pobu-
latIaa are daily dying oi actual starvation.
In lp0k@g .1;O the ca;Isrs OF the distress
2s Of the i, we fad a. once principal
one IN the very unequal distribution If pro
pert. 4 non-rrsiacat landlord, ENJOYING
.ian pleasures Of Loadol, j, not the besl cal
fa'at.d u promote the prosperity o. his
poor tentHtIy, Another callse is III If re-
A,.6a5 dlsahiltirs. Ii is esiiuatsl that
l-zi@'hs ~ TIT whole popal .tion Off, land
are CATHOLICS, who have 10 pay tithes for
tie support ola church establishment lhry
ahlior, and who brsd, must support their
own clergy or be deprlvcd Of TIC cGusuL,-
tlol ofleIirion.
Thu dIstr.ssrs OF the Irish in some dis
trlcts have been also lncreamd by the sci
fish ambition Of landlords and estate hol-
d2rs, who for The sake of strengthening
-1heir aleCiioneciing interests, have res artrd
to tht practicc of haA iug a u,lraber of ten
ants III common upon one firm, Whq are
brought up like slaves to thr polls, 10
swear 10 their 10s., and having thus quali-
fed thrlnseh e3 To vote, are i,it 10 farm, in
common, aud To increase the mdS1 OF 10
pnlation very much in Tie same way
I'm increase Of lnhalran!s thus fol-
lows, without a proporliunatr increase of
cultivated SOIL To afford them means of
aastenGice. How many gloomy anlcipa-
tlols did the opposrrs Of the union OF Ire
land With England Qntettan and yet those
gloomy ;tnticipations had been more ohm
realized Oppressive, unnecessary and
lmpolltic taxation have driven the comforts
81 the Poop from the land-Sugar and
lea the Irish peasant never tastes, and the
whisky with which he browns his troll-
hics IN temporary oblivion, IS made al the
tx OF the lives of those engaged IN It's ma
huiacturQ.
After viewing this gloomy picture, it is
t"aiE grateful to turn L. dat scene of ma
;iaaal wealth which FRANCE, rich in her
os resources, presents. Thourh the for
mcr conquerors of Europe are evidently
dissatisfied with the indolent rule OF The
timid Bourbons, we hear no complaints
If agricultural distress, national deht or OBJ
p1.sslrt taxation. The energies of France
are FAST recovering and She is gradual, re-
gaining hei influence in the counsrls Of Eu-
rope. Like the strors man OF Scripture.
her locks have been shom and her sir, myth
had departed from hcr, But time Is fast
restoring 10 her thai ,iEor, which once made,
laerthc t,rfor Of Europe, but which herral-
tar vail be only clertrd in bringing down
destruction a2on every enemy Of her no
40 and true prosperity.
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