The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-19

thnt Ihe maintenance and well dains n he
/ industrious reor, We're objects of greater
consequence than the rnlJChnirni nj il few
indt' idnals by any improvement Ia the I'M
plcmruts Of Trade Which threw The work
men ont of en1neymcuf and rendered the
! iahorrr una afthy nj his hire. Aud il must
he confessed. tli.l .liAa.ls,i hs ..i,.ttiiin at
| the enlarged machinery, IN that slate oil our
commerce nhlch the country onee boast
! ed, might have heen hrnrhral 10 the mas
ter without being detrimental IL the ser
want Yet, IN the present situation Of our
manufactures, toitlng IN warehouses with
ont a prospect of eSputtaliun, which the
demand Tor Workman equally diminished,
| frames of this constructors tend materially
Ia aggravate the dstresses and discanl.nl
! of the disappointed sufferers. but th. real
cause of these disirosscs, and consequent
disturbances, lies deeper. When Ne are
told that these men ARE Icagucd together
not only for ihr destruction of their own
comfort, but nf their very means nf subsis
tcnce, can we otg.i tina, il is the hitter pp
| Icy ,thc destructive warfare, ofthr last eigh
teen Yeas, which has destroyed their con
fort, your comfort all men, comfort that
Hpl' WIN llthi WIN bifal HlhtEA
men, nov no mere hassuryised the deadlo
become curse on the living unto the third
aud fourth generation These men never
destroyed their looms I'LL they Mere be
come actual inpedimcuts Ia their exrrtons
in obtaining their daily brlad. Can YOU
then wonder, that IN times like th1se, W hen
bankruptcy, convicted fraud aud imputed
felony, are found in a station not far be
meath that Of your LoIdships, the lowest,
though once most useful portion oi the PEG
| pie, should forget their duty in their dis
iressrs, aud become only less guilty than
one Of their representatives. But while
the exalted offender can find means IL battle
the law, new capital punlshments must be
! devised, nrw sarers of death must be
spread, for the Nrrtthcd mechanic Who is
muishtd into guilt. These men were vii
| ling 10 dig, but the spade was in other
! hands they we're not ashamed 10 beg, but
there was none to relieve them. Their
own n cans of subsistence we're cut oil all
other employments pre.occopled and
| their excuses, however 10 be deplored aud
condemned, can hardly be The subject OF
surprise. II has been stated, thai the per
sons IN the temporary POSSESSION of frames
| cunnive at Their destruction If this be pioy
ed upon enquiry, 1t were necessary that
such material accessories To the crime
should be principals IN the punishment
But did hope that any measure proposed
by HIS Ma lesty's Government for your
Lorlships' decision, would lave had concl-
liatlon for its basis or, II that were hope
less, that son.e previous inquiry, some de-
liberation, would have been requisite not
that we should have been called at once
without examination aud without cause, e.
pass sentence by Wholesale, and sign death
warrants bindfuId. But admitting that
these men had no cause of complaint
that the grievances Of them and theil EN-
pLoyers were alike groundless, that tire.
deserved the worst; VIVA. ineilicaey, whs
limbeCility, has been cyinccd IN the mrthot
chosen 10 reduce them Why were III,
military called oui to be made noekery %
If they were To be called out ut all ? A.
far rs the difference Of seasons would per.
nit, they have merely parodied the sum
mer campaign of Major Sturgeon and
indeed, the whole proceedings, civil and
military, seem formed on the model al
those of the Mayor and Corporation 81
Garrett. Such marchings and counter
! marchiDgs from Nottingham 10 Bnlnsll--
from Bulnell 10 Banc od-fron Barelord
To Mansfield and when M length, the de-
tachnents arrived at their destination, in
all the pride, pomp, and circumstance 81
glorious war; they came just IN time 10
witness the mischief which had been done
and ascertain the escape of the perpetra-
tors /; to collect the Spoiia OPP ma, in the
! fragments Of broken frames, aud return Ia
their quarters amidst the derlslon of old
| women, and the houtings Of children. -
| Now, though i'll free country, il were 10
he wished thai our military should never
be too Formidable, at least, 10 ourselves.
cannot see the policy Of placing them in
situations where they can only be made RI
diculous. As the sword is the worst nrgn
ment that can be used, so should II be tho
last in this instance it has been the FIRST
but, prov dentally as yet, only IN the scdb-
| bard. The present measure will, indeed
pluck il from the sheath yet had proper
| meetings been held in the earlier stages %
tuesr riots,--had the grievances Of thrst
men and their masters (fnr they also have
had their grievanees) becn fairly weighed
and Justly examined, | do think thai
means might have been devised To restore
! these workmen TO their avocations, and
tranquility To the county. At present
the county sufferers from the double lunic-
ton Of an idle military and a starving 20
pulatlon.
In what state of apathy have we been
plunged so long, that now, for the first time
the house has been officially appraised OF
these Disturbances Al this has hecn
transacting within one hundred aud thirty
miles of London, and yet we, good easy
~ ba,.. 1an,,,.I en-
was riprning,' aud hn,e sal down 10 "n
boy our foreign triumphs in the midst of
domestic calamity. Bot all the cities you
have taken, all the armies which have re
treated before your leaders, are bat paltry