The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-17

substance literally with him IN the days Of
This prospcrityis left, under a change offor-
Tune, when clouds and darkness come upon
him. to grcpe his way, silently aud alone.
through sufarings which there are none to
pity--none to assuage-with no hope in life,
no friend but deathsSQec.
From Niles Register.
IA $40 BRITISH TAXATION.
1t appears that there are hundreds of
thousands Of personsin the g United King
DOM" able and willing to work, but unern-
ployed---,hats some hire themselves at q
6 penny day." and are glad to get even
that pitfancc; that this vast .ztnltitude is
either miserably subsistcd by public chari-
| ~, Or hardly snbsisted at all. It is hard,
indeed, Tor the fulfilled American, who all
ways has bread in abundance, and may,
have meat three times day, IL he wishes
| il, to imagine whole and numerous classes
OF a people stinted as to the former, and
almost entirely Deprived Of thelatter. But
$50 it is--ihat even bread and meat, those
saeo simple solitary articles, may not be had.
by the Cooperative" classes in England, in
sufficient quantities 10 satisfy the rcasona-
bic wants Of nature. Lord Liverpool, Mr..
Huskisson, &c. attributed this distressed
state to orertrading. 1t is not so, except
as overtrading was forced TO support orer-
'iaration.
A Scotch writer speaking Of tic pres
sure ef taxation, says In the year d 700,
before the breaking out Of the last war,
this {taxation) was reckoned at the mode
rate sum of sixteen millions Of pounds ster-
ling per annum "a goodly part of which
sum had been contracted by the prosecu-
ton Of the war against the then colonies of
North America. now the United States.
Well, about this time, tyranny, which, to
use medical phrase, may, apty enough.
be styled THO alidscife Of liberty, had got
such u pifch1of intolerance in France, that
the people could suffer it no longer, and
revolutionized their government. John
Bull must be NEEDING and of course got
finger in the pie.-This war lasted until
1915, and now we, as nation, only pay
20 millions of pounds sterling per annum,
the items of which for tho national debt
amounts to 3OSmiIlions a year interest.
The support of our poor, z millions ster-
ling years Salaries of our national Off
Gers, 20 millions year. Tithes for the
support of the clergy Of the church Of Eng-
land, about7 millions Of pounds sterling
la year, and another something which, w
the financiers is called. u dead weight,
5 millions q yoar for--the Lord knows what
f-secrct service money or something else,
but we have TO pay it. One million pounds
per annunl for The salary of his most gra-
cious majesty, GeOrgius Qnartus. The in
habitants Of Great Britain and ireland can
not amount 10 more than 20 millions of
souls, men, women and children. And
surprising an equal division Of taxation.
these 70 millions would come to about 81.
sterling per head, or within fraction of
Ia pence weekly. Well then, contrast this
with the following: The weavers 81 Eng.
land, 81 present can earn only about two
shillings week, and those arc tire H1an;
who supply you with cotfons in tiis 80
States. Again, the Irish laborerS sN&0
supply those men with food, have e. work
for 8 pence and pence a day. What
queer state it is for nation to arrive II.
when the annual taxation Of man, woman
and child nearly equals the wages for Ia
Dor. According ITO the poor laws in
England, whon the reward for iabour
will not procure tho bare. necessaries
of life, the balance must be made up BY
the poor rates. This tax is levied ON eve
~ person not actually pauper, bat fails
peculiarly heavy On the landed proprietors.
Hence q man may have an estate. and il
NAV not be worth farthing 10 him, tho
whole proceeds being taken up to pay GOV.
ernment taxes, tithes for the clergy and
the poor taxes. This however, common
" happens in bad times, such as the prss-
ont But in a nation arrived at sdcha crie
sis as ours.swe may look q return Of them
cvery3 or A years,--and at all times, the
tax on land is not under so per cent. ID
will am,ise you 10 giye the items on some
of the most necessary articles Of life. 6 On i
beer. for example, government secures the
incredible amount Of Es,2Sl $50 per an