Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-06

the civilized world, is looking on. In setting
about 10 de 10 you the state OF your con-
rern. let me, as q short & plain way oil puuihO
Ire matter before you, ask you some plain que
tons. -
|. Do YOU know, tina, the sums annually paid
on account Of The deb, and The dead welgh''
that the SUMS annually paid on these TWO aeI
counts alone exceed in amount the amount OF
Tie whole Of the rental Of the Kingdom, as as
certained in 1904, when that rental was one
third, al least, higher than II Is now!
Q. DO you know, that, il all the real proper
~. all the land, houses, trees, mines, canals,
fisheries, roads, and bridges, were sold ny auc.
,icn. the sum for which they would be 500
(suppose it to be in due proportion to the rent
would no, pay off the debr; bu; would still leave
two or three hundred millions due 10 the bond
or fund holders?
3. Do YOU know, that the deb, has, ttom The
day of making the peace to the present DAY,
gone on steadily increasing, instead Of dimi-
nishing; while all the lands, houses, aud othef
real property, are already morgaged 10 'he
bond or fund holders, for more than the Whole
Of such property is worth?
4. Do you happen 10 know OF any Other coun'
try, that is, or that ever was, i'll a situation
Xix this?
5. Did YOU ever before hear ola country, the
laweivers of which entertained the question,
and even discussed il, whether, and how, they
ought 10 go 10 work to get a part oil the people
out Of the country?
6. Did you ever before hear of country, 10
keep on, focks Of the raupers OF which, other
nations were compelled 10 pass laws, somewhat
similar to quarantine laws, as is now the case
in America, which has armed its port officers
.,;,h,.,,a, 40 ,n,ipb thnSp who hrIup in Ems
gllsh paupers?
z. As TO Ireland, it seems TO be allowed, 'ha'
that wrelched people are matches In misery;
but, do YOU know, that bread alone, or potatoes,
is the common food of the working people i'll
England; in the country of "roast beei"2
8. Do you know, that thefts have increased
in England, and are constantly increasing, in a
degree that must convince every mar Of sense,
tina, there cannot, without a speedy change. be,
IN Il few years, any safety for property lief?
9. Dc you know, that the mere children Of
this country have taken 10 ,hieve, and in such
numbers, that the magistrates are calling for
new powers, and for dispensing with the trial
by jury, in order tina, they may be able to put a
stop 10 this evil?
10. Do you know, that, notwithstanding the
heavy poor rates, the poor are so badly fed,
ina II III NSoNSs u OWN ~
be pul into Jail, in order that they may get bet
ter fed?
Now, il you do know these things; ifyou have
duly thought of them; if you have reflected on
what, if this state of things continues, cannot
be far distant; il you have thus knnwn, thought
and reflected, you are The boldest man that ever
lived, BY far ,he most adventurous, to quit the
snug birth Of military fame, and, with all The
above facts and signs before YOU, 10 pledge
yourself to pay feaa ,ha, too ~ GILL e rnI1
weight and ~fneness. And. observe, this pledge
you give. You have been in Parliament ever
since You was old enough to be there. You
have always supported the making of loans.-
You have never opposed any grant Of money.
You have assisted 10 make every law affecting
the currency; you have been in The cabinet
while all this wondrous code was making; yoL.
have come in now with a currency law in force
that you yourself assisted 10 advise as well as
to pass. SO that, by entering the Office of head
hnancier, you pledge yourself, in The most de-
cided manner, TO the payment of the interest Of
the debt and dead weight in full tale and in
gold OF standard weight and fnencss. This is
your pledge and | say that you cannot redeem
%'t;-you nish to be able TO redeem il, il you
fail, | triumph over you, and you sink pretty
nearly out OF sight forever; and, the worst Of
your case will BE-, that your pensions and grants
will all be remembered in the full amounts,
while the "g!ories," Of which they form the
par, payment, will be either forgotten, or turn.
ed from with that sort Of feeling which accom-
panies our reflections on past follies for which
we are enduring present suffering. %Brougham,
and some ofthe silly Wings, ha,e made a slight
attempt 20 excite alarm, at the thought of what
YOU might, with all your present powers pcs
sibly DO with the army. If you were thus
disposed, and were 10 act on the disposition,
what resistance, | should he glad to know,
would Brougham's schoolmas,er make 70 you!
But teasing aside this childish stuff. What would
you want 10 use the army FOR? TIE army
cannot make you gold, ror can it get gold cut
OF The peoples pockets, # there he rome in their
pockets; and il there be any in the pockets, the
tax gatherer can get it out as cieanlv and as
quickly as the soldit'; and the a my of lax
gaiherers, who actually receive in psy more, |
believe, than the soldiers and regimenlal officers
receive, put them all together, are vastly moe
adroit at their work thar soldiers would eve,
become. Oh, no. YOU know better than 10