Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-19


|oughtt TO be forced upon the public creditors 'rh
meaning of the expression is, that the Public Deb
has arrived at such magnitude as to make the paw
ment of interest notO rnous upon the subject, s. tina
the time is not remote When it win be impossible
Writers ofgreat power are taking this ground. which
the. Quarterly Review itself half countenances
The public debt of England has exercised the spec
alatiou and the Vaccinations of half century,t is
apparent now that 1T cannot be much longer Dragged
by her. ndthat the failure of single crop will be
cause enough to produce fiscal if political revo
tions.
the young Duke of Buccleuch. Earl Stanhope pre-
faced motion to amend the address, by the follow
ing observations We copy from the Times !
Earl STANHOPE said he should have thought if
base derelicon of his duty, were he on the present
occasion to abstain from declaring that the country
was under the deepest and universal ate of dis
tress one likely to be unequalled in its DURATION as it
was intolerable in its pressure, unless Parliament
thought fit inquire fora remedy. Hd would ask
their lordshlps, then, whether, under suth circum-
stances, the present address of the nob,e duke was
that which they ought to be called upon to adopt He
would ask any rational man who had heard the speech
delivered by the Kings Minister'S if he were
to rest the state of the country upon what that com
position had disclosed. He did not wish to speal,
olsrespectn OF any speech from the throne, but he
ASip tiidt one more lnaDt,
appropriate, or less satisfactory never had been deli
vered before any public assembly. With reference
TO what was said in that clause of the speech which
alluded TO the prevalence of distress in ssoue pnr,
OF the country, he should content himself with askpr
IN what part of the country had the minis era failed
to lind distress, not partial but general Where was
the terrd aacogn,ta into Which this distress did not
penetrate? When allusion was nade in tho s,aech,
tthe expectation the applicaon-of some broposed
remedy, he found the following pnraqrapl:-@His
Majesty is impressed with the necessity Of actinp
with extreme caution in reference TO this important
subject His Majesty feels assured that yo,ly,ll con
cur with him i'll assigning due weight to the effect of
uniaVorabe seasons, and to the operation of other
causes, which are beyond the reach of Legislative con-
tro OF remedy. Really, this apprehension of seek
ing remedy, after going length in aInttinp the
evil, appeared to him very odd. II was in blan En-
gls to tell Parliament, "take you do not look
Tor any relief; you in the river we know and
take care you do not attempt to yourself from
being drowned" The people would not eslure this
species OF adylce and more particularly at moment
when they saw such combination of causes in ono
ration to produce Distress and only met by the tender
OF consolation that the evils were only temporary
Inns consoatory assurance that Affections were to he
only OF temporary duration, was not new; they had
often had IT before and found it beed by subsequent
events They had heard the same thing more than
once , IN the meiapnorc language that the sky was
deformed by clouds, which would soon pass over.
When the sun would reappear with its previous rad-
ance; when, IN the result was their to
lind the atmosphere blackened,--to see it as il
Eupty
to be overshadowed 1t was under these circum
stances That they not to feel despondencv; and
this was the time when they assembled to hear
snch extraordinary and neXcusable enunciat;ons
LIE noble duke at thu head of the Government must
surely be better acquainted with the country than to
give credit to such do.usive opinions He must be
acquainted at least with the general nature md pres
sure of the public distress He had seen last wear
much Of the expression of the oncrai feeling thouoh
operating then with different view; and this yea If
had been pressed upon his official attention by repre-
sentalons coming from various parts ofthe country
from county meetings, which however the noble du ke
at one time thought to be nothing more than farce
"a description, however: applicable, perhaps
to the proceedings of another assembly, which de-
bated at no great distance from their present place of
meeting lie regretted TO find that no hope Of maui
ry was held out in the speeches of the noble mover
and seconder No reliefwas be expressed for their
distresses--no promise given which could convey
consolation to tue sufferers. He regretted this cir
cuInstance eXremelylndeed, he regretted il fer tc
sake of the noble dukes administration; for in this
manner he never could expect safely to govern the
country. With the rest of the country lie felt lust
admiration Tor the noble dukes former fanc-or that
great reputation which he had, more than any other
man. acquired III the service of his cotntry-which
had placed him on pinnacle higher than that of any
OF his predecessors; yet OF what use was this glory
lift to be furnished by bad civil administration
OF the national affairs? He had found the vessel of
state surrounded with rocks and ,quicksaDds and
though he took the helm, he had consented to steer in
the same hazardous coHrscto pcTsevere in the same
systemic adoPt an the evils, and follow the same
pernicous views which had brought the vessel of the
state into danger. What were the achievements
wblcthe noble duke meant TO against this per-
severance IN impotc measures? lie might indeed.
SAY he had carried the Catholic questions into the dis
cussion of which he (Lord Sanhopc), however, nei-
Their meant now hereafter to enter as it was dead
and buried; but, whenever it was mentioned he
should never cease to assert it had been extorted by
the threats and menaces the Catholic Association.
Regarding thezpreseut distress, every body knew it
to fitn uni, lo
duke had on former occasion truly admii4edfo he
TIE only basis of national prosperity and power
but had extended to the manufacturing interests as
well as to trade ard commerce. All these never
were at so low ebb at this moment, or more de-
mandlng the prompt and energetic consideration oil
Parliament, And if, in alludng to them, he refrnn-
cd the present occasion from entering into full de-
tails to support his view of their depressed condition
it was because he intended in few days to BRING the
whole state of the country more specifically undel
tLler lnrdshins, DECENTRALIZATION. .Cl,,s =