Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-05

C-Tl0Tng rIInTOVcrS o nav tnpm
sufficient wages; and this is to be done only by ia
king off two-thirds vt the taxes; which can be done
without any injustice. and which ought to be done
immediately
take If the matter, they are kept in countenonce
by the middle class, who are everywhere beg,p-
nIng {" make common cause with them The aris
tOcracy have hitherto carried this class alor- with
them. or rather, they nave employed them TO keen
the wO ki"g class down. But the labourers.have
now taught this middle class. that there is more
danger IN being on the side of the arisocracv than
on the side of the lab"uriug class; and, thus iaurht
though the teaching has been long about, the mid
die class are fast SNORING away The side of the
abonrers! 1t Lord Grey doubt of this let HIM rend
undor. my head IF Dome 4tic Affairs. the ,ccoun of
T"rd Darnley'S defeat at R"ch"s,.r: Fl. d. # that
tl'i to satisfy his mind, he will, perhaps get that
satisfaction from he account of VIVA took Jlace
Iunbrldge on the esd instant, as given in the
Madison" Gaze tie OF that date:
"The meeting convened bv the nag,trates n
Monday last, tor the purpose of swearing IN special
cons'a gave rs" to an extraordinary display of
political feeling. Soon after ten o clock the rn5ab
rants of this town mus cred in great numbers at
/ III" Couri Hall. pursuant to summons. when upon
/ the oath of special constable beinr rendered TO
then, they, almost to man, refused to takp it
Mr. 2. NJ. Austen addressed the beech IN
explanation of his refusal, in which he : a
ted 1t to be the opinion of himself, and thit
! OF the greer par of the Inlabrants ha
the proceeding was inexpedient, and, he fur
thor declared. that although they were actu tel bv
the most devoted feelings of Loyalty and attachment
| to the krng, yet, he Government had .urned
deaf ear to the just and reasonable complaints of the
people. the latter cad not checrfuy co-ope ie
with hem' The rom was crowded 10 eXcrss and
| Mr. Austen was much "pplaud"d al the cuncusi n
of his address Thu inha bitants then simultaneously
LETT the meeting, and upon THU ARRIVAL in the open
street, they gave three cheers to Mr. Austen whom
| h1y considered az their Representatives This how
| eyer, was a demOn:traton OF feeling which as It
bore ne appearance OF dIsrespect to he bench was
no less rrprehendel by the lnhab anti in gen raj
n rs UI ~ IN Sn nj ~, I no
til" object OF 1t. The persons summoned from the
other PARISH generally refused to be sworn #.
| They 'mgliinei Of the iutolerabc burden Of the
taxes, add the IatlHntInn o; G e frn.nrl 10 thor
distre To these com i ints tn, m 4rstiafe, re-
piled, hat, Il they no, Legislators It was of
no us t. complain them, and that several res
pectab'c in.'ah ants having upon Oah. dec AIRED
their apr iens on> OF not imp ra i've uuoil
| th"m tn take he Steps they had 10 e 10 preserve
the public p" ce. L'i ecknock was pre- nj. and
enter tamil airy 'n'' chnv ration Nth same of the
principal recns"nts One OF those pl cards headed
n &c Picking whic nave been numerouslv CT Gu
la ed was placed In the hands of his Lord shin
| vho declared that lhe staten nj Of the incom. .,
lsev'rai OF n n hrlduals IN nam d was GROSSLY
exaggerated Out of upwards OF 800 persons VIII.
were SUNNI NJ, only fty-twn, in, ludinr som. vou
teers, who took the oths on the previous Saturda .
consented +" ac' q special constabes. funp Of
the 5'h Drag IN Guard is at present sta;ionei
| Iuno ldg w lis; out although information has been
received there OF tn assemhage OF mobs az no rreat
distance he sery Ies OF h N Ii airy have not We,
been required W are sorry 10 state, that inf1r-
nation received here on Satnrday cvonirr
hat several corn-~tock, at Rive head were sol on
fire The Re-. 81: Charles uarange has reduced
the vcariai tithcs of Punbridge ten per cont N or
der to reheve The farmers accoun, of he tim s.
and TO enable them to raise he wages of the h.
bourers The vcarial tIthes have always been mod
rate, being rated at little more than half her real
{ value 1t is to be hoped that those who hold the
rec oral Iithes Will be induced to follow the exampIe
set them by The Rev. Baronet"
! Now, is there not matter here for a Minister t.
muse on? Does h. not that here the middle do
IN iact' make common cause with the lower? What
is the PLAIN language here? WHY, thls
i ''Wo are aXed by the Government that VIC
have been unable To give the working people what
they ought 10 have had; the Gov ,rnmrnt has bceu
deaf to our prayers: and, theref re- we will not n,w
AID the Government to Keep down tho working PEI
pie." II 4 Minister i ,ubt after this he mus
be very hard 10 believe Addressed to commnn
ty IN this mind, what is a proclamation of menaccs
If hal TO draw no proclamation, it should nav.
been Of very different stamp and It should have
put stop to the frs comple ely as thew could
have been stopped by anoth"r Noahs food Bu
indeed. II the Hing, on coming to the throne, hat
! followed my advice, should never have heard o
Il singh fire My advice was, that he should cal
the new Parliament together as soon as it was cleo
ted, and send to them he following message:
The King informs the House of Commons Tiht
same :" the Lords that he has called them ,og,-
ih7r for one import ant purpose and for that pur-
pose only. Ueon coming to the throne he finds
-! from careful examination INTO the state of hi
kinguom whether III lis foreign relations or If
It's M site concerns, thai there has been for ma
ny years grea: mismanagemeni; that fhe countr,
! has sunk IN the eyes OF the world; and that hi.
! people are IN state of ruin aud beggary. sncb
/ was never known TO their fathers Thu KING
! has traced these sad and sgracefu effects to the
want of full free. and fair rcpresen alton of iht
Peop'e in the Commons II puse of Pa lament; and
I IN r"tr" he recommends to the TWO Houses e.
pass law to enable the people at arg freely r.
\ choose nc members Of the muions House OK
! Guiding from thr light of voting no man VIII ha
attained the age OF twenty-onr, Who is of sane
mind. and who has not been legally convicted Oh
/ an infam'us crime"
Not single Gre should we have heard Of if this
ide sage had been sent tn The Pa rliq,nent because
th' people would llav concluded, that rea! chang
was about to BE- mad; That real relof was corninn
i IN them; and therefore, they would have waiec
with pntience. But then there must have been .
real reform directly and real relief gven and these
thi0gF must he dune now; or there viii b" no end O.
the hres, until tic middle class Join the labourjno
untI thFse make common cause and obtain radI-
chi reform and cessation Of the oppressive taxa
Ion ard he cessaii ~ cannot witt acting npln me
EoT'0lE Petition; and to this p something great