Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-20

charters which, protected the people aoaii.s' u'J
1n"' 49,. If the Crown. The result, as he mao
. .r, adv said. was the glorious revolution Inc
hnrnnnhmonoers. too, had seized charters-tnet
had fiIched the people of that which oeiohsea ~
nav n'. "J tho consequence would be, that there
,.onid he M revolution now, but resumption
If their riuhts on the part of the people,
T. hos been said, that the existence OF '''oSe
.,aa, horouobs was mode of bringing IN exceed
wv cIaycr n en- INTO House, and, gong over .n
sas;ss If vear,. the Right Hon. Baronet (oir no
bert peeR had laid before them a galaxy CT d.
roneh mongering glory. He commenced wiz"
NJ Dunn;np, and ended with Lord Liverpool
i,Isss the marx! If the entire catalogue OF nose
GREAT men was removed-if all those great sta'es,
men who had passed through the hIthy oaptis''al
font Of The boroughmongerins system had never
existed there, he (Mr. O'Connell) did not MINK
that the country would be at all verse tor mat
One of those persons was the late Nh Cahhi's
He was nut amongst those illustrious characters
which the boroughmOngering system had sent
there-he who while he supported Catholic emah-
cipation oppos ed the Just rights OF the Protestant
Dissenters. Upon what principle could he'
Protestant, iave opposed their rights! The name
of Burke. too, was mentioned amongst this DO
| roushmongering galaxy. Anexceedlng h'sh 90
~ ne was; there could not be higher, ana one %
those men who thought that the people s''"u'o oe
conlented if the rich was comfortable ana haPpy'
What did the people care or know about Mr..
Burke? They paid his pension stili; anu Tic VII
! O'Connel) was certain that 1t they cahVasseu
England round, it would be found, that II thai
pension were given up, the people OF EnS,ano
would be most glad TO give receipt IN iuii 'o'
the eulogium on his merits. lie 1t was Tor whoh
this epitaph was composed long before his uea'h:
Here lies our goo! Edmond whose genius was such .
! W- scarce, can praise il, Or blame II roo mhch'
| Who, born for the universe, narro~'d his Who,
Ard TO party gave up what was meant Tor mah!.iha
The boroughmongering system, according to
its advocates, would seem to possess fairy door
for letting in men of talent and intelligence INTO
that House, but was it not true that 1t sent there
great number of dull, stupid, drowsy members,
| IA laugh who possessed no talent, in debate who
had no regard for the interests or rights OF the
people. and who rose to eminence only in pro-
portion as the country sunk? Hear 1t was a
mere falacy to say, that the boroug hmonse ring
system sent men of talent to that House. In
| century about halfa dozen of such might be
found-they appeared at intervals, only like the
theatricals which went from London amongst the
provincial theatres, and the entire oithe play was
! Hamlet, while PUonius, and all the other char
acters were forgotten. But then it was SAID that
the system had worked we'll. He would ask
them to inquire from their agricultural popula-
ton whether such was the case-whether such a
fact was reflected from the fires which had b!azed
| thr oughOut their countries, and whether such
wo uld be the statement they would receive II
they in CURED from the unfortunate men who fill
led their goals on account of the disturbances IN
the country Did the wilfull trespass act which
gave the magistrates such dominion over the poor,
evidence the working we'll of the system? Were
the game laws proof of such fact? clear Had
that House listened to the complaints OF the
people? He would give specimens to show how
the Dor Dug hmonsering representatives had voted
upon questions retrenchmcnt; as an exempli-
ficaton of the working of the clusc borough sys.
TEN. From returns which had been made with
re gard to divisions OH questions Of rctrenchment
in 1922, it appeared that of 10 representatives
tor boroushs with population under 500, all vot-
ed against retrenchment; that of the reprcsen.
tatives for borous hswith population above 500,
and not exceeding 200, IL voted for retrenct-
ment, and sS against it; that of the representa-.
tves for boroughs with ZOO inhabitants, II were
for retr enchment, and Al against It; and that OF
the representatives of boroughs with population
beyond 5000, 66 voted for retrenchment, and
AZ against it. Hear, hear.) Ii was the borough
mongering Parliament which saddled the coun-
try with debt of $780, 600, 900 orR9o0, 900, 900.
| 1t W as said that the country had enjoyed pros
perity under this system. True it had, but why
had It been prosperous On account of its great
resources, and in spite of the evil effects Of the
Mountaineering system This country was
bound up by load of debt IN consequence Of
that system. Was there heartin true Brit
sh bosom that did not wish success to the
brave and generous Poles? Hear, hear.) But
If the despot of Russia should trampe them in the
dust, could this country interfere? MOTOR the
debt at once prevented her from doing So The
arstocracy, and their dependents, had fattencd
upon the public plumber; but the consequence of
such system Of misrule, and pIunder: and ex-
travagance, was, that the country was bound up
in the mann err he had described, and the only way
for extracting it consisted in calling the univcr-
sal people Of ing land around them. (Hear,
hear, from the Oppostlon.) When he heard such
triumphant assertions made as to the ork ny
well of the system, he would refer them to Ireland
for the illustration. There they had complete
trial of it for so years at least, and yet Ireland
was one of the most miserable countries nm Garth