Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-08
STATE OF ENGLAND A WARNING TO
FRANCE.
LETTER Z
To the Editor Of La Revolution, al Paris

To the Editor Of La ReuolutiOn, al Paris.
I.oNDoS. e5th NV. 1880.
Sir: The state Of this country ought TO he made
known IN 'he people OF France; and the way to do
tis j. give description of il under the name of
some person we'll known to the public, and who
thereby makes himself ans~cfabe for that which he
II is further necessary that the description
published by Won, he also published in England. in
order 10 avoid the charge of libel. and adhere To
max which ali honest observe namely. to
say nothing behind a mans back. that YOU dare not
IN his face. This has been the rule of my life:
and this rule will now follow in series of letters
which ] prnpns" 10 address to you, the stale Of
Bng and; which il is Of he greatest importance that
Tho people Of Frame clearly understand; becaus, it
will show them how this powerful nation has been
made feeble, and how this happy people has b..
made miserable, by the means Of taxation; il will
show them that this taxation has been caused by the
public debt, by standing army, and by pensions and
sinecnres, and it wall show thai these have been oc
casioGed bv laws made by hereditary arisrocracy
and by n House oc Commons not chosen by the PEG
pie at large but chosen by The aristosracy tad the
rich. BY showing these things to the psu pie Of
Fraoce you VIII enable them Ia judge correctly with
respect to what they ought to do with regard these
three great matters, thu public debt the hereditary
erstocracy, and the man,nr Of choosing representa-
tivns
Befnrr proceHd To give you description of the
present state of Erg!snd. ought to observe TO YOU
that England Is, in f,ct, the whole kingdom in point
OF real 'nDoyance; for that, though conside bic
par, If Ireland rich in sni and though it contains
half as many people as England, ii stripped OF
10 degraded existence and the political factions
have contrvrd make the people so hostile in feeling
towards the English, that that miserable country IT,
~ political point of view of weight whatever:
and as 10 Scotland, 10 worth less, and paws less
Gear amount OF taxes. than the single county Of
York; nay, my belief IT, that source Of national
power, either Of the counties Of Kent. Devon. Nor
folk or Lincoln, is Of more value than the whole of
Scotland, which is. besides, land for the braodino
OF government dependents and seryile tool. OF tvran
ny What, az TO the political state and weight Of
these two countries. do you want more than these
two TACT; that while every county. Town and vii are
10 England was sending addresses To he late perse-
cu'ei Queen Caroline; while, in fact, all England
expressed its resolution to defend her and made that
resolution good; not single address, not sim
FIe demonstration Of compassion. did she receive
from either OF those countries And with regard
t. tho brave men of Paris; while there is no county
in England which has Eot produced several sub.
scriptious; while the working people Of York.
shire Lancashire and indeed, Of every county while
even IN" villages in the counties of Kent and of Sus
s'X have sent their mites, not single SOUS has
te2n sent from IRELAND !iOTa Scotland. It is not
that the of the people in countries are no,
good IN their nature but they are so completely kept
down by selSsh faction the one country and By
greedy par-hunters in The other tina, they are rem
Gercd NJ no avail with regard political influence
is therefore. from he state of England alone that
you have TO judge, and that state will describe 10
You IN my nezt letter am, sir your Obcdiont SER
want, WA COBBETT.