Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-05

KING off two-thrds OF the taxes: winch can bc done
without ony injustice, and which ought to be done
Immediately.
Besides this view which tho lubourcrs themselves
take ct tho matter, they kept in count n5ncc
by the middle class who ar" everywhere begin
nlng l" make common cause with them The aris-
'ocracy have hitherto carried tins class along with
them. or, rather, they nave employed them To- keep
tho W." king class down. But the labour"rs have |
now taught this middle class, that there is moro |
danger IN being on tho side Of the arstocrucy than
on the side OF the labourng class and, thus caught
though the teaching has been long about. the mid
dc class aye fast shrrruir away To- tho sdc of tho
lahnurerS II Lord Grey Doubt IT this lot hun read
under my head Vt Domestic AGn,rs The account of
Lord Darncy's defeat Mt X ch,s'sr: "a d. # that
ilii to satisfy his mind, he will, perhaps, ge, that
salts action from the accNun, OF VIVA took Place at
FunhrIdgp. the esd instant, IA given in the
MnidSt"nc Gaze to oi that date:
The meeting convened bv the martratos. n
Monday last, tor the purpose Of Swearing special
consnbl's give rls" To an extraordinary display of
political feeling. Soon after ten o'clock the ,n6ab
rants OF this town mus'ored in great numbers nj
III Court HALL. pursuant tu summons when upon
the oath Of special constable b eng rendered To
them they. almost 20 Il man, refused 10 tat, 1t
/ MT. Il ~ Austen aidrc sod the beach N
explanation Of his refusal, IN which h. a
ted II to be the opmnn Of himself. and thtt
/ OF the gre or oar OF the lnhlbuauts la
the proceed ng incxpcdicnt, AMI, he fur
thcr declared that although they we're actustcI By
the M st devoted fec ings of loyalty and ackncn
to he King, yet. as he Government had urnoJ II
deaf car 10 the Just ond reasonable complaints of the
people the latter could noi so checrfnly co-ouc n,
with them Tho rom crowded 20 "Xcnss aud
Mr. Austen WAS much ,pplaudrd a. TIL conrus
of his address Tho inhabitants then smut ancorsIv
LETT the meeting, ard upon til il rival in the omen
street, they gave tnrce cheers to SIR Austen whom,
they corSd red a. their representative. This how
over, was denomination OF feeling which as Il
bore he appearance OF dlsrespcct to h. hcnc. Vas
no less rrpr"hcndod by the lnhab ants in gem raj
THAI u was imp easant To the individual who WAS
tn" object OF 1t. The persons Summoned from the
other p1r'sh's generally refused 20 c.sworn a.
PHey 'mnlLncl of the iutoicrlbc burden of the
! taxes and the inattentIrn o; G v.rnmna to thur
DIS; ~ s. II these com j ,lntS tn mluj,tatcs re-
| piled, hat, they w'r No, Legislators II was of
no complain them and that several res
peciabc mao ants having upon oath, dec arcJ
their Apr hens on~ OF riot was INN "a i've uyou
them 10 take he steps they had dope 10 preserve
tnr public p" cc Lari i erknpck was pre-, nj and
cn'cr tamil airy 'nu c'nv luton nth some OF the
nriHcipal recnsHnts One ~ those placatds, headed
/ N &C Picking Whc lave been Humrrc''~, clrcu
! Ia ed, was placed IN thr hands of his Lotd-shio
Who declared that Tie staten Of the income of
several OF h n iivIiuas tn rem nam. d grossly
exaggerated Dat of upwards OF $40 persons VIII,
were SUNNI m, only ftty-two, in ludng -um. volun
tcers who took tn" tbs the previous Saturla
consented :" &C special cOnsi abies. A ,,nnp IF
the . h Drag n q ard is at present stationed a
Tunb dg w lis; oui althnhI n information has been
received the OF Tn "sscmhlnge of mrbs al no great
dist aDce, he serv -es OF he m ii airy have ye
been required w sorry to stare, that inf1r-
mati,n w,s received here on S,turdav evening
hat several cnrrl--tocl5S At Rvcr head were sol on
| fire. The Re. SIR Charles Harding las rcd. ced
the vcara tiihrs Of Tunbrdge ten per cent. IN or
der to relieve the farmers, Of the tn,s.
md 20 enahl" them To raise he wages of the la
hourers The aria tJthes have ALWAYS been mod
crate, being rated at little than half her real
value II is to be hoped that those who hold the
ORAL iithes will be induced to follow the c,amnIe
set them by he Rev. Blroncr"
! Now, IS there not matter here for a Minister t.,
muse om Does he not that here the middle do
IN fact, make common cause with the lower? What
~ the plain language hero? Why, this:
! 'We arc 'aXed by the Government that we
| h7re been unable 10 give the worlin" people what
they ought TO have had; the Gov ramcnt has bnon
deaf to our prayers: and therefore we viii MT n ~
all he Government to Keep Gown tho wortinn NO.
/ pie" If Minister can dUbt after this, nc mus
be very hard 10 believe Addressed to u coFHmun
ty IN this mind what is proclamation of rnenaccsa
~ had 10 draw up proclamation, It shsmld have.
been OF vc-y different stamp, and It should has @
put stop to the fires as completely IN " could
have been stopped by another Noah's Good BIZ,
indeed 1t the King, on coming the throne had
| followed my advice we should never have heard OF
o single lire. My advice was, that he should enlI
the new Parliament together snon as it wns cleo
ted, and send to them the follawing message:
/ "'Phe King informs the House Of Commons 1.-THE
same ~ the Bordsl that he has called them tore
ih"r for one important purpose, and for that pnr-
pose only. Upon coming to the throne he finds
from careful examination INTO tho state of his
kingdom whether in It's foreign rotations or in
lis domestic concerns that there hns been for ma.
/ ny years gTca' EsnlanageTnen' that ihc country
! has sunk in the eyes o tho world; and that his
people are in n state Of ruin and beggp,v such as
! was necer known to their fathers. ph. King
has traced these sad md dsgraccful effects to the
want OF full, free, and far rcprcscn alton Of the
Peope IN the Commons House Of Pa lament: and
| IN refnr" he recommends to the two Houses L.
| pass law to enable tn" people larr freely TO
choos" he members If tho T. nn.uons House OK
GLIDING from IN" -inh Of voting no man who has
! attained the age Of twenty-onr, whp is If sane
| mud and who has not been legally convicted II
! infamous crime"
! Not single lir" should We bava hoard Of if his
Ne sage had b"rn scn' to The Plr,irmcnf; because
the prnDI" would hlv concluded, that a rca. rlanp
was about TO be- mad; hat rCrl relief was comm,
/ n thcmi. and therefore, they would have waited
with PatiEnc". Bot, then, these must have been n
real rofvol directly md real relief gwen; and these
things must b." done thrTc vii b. No end of
tho Hrcs, until tho middle clnss loin the abrurino
until these make common and "btuIna radl-
c'l reform aud cessation Of w" oppressive taxa
ton and y ccssaiirH cannot tb0crlng upjn The
Norfolk Petition; mud to thia. something great
deal more announcement 20 the arstocracy tn clcr-
/ gy,anI the fJnl-hOdcrs, it will and must come al