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

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putations upon any man. bu' still h. was bound IN
fairness To say, that if HIS Maie-tys Government had
been property supported upon that qu"ston--iit had
been Supported as vehement, as 1t h been opposed
If in ITS efforts heal the divisions of Ireland II
had not been thwsrcd-that country would now
have been i'll avery d'ifarcut sate { Hear hear0
The Noble Vscouni and the Noble Duke had com
planned of the excessive poverty at Ireland No
either IN TINT coun in thus. could he IN re
painfully awsr" than h. (thc Duke Of Wrllington)
of the rene poverty of the Irish, and the
great Inconvenience and danger tn the empire suit
ing from thu d. porahle state OF the lower orders
bat he must beg IN" Noble Lord 10 reflect that il was
not by coming tn that lIuus. aud by talking TO their
Lordshps of the poverty Of th people that the poor
could b. relieved that the evils resulting from that
poverty could be rrmedied. If they wished 10 tran
qullse Ireland, tho way was = persuade those who
had money to buy estates and settle in that country
and to employ their capital it's Improvement. If
OF estate and property in thai country would
reside and spend their incomes there they would
do more To iranquizc II than all the measures which
His Mnjesys Ministers could adopt Hear. HE
would nnw adyc'i to part as the discussion OF that
night, in eussu 10 apo Of His niaJestys Speech
upon subject which gavo him very great pain,--he
alluded TO the state of the public mind in Kent He
thought that The outrnges of which that country had
been he scene were no; 10 be- attributed dist res
for, al period when the population of the county
had unQestonaby been exposed grea err seventies
of condition, such outraaes had not taken place
He should imagine that tho outrages were carried
bv difir classes people Som of H. offences had
oc'n class winch was always disposed
tn break machines, which they thought land though
rightly tool would, in the frs; ms ance throw them
on, Of work. although they did not that, evenu-
ally improved machines would Interfere with their abour
Scept to better their couion but there another
desperate cas Of who burn, and destroyed property
without motive or WIN, the Of these
ouageS however the government knew than
try and uassiracy of the county had told them Ministers
OF the country discover Causes and they
giving them assistance they reqrcd the
"'ce and down the disturbances quickly possible
SaI re-
spscting puipg the county the evils
likely result from the late disturbances in France The noble
lord alluded something the shape Of paamenarf
form Hear 1.-The Noble Lord had however, been candid
enough acknowledge that he was not prepared with any
mea.Ore of reform and uhe Duke of weiusron) would
have little scrpe say, that His Najestvs Government,
was totally as the Noble Lord Nav he on his
part would GO further and that se had
heard Of the which could
degree sa. the representation
could he improved, he rendered satisfactory
country at large than the from
opposite benches He fully that country
al the present legislature which
all gnod Of legislation, and geate degree
than legislature had answered
cver-N Laughter the left of the House tile would go fur
Their and the legislature and the of representa-
possessed the full aud entire confidence the
deservedy possessed that confidence and the discussions
the legislature had great influence the opinions OF
/ The country
He would go still further, and say that present
men he had imposed upon him the duty OF nmnga legislature
fur country and particularly country like this IN
Of great property of descriptions he did
thar ne would form such legislature they
now incapable reaching
it but his great eneavor would be form some
description legislature which would produce the results.
The the people present large
body Of the property Of the country which
interests had prcpondeaug Influence Under these crcum
not n bring forward any measure Of
the description alluded by the Noble Lord He only
prepared bring forward Of tins nature but
he would declare that as concerned
long he held any in country, he should alw
feel his duty resist such when proposed by others
The Address then agreed and half after
nine the House adjourned
When we reflect on the state of the public mind of
England manifested by tho Prcss, the popular meet
ngs over the country, attended by the soundest and
weahesr port ION Of the body polite the almost in
surGent condition ef the working classes--whpn in
short. apparent that the population ofthe king
DOM the clergy aud the arisocracy excepted dema,
ded Reform and Retrenchment with one voice of
mperious ihunder-this speech Of the Hero of Wa
terloo. hardly be rated as 4 specimen Of stupid
infauation and conemptuous insocnce, above the IA.
NOUS ordinances of Pognac in tho preceding July.
The election of Brodgham in Yorkshire, of Hume in
MddleseX, Of Reformers wherever the people had an
inch If ground to stand upon, ought 10 have convin-
ced the Prince OF Waterloo, that tho day and hour
hsd come-and that at last the spirit of Reform had
become national and was no longer TO be resisted
But, whom God means destroy, nc first makes mad.
This speech Of the Prime MRster so insoent in
terms, and decisive Of the question: that from his
administration alienation of the burthcns Of the
People, no reformation Of the Government was 10 be
hoped f,r inf med the public mind in the highest de-
gree; which acting upon Parliament. produced that
vote on Sir ii. Parnells motion the 10th, which
having Ministers in minority, their abdcation fol-
lowed matter Of course.
The great problem whether this is Minis
teral Revolution, the commencement Of Revo-
luton in the fora OF Government ITSELF remains to be
solved by events. For ourselves we consider it
the litter We in this country have little conception
of the diffusion Of Republican feeling in England OF
the dcestation in which the Mobility, but above oil!
the lazy and nsolcnt clergy Of the Church Of Eng
land are held. When tho poor aJorcr, who with
the greatest difficulty finds bread to put in the mouths
Of his children, is compelled TO surrender a tytho
Of his industry 10 the Priest whose tcnets he dis