Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-08
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of the Government taxes and the increas. of
the Debt The amount OF the poor taxes is the
of the miseries Of the peopIe and here YOU see
that they are seven times as miserable their grand
tstacTs we're Taxes make the people of the nation
poor: poverty is the parent of crime;and accordingly
The Ias are seven times as cs7acious as they were
when George III. mounted the throne. lie, France
take care, then; for, similar produce similar
effects: and. 1t the funding system of France be suf.
tered TO exist for length of time, misery will spread
itself over France it has done over England When
taxes are raised to be paid fuudholdes, they Gre
ate idle people; they constant accumulation of
the wealth OF country in few hands; they create
monopo.ies of all sorts; they cause Jews and loan
Jobbers to live in palaces AMI becgnr all the nust
Gus part OF the community Taxes, however applied,
have naturally this tendency: but particularly when
applied to create now politely called capi.
iLis's,' who quickly absorb the whole of the fruits
of nations industry.
As the working people have gone on getting moor
er and poorer, they have become more aud nure i'm
moral and, indeed it has been proved by witnesses
before the committees OF the House OF Commons
that IN innnmerao'e Instances men have committed
crimes for the purpose of getting into Jail: because
the frlons in the ss better fed and better clad
than the honest wHrkpg people. As the working
people have become poor, the laws relating 10 them
have been made more and NOR severe; and the moor
law, that famous law of Elizabeth, which was TN.
greatest glory of England for ages has by degrees
been so much INITIATED and nufed THAT at last, it
10 so tar from being lection the working neo.
pie, that 1t has, by its perver ions been made the
means of reducing them state of wrechedncss
not 10 be described. The sole fnod of the greater
orr
tstoes, and not half enough of these. They have ga
ten sheep or cattle that have died from illness:
eaten garbage such as lord a loan jobber would
not give to his dogs; children have been seen stealth,
the tood out OF hog troughs; thousands of them have
died for want of food three were found dead
last May, lying under hedge, and when opened bv
surgeons nothing but sour srrel oseillc savage
was found IN their stomschs, and this was within a
mile os palace, which had millions of bounds
ot the public money! The spot which these moor
creatures expired surrounde ed with villas of lew,
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pleasure gardens, all the means of which living ,hev
derived fr the burders Lid the working peon,e
Besides sutferIngs from want, the working people
nave been made 10 endure insults and nd 1n;t; ~.
such as even Negroes never we've exposed 10. They
have been harnessed like horses or asses and mad.
10 draw carts and wagons: they have been shut I'd in
the pounds made to hold stray cattle; they have been
made to work with b lis round their nccks like cove
put out to grace they have been made to carry h.avy
stones backward AMI forward in fields or on The roads:
and they have, in these cases, had drivers set
them, just if 'hey had been slaves. they
been sold by auction for certain times as the Negroes
are sold III the West Indies: the married men have
been kept separated from their wives BY force to
Vent them from breeding; and, in short no human
beings were ever before reated so unjusty with On
much irsolence, AMI with sue, damnable barharitv
as the working people of England have been uitlin
the sixteen and particularly within the last ten wears
Such, Sir, the fruits of public debts and
funds! Without this vile system. this indus, riou,
and moral and brave Da;Icn never could have been
brought into this degraded state; but as evorv owl
if not cured from other causes has It's cur. IN i,s
own excess, last the cure will essuredv come
ana II IS, indeed come, and in manner which |
shall rnde1vour 20 describe in ms next Letter
am, Sir, Yonr most obedicnt servant
WI. COBBETT
STATE OF ENGLAND A WARNING To
FRANCE.
LETTER M
To IKE Gdiio' IF Ia Revolution nj Paris
Lonn'Oa, LIST Dee 1880
SIN; TnE working people IN aImos, ali. # no,
all, of the counties Of England, are in por,
at least, in state of commo'icn for since
lhs date Of my 6rsi Letter the compoton ba, ox,oa.d 49,
widely Al ocTo., the south from Kent to GorOsa a SsI
Sussex TO Lincolnshire, the extends II besan nv
the laborers in Kent .n,srnz IN. hl,g. oI The , ~
and breaking their thrashug nacines: please to observe
one effect nj heavy taxation is cause the Invention Of ma,
chnery. The farmer or manufacturer is en- n,ss,sd G
oy me Govennen that he all poss. means Of cav
ng the expense Of abou machines will WORK chea,,,
than men the machines preferred As 10 the good or evil
machinery speaking of generally there some ground
for disputes but it very that il may be carried n sy
cess fo suppose thar the land could ponghed ard the n
cut and eared as well as hrah'd hy machinery here vo
he country with erops but whou peeple Their, can he M
doubt that our foeaihers who built the afhedas could nav,
mad been turned thar way; hut krrx ,vrnt or nods,
awgver' seem not 10 know; that say that il is men and
no, machines that constitute a nation
The lsboers of England any rate m li the h bi,g
machines ron them Of the wages that they ought N
was crime; tbs magistrates and ianrq pre rsadv v
Shmen's solers wei. led aud well clhed out Of the ave.
we're ready to shoot or cut down the offenders Unable IN s
these united forces, the labourss rssorcd 10 the . M 6,
ceiv put N the barns and stacks n hoss VIM ha the
and rise
bhe mischief and sr alarm that they have caused IN, f
are beyond all calculation Tnev 20 in bands Of Gom o1 10
iDOJ men, and summon the farmer cprnc forth ADD d..
'ey demand thar thcv shall agrse pay them such wac, Ne
iry 'rnk right: and will plea m observe tina, eve, tho
wages mat They dsmanf high v one third az ihs,
sanlhhs received taking consideration the taxes hat
thev have ~ nav ~ ' "''
lhe farmers, ~ their ds,nrc saw that ti.ev cannot raw i
ag h' are demanded because they much 10 oav in
Ie W. aEe' ana ~ uhe' Tic labou,sis have heeCors in
many nance' gone IN he parsons and compe them 10 70
un Ne ihes; and IN parish in Sussex they have o,e,
@ e ceoiof ~ The taxes The money out o the m
Ih rs vas teV sa'd warrJ therei These f,,ncesinss
wnud nave been put an end IN inoc had mt for b.
h''s The military force. batkei by ali the gre, C,rns ,b.
NM '"hs ana especiay bY ihe parsnns and the nnnrras
swan' OF 'e" md fund Jo-rs nod pensioners nd STATE
eprneht' Voi long ago have subdued sss half rived
nHchnc-heake bu ths Gfssi So powr on earth could M,
them " '~ '''"''' '"'''o' VI"
nrms Therefore seeing that therc was more danger m
w dreaded rom the abouors than from the as,oeyarv ,
NDk Jpne" and parsons have generally made and are
compton cause with the labourers: and IRE demand
hiedcon OF rents, he' and taxes Yor will plsase IN OBJ
bai u " impossible Tor the f1rmsre IN pay IN. ,,,s,
lhev arc every where agreeing nay; il Is imposie
~ hn w do ih and present rsn,e ,i,es ,rd
h" as he7 would he ofdanger n the Isf,urers ss,s
"" p'" '"eV wish 20 obtain dmnuon of those soder.
~ '' . W NoI 10 ray TIC abo,ors well The IT, JesnIcn n,