Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-11
STATE OF ENGLAND A "
FIR NOE.
LETTER III.

London. LIST Drc 1890.
SIR; TnE working people IN almos all. II not
all. of the counties vt England. are. in part
at least, in state Of cnmmoiion: tor since
the date Of my first Letter, the has extended very
widely across the south from Kent and from
20 '.'G1h>he me co-no',on extends Ii began by
the lahoers IN Kent entering the buildings great farmers
and heakg their machines for please observe
one effect Of heavy taxation the of ma
chnery The farmer manufacturer pressed for money
by The Government thar lie all possible means of
INC the expense ao"r and as machines will work cheaper
than nen the machines are preferred. As the good evil
of machinery Speaking OF generally NAV some ground
for dispute; bu certain that may carried to e
cess Tor suppose that the land could be oughed, aud the
be country with crops, but without people There he no
do" that oreinhers vino built the could have
invented spinning jennie and their minds
had been turned that hut they knew modern
la givefs know saw that il is men and
not machines that constitute Il nation
The iahorer OF ENGLAND thrashing
machines rob hem Of the wages that they ought receive
They therefore began by demolishng machines This
was cme the magistrates and aors ready with pun
Nhents soers well fed and we'll clothed of raxes
were ready to shoot down the offenders resist
these united forces the abourers of fire Sc
cet % ~ he harn and stacks oil those who had the machines
whom they deemed the poverty and
Fhe mischief and the alarm that they have means
are neVoh" All Calculation i"Hy 20 III bands OF from 100
1000 men, and summon the farmers forth and then
thew demand that they shall paw wages as
lny l''!H ; ana YOU w" plea 10 observe, that the
wages that they demand high by their
they have
The farmers, their defence say canno, paw sl
that demanded because have So much n nav i'm
IN taxes and III 'hes The ahouces have therefore in
many instances gone to The parsons and compelled them
dIce their tihe and parish Sussex thew have order.
ed the collector OF the take the money of the pa
rtsh as they said, These proceedings
would have been end to long ago. not been for the
tires The military force backed hv all great farmers the
land especially v the parsons and the nnmmrIae
of Jews and fund ohbers pensioners and state
ds"cnden would long have subdued these starved
vent heH the millions Of aboers resolved TO resort TO
"
The farmers therefore, seeing there was more danger TO
he dreaded from the lhan from the islocacy the
stock johhers and generally made and are
making common cause with the abouers and demanding
reduction g" rents hes and taxes. Yor will please OBJ
serve That Is impossible for the farmers paw wages
hch thev are every where agreeing pay: impossible
Tor Them to do this and the rents hes and
taxes; and as they would he fdange if the
wen P'' 'heV wlSh 70 "oan dmmn'ion Of those burdens,
and thus 10 he able the aboers The adesn,en ia
oouTg'se IN the country have the in this
as me farmers hey knoH that II better for them
also hat the r" of the land should given TO the aborer
VINO would then be their customers which the arisocracv
Jews the stock ohhrrs aud parsons are not, In short all
the indusroH classes have abour-
bour must be raised and they one of Two things
must 'ake places namely the the Church must
lose ther estates or the und-hnIders must lose their funds
such Sir Is the Of England are the
causes which have produced that 81 see them
how people nhaIiipg productive land IN the world
pecpe to whom God has given large portion all his choc
T., I'Sns aITy h9f iGIe'gn foes climate soil mines,
WOODS, downs ocks aud herds, and above all industry per-
eciy nnparaed people, too whose fore fathers gave them
the hest laws that existed in the worlds here YOU see this
people, who famed throughout world for their lipr
obedience to laws and whose fcra'ers sconed the thought
of maintaining single solder except in case Of war;:
here ihi sonI, laws say that no man shall be
taxed w'houi his here people FIRST re-
dn1ad TO are Of half 'arvaon: setting the laws at de-
hance and then attacked by Standing army against them
10 capture them and put them in prison! Such Sir are the
ELECTS oi heavy aS" and particularly when raised for the pur
pose "i unfolding funding which system usury
and nnonov added that Of grinding peo
pie Francc the encroachmen,s of this Internal
tenn no pen despo'isn halt cruenohng like liberty can
cock s. Nh such svem this srstem has taken away
much boosted trial bv jury cut OF ten hee the
property and personal liberty Of the common people are con-
oep nl, sysen mas IN fact IN many made laws
10 insure The nHeDenduce of The Judges avail this heis
system has plunged ~" into all present dangers: IS
igEr a"h Cherished by the Government "he accued
hn2 ~ the camp of the lsraets Let the people Franco
e"afs nj the crafty and silently approaching cur War Is
rance AFRAID oi war What hat is famine? An az
cursed funding system Is all these II fraudu
lent 'neXorah'e tyranny infancy of-
tened hf heat Of Dv IF igrTs hearts of the
aannah'c bands that rorgregate the Change and the
Boursr Wv
In the anxious hope French nation will got I
of al degrading curses. remain. sir.
Your most humb!a and o5edieni Servant,
WI CONFETTI