Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-05


and famous county, always deemed the pattern
" even of England. 1t will not be published indeed
until the 3Otb of the month"; but, have arcadr sent
copy to each of the new minister's; and If they
read this penny worth OF politics, and be ST. g
norant OF lie nature of the distress" and the real
cause of the present rural war, then, far depends
on their the aIistocracy and the parsons
may despair indecd
When Lord Grey is talking of resou ion to put
down and to punish, he certainly does not think Of
the cause of the rural war. Barring is reported TO
have said, weeks back, tina, there was no par
ticuar distress this time, and hat the country must
"from its position and its population, always have
some Distress, and that the abourers were as well
off as they Then, again. more recently
he said that, AT the magistrates had done right al
first, the evil might have been prevented" These
appear to be the notions generally en,ertained b,
thos" who have thu power To make the laws and
therefore. [ bcstow them decree of attention
winch should not have thought Of if Barring alou,
were concerned Here several distinct prop ,si-
tions aud we will axe them one by one, not howe
yer, following precisely the order Of this famous loan
monger The propositions are, THAT the people
OF TINS country must, from 'Its position, always be
more or less IN distress" It's position, Barring. Wha
do you mean by positions? The count nv stands where
il always did But. what follows WILL perhaps hell
us TO understand what this loanmonger means BY
Eugland's positions 9. That the labonrers are as
well off as they ever were" This is Il great point a
which all those aim who wish to uphold the present
sys'en and IL has for its support hing hut
lous that are as false as hell itself There is man
land, and has been IN his senses, who does know
1t to be most impuden, most barefaced and bra
zen, lie. Bu', to undenubip facts the poor rates
of England and Wales Including cnsnry rates. a.
mounted. forty years ago, 10 two millions and quar-
ter year; they amount to nearly eight millions
Is tins no proof of an Increase Of poverty What i'm
pndence man must have assert. IN the face of
this unen,abl fact that the labourers are as well Of
as they ever werei
But look at the evidence given before Com,ni. tees
OF the House of Commons itself That evidence
contains these facts that yve ago, the Ia
bnurers all brewed heir beer and thai now none
Of them dn l.; that formerly they meat cheese and
bre'd, and they now live almost wholly on potatoes;
that formerly it was hing for girl 10 be with
child before she was married. and hat now it is rs
rare that she nos, the parties being 90 poor that
they compelled 10 throw the expense of the we'd
ding the parish that the fclons in the tails and
hulks live better than the honest abourInr people
and that these latter commit thefs and robbery in
order to get into the als and hulls or to bn trans
ported that men are Sc to draw Wagons and carts
like beasts of burden; that they shut UP in pounds
like cattle; that tbcv put up at auction like Ne
groes in Jamaica; that married men are forcibv sen
ardted from their wives to prevent them from breed
ing All these facts have been stated IN evidence no.
fore Committees of the House of Common itself
and by witnesses of their selecting. And vet
here is ma who has the brass to saw that tho Ia
bourlng people arc well off as thsy ever were!
Aye, but this is great point. however: because
fthey be off, them in the first place there is
ground tor complaint; and know well that redress
SduiOI come WITHOUT CnangH IN the
change. too, as the boroughmongers and loanmong.
ers shndder hut tn think of. Iuquiry indeed! What
inquiry is wanted? What more does I,ord C,ro,
want than the evidence already before the House q
Commons! What more can he want than the bill O
fare published by the Magistrates of DorsetsI,ra7
When the Standard
Wheaton Quarten
-, Loaf is sold at I'D I'D. lod. Cd Sd. I'd
| The weekly allowance
| to be made up, in
Guiding earnings.
e. '...,!rs man T. I'D 5 T.. 4 f.; j,
For woman or boy,
gn above IL years
For hoy or girl of II,
F.: :; @: & 5 Il: 10 o'e
Here is. at the present price of bread, 2s Id.
w"ck for man to live and TO work on. Fhjs j
the scale published and acted upon by the MAGISTRATE
OF the Stourbridge Division, in 1928. In some conn
ties 1t is less Why then, look at it, Lord Grew an,
then think further inquiry necessary if Won can -
The quartern loafs now 0a Let us see then. here
are one man, one Waman, one bow GIRL Of fourtnnn
one boy or girl OF eleven, enc little child; and fo
these SIX here are S. Sd including their earnings
that is TO say, here ten and half ouarteTe,
loaves amongst the sS that is 43lb. nj bread: tba
1t TO say 7ib 3nz of bread for each TO live upon for
week. and to work upon too; and NOTHING for drn1-
fuel. or clothing. bedding or washnoi Iool, a
this. Lord Grey, and then think of exfnGuisbinr IN,
tires by proclamation that does nothing but menace
And here before we go further. Ie us. as il s VIVA
Prince Waterloo would have called the connie
ment' OF Lord GreyS speech, have this proclamation
which was issued on Tuesday the 23d inst, the da,
after the speech made.
WILLIAM R-Whcrcas great multitudes Of law
less and dlsordery persons have, for some time Assem-
bIed themselves together in rioous and tumultuou
manner in the counties of Willis, Kent Sussex. SIR.
rey, Hanis and Berks, and for the purposes of com
polling their employers to comply with certain rcrr-
iauons Proscrbedby themselves, with respect 10 The
wages to be paid for their lAbour have had
TO measures offorce and violence, and have aetna Nv
committed various acts of outrage in different parts
OF the counties above mentioned, whereby the pro.
Perty OF many Of Our good subjects has in several in
stances, been wholly des royod, and their lives and
properties are still greatly endangered:
We, therefore, being duly sensible of the mscbiev-
Gus consequences which must inevitably ensuc as
well TO the peace OF the kingdom as to the lives and
properties of orr subjects from such wicked and lie
gal practices If they 20 unpunished and being firmly
resolved to cause the laws he put INTO execution
ior the punishment Of such offenders have thought
ht by the advice Of our Puvy Council, to issue This
Proclamailou, hereby strictly commanding af JustI
ces OF The Peace, SberiGs Under Sberifs and all o.
ther CIyll officers whatsoever within the said conn
ties OF wits, Kent, Sussex Surrey Hants and Berks