Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-02
From cObbe;t's Weekly Register of Dee. 4.
 RURAL WAR.
LONDON, 2d Dec. 1880.

RURAL WAR.
 LONDON, 2d Dec. 1880.
 This war continues with unabated fury. The par sons during the war against the republicans of France, used to cry out necessarily for vigorous prosecution of the war. They have got pretty vii porous one now This war will be attended with one benefit at any rate it will open the eyes of the brave French nation with regard to the real state of Enslana il will show them what the effects of sational debts and funding sysiems I shall begin ps week in my account of, remarks on, this war, addressing myself 10 the spirited editor of La Re- volution Pars newspaper, who has lately had his pa per suspended under a law of the tyrant Charles K, which has been vigorously executed by the "Citizen King of the best possible Republic" My English renders will see what say to the French with regard to this war. have often used this manner of speak ing to my own countrymen and 1t IS very good one because 1t renders proper ulness of explana- lion, which, though necessary, would appear imper- nent, if addressed directly to Englishmen In three short Letters to the editor ofLa Revolution, have, and think clearly, expainedt the causes of this rural war; and when the reader has gone through them, shall have to beg his attention to some remarks on the recent events of this vigorous war; the par used to call the that they prayed for during Itwenty-wo years.
 P. s. Twill, in the course of next week, give a petition 10 some peer, with request that he will pre- sent it to the House of Lords. This petition shall contain my prayer for measurs to he now adopted to prevent general anarchy and ruin. l have, many times petoned both Houses for the same purpose but will now repeat my prayers, that they may be fresh in pe0ple minds NIeII begin .ali. 1;,- miliarly of the very things which have been, for twenty years, srenuously recommending and, hap pen what may, I am resolved to be known to have been right.
 STATE OF ENGLAND A WARNING TO FRANCE.
 rr4 LETTERL "A TJ Me Editor Of La Rouolution, dt Paris.
 LONDON, 25th Nov. 1880.
 Sir: The state of this country ought to be made known to the people of France and the way to do ths is to give description of it under the name of some person well known to the public, and who thereby makes himself answerable for that which he says. It is further necessary, that the description published by you, be also published in England, hi order to avoid the charge of ibe and to adhere to maxim which all honest men observe, namely, to say nothing behind mans back that you dare not say to his face This has been the rule of my life and this rule will now follow, in series ofetters which propose to address to you, the state of England which il is of the greatest importance that the peo- pie of France clearly understand because it will show them how this powerful nation has been made miserable, by the means of taxation; it will show them that this taxation has been caused by the public debt, by standing army, and by pensions and sine cures, and it will show that these have been occa- stoned by laws made by hereditary arstocracy, and by House of Commons not chosen by the peo pie at large but chosen by the arstocracy and the rich. By showing these things to the people of France you will enable them to judge correctly with respect to what they ought to do with regard to these three great matters, the pupc debt, the hereditary aristocracy, and the manner of choosing representa- tves. -
 Before proceed to give you description of the present state of England, ought to observe to you. that England is, in fact the whole kingdom in point of real importance; for that though considerable part of Ireland is rich in soil, and though it contains half as many people as Engand it is so stripped of its products, its people have so long been accustomed to degraded existence, and the political factions have contlived to make the people hostile in feel ing towards the English that that miserable country is, in political point of view, of no weight whatever; and, as to Scotland it is worth less, and pays less clear amount of taxes, than the single county of York; nay, my heliefis, that source nf national pe or, either of the counties of Kent, Devon, Norfolk or Lincoln, is of more value than the whole of Scotland which is, sides land for breeding of government dependants and servile tools of tyranny. What as to the political state and weight cfthese two countries do yeu want more than these two facts; that while every county, town and village, in England was sending addresses to the late persecuted Queen Ca rone; while in fact all England expressed its eso- luton to defend her, and made that resolution good not single address, not one sinel demonstration of compassion, did she receive from either of those countries And now, with regard to the brave men of Paris; while thete is no county in England which has not produced several subscrp- tions; while even the working people of Yorkshire Lancashire, and indeed ofevery county, while even the villages in the counties of Kent and Sussex have sent their mtes not one single sous has been sent from Ireland or from Scotland. It is not that the ofthe people in those countries are not good in their nature hut they are so completely kept down by selfish faction in the one country and by greedy pace-hunters in the oher that they are rendered of no avail with regard to political influence Itis, therefore, from the state of England alone that you have to judge, and that state will describe to you in my next letter. am sir, your obedient servant,
 VIM. COBBETT. STATE OF ENGLAND A WARNING TO FRANCE.
 LETTER
 PRESENT STATE OF ENGLAND.
 LONDON, 26th Nov 1880. To the Editor of La Rerolution, at Paris.