Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-26

,.:;. nm ts,s srey, ccns .i,dgled Government, y
which Tie people may be controlled and ruled. II 10 ~
impu,alion, therefore, on these gentlemen" ~ y'
they are usually found against ECONOMY -nu hnks
men, in ueudItures-and in favor OF deo's' oa"h'
,,r;fs spy end every expenditure ingenuity or a'S' :t
can invent II is their systen-lheir Po'cy - Leon
and mot single barrier in the CONSTITUTION ms, ad
found strong enough 10 lmpede the'i ueSis"' Lar,
weapon of construction cuts through the pd'e"c
If those oolilicans have hitherto failed IN eh''.ss
theit views of Government on the people Oh t's c
they have been lar more succession III fhS,an"' w.
whence iuderd they have learned their poiCy
there see il IN full operation, nnd'r the nn''oha u
co, on hundred and eighty millions oil P"unts, acc"inu
LATED IN The Country. In lis hrsl stages ms "ep'
haye been hs accident Of misrut: but. |" me YUM
PIN, think is due the credit OF building up |" us per
fiction this artificial and suprnd0us iaotc d c"'
md deueodency hy which alone the Government VI
Great Britain is maintained. History; II "Pi's
me. has mol done justice TO TINS Pfo'ouhuy s,s ~, IT,
man To suppose that he did mol see through tie 'aa
ccs oC his funding system which he only des'gheu 10
facilitate nans-,o suppose that IN his continental e"pe
djlIons which all failed; aud bis subsidies 10 cnhhfi'N,
pnw,rs " hch all failed Of their dbscl Also ne h"eu
onIy 10 their operation abroad To conceIVe nm very
weak instead of very great man he was ho'm"e
more than a sku! parliamentary tactIcian or mere
orator without any of those high attributes oi "isu""
which seemed TO constitute the genius o his co"'h"
over Ike minds of other men HIS views Throughout Inc
whole French war if do not mistake his cha:ac'er were
fa dee per and wiser Than have been ascrhed 10 nn
His chef object in that contest MOTTO conquer rance
but to conquer the people q England He feared The peo
ple and the hjdenus spectacle Of popular nsrue, which
France presented made il The object Of his life to ward
off similar catastrophe from England. To accomplish
this end he deliberately plunged The country into dtot
that he nigh enlist the property holders and capitalists
Of the country in support of the Crown. Certainly NJ
had objection to his military enterprises proving sue
cessfu but That the secondary object which guided
his poicy Mark with what readiness he broke the
treaty If Amiens; and renewed the war with france
WHY did he borrow the whole capital Of The Bank OF
England and Tins make il lean upon the Government:
To strengthen the Crown--to support The arslocTacy-
to prevent the people Of England from reforming or
chan ring their Government, bis first great object
admirably has he accomplished III for The dul! heads
who fIowed him Obliged To beat in the path he
left them The national debt of England has been and
will long continue TO be the chief obstacle TO al reforms
in her Government; the great buwark of the Crown
and the Arisocracy against pnpular Innovations u,
in spite Of its influence, great reurmalluns have bren
made and the people have gained greater influence IN
the councils of the county what now, without II,
would have been The slate of this great nation: re-
vou;ion would long since have swept over her desnes,
before the example of popular Governments, and the in.
furnce Of popular principles, abroad in the world leX'
press no opn on whether such a revolution would have
been advantage the people Of England;-!o when
revolutions begin, no tell where they will end.
express no opinion the best policy TO be pursued
in the present complicated Of the political affairs Of
England but of thing feel assured that the Queen
Of England her Crown and the arIstocacy nt Eng
land their privileges 10 the profound sagaclty oil William