Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-28

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By the Editors.
This clause in the Bill has given rise 10 good des:
of Wing ciamor and idle msre presentation. a CORES
pondeni from the country informs U.s. that idea has
been propagaed that the tax upon bonds &c, was two
and half per cent. upon their amount, or two aud
half dollars upon every one hundred dollars; whereas
il turns out that il is only dollar and t~cn,y five
cents upon every twelve hundred dollars o.cred'ts.
FOREIGN CoaREspoNDEXCE-[N VI
kiagston-upon HuH, Jan. -, i>!3.
Dear Sir To morrow | embark on Hamburg
steamer for the Continent. My enJoymenls have
been but few during my progress through Eaghnd--
Wherever | have tarred, even for short period, |
have witnessed the prejudces OF John Bail against my
counirymen They have been increased by Dicken.d
recent publication. This niischievous work is read ty
every body Great pains have been taken 10 gge II
general circulation, in order 10 quiet TO some extent
the dscontents oil the operatives-to whom It "a pc.
rused. We are branded, rather denounced ne "rob.
bers'' and 'tsavoges. Dickens mentions individual
whom he met with on the steamboat between the nog;h
of the Ohio River and ST. Louis, who SAID, that tie
proprietors OF Cairo "Smart, because they suc.
ceeded in getting large sums of money from London
Banker their property-and, IS taken 10! granted
that the entire population oil the U. b counenance
or applaud the procuring Of money By "smatt means
or Interpretations The assertion that delicate
mas, By way of quoting their Children promise thems
switch whip the little negroes with, credited, and
occasions belief, that our iair counrywoGen delight
in human torture. This reconciles, in some degree,
the working classes 10 their hali-fanis he'd cond ton
II is too apparent, that Dickens visited the United
States at the instance Of the English aboliioniss
strengthen their emssaries. II understood that
his works decidedly popular-that he had high
reputation there auhor-and that as he had been
silent in relation slavery, his opinions would carry
with them deal Of weight. All publications touch.
ing the subject had ceased to circulate, EXCEPT
among the immediate abolitionsts, and hence they
were accomplishing nothing for he cause The opt
Mons Of Dickens, in relation 10 America IT was Known,
would be read in every city, town, village aud hamlet,
and serve as All endorsement TO the ag'tators lie was,
during his short soourn, their keeping, aud they
responsible for his vile SANDERS lie says at enough
for me to know that What have set down in these pages
cannot single friend, on the other side Of the
Atlantic that is in any thing deserving the name of
one" Now any who cherIshes the institutions OF
his country, and is not out and out wicked abolition
ist would detest the friendship OF writer who would
so wan,only and deliberately do injustice to any portion
Of the American family, as he has been guilty Of With
some few exceptions, from the beginning 10 the end oil
his volumes. | regard him enemy 10 the peace
Of our country, and regard the a5olitonis;s
as having aided and abet,ed him in his designs.
In the tract of country through which he passed,
from Fredericksburg TO Richmond, he "was glad TO
the heart to find any thing which Of the curses
of this horrible institution (slavery) had fallen; and
had greater pleasure in contemplating the wIthc'ed
ground, than The richest and most thriving cultivation
the place, could possibly have afforded but
hausted by the SUSTAIN of employing greater amount
Of slave labor in forcing crops' All no II he had
done this, he would have remained silent, with oil his
impudence II under his gracious sovereign, that
the system of "forcng" crops existed The planters
were "foced" to il, that they might hayea su'icicncy
subsst on, after paying the odlous tythes Which his
sovereign "forced them TO pay 10 the Parsons; and
that ",cithered ground" which he contemplated with
SO much pleasure in old Hanover, the very
of the Re vouton. IL the KING Ind not exact-d too
IN tobacco questionable whether the eonpencc
Of Patrick Henry would have been heatd-bGt
when he witnessed that 'withered ground, his lndg
nant soul provoked Until he made the King ;fem
bic on his Throne. Yes this 'suthered ground put
the ball in motion, and ceased TO roll, until an
oppress people were recognized By the nations OF TIE
earth as free and independent. AS tahtni SUBJECT,
it Dickens knew any thing Of the history Of the Sec
ton through which he was passing II must have been
peculiarly offensive to him. Ii was LIBERTY : bHh
place. There the first company raised TO MAINTAIN
our rghts-the ever memorable "l1anover volunteers
and there, if Great Britain bids adeu 10 her "gloy and
greatness, che may remember that she received the
blow-the fatal blow-that sent her reellng 10 The
earth.
No Engshman who visits the IT, States, at lest
those of Distinction friendly to institutions tie
be otherwise than Abolitionist, because tue
British Government as have endeayored 10 show you
in former letters, has her purposes 10 accomplish
Hence national influence prevails and the ceVe'.''
Of them become meddlesome Lord M0rpeth has wri'
ten letter. for "the causes sake, to "MEs Ch'p.
man Of Boston-the propretress OF the "I!oehy
Ball, Abolition paper. When persons Ike hims'!
condescend 10 write letters for Abolition papers "has
can we expect Of class like Dickens: All Tie
hospitality, which in the funess of our hearts We he
stow upon Engshmen meets with an ungra,einl re-
turn. We DO but the viper which invariably
pierces US with his !angs.
In travelling through ngland, have accepted o 20
kindnesses, except those which my purse accou""
for AS people, wish them every happiness; but
want my country to be guarded against The uahge.
which threatens US from them. They are Tie "0s'
unhappy, Disconnected portion of humani'y,al hs't'
that ever met with-never suited with any 'hIns'.
pleased with any body Nothing with them IS IS !
should be. Their ross, beet is 100 much Overcome"
too much unterdone; their plum pudding too r'ch {.
too poor and their Por, wine "not exactly the 'h'he
They are dspeased with The whole world, and VIZ:
the U. S. in particular. They interroga'e you as
they supposed every question was 10 BRING '"e"
fl000; and they answer you as though ther rep:' "
you, would be worth ElOOOO.
| like the English Hotels. As far as have sf'''
they arc invariably well conducted; and The plan uH
which they kept is decidedly iairer than that sdF
ed in the T. s. Nothing is paid for that is oree''1
for your meals and You eat them when yon please
Their larders however, no better than onfsi 90
there is pleasure IN getting just what you van
"sline host" is seldom 1.-THE Boots 10 TOE GOV,
parsonage about the establishment Whatever =,
wish stranger TO ascertain, you must lear" ~.
''the Boots" "The Boots does every thing ei''t
attend in your bed-chamber. This is under the e".r
superintendent Of the chamber maid, who brings !o~
water, lights your lamp, makes your fires, taxes ''
boots to the Boots, &c, &c. ,h.,.
The horned cattle, sheep and pigs Of Ene.ah "'.
been astonishngly improved within The last h'e -
They are it is believed, near perfection IN o,oD'
il is possible for them TO become. The ho'se nI n,
generated very much In breeding for the w. r,,,T!
saddle aud harness has been neglected. The eet
Hunter, the mos, serviceabe animal that ever saS''
is almost extinct
E,e lono Won shall hear from me in Germany
- AGRICOLA'
By the Editors. =. In.
We have received by the steamer COLUMBIA ~
Letters from Correspondent now on the h.
The first is dated from Hamburg, February ,.orsr
next, from Lubbock, Feb l5 the last, from i'" TIE
February 81. Trey are all very interesting ;s:,..
letter from Lubbock gives an account OF ve, ss BE
esng case before her court-in wh'cn ~ hem.
men ship "Jul,us and Edward IS concet". .sl.s.
detained by British ship of wa, under Ihe tsc.as
treaties Of 1912, to which the Hanse towns
party. This is destined, IN the wt!'es ,oasf