Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-03-30
IRELAND AND HER PROSPECTS.
Monarchy the cause Of ali the suferimgs
Of the people Of Great Baitian.

Monarchy the cause Of ali the suferings
ofMe people Of Great Britain.
In the whole OF England's conneciou
with Ireland there has been nothing but
wrong and injustice, and yet the leaders
of the people preach up loyalty as their.
first duty. England's throne was to be
worshipped and her class legislation was
to be continued even though the while
people persisted, but America and her
Tree institutions was brought at length
close by through the agency of art. and
her master mind has extended itself to
the down trodden millions.
''Divide and conquer," has been the
password to England's greatness, and by
Division only can she keep her Il-gotten
plumber The leaders of the masses, If
thew were honest, should take warning
and unite them in one band against the
common enemy-the crown and the rot
ten aristocracy with its thousand titled
paupers; and thus united, demantl-nay.
take their rights. When the intolerance
of England became so great that the
people Of this country could bear it no
lsnger, she penpie sent first gentle remon-
STRANGE. then firm demand, and these
having failed, they at once struck the evil
at the root, and chopped off all connex-
len with unhosy monarchy. The masses
of the English and Irish people have pre-
scented their circumstances and demands
so often that they are now looked upon
as matters Of course, to be heard of bat
paid no attention to. Why do they not
lift up the sword of popular discomfort
and shaking it at monarchy frighten it
FROM its unholy. throne, and thus give
the nation freedom?
Monarchy is the curse of EngIand-lt
is the coppice of the huge, rotten. arlsto-
cratic pile that blasts and brushes the
peoples energies, and If this cursed sys-
TEN of government main there must ex-
list master class, to rob, and slave
Class, to be driven with rod of iroa'-
Pro!ilgate arlstocracy must be main
tanned even though the millions perish.
England owes a national debt so great
so enormous, that her whole population
starved and over worked as they are,
cannot pay even its interest. When we
look back to the origen of this debt and
find tito have been in the qualification
of the base mind of King laboring to
curb the ambition of another royal Vil-
liam, we have right to be sick of the
royal succession.
In the reign of William ILL.,, from
1858 to 1902, this burthen was common
ced, and for the information Of the curl
Gus we give short history of the causes
Of its increase up to its present enormous
amount, and that too from the best au-
tho.ity upon the subject.
: Williams reign was from 1858 to
%17O2. being fourteen years-and the sum
raised from the people in revenue for
that time was sf72.O47, $50 SIS. Cd, and
at IFS close he LETT national debt Of
.SI6, 374s702.
5 Queen Anne's reiqn, from 1909 to
17l4, the revenue received was gl22,-
a75.53I, aud at the end of her rel gn,
twelve years being spent in continental
wars, in which the people had no interest
whatever, the debt amounted to esq.,,
e145. sos.
George the Grst4s reign, from IVA to
1877. the revenue received into the treas
nrv during his reign Of twelve years was
3ee79,83g, 16G, and although his reign was
one of the uninterrupted tranquilltv.yet
the debt was only reduced to esq. 092.-
2S8, very little more than two millions
in twelve years Of peace.
George the second reigned from 1877
TO 1850.
The revenues received during this
reign of 55 years nannot be estimated
'sl,ut by the last year of which the finances
Of the revenue were 50,52S, $40, and
vet with this enormous revenue The ma
tiona debt increased to 1888, 341, 269.
The first war of this monarch common
ced in 1889 and concluded in l74S, af
ter expendeing GAG, $50. The war
originally arose with Spain. that nation
claiming the right of searching all Eng
lsh vessels trading ia the American seas.
The expenses of the nextwar, called
the ''seven wears war;" amounted to
bout the boundaries of the French and
English territory in the wids of Canada,
and has been properably called the - eat
skim war, the,possession of a few furs
being the cause that embarked the two
nations in the contest.
George Ill reigned from 1860 to 1920,
In his reign were three wars. The A.
merican war-the reyolution-and the
war of 1875. All these wars were wa
ged against human liberty and human
happiness.
The American war terminated in 1888
and its expenses amounted to g242. 265,-
494, which swallowed up the entire rev.
eyue Of the country, and increased the
national debt to f249, 851 ,623-
The second war was still more afro
cious than the first. being a. war not on
Z II 4