Washington telegraph., 1851-08-06

LEArLEr OF HlsToRY.-Tha arts OF
,sa demagogues are the same now as
sav were centuries ago. If he pursues
~ nlau more adroitly at the present
ne it is but because Of his greater in
Aan,,;ty the plan itself remains the same.
e., attention has been recently called to
n.raqraph in Lord Bacon's History of
S;no Henry VII, in which he treats Of
r. Cornish rebellion. In it he exempli-
@ the shrewdness which certain leaders
.,esirous to be talked Of made a rebel
linn under the gs1ise Of keeping the
- -.'ooce and persuaded portion of the
Ponle to take weapons in their hands,
p inot TO do any creature hart, but in or
a.r 10 present strong petition to the
To- The result as may easily be sup
ossd was open hostilities, civil COM
p; rebellion, bloodshed and defeat.
There are numerous specimens Of
,,Tbomas Hammock. the lawyer" now
aa;no about as we'll among the people of
Mississippi, as among the Aholitionists
~ the North, and what is more to be re-
o,etted they adopt the same argument,
esnrea; to the same prejudices. and carry
ahput aho fire to cool the temperature Of the
Ethical atmosphere with the same as
turance and dexterity, that their proto-
tunes of English history exhibit.
Instruction of both as to the wifes Of
o1;,;cians. and as to their result, may be
Gained by persual of the following. 1t is
testen from Volume of Lord Bacon S
Works, page sol:
'"No sooner began the subsidy to. be
,svied in Cornwall. but the people there
heran to grudge and murmur. The
Cornish being race of men, stout OF
stomach, mighty of body and limb. and
that live hardly ir: barren country, and
marv of them could for need, live un-
der ground, that were timers. They
mu,tered extremely, that 1t was thing
not to be suffered, that for little stir OF
the Scots, soon blown ever, they should
be thus grinded tc powder with payments.
And as in the tides of people once up.
there want not commonly stirring winds
to make them more rough, so :his people
did light upon two ringleaders or captains
of the rout. The one was Micheal Jo-
seph blacksmith or fa,rier, of Bodmin,
a notable talking tello,c, and no less
desirous 10 be hatked Of. The other was
Thomas Hammock, lawyer, who, by
telling his neighbors commonly upon any
OCCASION that the law was on their side,
had gotten great sway amongst them
This man talked learnedly, as If he
could tell hoV to make rebellion and
uerer break the peace. He told the peo-
Die, that subsidies were not to be granted
nor levied in this case; that is, for wars
of Scotland; for that the law had pro
yided another course, etc. And therefore
that it was good they should not stand
Ike sheep before the shearers, but put
on harness and take aoeapons tn their
hands Yet to do no creature hMrt, but
goaad deitQex the ling a strong petition
for the laying down of those previous
payments. and for the punishment of
those that had given h;,n that counsel;
10 make others beware how they did the
like in time to come. After that these
two, Hammock and the blacksmith, had
by Joint and several pratings found to-
keus of consent in the multitude, they
offered themselves to, Iced them. until
they should hear of better men to be thei:.
leaders, which they said would be ere
long: telling them further that they would
be but their servants, and first in every
danger; but doubted not to make both
the wea end and east end Of Essgtnnd
meet IN so good a quarrel; and that all,
rightiy understood, acaS but for the kings S
service. The people, upon these sedi-
lious, instigations, did arm" etc.
The consequence, Lord Bacon tells us.
was simply civil war. with the. ssaugh-
ter of about 250Q men.
Natchee Courier.