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"nature taught him to abhor; how | The 5,000l. will bring him an interest "much happier to have been the un-of six per cent., on mortgage (always to questionably rightful owner of this be had), seven per cent. being the legal delightful seat of health, and source interest. Thus he has, besides his house "of competence, than the claimant of and land, 300l. a year clear income, "pensions founded on very doubtful liable to no tax, or deduction; and merits, granted from very doubtful liable to no law-suit; because the mort"motives, and of duration dependent gage is accompanied with judgment 66 on circumstances uncertain as the confessed. "winds!"

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WM. COBBETT.

EMIGRATION.

Here he is, then, with no tax on his horses, carriage, dogs, house, land, windows, malt, hops, beer, soap, candles, or on any thing produced in the country. He has, at less than half the English price, tea, sugar, and coffee, FROM all parts of the country people and all spices. He has wine, brandy, of property are going to the UNITED and rum, at less than a fifth part of the STATES. I have just heard of the de- English price, and spirits of the country, parture of a most worthy man from (like ours) at less than a tenth part. SHEFFIELD. I saw him there last winter, He has bread, meat, butter, and cheese, and he then said, that he had, by inces- at half the English price. He has all sant labour and care, got together a sorts of English goods cheaper than in competence; and that he was resolved England, because there is generally a that no more of it should go to pay draw-back on them, and because the nurses and tutors to take care of the American merchant and shop-keeper young gentlemen" in the Royal Mili- are not taxed as ours are. All things tary and Naval and Artillery Acade- from China, from France, from Italy, mies!"No," said he, nor to keep and for a third of the English price. In "educate the children of the soldiers; short, his 300l. will enable him to live "while my own children will, if I be in better style than 1,000l., or even come poor, be called paupers, and put 1,500l., would enable him to live in "into a workhouse. No, no!" said England. The very taxes that he must he," by -! not many more shil-pay here would amount to more than "lings of my money shall be sent over would be required to keep him there in "to Hanover, and elsewhere, to be better style than his whole income here given to dead-weight people, their would enable him to live in. "widows and children. I will leave "those to let their money go in this "who like it: I do not like it, and will "stand it no longer." And away he goes with about six thousand pounds. Now, I will tell the reader what he can do with this sum, without carrying on any business at all.

He can purchase, on Long Island, and within 20 miles of New York, a good, substantial, genteel country house, four good rooms on a floor, with kitchen, and cellars, all ample; with out-houses of all sorts; with good large garden; with orchard in full bearing; with fifteen acres of land for pasture for cows, horses, or for hay, or other purposes; this he can purchase for one thousand pounds. The taxes on it are not worth naming,

It is men like this who are now going. There will be thousands upon thousands who will thus flee from the dead-weight, the standing army, the place, pension, and sinecure list, the fine new palaces, the Debt, and the rates, especially those imposed in order to prosecute the people themselves for touching those wild animals, which God has given to us all. This is the sort of persons that go now: every one draws twenty after; and if Huskisson's income tax be once proposed by the Government, any man of sense will gather up his means as quickly as possible, and will be off with them.

Ever-blessed be the memory of those of our fathers, who had the courage to brave the seas, and to settle in a wil

derness, in order to provide a place of quently said; that it grieves me very refuge for us; and ever-honoured be much to know that it is my duty thus the memory of those who shed their to promote emigration; but when I blood to prevent that place of refuge from being polluted by taxation without representation. The American debt is nearly paid off: the taxes on imports will, it is said, be kept up, and the surplus expended on roads, bridges, and canals; so that, in case of war, there may be means always ready. The navy goes on gradually increasing, without any internal tax. So that our THING must look pretty sharply about it! In short, it must bring down the taxes to the amount of 1791; or, the English nation sinks for ages.

see so many worthy fathers and mothers, whose children must be miserable if they remain here under this system of taxation; and when I can see not the smallest chance of their escaping that ruin, it is my duty, and a sacred duty, to give to the country the information that I possess. The process that is now going on must bring to poverty all persons in the middle rank of life, who receive none of the taxes: the taxeaters attack them from above, and the rate-eaters from beneath their children must be poor and miserable: and their On the subject of emigration, I have only means of safety is, flight, and flight sent to me printed schemes of AssocIA-in time, and before their last shilling is TIONS for this purpose. I beseech every nearly gone. one to avoid such associations. All projects of the sort are visionary: they must all lead to ruin: the prudent way is for every one to proceed on his own individual means; not to go to back woods by any means; to settle amongst the people of the country; and to do as they do; resolving to keep sober, and they, in whatever state of life, are sure to do well.

THE SEAT IN PARLIAMENT.

An event, which is likely (if I am to believe the bulletins) soon to take place, and which must, if it do take place, produce a general election, may afford great facility to the accomplishment of this object. Therefore, those My EMIGRANT'S GUIDE, price 2s. 6d. gentlemen who may wish to see the obis a sure guide; but, since I wrote it,ject accomplished, will permit me to which was last year, I have obtained suggest, that as little time as possible some additional information of an should be lost in the raising of the authentic and a very interesting nature. money. Time flies, and, as things now I recollected prices of land, &c. pretty are, it flies towards worse and worse. well; but some change might have My readers well know that my opinion taken place; and, as I was so frequently applied to for particulars, I wrote to Mr. JOHN TREDWELL, my neighbour in Long Island, eighteen questions, relative to farms that I myself had a personal knowledge of, and relative to country seats, taverns, &c. that I had a like knowledge of. I received his answer, a few weeks ago, when I was at CAMBRIDGE. In a new edition of the EMIGRANT'S GUIDE, which will be published in a few days, these questions, with the answers of Mr. TREDWELL, will be published, by the way of POSTSCRIPT, together with my explanations. No man can want any thing further than this little book with this addition.

I repeat that which I have so fre

is, that this system must be taken to pieces, or that it will be knocked to pieces. No man, who looks back at the causes which led to the French Revolution, the long wars, the brilliant victories, the standing armies, the deadweights, the debts, the increased palaces and luxury, the enormous taxes, the miserable middle and lower classes, of the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV., and who remembers the dreadful result: no such man, if he have any thing at stake, can be otherwise than anxious, at this moment, to see a timely and peaceable change. It is my opinion, that my being in Parliament would tend to produce such change: if others think the same, they have the means pointed out

of placing me there. I have an anxious,
a most anxious, desire to encounter the
task; but as I have before stated, not
at all for my own private advantage.
By any injurious events I shall be as
little affected as any man in the coun-
try. I have no favour to ask of any
body; and I am sure, that no right-
minded man will think that I have. My
fame is secure; and let the fate of
the country be what it may, the whole
world will acquit me of all share in
the causes of its ruin: the historian
of these days will say, that, if the coun-
sels of Cobbett had been listened to, the
ruin would have been avoided. By pre-
venting the ruin no particular gain
could possibly accrue to me. I could
not be satisfied with myself, till I had
made the offer: having made it, I have
discharged my duty; and, come what
may, I have nothing to answer for.
And the amount of the money; what
is it! For all Gloucestershire for in-
stance, it is 2501. Why, the little town
of FAIRFORD, in that county; that little
country town, town and parish contain-
ing only 1,444 souls, men, women, and
babies, gave about FORTY POUNDS
towards the expenses of the Preston
election; a town, too, where I, before
the election, knew not one single per-
son! Why, at this rate, Gloucestershire
alone would subscribe nearly double the
whole of the sum that I have proposed,
However, arguments are useless. I
have no doubt, that the thing will be
done; but it ought to be done quickly;
for, events are at hand.

For the county of SUFFOLK, money will be received by James Gudgeon, Esq., solicitor, Stowmarket.

For the county of NORFOLK, by Sir

Thomas Beevor, Bart.

For the county of LINCOLN, by William Bedford, Esq. of Lincoln, and by others to be mentioned in the next Register, when I shall give more full and particular intelligence.

For the county of HEREFORD, by William Palmer, Esq. of Bollitree Castle, near Ross.

For the county of LANCASTER, by Richard Potter, Esq., of Manchester.

For the EAST RIDING of YORKSHIRE, by Mr. Noble, bookseller, Hull. For the WEST RIDING Of YORKSHIRE, by John Forster, Esq., of Leeds. For the county of LEICESTER, Warburton, of Leicester.

Mr.

For the county of WARWICK, Mr.
William Martin, of Birmingham.

For the county of STAFFORD, Mr.
William Clark, of Wolverhampton.
For the county of SURREY, Mr. Chas.
Trimmer, Churchill, Hazelmere.

I HAVE RECEIVED, since my last. Towards the sum for Leicestershire, 51. from "A Leicestershire Friend."

I should add here, that I do not want to receive the money, until the collection be completed. The first thing, and indeed the only thing of great weight is, the qualification; for, without that I do not stir an inch. As to the seat, that is not, and shall not be, a matter of hazard. Never will I again expend my own time and breath and the money of public-spirited men in the manner that I have done before. In short, whenever the qualification is secured, I repeat, that the seat is ready; but I will not have it, unless want to have the money put into my I have the qualification first. I do not hands until the whole sum be collected; or, until enough be collected to accomplish the purpose; for, less than the whole sum might possibly do; the seat might not cause so large an expense as that which has been contemplated. I shall hear, from time to time, how the collections proceed; shall take the opinions of the gentlemen who have taken the lead in the several counties, and shall act according to what 66 shall appear to be their general wishes on the subject." Once more, while I express my confidence that the sum will be raised, while I entertain not the smallest doubt of that, I again beg leave to suggest, the sooner it is done the better. Several letters, relating to the subject, shall be answered in a few days.

Printed by William Cobbett, Johnson's-court; and published by him, at 183, Fleet-street.

LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 15TH, 1830.

Do go up into Long Island, and see the black walnut-tree, under which I sat when I was writing the "letter to TIERNEY," that memorable warning given to the fools, in 1818. Do, pray go and see it, and repeat the laugh that I had at them, while I was under that tree. They tell me (and, indeed, I know From the sinecure-list, printed by order of the House of Commons, in 1808, that being the fact), that there is a new house built the last account that I have seen: "CLERK on the spot where that one stood, OF THE HANAPER; SISTERS of the Earl which was burnt down, while in my "of Northington, 2,070. a year." "CUSTOS Occupation. On the north-side of that "BREVIUM in the Court of Common Pleas; house, not directly behind it, but a few "Hon. LOUISA Browning, Sir M. Eden,

"LADY B. Mostyn, and Jos. Hanken, 9291. feet to the west, and at about forty feet "a year." "Clerk of the Court of Chancery to the north of a line drawn in con"in Scotland; CHILDREN of Earl Rosslyn, tinuation of the back wall of the house, "9251. a year."

will you, I want to know, have the not that which goeth into, but that honour to help to pay for strawberries which cometh out of, the mouth, that at a guinea an ounce, for grapes at a defileth the mɛn; aye, and while a large guinea a pound, for cherries at five part of us are confined to potatoes, guineas a pound, and for green pease eaten from a dirty platter, we are alat a guinea a half-pint, all to be eaten lowed to indulge to its fill, our "antalby the nicest and prettiest creatures in lactul" appetite, having the ample the world? No; of this honour you table spread before us gratis, loaded will be shorn for ever! You may, in- with Bibles and Testaments, with deed, and you certainly will, gobble down psalters and primers as minor dishes, buttered beef-steaks for breakfast, and with an infinite variety of garnish and you will see the labourers do the same: sweetmeats, in the shape of tracts, so gobble away, sensual creature, while enticing, so enchanting, producing such we enjoy the "antallactul" feast; while chaunting and such harmony of sighs we, with bodies purified by the absence and groans, as totally to drown the of all gross aliment, and with minds vulgar and gross grumbling of the belly. sublimated to almost a celestial state, And candles; now, what is there in enjoy the ecstatic delight of reflecting, the liberty to turn your own suet into that in consequence of our labours, our candles, without being half-killed for cares, our self-denial, our abstinence it? What is this to boast of? If we are and half-starvation, thousands of beau- compelled to creep into our nests in the tiful earthly angels are rolling about in dark, we have, the Parliament be lauded, carriages, surpassing the fabled chariots all the means of obtaining an abundance of the sun and that palaces are raised of inward light. We may break our up, the carve-work to the gate-way of shins and noses, to be sure; but our one of which is to cost thirty-four thou- souls are well guarded, while you, sand pounds, a sum equal to the wages, whose Government leave you to cram for a year of 1,700 labourers, and equal and stuff and guzzle and go to bed with to what is to keep them and their lights about you, take no thought for families, consisting of 8,500 persons, at that" antallactul" light, which alone five to a family! Gobble down unen-is of any real value. vied your buttered beef-steaks, while we feed our mind with reflections like

However, in spite of all these arguments, the belly seems to be fast getting the better of the "antallact’ ; for, emigrants are getting away, in all directions: from London, from the ports of Sussex, from Portsmouth, from Plymouth, from Falmouth, from Yarmouth, from Hull, from Glasgow, and, above all, from Liverpool. Through this town of Wolverhampton, the coaches go continually loaded with people of property, going to embark at Liverpool. This is a swinging blow at the boroughmongers! It is not the paupers that go; they, and the halt, the blind, the deaf, the insane, the aged, the widows, the helpless, the idle, the sluggards, the thieves, and the tax-eaters of all descriptions, remain; so that, if this could go on for three or four years, we should find ourselves a goodly company at last.

The question, then, is, can it go on for some years longer? I hope in God that it will not; but it certainly can; and,