the poem of "the proud pea-hen;" and still eulogise this man, for abstaining from meddling with private character! Give me a file of his papers for the last ten years, and I will be bound to select a volume of the most base and malignant assaults upon private character. PERRY has not failed to boast of these praises be. stowed upon him in the House of Commons; and of which praise no man on earth will grudge him the exclusive possession. Brother DANIEL STEWART only came in amongst the general mass of the "gentlemen" of the daily press; but brother DANIEL had another brother, who once published a newspaper called the ORACLE. That was brother PETER STEWART, who, having had, like Mr. MANNERS, a due seasoning in "the respectable "part of the press," was afterwards, like Mr. MANNERS, made a CONSUL, to represent his Majesty abroad, and to do honour to the British - Nation. Brother PETER was Consul at Havrede-Grace: whether he be such still, I cannot say. Brother DANIEL was first a tailor, next he was secretary to a Society for Parliamentary Reform; afterwards he became a newspaper publisher, and published, in his paper, a particular paper, purporting to have come from France, called the ECLAIR, the particulars of which are to be found in the records of the Court of King's Beuch; which particulars, I will, one of these days, publish, and, when these particulars are before the public, they will be enabled to judge, pretty fairly, of the character of brother DANIEL; if, indeed, what he has said about the Manchester Magistrates, if his millions of atrocious falshoods about me, could leave any doubt as to what sort of a man this is. But, without saying any thing more of him, at present, let us come to the schemes that brother DANIEL is now putting forth, and one of which is described in the following paragraph : A very considerable sensation has "been produced by the appearance "Mr. HEATHFIELD'S pamphlet, "proposing to pay off one half of the "of "National Debt by an assessment of "fifteen per cent. on the capital of all property, a measure which would "permit the repeal of twenty millions " of taxes. The pamphlet has been "freely circulated, at the author's "expence, among Members of Par"liament and other public persons; ""and hence it has been supposed to " be a scheme of the Government."We believe, however, Ministers "have nothing to do with the pro"ject. Yet, every one feels that the "proposed measure is so wise, so " necessary, and would be so effectual, "that the consideration of it excites "the most lively interest. It would "relieve the poor by lightening the "load of taxation; it would deprive "seditious demagogues of power; and "it would restore generul tranquil"lity, by depriving vice and idleness "of pretences, while it would enable "virtuous industry to obtain an am"ple and consolatory reward." "a Oh, brave! I always told you that projects would thicken upon us as the end approached. Here is a pretty scheme! And brother Daniel, "second DANTEL," indeed, says that it is " so vise," "so necessary," "and "would be so effectual." Brother DANIEL is certainly right, as to the effect, for, in less than one month after this scheme shall be enacted, we shall have a Parliamentary Reform! You will perceive, that it contemplates the taking away of a sixth part of every man's property; and you will also perceive that it inevitably must convey, at once, a sixth part of the estates of the aristocracy to the fundholders. Oh! the delightful events that would follow! A sixth part of the real property of the Church would be conveyed away from the Church, for ever. A sixth part of the tythes would be taken away. A sixth part of every man's stock in trade, or in agriculture; and all this, you will observe, without any new purchases being provided. An estate would be valued according to its rental; but the moment the sale came to take place, the estate would fall one half in value; so that, it would require a third part, instead of a sixth part to be taken away in the shape of tax. And yet, you will observe, that this same scheme has been seriously proposed in the Parliament, and by a person, too, who appears to be looked up to, as a captain-general in political economy! for, you will observe, the five-sixth parts which they would have left of their property, would be worth as much or more than the whole is worth now. Wheat would very soon fall to three shillings a bushel, and employment would be much more than four times scarcer than it is at present. Far, however, be it fron: me to say that such a scheme will not be adopted. It is notorious that people are removing their property out of the country as fast as they can. This is now stated openly in Parliament. It is stated that noblemen connected with the Ministry are doing this. Was I a deluder, then, when, for years, I told you that this would be the case? Wasl a deluder when I said that this system must be changed or that the wealth and power of this nation would pass away? All that brother DANIEL and his abettors tell us about the flourishing state of the Revenue, is falshood. It is false, upon the face of it; and of this you will see the clear proof long before the first of May. Brother DANIEL, and his associates, are become uncommonly, virulent against me; me, who, for a long time, they avoided naming, as they would avoid the mention of a halter in one of their houses. I have now stung them to the quick; and their rage is the best pos You know, my sensible countrywomen, how many hundred times, I have told you that the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, the everlasting taxes, were the real cause of our sufferings. This fact is now acknowledged by the very men that have been representing me as a deluder; and even, you see, brother DANIEL now says, that this "scheme " would relieve the poor by lightening "the load of taxation," a doctrine which brother DANIEL and his masters have always, heretofore, stoutly reprobated. Who, then, entertains "wild and visionary" schemes? Is it we, or is it our opponents? But observe, brother DANIEL says, that the taking off of twenty millions of taxes would “restore general tran"quillity." What, then, it is not seditious designs in the people; it is the taxes, after all, that cause the discontent. This is what brother DANIEL and his masters now say, and this is what I have always been telling you, ❘ sible proof of their couscienciousness though I am said to be a deluder, and you are represented as miserably deluded by me. Why not restore tranquillity, then, in this way! Why resort to new laws against the press Why banish respectable and pious gentlemen who never sell blasphemy except in the buik? Why not take off the taxes and thus restore general tranquillity, at once? But, I should be a deluder, indeed, if I were to affect to believe, that taxes taken off in this way, would produce general tranquillity. This is not a taking off of taxes. This is a seizure of one man's property and giving it to another man. It would be giving a third part of the houses, lands, mines, and canals to the fundholders, without taking any thing at all from them; of their own weakness, and of the increase of my power. To adopt really efficient measures for the restoration of this country to happiness, and for the preservation of the constitution, there requires measures very different, indeed, from those now on foot. There requires very strong measures, I allow; but not measures which soldiers are required to put in execution. There requires, in the first place, a constitutional Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament. A House of Commons, chosen in the manner that we propose, could preserve all that is good, restore every thing that is valuable, reunite the opulent man with the labourer, make the country really the admiration of the world, and : dreaded, only, by, a restless and | at its command. It will take care to unprincipled enemy. And, to me, the strangest of all strange things is, that the nobility should oppose such a Reform! I can see reasons enough for its being opposed by upstarts of every description. By stock-jobbers, by loan jobbers, by discounters, by bankers, and by all the endless tribe that fatten upon war and taxation; but that it should be opposed by noblemen; by gentlemen of ancient families; by those who are now eclipsed keep it in that state; and, if this project, or any project of the same tendency, should be put into execution, the Noblemen and Gentlemen will have themselves to thank for it, and nobody else. For my part, I have always been for the ancient establishments of the country. Our fathers were free and happy under them. The kingdom was always powerful and famous, under those establishments; and, under them existed the very best by this upstart race; or, at best, hud-community ever known in the world. dled together and confounded with I am for those establishments, still; I them, is, to me, more surprising am for no new, wild, visionary than any other thing, that ever struck schemes; and, therefore it is, that I upon my mind: nor can I account wish for a Reform of the Commons for it, in any other way than this, that House of Parliament; and, therefore they never hear the truth: they are it is, also, that I wish to be myself, beset with men who work upon their in that House, because, there I am pride and their fears; who make them very sure that I could do ten thoubelieve that the great mass of the sand times as much as I now can, in people wish to pull them down and preventing the adoption of those degrade them, and who thereby lead measures, which I am afraid will, them on, step by step, until they may, before long, be brought forward, and at last, really make that a truth, which which, if adopted, will, I am certain, has hitherto been a most atrocious be productive of calamities compared falshood. These Noblemen and Gen-with which, those which we now endure, are hardly worthy of our attention. tlemen surely never can read. I have often been asked, in America, "Do "they ever read what you write ?" My answer has been: "No, to be sure, they do not. They never read "what I write; and they never hear "truth from any human being. They "think the people as ignorant as they were thirty years ago, and they "look upon me as an impudent de"ceiver who has no other object in "view than that of causing my countrymen to kill one another." This has always been my answer; and this is actually the case up to this very moment. The scheme which I have mentioned above as put forth by brother DANIEL, has passed through all the newspapers, and has received not one single word in the way of exposure; though it manifestly tends to the utter ruin of the Noblemen and Gentlemen and to the putting in their stead, an upstart race, wholly unknown in this nation forty years ago. This race has the press It is truly shocking to hear the projects that are now on float, and to think of the notion of restoring the nation to tranquillity by the means of the little bars, nets, and traps invented for the press; at the same moment that those who are asking for these are coming to the Parliament with statements and projects which seem to say that all fixed notions with regard to property have taken their flight from the mind. Only think for one moment of a scheme which is, in effect, to transfer the Noblemen's estates to the jobbers of Change Alley; only think of a scheme like this being applauded, as wise and necessary, because it would deprive seditious demagogues of power! We have been accused of having designs of confiscation, plunder, and God knows what. We have been accused of levelling principles. We have been accused of a desire to pull down the higher orders. I It will be preserved with care, and read with deep interest, long and long after its base and detestable revilers shall have been food for the worms. In it will be found a true account of the causes of this kingdom's calamities; and I am very much afraid, true forebodings as to its fate. The reward of the author has been, the applause of all those who really love their country; but, he has received ample reward from your hands, alone; and, I can truly assure you, that every member of my own family feels as much pride as I myself do, at the great honour you have done me. Every one of them is ready to make any sacrifice; to encounter any degree of trial or of poverty, rather than I should slacken in my efforts to prove myself worthy of your esteem and affection. But here is DANIEL and his abettors, by your children's children, the hiscoming forward with a direct pro-tory of the three last eventful years. position, not only to level; they do not stop there; but actually to strip the Noblemen and Gentlemen of their estates. The Noblemen and Gentlemen will find, and they will very soon find, too, that it is we, who are the only rock of safety against the projects of the speculating spoilers. beseech them, for their own sakes, as well as for ours; and more for their sakes than ours; to be reconciled to us as speedily as possible. With the great mass of the people at their back, which they would instantly have; with all their returning affections, if we were gratified upon the subject of Reform; with the great mass of the people at their back, they could safely set those at defiance who are now hatching schemes for laying hands on their estates. But, if they have not the people with them, they will soon see to what lengths the schemes are capable of going. Every one says that something must be done. The Ministers fairly tell the nation that they do not know what they shall do. Good God! how soon I would put them to the test, if I were but standing upon the same floor with themselves! I would not suffer a month to pass before they should have from me, a distinct proposition, in which, I am very sure, that every independent Nobleman and Gentleman in the country would concur. But I really do fear, that, as I said in my leave taking Address, when I went to America, that nothing efficient will be done; that the thing will drawl on, by the means of shifts and expedients, 'till, at last, amidst the war of projects and of passions, the whole thing will go to pieces like a ship upon the rocks. Thus, my beloved and admired Countrywomen, have I addressed you for the last time, through the channel of the "twopenny trash." This little book, now consisting of about one hundred and forty nambers, has produced an effect most gratifying to me, and most honourable to your minds. In it, will be read, I am, my beloved and P.S. I had closed my letter before I saw the following paragraph in the Courier newspaper, which is the property, you will remember, of Sir. JAMES MACKINTOSH's brother-in-law, DANIEL STUART, who was originally a tailor from Scotland, who then became secretary to a Reforming Society, who next published the most Jacobinical Journal in London, and who has, at last, become the praiser of the Bourbons, of Castlereagh and Company, and of the Manchester Magistrates. "The following is an extract from "a letter to a merchant in this town, "written by his correspondent in "America. It is dated Boston, Nov. "7, 1819:- Mr. Cobbett has left a "very bad name behind him here: "" he has had his house burned once " or twice, and been robbed several "times by the poor people whom his ""villainous publications have indu"ced to come here. They came here "expecting, from what he had said, ""to live for nothing. Alas, what 4 a "disappointments! They come out ""without any money, and, when ""here, very few can get any work, ""and if they do, they get very tri""fling more wages than in England, ""and they cannot live for less than "double."" This, you will perceive, comes from that respectable part of the press of which we have heard so much! You know how false this is, from beginning to end. This is no extract of a letter from Boston, or from any where else; it is a thing hatched by the base and even respectable brother DANIEL himself. You know that I have never invited any body to go to America. And you know that I have always said that unmless they are resolved to work, they have no business there. It is very true rate that my house was burned once or twice; that is to say, it was burned ests once; and that, by mere accident; and this lying brother DANIEL, respectable brother DANIEL, knew very well; but it is right that I should tell Task you, that if the house had been my Town, it would have been built up again lot for me, for nothing! Let that be an answer to brother DANIEL, and let it ept stand as a proof of the goodness of heart of the American people; and of the ease and happiness and plenty that they enjoy, in consequence of the absence of grinding taxation.--I was never robbed in America by any body; except, if I were to call it robbery, to have waggon loads of fruit taken away including, this last year, the greater part of the produce of an acre of - melons, without my leave, but, at the same time, without my complaining, the fruit and melons being of no use to or me, and such taking away being the custom of the country. As to the persons who were employed by me (for we call nobody servants there!) they are the same identical persons that I employed upon my first arrival tirere, and whose names you have frequently scen in the Register. One of them has sent home, by me, ten dollars to be given to her mother-in-law who lives near Botley; a proof that America affords the means of saving money, and that it does not deprive English people of the recollection of what is due to their parents. The person to whom I have brought this money is the wife of DANIEL CHURCHER (a great deal better man than brother Daniel) who lives in the parish of Wickham, about three miles from this village. You will forgive me, and so will the public I am sure, for entering into these details. It is very seldom, as you may have observed, that my enemies tell a lie of me without drawing forth something to prove, not only that the thing is a lie, not only that the bad ought not to be imputed to me, but that good ought to be imputed to me, instead of bad. I have never seen an honest and industrious man or woman who was not benefited greatly by going to America; and, as to those, who lived with me while I was there, they still live with my sou, and live with him I dare say they will, for a long while to come. You will observe that there is a monstrous effort now making to cause the people in this country to believe that the people in America are in distress. The object of this is clear enough; but the fact is wholly false. And as to brother DMEL's saying that living is double the price in America that it is here, just the reverse is the fact. A common artizan's wife wears, in that country, a better dress than the best tradesmen's wives wear in England. Even the girls who hire out, as they call it, wear china crapes even at their work; and well they may, when they can buy a china crape dress with one month's wages. The tables of journeymen and labourers are better furnish ed than those of the greatest and richest of tradesmen in England. The cause is that the tax-gatherer does not come to take away their earnings. How should their situation be other than what it is, when their wages are full twice as great as in England, and when bread and meat is at less than half the English price, when claret wine is at seven pence, English money, a bottle; when port wine is at about fourteen pence a bottle, and when the common spirits of the country is at abom twenty English pence a gallon? I never can too often tell you that the very salt for which you pay about twenty shillings a bushel in Lane cashire, is carried to America from Lancashire, and, after paying freight, insurance and the duty in America, is sold at two and six-pence, Euglish money, , a bushel. Disregard, there fore, the lies of brother DANIEL, notwithstanding all the praises of Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, his brother-in-law upon the gentlemen of that respectable thing called the daily press! AIR. JOHNSON'S, LETTER. MY DEAR SIR, I am requested by the Manchester Female Union Souvety to forward to you the inclosed inkstand and address. They wish you to accept it as a small token ot their approbation and gratitude, for your 1 |