No. 26', ofVoh 111 FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL Mr. RUSSELL, PR ° M c, ; e e .xiflence of game laws, and of wifdoT'TTl'" E "& la " d > Mr ■ infers the wildom of the National Aflembly, whohavede creec that there Jhall be none in France. I ,hall ■lllowedT'i r e FT I3WS ' " 0r tl,c '"""opolies allowed ,n England: Mr. Paine's comparisons are made with the profefled intention of Slewing thef upe , 10 f the French Conftitmio an f he has therefore always chosen his own ground of com par j son. He might have pursued alvlten, more confident with truth and candor, but it ould not have smfwered his purpose so effedlu f, a true drift 0 f Mr. Paine', argument "J Thr *stv> i : 'r, hZI en ,f sd / ame aws that operate uueqnally. They to tl J°Z '"T mo "°P ol,cs th «» «>■< advantageous Vt P :: <l i° re U,e of a Lion ought not to have the power to viake any lavss at all elative etthir to game, or 'to monopolies. This is Mr. Paine s pnnciple, and it is the real around upon which he prefers the French conflnution every Sr / " ° f E "& l «" d > *>« to those of eveiy State in the American Union. He infers that the Engl,ft conflitution is bad, because un f-tha'constitution certain bad la'ws have been enarted and are not yet repealed. And he con cludes that the French conflitution is excellent because the un.verfal freedom of the chace, and' the univei sal freedom of trade are placed beyond the controul of their legislature But the pre lervat.on of gam® ls an ob j e csl of public concern, and the legislature of every country ought to have the power of making game Jaws for the benefit of the public. Whether English Parlia merits have exerted unwisely this power which has been delegated to then, or nor, is a quefhon altogether foreign to the pm'pofe ; we know that bad laws exist in every country nnder Heaven • but it ,s ft range realowing, to infer from thence' tn a ,nnl ere " 0t t<>eXilt hl the " atio » a P°wer UrnedtS thC Le ß'^ atures in the and rn f H ' P ° Wer enat * S a ™ laws and to allow monopolies. They all of them ex erexfe this power. We have game Jaws and mo nopolies in this Commonwealth, and yet no man "ft" ,„L liberty rinn f i r ""ft'tution has placed the regula tion of those objects beyond the reach of fheii kv tSJv S at,VC a " t, . they will soon find \ henjexpeiience of inconveniences that rhp go.dnef. of acjltimio,, ,(oe» „ ot the impotence of the legislature P In examining the next article it is utte.ly im possible for me to do justice to the wit of Mr. j rll . e „ char g e w hich he has so often re aeainft > Bu ' ke ' s »">«*, cannot bi made of the <r prodl,6 'o": here nothing don • Y J '°! lt,ng ra " k ° f h 'S h "toned exclama tion You c,o not even find the delicate sallies n?'' u HiS 0W " WOrds m,,ft be I°r ' , e Prench conflitution fays, thatro fo«ie:,iing in .M. Bient: bot it ~ rather onfortuntte ,1,,, Mr Paine fliould complain as an abuse of the Ensrlifli fj l °J er r n , men V. r laC U,S " themselves accountable to v hin f ? f" ea l to a P a ssage which ismoftaf iuiedly him feif undertaking to answer himfelf ' willl acknowledge that this a „ r " of Loaves and Fsjhes, is very absurd ; it is even oo absurd for Mr. Burke in his original charao U a " d the onl y circumflance that renders it perfectly accountable is, that it comes from Mr! t!s represen tative, who certainly ne ei had from hun any authority to mifreprefei. t mm so palpably. ' Mr. Paine has feldon, thought proper to an ei even the few arguments contained in the oer. which is lo obnoxious to him : Easy as it humed b - e " IO ' efUte hls OW »- Heha * nun ted for epigrams where he ought to have fought arguments: In the pursuit of those epi g ams, he has been sometimes not unfuccefsful n exposing the absurdity of his own reasoning, a leis paflionate or more generous polemick would not have chosen to place his own in con-' -it.ences to the account of his antagonifl. Wednesday, July 27, 1791. Mi. laine has not however, grounded liis pre fe,encetothe French conftitutiun, upon truth, in tins inuance any more tiian in the other. 7he principle of excluding placemen, pensioners, and executive officers from the national reprefen tationi is acknowledged by the laws under the knglifh conftuution, as well as in that of France. 1 ne only pofnble advantage which the French can pretend to, is, that they have been more lucceisful in its application. Mr. Paine might if V r f i K Was not luffic 'ently extended by the English laws, and that it was by the French • and his opinion would have had its weight; bu[ this would not answer his purpose : The French confhtutioii must at all events have a triumph; and a system foodious as the. English government was not entitled to the benefits of common truth and jultice. There are however several adls of Parliament, expressly excluding a great variety of placemen, peniioners and officers dependent upon the executive authority, from holding feats in the house of commons. With refpedt to pen -11 one is their principle is more equitable than the total exclusion of the h rench. Every perf'on hold ing a pension at the pleasure of the liing, or for a term of years is excluded, because fucli a man may be too liable to be under the influence of the executive power; but if a man has received a pension for hfe, as a reward for services ren dered his country, a pension which carries no dependence, and which can have no effect upon the legislative condu.fi of the petfon. entitled to U, neither the English nor the Americans think former fervues are a regular difqualification for the future ; nor are they disposed to deprive any man of an invaluable privilege, merely be cause they have paid him for hazarding his life pei haps or his fortune in their service tinnerh 7 ? M k Pai " C ' ü by the £n S li,h oe. f» . . V -° te thC 15 " the fame peifons who receive the Applies when voted and are to account for the expenditure of those fupphes to those who voted them; it is them elves accountable to themselves." This to be rue' "t? ln S e,lious > buc " iB not in any sense rhp h P ersons wh ° vote the fupplics are the house of commons, the representatives of the j nation . To them the king's ministers (and prin cipally the Chancellor of the Exchequer) are ac conmable forthe expenditure of the monies v ot - j ed. J he numbers may indeed be at the fame time members of the House of Commons, and the system is perhaps defective in allowing a few i„. d>viduals to be members of the body to whom hey are accountable. It may be inconvenient fh "f'Vr u 3,1 abfurd ' and is P ur P osely aii thoufed by the English constitution, because they confide,- its advantages as more than a balince for its inconveniences. The mir.ffter of the fu p.eme executive office, (late, to the reprefema ves of the nation, the funis neceflary to defray the annual expenses of the kingdom. These re^ prefentatives vote the afleflinent of such funis as they think neceflary, & make the appropriations The min liters then become accountable for the expenditures according to the previous annronri ations to that body of which they are indeed individual members, but of which they do not compose an hundredth part. Upon what prin ciple then are we told that it is themselves ac countable to themselves > They have indeed in Fiance taken great pains to secure the indepen dence of the leg.flati ve upon the executive a tub o t T h enOC b " n Cauti °" s tne othei fide. Their executive is left totally at so^ m faH a f si lefiifl l tUre ' and mutt infallibly ■ Sacrifice to their ambition. 7 1 he discussion of this f u bj e «ft would lead me far beyond my present intention. 1 have shown pruKmle o f' lln l n L' n ° f F "t lanJ has adopted the the g / i,iZenS de^nd en t upon "£• warrant the decided preference which llr'p "°' r„ in,,,,,,, p cd , MARRIED-In L„„clo„ B M" 0 To H i U cL 13 " of Berkeley square, to Mils Porter ofSt fame*' Street ; and thus Mr. Cole.nan [ s /or having brought the no njUr to puniflnnent b the lady whos e cause he so gallantly efpoufcd ' 101 PUBL I C O L FROM THE HAMPSHIRE GHRONJCLE. I rnui T r H E , E c ° N O M IS T. I lib Econonuft recommends saving. as the whether^ 0 '"' gai "- BuChe wi " be afked > to hL Z,f s f a '" s .*\ e alwa ys in proportion he fare- J'f ert . ai,l ty they are not so, unless he laves wjth discretion. There is an extreme maybe"!; " "'"'nf in pending. The former «Tun e,U N T lth thriv '"g, as the lat ter ™ e . re ls ' h «hholdeth more than is meet but it tendeth to poverty." Parous is a iu (band man. His father, twenty years ago left induct" • P °'?, effion ° f - a good farm > which he' has induftijoufly occupied ever since ; but he has made no progress : He has only just kept his g. ound ; and the only difficulty is, he is afraid ries all Vr® lo ° kS Hke ex P ense - He car- A his favmgs to an extreme. in yS %j° a u' he ailnsat tl,e cheapest cloth n the (hop, aitd thus always gets the poorest Jtn inT' t f ylor ' 3 bill » and the 'pwt.n go.ng half a dozen times to the taylor, aslfheh e a d CO h t,3 I fini,hed ' J are 3bO " C as 11 he had bought a good substantial coat ; but docs 2iot hair the service. Jhei-e ,s not a farmer in the town who, with fame quamny of ha>, keeps so numerou, a stock. But though he seldom fells or kills a beef or a mutton he only just keeps his number .rood dmel? i before /hefrTng time , his cattle arrive not to their growth, un are bu7dw rC f Ve or / I f7 ears ° 3d > and then they are but dwarfs; and his yard, every spring f, the rendezvous of all the"neighbouring crow and all because he is too saving of hisliay If he can make his creatures live through the win ter, he thinks he does well. His object is to keep a large stock on a little hay. P If he buys a breeding mare, what he princi fider* r th S a a t r a S l "3 l 0"/"'"' He d °« not con ' that a ,ow priced animal will eat as much as any other ; and that her foals are not of half heH H 6 ' H )s buildings fall into ruins, because he dreads the expense of repairing; and the very I timbers are rotting, while he tries to make the be ntX' 1 " 8 ,af r Vas J on g as Possible. Rather than i i « e of convenient implements for the time hC de P ends on borrowing: And the time loft for want of them, and spent in borrowing and returning, every year amounts on h^b'r 68 r hei '\T all,e - Thus Parcus car ries on his business, and with great industry on a wh°if f A] PP orts a moderate family ■ Several of his neighbours, on farms no bet ter and with less labour, are growing rich only by dtfcrctron in saving, and judgment in fpendin/ TT7JT I /r° j 1 E ' Pr ' ] W ., arC j the difference, which *» have subsisted so lontr between r and that of Naples, are at ll^on^- ed. The fetrlement consists of 24 articles in three of which the parties have determined on Ihl sXty5 Xty , Va " nt . blfho P r i c H the jurifdidiion of »4,TM;£°'y°" d "" ' rib " ,e ° f Madrid, May jo. Government ls very much perplexed nieafures are thought neceflarv TI,. i'T of.b. people i. J t rT,u£t e "£ nicely managed ; and though the precaution p government appear leffbned, thev are f„ J augmented. ' y are m reality A frigate and packet-boat are arrived at f n runna front Montevideo and Guvara wish goes of 409,349, piastres, 7100 raw'hide, "j other merchandize eS > and w , LEIP SI C, May 16. ligence, ZfZ" T d * l>».: .b„ hi. gLS™Ai?. f / o ' a,,< !; franc E. Th/ lYfl" Assembly, Friday, May 20. •n • C if 00 , 0,1 *' ,e or ganization of the f<• hw- S n j aSth , e verifica »°n of the powers /hall b= fin.ftrt, ,„d ,h, f 4kso [Whole No. 254.]
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