[6] Citizen's Journal.
To Messieurs the Public.
[ON THE PRICE OF CORN, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR.]
I am one of that class of people that feeds you all, and at present abused by you all; in short, I am a farmer.
By your newspapers we are told that God had sent a very short harvest to some other countries of Europe. I thought this might be in favour of Old England, and that now we should get a good price for our grain, which would bring millions among us, and make us flow in money: that, to be sure, is scarce enough.
But the wisdom of government forbade the exportation.
Well, says I, then we must be content with the market price at home.
No, say my lords the mob, you sha'n't have that. Bring your corn to market if you dare; we'll sell it for you for less money, or take it for nothing.
Being thus attacked by both ends of the constitution, the head and tail of government, what am I to do?