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THE MERCURY
23rd January 1813
HOWEVER afflictive the transactions of the late Assize, under the Special Commission, at York, must have been to every humane
mind, there is one point on which every friend to his Country, and every loyal heart—loyal in the true sense of the word, will find consolation; and that is, the discovery that the disturbances
which have recently prevailed, stand unconnected with political men and political parties. In these disturbances, not an individual above the rank of the persons who have paid the forfeit of their
lives to the injured laws of their country seems to have been concerned, either directly or indirectly.—In the Judge's Charge to the Grand Jury, his Lordship seemed to conceive that the
erroneous opinions of the persons concerned in these disturbances, had been infused into their minds by some evil disposed persons, for the worst of purposes; but there was not a little of evidence
to support the supposition that these mistaken men acted under any sort of instigation other than that of persons engaged in their own pursuits. Nor is it necessary to look to any other causes for a
solution of their conduct. The objection to machinery amongst persons affected by its operation, is no new objection; but were outrages on that account in former times, unknown to this country.
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