The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. . - Ctn . Vti 7 i7 CO 3,01001011, ittiD tattfi. I'UnLISIIED AT No. 11, NEWCASTIC-STREET, STSt..IND. u ~.~ pinePßtNcE RECENT, on - Monday,justly congratulaied the t w o IfouseSson the improvement of our prospects, growing c...t of our successes in tite Peninsula, and the relations e.la 1. i,ltcd between this country and the northern Powers. Our readers will find, that in speaking of the affairs of Russia, his Lo‘,!l Highness takes precisely that view •of the occur renas of the campaign, which we anticipated, and which we Lave, from the period of the destruction of Moscow, uni flunlr contended was the most correct. The enthusiasm of the Russians is made the subject of high and merited panegy tic; and the trust placed by the EmP Eno it in the good faith u( this nation, in committing his fleet to our care, draws this ii!isfactorY assurance, "hills IMPERIAL. MAJ EsT may fully r:IY on my fixed determination to afford him the trio.st cor tlial support in the great contest in which he is engaged." This declaration, which was due to the confidence dis play,.d by our ally, and the natural effect of which must be ticancirin his resolution of resisting the invader of his coun ry to the last extremity, and to animate his people by the howledge, that as long as they remain faithful to their So- ' tereign, they arc sure to meet with our assistance, might be (lottned, if not necessary, at least politic and just. Should at the time when she does not shrink from the great t:t car Hives to insure the ultimate success of a war, muter ta''n for a common object,—the freedom of trade, perceive I tr:y indeci:ion in our Councils, would she not be justified in I,lfming to the proposals lately made by our enemy, and en- 1 . 41 , ..wouring to check, by negotiation, the desolating career tf th? sword, /AA even in victory ? If, when she sends her fleet to our ports, as to a sanctuary made sacred by our power and honesty, she learnt that we are disposed to sacrifice the one, and barter the other. for a truce, a mere short-lived c , !isation of hostilities, would she not have an excuse for an ticipating our treachery, and purchasing better terms from tie foe, by offering to join him once more against us ? Wr ti not those warriors, whom the glories of Salamanca fired with emulative ardour at Borodino, be struck with despondency hearing that we have laid our ti iumphant . sword at the feet of the common enemy ? If the degradation and ruin of ltirpsia could yield us any advantage, then corrupt politici ans, preferring gain to honour and justice, might seize an opportunity like the present to cramp her exertions, and plunge her into doubt and despair, by treating with her ad versary. But when our interests are the same : when the Russian and Spanish sword cuts down in the North and in the West the myriads that tin eatened our shores, and whom otherwise, we might have had to encounter in our desolated field , , and amidst our blazing cities, it is certainly the height Vol. V. Vu CCLVIII. POL` FICAL DIS2CISIIION. THE RE(;EN F'S SPEECH. S NI)A Y, f'EMBEII, G , ISM Pr, 9(1. of impolicy to wid) to disszlvt and d'sarm our allies. Yet, in the debate which followed the reading of the REGLN T'S Speed) in the [louse of Cononvms, a Dietc ,. .Ll , .7r to patriotism .and political sagacity (whose quick-sijtedness is such that he can di,cein the least speck of error it) the measures of Government, and the ncluct of is Membets, wi.hout the glass of inquiry, but through a kind of natural, tinargir not infallible pt escience, svhi, h forms the characteri-tic of modern declaimers), au orator of great vehemence, and in his own estimation, of sound judgment ; whose speeches last Ses ion. were calculated to inflame the passions of the people, and fan the discontents of our manufacturers into a flame, but who feels thz utmost abhorrence of a war waved with the external enemies of our country, - wi•.ely deemed it proper to recom mend an application to Buo sA r AnTE for pet:cc l That such a step would instantly produce the effects we have described on the RUSSIAN ENIP Ea o a and his people, Ho man in his senses can doubt. That the secession of Russia from our cause Might lead to the total subjugation of the Continent, the destruction of Our armies in Spain, and. perhaps, even to the invasion of this country, is eqtrally pla;n. How, then could a mar , of sound judgment or patriotism, conceive au We; or, it' he had any veneration for his fame, give it pubic utterance, which could have nu other tendency titan to dis turb the harmony that exists between England and Russia by destroying ',he confidence which the latter repo.cs in our sincerity, and throwing her at the fcet, or once more into the arms of France? To propose peace to the enemy at this moment, would be to tell Russia, "We repine at your successes. As long as . the war w:ts productive of nothing but disaster to your aims, we advised you to prosecute it with vigour, and encouraged 1 i you by repeated offers of assistance. When your provinces i were occupied, and one of your capitals in flames, we pushed you on to your ruin : but no sooner has the tide of triumph i turned, than we alter bwir sops language .and our conduct. Not only do we withhold e.)..1 promised assistance, but we cast • our friendship into the opposite scfoe, and set at liberty that immense portion of the enemy's fence, hitherto detained by our v. arfare in the Peninsula, to rush against your armies, to check the career of your victories, and insure . vour de -1 struction." That any British Senator should have been so blind as to advise such an i:npol tic, unjust, and unmanly line of conduct, will excite the astonishment of the world at large, and scarcely be credited by posterity. The next topic of most importance mentioned in the 1 1: E GEN T'S Speech, is that of the Spanish campaign. After paving a due tribute of admiration to the valour of our tr.).•os , and the skill of our Commander, so frequently disc laved ; t the fields of the Peninsula, it expresses his Roval 1 1 -lig;oo•ss% . regret that the efforts of the enemy should have rendt.s.vd )e-