The Sun. — London, England, 1819-12-02 00:00:00

TO MY COUNTRYMEN. r I ,ddress yon on the subject, to all our hearts !Most deer, and to every Freeman most dear—the subject of °lir rties. lam one of those who hold, that all privileges in a State are given, not for the advantage of the possessors, hut of the public ; who are entitled to expect from the sn reme Power of the State, either the enlargement or the contraction of such privileges as shall best promote the good of the whole People. Upon this principle, I hold also, that whosio enjoys any Toivilege of Rank, Influence, or Property, is boioul as a Christian, a man, and a Briton, to re- gird these as Trusts, not committed to him for his particular advantage, but for the eeneral good.— Holding such opinions, let me call on you to re flect on your real interests—that is—ou the surest means of preserving your liberties, permanent and inviolate. Doubtlessly, it is a very attrac►ive les son, that Freedom depends upon Universal Suf frage, and equal Property. To the poor man it must appear very desirable that poverty should cease, and all column!, and all dissension Could these objects be attained, or indeed were they compatible, every good mind would desire their attainment. Yet, let us consider whether they would really increase, or even sect:re our . Freedom. Is it desired, that all property Omni(' be In common ? That no 111411 should call anythtng l►is own ?—That if one man sl.wild spend in a fortnight his annual share of five pounds, or ten pounds, or whatever it might he, he should be . come entitled to a trc.li share ?—That every other persons's share is agaitt lo be thrown into the common stock ? That a fresh division is to he »otde for the bein-fii of the idle at the expence of the diligent Thlt all inducement is to be taken away, even of ciiltivating the earth, by the ;Ilse. runty of the possession of its fruits ?—That no ri,:ht or permanence shall be left to any man in sui ,, nance or his clothing ? It suet a wihi state of things cpuhl exist, the l'o"r" classes , as being the most numerous, ‘rwild he the greatest sufferers. It is onty by labour that a man can' live, or transmit to his chihnen the means of liv ing. Llhour is the source of all wealth and all profit:--but it is excited only for tie sake of its fruits.—Endanger their security, and all labour will cease with its incentive. Those why now complain of the dearness of provisions, would complain more heavily when the community of possession has made our terrile Eul!iand a barren paste ; when in exchange for food other nations bad drained of all n , ) r wealth ; when we bad waged a desperate war of plunder and rapine, un til cisibieti Europe combined to exterminate the nuisance of England's free savages. Does England deserve this termination of her' glory ? Can any Englishman desire it ? The poor--world they wish to inflict such misery on themselves The rich—have they merited its in- Sheiv me that country in which tu,ire kindness, more protection, more charity, have been shewn by the higher classes to the lower ! More attention to their bodily and theit mental nece•sities ! swings of instruction, and of religion, more liherally opened to them ! Shew H country where the earliest cog t ;e%tion of auy tine benevolent measure, private or public, is more generally and more speedily promoted ! Where the resilence of the rich diffuses such universal good a mong; the poor ! Vet this widely-circulated happiness must de pend tipou the inequality of vssessions. fle %Rho benefits another tiltnit have a larger rwion of means, than he who is benefited. The rich be nefit the poor by their wealth, the plor benefit the rich by their labour. And thus the general welfare proceeds with the particular advantage. In this reciprocity consists the public happiness : but it ali property were equalized, and no one had the power of benefiting another, this reciprocity would cease. Think you, then, that Sic FRANCIS BUROF,TT desires all men and all properties to become equal ? No—for he would lose in the division a►ll his means of eminence. Does he de , ire that such 811 r(paliry shouid be attempted I will not "en• titre the negative to this question quite so deci,l - ; because Ow attempt might bring him lot° power and celebrity. Think you, that HUNT, and CoßnErr, and Woo Lea, and the rest of the cal gang, desire such equality to be attained ? Oh yes—for they have nothing to 105 e in the conflict, and every thing to gain. They desire its fluent mem, but not its continuance. They would have it last exactly long enough to plunder the tich, and secure the spoliation to themselves ; too heartless to consider the sufferings 01 their delud ed instruments, or their clingers. Let us, however, put all worldly motives aside for a moment, and look at the wickedness of these Hadicds, who would eradicate I:nrn your minds all sense of religion. CARLILE, blaspheming the Godhead : HuNT al his elnow, prompting him in the defence of his blasphemies : CorsnETT, ify turns the eulogist and reviler of every thiog good and sacred, but ever selfishly consistent in seek ing his own profit one while praising Sir FRAN.. cis BURDETT ; then reviling him; and at last denying a just debt, because, only, he did not ap prove the Corm of Government : IVoot.p.a, running up and down the country to every Radical Meeting, bellowing out of hi, bull-dog mouth ,( I . f ainst all social order : Radical Minister. otter been dismissed from keeping a girls' school on account of indecent practices, pre,,ching sedition instead of the Gospel. Such, and such like, arc the Radical Lcaders : all sti mulated into rebellion by pride, or malignity, or beilishness 11,11—thotO the equaliz,ition of property would iso much mischief, 'rni4lit not Universal Su f. fru,;e be beneficial ? Tbis question shall be discus -1 in any next. A LOVER OF LIBERTY. -FOR THE SUN. Mn. EDITOR—MuCh of ivhat I hAVO said upon ARISTIDRS, applies to my other antagonist, PER TINAX ; and I catmot be required to answer twice-told errors. My language, however, must not be misrepresented. I have not " touched the 111 k ;" I have only censured its irreverent! " T , uchers."l I have not " ridiculed the word Bethel;'' I have only tilde:avowed to save it from the " ridicule" %vhich unqualified ignorance casts 'you it. The biblical knowledge which PRRTI NAx so earnestly praises, seems to me rather of words I hail of things, of sound than of substance. It is an aff , etation, which in spiritual mailers looks too like Hypocrisy ; and which, again I s.y, reminds me of the canting Cromwellians— Covenienters Cameronians —or whatever else PERTINAX •chnses they should be called; to be thus sedulously attached to the original Hebrew terms, instead of that fair English translation which English folks understand. If Sailors can not say their prayers in a Church, but must per force have a ship to say them in, even while in harbour ; and if that ship must be dressed up into a chapel ; and if they cannot pray but by a signal; let them have their floating tabernacles, and their signal ! But, why their signal must be in Hebrew, instead of plain English or, how " BETHEL" is more stimulatory or religious feel ings than " GuD'S HOUSE," Is beyond my ver- secular comprehension. As to nay " garblio4" of Brother INNITS'S fa miliar phrosenlogy,-1 took it as it stood, wish all i's indecency nod not rt whit more. IVnat preceded, or what followed it, I know not ; as I am luckily nut of the way of hearing stirred thirt ;4 n so prophattetv dealt withal but sure I am, that mit her the Bible nor the Coalition Prayfq Book could be gin bled into any such sea odni.. I?-M9 PERT! NA X tell me that he is " a Church man lalllCHt the courtesy which obliges me to helieve•liiin : since it obliges me also to prove my credritce by .secouniing him a time•server -and a hypOctite.—l lament, that he should reckon it prudent or profitable to continue in a Church, whose teachets he thinks not only unqualified for, but prohibived from, religious instruction :—a Church, which sends out the embassadors of Heaven, without capability, without authority, nay, without permission, to fulfil their embassy : a Church, Wilich leaves " souls to . .perish in the deluge of Fiquity," without a water-chapel to riout" thet” out of ii.-"UOlding• such opinions, PBRTIN A X roust bear to be told, not only that he does not want the Established Church, but that the Established Church does not want him. For a Churchman, PERTINAX is WOnderoudy acquaint'ed with the motive, nod views of the Sec tarian . I wiNh he were as acquainted wi:h the motives and views .1 - the Church. Ile would then see, that she has provided means of instroc (ion, open to all, and sufficient fur but from which the Sectarians are diligent to meet and in teicept every one, whose ignorance, or levity, or wea k ness , or can he bawled, or twang ed, or whined, or witnaved away, front the path of pure and sober religion. True—l sin a Churchman. Yet, if I thought one hundredth part as evilly of the Church as does my fellow-Churchman, PEaTINAX, I would not so much as tune a Psalm under a regular Cler gyman, but Redid it away under Brother RIN CLETUS or Brother INN YS seven evenings in the week. True, also, I am " out of my element when I get afloat." Accustomed as lam to that regular service, unto which my parents and pre ceptors led me in my first infancy, I feel auk ward enough when I find myselt in these Arks and Deluges of Dissenterism. " Regular Service I." Aye, here lire the griev ance !—Hinc tiler lachrynkr. ! A Sectarian cannot abide regularity. Nothing can stimulate his re ligious palate, which is not highly seasoned. Tranquil and even devotion, that spirit of piety which resides rather in pure thoughts and good deeds, than in extemporaneous aspirations, are not piquant enough for his diet. The " Church " man" PEETINAX, will of course join me in say in;:,—that the want of these sectarian seasonings, is as sure a proof of the decay of reasonable re ligion, as is the use of Cayenne in other exhaust ed tastes, of tire decay of natural appetite. In these observations, I do '' stick" to the Ra dicals. If I have said that Presbyterianism is' al lied to Popry, sine I am that Sisttr Peg is sworn Cousin to D , ..moeracy also. She hates all ride, all government, all subordination. The Church and the King are so inseparably connected, not only iu wir State, but in our Religion, that whose swerves from the one can 1101(1 no good allegiance to the other. TENAX. The notorious COBBETT, Who has htely ar rived in this emintry with the rernait's "loM PAINS, may justly be styled a Resur;ection ;Van. We received last night and this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday last. Some paragraphs from the former will be found in another column. The following are extracts from the .Journals of Monday : " Pants, Nov. 29.—Yesterday being the eve of the opening of the Chambers, a solemn mass was celebrated at Notre Dime, which was at tended by the King, the ninces of the Royal Family, Peers, Deputies, &c. The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, received his Aiajesty at the dour of the Cathedral under a canopy. The Duke de Reggio arrived at Paris on Sa. turday evening. " A lithographic caricature, entitled Le Masse de 1793, has been seized by order of the Procureur du Roi. " General Valence has bad a private audience of the King. " The King yesterday, after his. return from Notre Dante, transacted business with the Count Decazes. " Before the ceremony commenced at Notre Dame yesterday, there were several murmurs, sup posed to be directed against a certain Deputy, but ,who was not discovered. " M. Gregoire has transmitted to the Questure of the Chamber of Deputies his act of birth, ac cording to the established form. " AUGSBURG, Nov. 21.--The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have arrived at Munich, from Vienna. " IRUN, Nov. 1.3.—N0w that the yellow fever has diminished its ravages in Andalusia, the Expe ditionary Army is about to be re-organized, and it is hoped, it will he possible for the Expedition to sail tor its destination the commencement of next year, but it is at present nothing but a hope. The inlet ior of Spain is in general calm and peaceable." The following article is from the American Pa pe, s which arrived yesterday " PAciFtc OCEAN.—Such a development of the intentions of our Government, in reference to the Expedition to the Sources of the Missouri, has been made by the manner in which they took their risr, and have been thus far pursued, as to justify the opinion that the great object to be ef fected is the establishment of a permanent and safe communication between the head waters of the navigable streams on the East side of the rocky mountains, and those on the West side which communicate with Columitia river." The plain question between Government and its Opponents is simply this : Shall tie hest poli tical system on Earth be exposed to more danger of destruction than any other ? is there any other Country where such Miscreants as the it.tdicals would be suffered to assemble, in order to corrupt the minds of the People in general, and for the avowed purpose of proucing each a Reform as mould tend to the total annihilation of our present Establiiiment in Chnrch and State ? Yet, with all the horrors of the French Revolution in vivid recollection, the Enemies of Government, consist ing chiefly of a desperate rabble, have received the sanction of sortie of the higher Characters in the Country, though, if they were capable of the least reflection, they would see that their own ruin would he the consequence of the ultimate suc cess of the Rebels whom they have thus coun tenanced by appearing at their meetings. Such conduct in men of rank and property betrays the grossest weakliest and folly. Some of these misguided men declare that they see no proofs of guilt on the one hand, or danger on the other, in those Documents which have been laid before Parliament, and Which have satisfied the Nation in general of the necessity of those mea sures that have dratvn such abuse and Ul2- merited obloquy on the Manchester Itl s g 4 i strates and Yeomanry. 0 he's have' the names of the individuals wbose testimodl subscribed only by Lord' Sipsiutr rig gave the most satisfactory information oft " point, stating, that if the names of the Parti ed were disclosed, they would 'be subjected 1 01 . " danger of assassination. But those testimonle. were only collateral proofs of what was abut" dandy demonstrated in the other Papers. the Lords GREY and ERSKINE repeated the swirl" told by the Radicals themselves, and echoed ill the Opposition Journals, of the Yeomanry " cuter ling, to the right and left, men, women, and chile dren."—We are astonished at the credultti those Noble Lords, and heartily wish that they were wiser, or more alarmed for the stif et i of the Country.—Tire Morning Chronicle, wi tb the usual absurdity of Party spleen, attributes what he styles the " irritation " of Lott' CASTES' REAGH, on Tuesday night, to '' his knowledge rust his boasted majority was to be lessened by fuO r. than fifty, while the Phalanx of Opposition coo. tinned undiminished." That his Lordship pos' sensed such exact intuitive knowledge would be extraordinary indeed, but it cannot be wn ir derful, that, with a loss on his own side, el lgs strength of his opponera should remain 11114 diminished. Such is the blundering pervert° Hess of The Chronicle. The (Old) Times this day begins to cavil at Marquess Ws s " LEY, and to find some inconsistency in his prele d conduct, compared with his former declar ed opinions of Ministers. But the safety of I" State is now in imminent danger from the dal measures and avowed designs of T ra itors ." Rebels ; and whether or not the Noble Lord better of Ministers titan he did formerly, " feels it to be his duly to sacrifice all inferill considerations, and to assist them in suppe r( ' ing measures essential to the protection of lieaJrn. We doubt not that this • covert ell° upon his Lordship from The (Old) Times is p , e' paratory to more rancorous remarks on the Not# Lord ; and if he ever confided in that Papers sf he was supposed to (founder the signatureot Va l * be may expect to have his confidence betrai ejf as was the case with that treacherous Paper 1 1 wards another Nobleman. But the world Il i look with increased respect towards the Nal# Lord, who seems to be as film a chaine d for our Constitution as his illustrious 014 : 1 ther was, not only for our Country, but for Europe, which was delivered from Oppression v his wisdom and his valour. Lord GRENVILLE a I has come forward with the same noble disdain ! II all party feelings, and has joined with Minister il supporting measures for the safety of the So t ' . Let Ministers then disregard the peivish of 1 0 0 venomous hostility of factious Prints, anti lutely discharge their duty, in securing our 111 ; rivalled form of Government from the infsto .o4 Atheists and Traitors who are attempting to volve the Empire in chaotic confusion. — maw , .11 , ; A word or two more on The Morning Chtoli s I . 1 It says, that Mr. admitted, that it of Party Party were in Office, '' they now could not I° l it in their power, consistently with the Nati g° Faith, to relieve the people of much of the tve 4:) ? of taxes." But how were those taxes Metal l ' ll; By a LONG and exrr Nstvs Watt, OCCASitInt by the greatest Enemy, not only of this Coulli# try, but of all Europe, and which at last in the deliverance of all Europe from a V I % 11 ' 1 ,1 tliry Despotism which threatened no iveri t i subjugation, Will Mr. TIERNEY and his say, that with the burthen of SUCH A / IT 5 1 they should not have incurred the same 01%c ; or that they would have accomplisijo the sante glorious events They may s a indeed, that they would have avoided the how—by such object concesEians to the eilen ) c would have confirmed that military de6P°6lo: and have this Country and all Europe Pr strate at its fret ! ! Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD visited DU I and - 10 and Duchess of KENT, at Kensington Palac e ' ( 1)c 11,e evening his Royal Highness dined wit il yi" Dulie and Ducl,ess of CLARENCE, At th eir 1.4 deuce, in St. James's Palace. The Duke of CLAILENct: W3S in the ChSifityli the Meeting of the Benetactots of the Sc ° ta t' Hospital on Ttiesd.iy last, The donitiono AiOn°,lcoif ed to nearly 4001. among ‘vhich were guineas from the Duchess of CLARtiNCIL of t The French Anth,;ssador to our Cottrt or, out yesterday on his return to Paris, be" l "o,7o' pointed successor to Gotnnoti St. CYR, Minister. 0 55 ' Yesterday mnrnirw 300 pensioners , ' 44." 1 1 0 .0f1 ed the Inspection Board at Chtliea, °“ % v e sV were declared fit for service, passed use r c oo p minster Bridge to join the Veteran hafts e otr e Chatham. The Limerick Erening Pcsf says, `` A' w o f th e putting to press, an accounr of tie re Aell r% g regi murderers of Mr. NIALQUEENY, just I r r their natms, arc understand, are Keog il ' il ,„v Ryan, Stewart, and Treabli ; the I .5t f el - bo ar; turned approver ; t h ey are expected to from Kilfinnan." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. 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