The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-15 00:00:00

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nut dal y to gather strength, till their numbers and
training have increased ten fold; till so their tens of
thousands, hundreds of thousands have been added
till they have hied pike-heads upon their sticks,
and muskets upon• their shoulders. sod are fully
prepared to break out inns open warfare with a
force, that might not be quelled without a sacrifice
of the lima of thousands, and a convulsion that
'may bring the Constitotion itself into the utmovt
peril, and shake the country to its very centre.—
.That these most dangerous principles have been dif-
fosed over large and populous di►trict% iis the ma-
nufacturing counties, we have a melancholy proof—
that they are widely diSseminated is other pier's, is
too well known; and whatever Check they may have
received, we must not Matte► ourselves they are
subdued. flat however extensive this delusion
undoubtedly is, we may, confidently assure our-
selves, that a great and overpowering majority of
our fellow-subjects remain *Anointed, too fully
sensible of their own happiness and interest not
to cling with zeal and ardour to the Constitution.
which they know secures them.; and it lathe greatest
satisfaction to me to be assured, that in that ma-
jority, no part in his Majesty's dominions stand,'
more conspicuous than the counties in which
have the honour or casionaily to address you ; uo
where are subjects to be met with, more firm
and unshaken iu their loyalty, or more dete►-
tnival to support the principles of trite liberty,
and that excellent Constitution, which all who are
sictiiiinoted with it, except these enlightened Re-
fn suers, admire and envy, and sire anxious to resort
to Pe a model. I most cordially congratulate you
fin this auspicious state of the country's feelings;
1 trust they will perpietually remain so : neverthe-
less, it is most important to be always upon your
guard, :1:1(1 not to suffer yourselves by too great
wetnily to be ever lulled asleep. When the
plat4ste is on an adjacent coast, the embargo cannot
be too strictly enforced; that it may be resisted
yids eff'set, it is necessary you should all be appris-
ed of idle true nature and complexion of these
revolutionary proceedings, which 1 have therefore
thought it proper.to enlarge upon. I most exhort
every Magistrate, and indeed every individual,
plrtitulatly in places where numbers in their
drily mcsipations are necessarily brought together,
16 keep a vigilant and zealous rye upon every sus.
picisius itinerant about the country. and others, who
c••an be at all suspected of circulating seditious or
proloie writiogs, whatever shape they may as-
sume. These are the weapons by which the first
encroachment% upon loyalty and virtue are
olw.sys made ; and BE IT REMEMBERED THAT THE
PUBI.I•IIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF IMPIOUS AND
SEDITIOUS LIBELS MAY tE INSTANTLY TAKEN UP
'AND HELD TO BAIL. It is not necessary to stand
tif and see the mischief spreading, without attempt-
log to interrupt its progress ; it would he a reproach
to time laws of the country if it were so, and if the
Magistrates might not arrest the torch of the incest-
, diary's hand, before it has actually set fire to the
building. I am persuaded, nothing but vigilance is
'wanted in this country, to preserve every class of the
front contagion, and to retails them
in t:irir just belief, that in peace, order, due
obedience to the laws, and the rsgular gradation of
Tooke, the security and happiness both of the rich
mid poor are malt effectually preserved ; and that
tl•ey who would endeavour to persuade them of the
cur tray, are the worst and most malignant enemies
to buds. -