The National Register.
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No. 55. SUNDAY, JANUARY 151 1809*
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POUTICAL DISQI.ISITiON.
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of the Spaniards, is dispelled t and the friend cif his Cituntry «,
- willin&lniigns to futtner inconsistency and
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*UMBER FIFTY-FOUR. weakness; Co coutetnplate the happy effects of this reno- 1
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; ---ja.-- vated tigdur. Ile feel; both pride and satisfattion, that the
ORDERS AND COUNTEII-OADERS: interests of Great Britain and her Allies; in this portentous
crisis, are 'Confided to men, who have virtue enough to
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It is agaid reported that orders have been trangmitttl,
think the cars,. of freedimi never desperate; and sufficient 1111
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,1 siehe he might feel of the uncorritnon ab and ilities; ./
force our army in Spain. We know not, which we ought 1
invariable success
alis of the enemy, is dispelled by the zeal
to abominate most;—the credulity which believes, or the . ,
malice which invents so infamons a falshoori. Wile!, rZ:-.:- and confidence displayed by our Government. lie is con-
scious, that it possesses the means; if properly einployed,
forcements are urgently necessary when 15,000 additional
men might enable Sir Jogs NooaE to make an effectual of cotinteraCi..g the vast projects of the tyrant; and the . i
Stand against the invaders, or, in case of emergency; to report..ll activity amid magnitude of our preparations, offal.
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return the' tryibariatiOn of the troops under hie com- the certain :.4.u. ritY 4'. %,,
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iitand t we are o.aftl Ord Ministers have Countermanded 1,1 The init. .-.
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their sailing. Thsi:;ptablij.i are tot UllaCkpainted with the "L. it Ali tie . ; ...
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arts errivlotyed byrtity loiters, preVious to the Meeting of °I judice "a ':.: --,: r.'
,i4fPaitr sifittioy and "' '••it .. Cam We
Parliatneaa, to criniThate.i-their pdlitical antagonists. W.e, feet ifis.it!ere• .:.-tt 141i,''v ,: in the consideration* that:our .i '
• -re: • . . l'i;a01::.i0,41„kil nipport otaipt)li• 'entree promote; at the isite
have nd hesitation in ilnisaiting to this criminal izid%"•• tip
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•,!..OnaviOrlowu happioeig aka setibtsty; The ciainlf
Tenet to the public good; foi-thevurpose of lecOndius:. ; • •
.4: y aid the suggeitions of 1' and the 4
tiews ef faction, a rumour to injurion to the replant-lea •,4: : :e
lAtinistert, and rePuisivet.gae popular feelings:- Do..,t!JIMI it Utah tied'
,ifir thift a few Bull ' •
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;,sqa Pie tilke purpose, surd idlidiouily lent Min; the • le
itself, clothed in the enstinia of office; could not • .:.-
ail cipo44i.tallatiiiiv'e overturned what !tenons.; interest, alistlitatice, i
recommended a more coviakily and drivelling i.;11
dieht. equally raged ;or that the then, tb whine capacious thindS .1 ' 4
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Bet our private inion, or individual feelings; it may
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and benevolent hearts the fortnua Of the universe arc en-
f"e, 4lleexed, etwobt iorrawwithoowavergy. , lei , tenue been terrified; by an gross an artifice, Mu) a , •
believed; and the ineasuro7sjer obnoxious of•Tigliii- • ; --- ' .--74r:i".4.-='• * . . . !-. - I
lithe it may be, has. actually been put into execution. Not- they. had liOntracted.; in the face of Europe and t err coun-
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withstanding this general coincidence of opinion we still dis- try. Thia indifference to public opinion; and this impo- ,
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believe it t and, however; strongly we eondemti the tardi- twee Of cbarietet; we are unwilling to attribute to any •r!
tress and inefilvary or our assistance in favour of the Sian• meitiber bl the present Cabinet I and ai long as ::t e•. CAN-
ish cause, we can never be induced to entertain that mimes voice iS heard, we feel no anxiety that selfish and
dastardly
despicable opinion of the present Cahinet, which the will be substituted for liberal afro vigorous poli- •,
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rumour implies. Have their professions, or their conduct, c,},. The exigency of our sititation demands an uncommon ;i ,i
t•elative to Spain, justified our unqualified asserit to a display of *kites, a strict atlherence to principles, and an kii-., '
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e:Large of incapacity, cowardice and lack of patribtisin on unconquerable firmnes4 Of character. Shall we; then;
hear, that. weakness, Uncertain- i .
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their part ? Shall we believe the insinuation, however she- the mortification tt)
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, and selfishness, disgrace our councils; and paralyse our ,i2/'' ;
boosts and confidently delivered, that their measures for
these Six weeks have been solely regulated by the French 'elertioni
Bulletins they have been occasionally fivoured with; and Such would be the ca. 4 had an order been sent to
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that sloth or N igour, despondency or confidence, have pre- pend, even for a day, the sailing of the expedition. Even 1 •
vaned at the War-office, Admiralty, and Horse Guards, in in private lite, an imputation of wavering and pusillanimi- it
proportion to the spleen or good humour BONAPARTE hap- ty affixes *contempt ; but if a government justly exposes
pened to fee4when writing them ! itself to a similar suspicion, the fate of the people. whose ',l*,'
Were it possible for any man to be indifferent to the afraid it .condncts, is truly lattientable. No
The confidencest use can i- •
interests and reputation of his country, or insensible to be plated in their professiont or effiirts. moful .. ,
the eecurenees of our time, he would find an inexaustible projects are marred, and the noblest enterprises frustrated,
source fur laughter and redieulc in the repotted orders because, in the fit season for execution, they begin to rs- .! ;-
and counter orders, with which the public have been annoy- consider and deliberate over again, on the expediency of li
ed, in the short space of one month: For one week, the the measure, and .he danger of disappointment. in pro- • ;
most extraordinary hurry and bustle are said to prevail in portion as the subject ii examined, new difficulties and ob- 04 •
every department. The quantity of transports, the unusual jections start up, and their imaginations are bewildered by :
price of fre:ght, the number and choice of the Staff; denote the peeplexilies the creat
y e. Another day, and th,:n ono- ,
the wisdom and energy with which Ministers intend to pro- thor; is fixed for discussion ; :IA ;110 important time,
'scenic the glorious contest in favour of universAl freedom. 1 which was to be employed in acting, iq devoted to uesea. ,i ~
boilable and pore:cling deliberatioa. ..'s resolut ea, bow- :1
The momentary despondency, oecasieecd by Ilic soceises '