The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-27 00:00:00

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Storms not only agitate the atmosphere. they c4ill
noisome anicols from their. dens ; anci, 11, the
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convulsions of nature it is not unusual to hear t':^•:
flapping of the raven's wins and the shrill cry _
the death owl. The same phenomenon may be ob-
served in, the. political. world. Whenever unexpected
events call the .various. parties, of which a nation
is composed, into action i,v.rhen opposite interests
clash iu the. State, and the contention is not suspepd-
td by the prospect of danOrs frowning from
abroad, but grows hotter _every succeeding day;
the agitated state of the public mind not only awa-
kens, but emboldens mania political dunce to start
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. fro= his..olpeure instc, ivi p, and' strut clad ht,fane
ifnmtituce beyprd the limited circle which
nature bad created bin, to dives by his hnbecillity.
Otheri, endowed With stipetiof cunning, but. lictle
r' :sea*, ht-11.101001,-- •. • I *
• the topplat • ear dectOurit every c4scor.•
~,.rich at this flup(irtant period is raised in the latid,;
howl forth the recantation of their former senti-
, :Rep incessantly, the vain hope of stunning
recollection out of their hearers' Minds: Regardless
ever of consistency- and right, they. endeavour to
`ositsb swirl)! abuse .those whom they .formerly. over-
whelmed with flattery. Dazzled by the kindling
iplendOUr cf a new Star inthe State, they turn their
. backs on. ;the .setting Sun, t'orip.ttipg that it only
sets to-arise *gain. The suddenness of:this revolution
• .in• seittithentillas 'not excited wiltni ifirtise than
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„ dust.!.; has unfolded, t145111101.p the Fin-
!: eiples; which direct the
,conduct al most.. of our
lonsodern..pcditicians,. and created' kn r.ikropressimbiop
public mind agAinst int:K.O(IOAI belonging
to the numerous and useful class of political writers,
WhiCh yeaA of Unblerashed Sincerity, ori their part,
will not wear away. cs Interest is their Cod," has
been the cry of every age ; and our own produces
; so isnand ifistanctrof the truth of that remark, that
*nless contradicted by the powerful argument of
example, it will continue to widen its sphere until it
embraces every hand that Wields as well as every
soul that guides a pen.
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vanity as' ridiculous as it is impotent. Fornierlt
-an huMble follower of the COURIER, it -sudden*
H-swelled itself into a rival, like the frog thaf 'wistied
iti.equal- the ox, and already betrays syroPtoms df
• 4,4o.eliertirg, .%rrlikh cannot fail of acct.
• lerati.,„ 71:.1±. is not our intention to vitt•
dicate iht5r4.0,.,,, • -V hex the COUrtIER in one or
two instanceekxelative- rference of the
Royal Dukes. it was gross. indecent, but
the arguments which it conveyed we, . irmed with
truth and founded on the Constitution. '‘e style
of its opponent, after being at first equally oss,
now grown so insulting and egotistical as to ha4e
filled up the measure of disgust till it overflows.
ir* Ltst a single warning should not suffice, mid.
lest the severity of our censure should be deemed
unfounded, we will draw from the Paper in ques.
Lion ,such evidence as will prove that it has not ottly

:iusticrla, but very frequently of sense.
Among the etnsioni of • egotism which thit
Paper has lately produced, we remarked one
last week so glaring, as to call for instant
reproof '..from 'all those who know the full
extent, or rather the nairoW limits of a daily
newspaper's influence, and cannot be deluded into
a vain belief of its being omnipotent, especially un-

der such guidance,

In this article, after boasting of the Incredible
• feats he haii performed, such as ,c muzzling the
Monster": (Tun otlittEn), ,and compelling it to
eat back its words, this skilful politician tell us—:.
It• was certainly not a little amusing to us to
144 '''aid Ir. PERCEVAL; in the debateoflastMonday,
.46 When accused by Sir S. ROMILLY of countenam.-
goitig these foul attacks, declaring that 6 he lament-
ed them as much as his Right Hon. Friend:' If
a he.lamented them; 'why did he not prevent them ?
66 Why did he permit them to be used as weapons
66 in his cause, as. weapons of the most detestable
cg kind, for the most detestable purpose, as the dag-
,i gers of assassins, stabbing the sons of his Royal
" Master, because they presumed to differ with him
66 the treatment of his Illustrious heir and represeu-
' 66 tative t"

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