The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

be felt by all, seen by all, and partaken by all. We agree
with a writer in The Chronicle," " that it might be as wel
to devote the sums, about to be expended, in remunerating
those who have fought the battles of their country by sea
and land." But where all have behaved well where will you
begin, or where will you end ? The task is too impractica-
ble and invidious to deserve a serious reply—all that we can
do is to commemorate the .occasion of their triumphant re-
turn,—and how is this to be done but by public fetes and
festive greetings ? But we feel more surprised at the ground
taken by these gentlemen, " yclept the Whigs," than with
the faltering ambling eloquence of the fastidious " Times,"
that, like the man in the fable, blows hot and cold at the
same moment. The accession of the House of Brunswick
has always been considered by the genuine Whigs as the
epoch of.the signal triumph of the purest principles of our
Constitution ; it is now a century since they began to reign,
and new and singular successes have secured still more
firmly their equitable dominion and the people's right. If
these are not sufficient to satisfy the scrupulous virtue of
these gentlemen, we shall despair of pleasing them, though
we fed on the mouldering crust and perfumed garlic of a
Thogenea. •

The details of the attack on Fort Oswego, under Sir
George Prevost, wilt be found in the Gazette of Tuesday
last, and reflect additional honour to the vigour of our
arms and the bravery of our soldier. A fuw months, how-
ever, will most likely terminate the unequal contest, unless
something more is desired than redress for the injuries we
bavr. wantonly received from America. We have heard it
whispered that hopes hare seen e.rpressed of again anneaing
the new world to the Crown of Great Britain ; a measure of
much glory at least, but to us of extremely doubtful policy,
and one more difficult of attainment than perhaps ur poli-
ticians may imagine,

Tt is a good sign of improvement when reformation begins
at borne ; and the man who sets his house in order, lest he
should die, has F •Ane right to advise his neighbour of the
danger which he thinks involves them both. how many
disgraceful exhibitions the punishment to be inflicted upon
Lord Coahraue may save, is best known to the great body of
his prosecutors, whose fortunes bave certainly been acquired
Ly means the most honourable. It would otherwise be curi
(Ins to see men, whose bags were made up of orphans,
tears, and midows' sighs, inculpating, the frauds of others,
and standing forward to protect the public against a species
of deception, which their whole lives would have been
devoted to mature and perfect, for purposes unfavourable
.to all proper industry, and destructive of true morality.
Lord Cochrane indeed deserves less compassion than he
would have received, had he not evidently suffered himself
to he fooled by the cupidity and guilty avarice of his uncle;
but we must confess, with our knowledge of the practices of
many Stock Exchange adventurers, and of the rank of the
individuals who occasionally play booty, the bankruptcy it
gives rise to, and the system altogether, we shall only sae,
that the man found there frequently merits the most signal
disgrace.

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