The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-11 00:00:00

No. 1,201.—V0t. XIII.]

THE LIOLY ALLIANCE.

LETTER OF PRINCE METTERNICH. PRIME MINISTER OF
♦IISTRIA. TO THE CHIEF HINiSTER OF EACH OF THE

ur.usSAN Parrot:La.
Your I....xcelleitcy has expressed the desire of his Royal
Highness the Grand Duke to know in a general but pre-
cise manlier the ideas of the Imperial on the
politic el state Or Germany. This titan:lnuit on the part
of a l'rhice who gives the most laudable proofs it
his firm inclination to protect its welfare, and his pro-
bittitil sense of the elements which eioupose it, honours
ine as much as It IMposeS die duly of communi-
cating to your Excelleitcy, without reserve, the point of
view under whien eve consider the actual state in things.
Time adValleeli in the midst of storms; to endeavour to
arrest its impel ttt st ty would be a vain attempt. Firmness,
'wider: • , prudence, and a onion of accurately ascer-
tained forces, arc shit lett in toe Dower of the protectors
sod the friends of order. This at 'gratin constitutes the
duty of all a wereigns, and of well-intentioned states-
Men ; and he alone shall merit that title in the day of
clanger, whh, after examining what is passible, and what
is equitable, will not allow himself to be turned from
the noble object to es hich his efforts should tend, either
by ineffectual wishes, or by dijellion of spirit.
Toe object is easily determined. In our days it is
Homing more our less tll4ll 1.0 toalutaiii that which
exists ; to attain it is tile only means of preserving pre-
sent advantages, perhaps even the best calculated to re-
cover that which has been already last. To this end the
tints and the measures of all who are inii.ed by a coin-
-1)14)11 principle and a co ttttttttt interest (hada to be di-
rected. 'file combusuble elements which had been long
prepared were inflamed between the years 1817.114 d ISA).
rue false course which tile french ministry pursued
during that epoch—the toleratiou allowed in Germany
to the most dangerous doctrines—di-the indulgence shown
to audacious reforturrs--weaktiess in repressing the
abuses of the press: finally, the precipitation win) which
representative constitutions were given to the Southern
States 0: Germany—all these eateies have impressed the
st fatal direc; ttttt 1/0 parties wh • gears satisfy
Nothitigg p •es licticr the impassibility of satisfying
these patties than the tile:cry:atoll, that their moat iictive
operations have taken place in the state where the great-
est indolgeoce was showia to their pretended views.
The evil It d reached such a pitch befote the Congress
of Carlsbad, that a trifling political comp ile:I lull would
have been starlet an to overthrow entirely social order.
The whirl of the system which the great Courts
adopted has preserved them Irmo the dangers which
will might be fatal. What, then, iit such a case might
to he the march of an enlightened governillent t In
proposing tins question) we pre-suppose the posaibility
of salvation, and we think ourselves perfectly authorised
intim:it a hope. eln examining the means by whicn we
can 4UIIIII so elevated an end, we see ourselves boooglit
back to the point whence we set out. To repair by little
and little an edifice which threatens to fall, we :t
have a sure Inundation. Thus, to secure a happier fu-
turity, we must tie aloe at least of the present. The
manitimance of that which exists ought, thcfclUfe,lo
the first, as well as the most important, of our cares.—
By this we do tiiit understand only the ancient Miler oh
Whigs which has been reaper:ten w s e eiminites, but
likewise ail the ',few iu-Minions legally created.
The unpunauce of maiiita. • g them with fir ttttt CS!
•alid coili.oancy way he seen by the attacks which nave
been iiia.:e upon Mew with a tatty pet naps greatertliait
a4aiiist ancietit institutions. iii the pre'se'nt 's,
IfaliSitloll 40111 Wllal is atie•clit 10 what IS lu.%V If
secompaided with as h danger as the return It
whist i, lIVWto %Sisal has been abolished. limit may
cupidity lead Ist an exploatim of the calamities mimeo ii
is tau. titian to avoid at any price.
Not to deviate in any
of things, from wilaleVer of 1,;11111 ntay have aprotog ; lira
to Atlanta ciimages Ottitign they should be thotittlit
subsidy lICCCSSary, alLeept Wltil ells ire liberty, aWI dart
a resolin toil maturely weighed, suchis the first duty of a
guYefliiliClit which is inclined to resist the cells of the
42C. 1) lIIMICS3 such a resoltsinne, how. vier just or
natural, seunJii excite obstinate opposition i but the Wl-
.Vaulayte 1/14Cil 11110:1 and know!. ti
VII basis is evident, I Ceallife 1. titis strung
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