The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-12 00:00:00

No. 1,279.—V0i.. XIII.]

TRIUMPH OF THE QUEEN.

Theoretically we never agreed with those Philo-
sophers, who assert, that excess of happiness has
equal power to suspend the reasoning faculties as
the extreme of grief; but at the present moment we
are obliged to confess our practical assent to the pro-
position. We last week wrote under the most
awful, terrible, and appalling anticipation—we now
see the political horizon cleared from the thunder-
cloud that threatened the total annihilation of that
valued fabric, the British Constitution. Wo last
week saw "in our minds` eye" father and son op-
posed to each other in •gory warfare—we now see
the prospect of re-union and returning amity among
those who should, as Englishmen, always feel as
brothers. LIE Bab ts WITHDRAWN, and we hesi-
tate not now to declare our firm, our decided con-
viction, that had bribery, perjury, hope of gain and
fear of loss, united with that infernal influence
which it is but too apparent Ministers possess, and
equally certain they feel no compunction in using
most shamelessly—and had these in union, succeeded
in passing iato a law,the illegal, cruel measulc, that
worst of curses on a nation, an infuriated civil war,
must have been the consequence; a civil war, too,
in which the best feelings of oar nature would have
been opposed to our allegiance ; in which we must
have chosen between the alternatives of acting as
Villains or Traitors; where we must have seconded
tyrannical persecution of the most heinous kind, or
have flown in tho face of that Government, to bow
to which, as long as it preserves a semblance of pro-
priety of conduct, is at once our duty and our pride.
Those who look at events only, who study not to
trace causes and consequences, arc but very little
competent to appreciate properly the stupendous
importance of the proceedings of Friday last in the
House of Lords. Every body knows, that had the
Bill passed, persecuted innocence would have fallen
a victim to foul conspiracy ; but we have every rea-
son to believe, that on the success or defeat of this
measure, much more important effects were depen-
dant. lied it succeeded, it would have been the
foro.-runner of greater violence; the rod of iron
would have cliaccd away the symbol of mercy; the
Dove would have been frightened from its abode in
the presence of Majesty, and despotism would have
usurped the place of a mixed and revered codo of
laws. As it has failed, conbessious must, and will
be fide to re-attach the people to the government.
The great l;dy of the nation is sound,(though u few
may be otherwise), and the moment an Admiaistra-
Om shall be formed on which it may be possible to
look without distrust, returning respeCt will be
daily visible, and the unpopularity svlsieh the recent
'fie :Isom of the present Calls/yet have produced
wartl3 the King will, we hope, be succeeded by that
stallusiastie attachment which it is very difficult
even to suspend in the bosoms of EnOshinert.
The age of miracles is not pasa.d. Lunt Liver-
pool has declared Isine.ell a coma:lt-41c has ci ased to
be an intolerant Tury, and has botanist: a decided
11 big. Out of his own mouth will we convict him
of this vista:c—" My conviction of lar njesty's
guilt," said the Noble Earl, " io unshaken, vet
'with a majority so WIWI, elildji.Ving /MP d~(ficstu it
84"1" be to luipms convict;qn on the pullie mind, I
led it my duty to propose that this Bill be saaal this
day six months." Thus, aitcr having polluted the
public mind for nearly twu woutlt.;, by the rcputi4