The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

N0..49.

P9LIFICAI. DIS2UIsIIION.

THE STATE OF rilE COUNTRY.

Prosperity engenders nr.re vices than Adveisity corrects,
and the gond we de, ive from Hope frequently terminAtes in
Despaii. The °ate of nat:ons, in this respect, may be coin•
pared to the fate of inioLvidthils, and periods of grandeur are

merely nominal of luin and decay.
The return i•f Peace, however, after a protracted War, ;:t
first sight, presenx nothing but subjects of congratulation,
and topics of encouragement.—The eccupied by the
gloomy character of the pist, gilds the future with the tur-
bulent emotions of the moment; and qualifies the expense of
blood and treasure, with the cc/at of fruitless victories and
abortive triumphs. 'Reelection must, notwithstanding, follow,
—and pet Ihips, now that out rejoicings ate at end, we may
he allowed to in quite, h.,w much solid glory Eng.land has
reaped by the termination of the sanguinary conteA

Whatever England may be at preset'', them can be no
dosyllt of her wealth, rank, and power, at .the co mm. neement
of the war, nor of the happy coudi,ion of alt ei7v;ses e,f pet-colts,
at that memorable period. The dai):l-er of Engiaud, wag, how-
ever, never so great, perlnpF, as to justify the hazard she ha,
ruri, atld the moral awl olitical resources ,he lea. expended.
—As far as England was concrrncd, success, whi e it thol-
tiplied her means of of operation, by an almost ex-

c.a3l%e commerce, introduced so many new and enreeb!ing
indulgencies, that what promoted her power, in or:e respect,
undermined it in another, trio•e cs,erilial to tier thilable wel.
fare. Luxury began to prevail throuoout a!I clisses of so-
cirtv, a!,d die government irse:f, deceived onexpectrd

farilities of raising money, eti,,,u r;v2d an idea or permanent
reouiee that mint be ultimrtelv us to the counDrv.
In prosecuting 'he late w,ir England has added ei:2,ht
ircd millions to her na•iona! de'it, and sacrificed no incon
4iilc!ab;c rirti-n of her limited popnlaCon ; While by the
,vs!ein so suceris'Olv carri,d on against her, Cciii
melee his opened new channels, a! 'd ma' tired incipieot
/inf.,,tut es, to cheat her perseverance of reAard, and 1“-r
policy of its lancets; —Fr.,tice 'les n"aicr the malt of lb:. riya!

SUNDAY, A UC US'l' 21, 1814.

PRICE 9d.

We mty at the same time be al!. twed to a•lt, if, doting
.his eventful sti tiggle, our institutions continue/I u•timnatred,
nd whether the liberty of Ent!land he as great as rievious
to the commencement of the war ? It must be expec,ca
that during war professedly untie' taken to re- train the Leen•
tiousness f heterodox prit ci-les, in what a e called matter,
of legitimate Government, some injury ha% been sustaittei.
by the mutual misconduct of both parties: and it is one
me'an, holy result of the present contest, "ha' •entimeota
are ewe, taiiird, and openly avowtd, inimical tti the pure
priecp'es of the British Constitution, and that laws have
been engrafted upon it, either through far Or dt.sign,
that may ultimately approximate our admit-lists:aims to
the detestable notions of foreign desnotism. ft was, in-
deed, impossible with the immense influence which the
war placed at the disposal of the Government. to expect
to preset ve the simplicity hod fieediiin of our ancestors—
and partictilarty when it was natuial that that influence
should be exerted to corrupt the people and se engthen the
executive. But we must confetti that we did expect from a
war undertaken tt. preset ye liberty, to see her most sacred"
pt inci;-les recognized lit the genet al pacification of the win !d;
and that the evils which had sprung ftom at bitrary power,
would have been qualified and restrained b. the forms and
prinniples of free Covell:meta. If, itu ei tl, nviuki 41
so mUen to England as isinsistecl Upon, Eoglatul h v to
declare herself to he obeyed ; and having neglected
despotism has but changed art nostait (Iv nuov, for to, ld
and in( ioled dominion, the shame of the 19th centn. v.

But, we fear, if these ale the political evils whig•ii
frnm the 'we war, the moral denrotities ate still mo
exten\ivr... From one extremity of the country. v.e

other, correp:ion has poured in it, de% astating forret t . to
tl.e join! vof domestic quietude, and that tumid ity %%1.1,11
alone sostius the ehararter of nn emi:ere. if • u (`‘ ei•S
conitnerc• his ltd to doubtful wealth, aril consequeet iai e,
the influx of propetty ha, equally tended to cor,ebp nO•14
telf.xanotse in our Nousetneuts arid pinifms. niet• b 'e
bQcome reprobate, and our NN • 110.11 'le 0 lOUS : 10;1 is

iabo...r so he r•evel duce ur remtv e .01 .1) has 1)-
sus bed by the ziecissi.ies of the Go% eriiiii, . I tikl.ii...rent e

f)1 4is —iilowt-t" iv` "14' '"' '''"! some(' iv the neci•ssuies inc -
cui,)('tt i • awl Eligland fitnis be! self unable to contpild in
has succeeded to* 111'N CXIIIII tir•n to • •IE, .1 a
qua.-te (-xise •c Ito tt'Cl lilt her alti,st eNhiesied Lord Castte, eagh's peace to a svar which uth w"Li'd
revenue, and to give emplf)3tutut tid her costutiesv-mitru- I,l'lo 1„1,..-ier•
11:c urers. Let th;si with ssiciety, futui3.l ieSt of tea•• •: mho mi.
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