The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-26 00:00:00

tier to substitute a regular despotism in the place of
tyranny they know; too, that the mode t F.e most
simple, the most analogous to. the charaaer of the
French nation, and to the present state of France,
of•a%;erting the action o 4 this principle, which eter-
rally threatens the Government instituted to keep
•
'it under, is to direa it against other nations, and
to make an European revolution !

The partisans and the *.'niters Of BUONAPARTE,
here,and abroad, have repeated even to satiety, that
he had terminated the revolution, and the multitude
believe it. They presented at first to Europe the
systemic offlisiou as the means which had produced
this grand result. It was, however, not -difficult
to perceive that this famous system of fusion, this
boasted conception of the genius of BUONAPARTE
was simply the area of an irresistible necessity, the
unavoidable result of the state of the fadlions which
exist in France, the influence of which may be col-
luded from the form given to the Government, and
the composition of the authorities instituted at that
early epoch.

The only just and natural inference to be derived
from this system of fusion is, Us;t the majority of the
French people, and even of the different faetiOns, are
equally dissatisfied with the Government. then esta-
blished, and that of BtJONAPARTE.

WE briefly commented on the Message front thee
President of the United States to the Senate ~t
House of 'Representatives, inserted in our Parr
Friday last, and intended to say so liething farther of:
a subje,-t so interesting, not only to Etas Couktry 31.1°'
America, but to all Etirope. The Letter, however)
from Mr. CANNING, in answer to Mr. F0°1:
KEY, .enters so tulty in.o the skeet, a 9
render little necessary on our part. The Fit"
SIDENT says, that the Berlin Decree and °Il
m
Orders in Council " had been assued by each
as a retaliation tor an asserted acquiescence 111 thet
j aggiessions of the other." This is mania-esti,' et'
eirontous statement. "1. he Berlin Decree roulte4
from French arrogance, and a design ii possible' to
ruin this Country ; and the acquiescence of Ml24i
,rica in that Decree, rendered the Orders of Celine:.
,
necessary tor the support of our Commercial Right's
na•
. as well as our National Dignity. The radii*" a
then was, the measure of Great Britain, in ret`ir
• for the unjust assumption of France, and Anse
riLa ought to have confined her resentment, or be
demand for justice, to the Power which gave Pre'
f
vocation. But the President says, that '`'l.--
France no answer has been received, nor any indica.:
lion that. the reqUisite change in her Decrees is c°ttl
templated." Why then dues America hesitate 0
renounce all amicable intercourse with Franceia°
not draw closer to Great Britain, who, Pis Mr. Ci't*P.
NING declares in his letter,would most willinglY°v
adopted any means., for the repeal of the Er°-ar
A'
e oe
if it could be done without appearing to —'
ve
elite. it as a measure of hostility, and Win'
„
gladly facilitated its removal, as a measure °I
~ `convenient restrietion upon the American People.
Does France care for the inconvenience of °t
~.[
c
people ? Does she not do all she can to promote
own views, even if she brings the utmost rnl'etii;
upon other States ? Has she not heaped 4°,i10
upon insult on America, and yet,America stll2ll/11,
to them quietly, or rather adopts a measure etc
culated to injure Great Britain, who would luVi
issued no orders injurious to her, if the injustice
of France had not compelled her in self-defc-'lles,i
But Mr. CANNING takes so comprehensive an:
-so particular 'a view of the whole question (li
We refer our Readers to his admirable leltcr;
if possible, will raise his character yet hgl) .
in th,e estimation of his Countrymen. Tile 11`:s'
dent of the United States was ju-a the
ly censured in a
American Journals, a short time ago, for the frig'
manner in w hitch he spoke of the situation of Silaie:
and all the world must have read with coin( toPt'a
well as surprize, the indifference with which tc
viewed the J r ug 1 s of a ~ait-nt to lbe
„„ ptop
attempt of a T) rant to enslave them. Yet iii'
lie
Message to which we now retcr, it appeals that tide
is still as callous as ever to the wrongs of Spain,
careless of her fate, for, in alluding to her, he
that important negotiations have necessarily eS,P-11
enced a pause " under the extraordinary and interest:,
iug crisis which distinguishes her internal situatiuri"
.I.kt.;an any thing be he more unfeelingly caution,. Net 5
word is Said in her favour, and f. r aught he Ores'
an independent People may be reduced by an alr°-
cious Despot to the most cruel and ignorninions
bondage. It would have been more wise if the
President bad avoided .all allusion to Spain, if he wras
afraid of offending. BIJONAPARTE by any 6,iiressi°4
of pity for the . situation of that Country, other
than to skew such a torpid indifference as to the
issue of ilie glorious contest is which she is engaged'

In discussions of this nature, objetaions should be
fairly met. We shall, perhaps, be told, that the
Constituted Authorities, composed of hostile parties,
and the People themselves, leave recognised BUONA-
PARTE as -Emperor.

This is true, but does this prove that the Revaktion is terminated ? " The errors," says BACON,
" which proceed froth reasoning, reasoning can ne-
ver rectify." Let us then have recourse to fads :
BUONAPARTE has just created a Nobility, and at-
tached revenues to their tides. This institution is
conformable to monarchy, and appears, at the first
glance, to be nothing but the consequence of theilaw
which established a new dynasty. But if the revOlution
were terminated, if the new dynasty were confirm-
ed on the throne, if, as our Writers assert, the French
were anxious to preserve it, and if all the factions
were merged and lost in the party of the Tyrant,
why should all these titles be foreign and the reve
nues attached to theM be out of France ? If Buo-
NA PA RTE had nothing to fear from the French peo-
ple, and the Civil Authorities, whence this distinc-,
tion between the Civil Nobility, which is French,
and the Military Nobility, which depends not on
France, but on the Emperor alone, and on the Em-
peror, as he is King of Italy and Proteaor of the
Germanick Confederation ? This can only be ex
plained by the necessity which BUONAPARTE feels
of seeking in the army a defence against the people
and the Civil Authorities, and of interesting the
Generals in a system of exterior policy, which con-
sists in revolutionizing Europe,. in order to remove
beyond the boundaries of France the a&ivity of ie•
revolutionary principle.'

If the French Revolution were terminated,.,Buo•
NAPARTE would be established. on the flip:Vie; he'
would regard the crown of France as the inheritance
of hs family ; he would wish for peace ; he would
make it at any price ; and, certainly, the conquests
of the Revolution enable him to purchase it by sacri-
fices to which his enemies attach considerable im-
portance, but which would not essentially affect the
real strength of France. But far from being desir-.
ous of peace, he is eternally plunging into new wars,
wars withodt objea for France, and very frequently
contrary to her dearest interests. It his power were
established, if he had nothing more to fear from the
Revolution, if he were -the Sovereign of the French
instead of being only their Tyrant, he would have
no interests distiutk from those of France. His
wars are attributed by his admirers to pride and
ambition : they do not, or will not see, that BUONA-
PA R 2 E makes war through system and through ter-
ror, as ROESSP [ERR E guillotined through system and
through terror. He undertakes new wars inces-
santly, and talks for ever of peace, as ROB ESPiERE
talked of liberty while he Covered France with state
prisons ! ROBESPI ERRE also has his system of fusion,
for the Revolutionists were stowed in the same prisons
with their vidims; and we shall never forget that it.
Was TALLIEN, BARRAS, FRERON, and other monsters,,
covered with the blood which they had shed in esta—
blishing the ridiculous tyranny of BOBESPIERRE, wlio
dragged him to the scaffold. BuoNnAtlTE,plaCed at
the head of the Committee of Public Safety; would
have-established the requisitions and the maximum;
he would have forbidden the exercise of any reli-
gious worship ; would have assassinated the Catho-
lic Priests; would have guillotined his thousands
that he might have national effe6ts to sell to replace
the antient sources of the- public treasure, which_ the
anti I of the tdil
Revolution had dried up, and to 'satiate 1,115 - Thursday afternoon, the first division
tot.B.egitnent, .commanded by Ci:hinel DUFF, 171
dity of the numerous ruffians employed to irm-
joithanto xani,oe .
barracks the second StbreY. .
Lige and massacre the FrenchN ~ation
m g lett them the day Were for \lirgaies Broad
he would have ma kt War on all - EuroPe:l4 tsj3sth stairs, and other places in the Isle of Thanet•
appr:aegyaorotslz
ahrteativiFisoi tachnolicsai
idv:atrlieleg
psi tuol
reetilt.lol:ins, a7rol:!ceii.:l PO.
Wish republics in every country. Suppose .1.1d50
rontsplEßß.B Emperor of the French ; would
have assassinated the Duke of ENGLIUIif j carried off ' horses since their landing in Spain.

Arnba3sattirs ; shot writers and roL-
sotmd, the '9yierali of whom he stood in fear ;
cc,s9lsd his,secret dungeons with viaims, who wooid
there be racked to death in darkness and obscuritY ;-•
he would have established the conscriptions, and de-
creed the blockade of England, that he might have
a pretext for perpetuating war by renewing, from
time to time, his inadmissible overtures of peace;
he would have invaded Portugal and Spnin,• under
the pretext of placing his family on the throne
of these two monarchies, and, in a word, done
every thing which we see BUONICtAKTE doing,
These two men. have been dragged on by the
Revolutionary movement, while they have beer'!
supPOi6d to dire& it ; and because" the Revolution.-
hai changed its form, BUONAPARTE iS believed to
have terminated k !' France is still iu Revolution, and
the governatient of BOOKIVV4HTE4S 'Revolutionary.' it
is necessary tabe convinced -t.ftbis, to combat it with
any advantage, and to pat an end, at.iength, to
-calamities which desolate the globe.
We stall take the earliest opportunity of resuming
this sobjea, and applying what we have advance 4
to the war which BITONAPARTE is now wagiilg
Spain.