The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-13 00:00:00

I how to value the accident that has stripped bare
tile cant of Tory integrity and Tory devotio..
The last few days have laid open the real character
of a faction who are ready to sacrifice the dignity of
the Throne itself to slander the SOVEREIGN, and
trample, not only on the prerogatives, but the honour
of the Crown, in revenge at the frustration of their
hopes of office. Yet these are the men who claim
a monopoly of allegiance to the Constitution—men
who insult the QUEEN because she refuses to submit
to a domestic proscription, and who desert their
Royal Mistress in an hour of exigency, and vilify
her through the polluted channels of their mercenary
journals, because she declines to surrender her
personal liberty into their hands ! These are the
men who affect to hold in veneration the established
institutions. of the country,'to render a perfect ser-
vice to Majesty, and to guard the throne against
encroachments and disaffection : these are the
apostles of divine right and the sacred immunities of
royalty, who, with the words of worship on their
lips, carry the treason of JUDAS in their hearts.
Their attachment to the institutions of the country
is hollow and servile—their allegiance to the So-
vereign is purely conditional. They are loyal and
devoted so long as they possess the power of being
tyrannical with impunity—sullen, discontented, and
treacherous in the season of exclusion. They make
terms with the QUEEN which are inconsistent with
the independence of the Sovereign of this great
Country, and failing in their attempt to subjugate
the Throne they turn round and endeavour, by the
grossest libels, to bring the Court into contempt.
The language employed by the organs that are
avowedly in the interest of Sir ROBERT PEEL 1
reflects irreparable disgrace upon him and his
friends. Not content with the argument upon
which Sir ROBERT PEEL'S resignation was sup-
Posed, in the first instance, to rest—the necessity
of removing from the presence of the Sovereign all
those persons who might be likely to influence her
mind in a direction contrary to the course of the Ad-
ministration then in progress—the Newspapers of
the arbitrary and audacious faction have resorted
txciii. the most perfidious falsehoods to prejudice her
"44•TISTY in public opinion. The Morning Post,
Ina temper of rabid excitement that plainly exhibits
Its chagrin at the blighting of the buds of Tory
ascindaney, outrages the common decencies of
Political controversy, in an atrocious assault
uPc'n the reputations of the female friends
at' her MAJESTY. This alone was wanted
t 0 show the malevolence of the party of
which the Morning Post is understood to
be a favoured instrument. Deprived of office by the
exorbitant and unjustifiable nature of their de-
nalids, the Tories wreak their vengeance upon the
Ladies of the Household, defaming the characters
of women whose virtues confer lustre upon their
al*, and even daring to venture upon dark insinua-
tions against the honour of the QUEEN herself I
`` The female tyrants of Buckingham Palace," ob-
serves the organ of the Tory clique, ~ seized hold
of the Royal victim whom they had released for a
Moment from their foul and poisonous grasp, got
uP Perhaps for the occasion, some new tale of las-
civiousness and slander, to hasten the process of
c_orreption,
and convince the youthful Majesty of
-tVii,nglaem•,t,id to say, alas ! she could not live without
the
su Such is the respectful language in which
Porters of Sir ROBERT PEEL speak of the
Sovereign e
Statesman livq°
graciously called that grateful
turn
t° her councils—such is the re-
in the ve
tr! ygi
for the confidence she reposed
his fidelity, Ili,
patriotism, and his discre-
tion—such is the delicacy of these Conservative
guardians of the public morals, those strenuous ad-
vocates of the Church, these purists and loyalists—
Such is the truthfulness, the gentlemanly spirit, the
Manliness, and the honesty of these degraded syco-
Phants, who fawn upon the Soverign in the advent
of their prosperity, and calumniate her when she
toserts, with a courage that is full of hope to the
People of England, that freedom of choice in her
Private Associations which is the birth-right of the
taeanest or her subjects! The age of chivalry, in-
deed, is past if the indignation of the country do not
Cover these slanderers with eternal infamy.
The writer goes on to ask Lord MELBOURNB
and Lord JOHN RUSSELL whether they imagine
they can be sustained in office by " the influence
of Court Ladies who pollute the royal ear, and seek
i° ruin the mind and morals of the QUEEN of
ENGLAND,
by mingling obscenity and slander."
We ask who are the Court Ladies alluded to ? Who
are the members of the Royal Household who
Pollute
, the ear of the QUEEN ? The assertion is
MIY made, and cannot have been put for-
ward without without authority. Upon what authority,
then' does this vile calumny proceed ? Let not the
dastardh j wh
hind ho makes it hope to lurk concealed be-
niu a loose generality, for he may be assured he
will be put to the proof. " The mischief," lie
continues, ~ which has arisen, and the still greater
udschief of which the prolific seeds are thickly
sown, must be ascribed exclusively to the domestic
t-,„YlcauttY, which, under the fostering rays of Minis-
'4'4 favour, has coiled itself like a poisonous
snake around the Sovereign, is preying upon her
Youth
and inexperience, and, not content with de-
basing the Royal dignity of the QUEEN, and ob-
structing her and the nation's affairs, threatens to
4'ght her reputation, and subvert her throne."
gain,we ask,upon what authority is this base insi-
li
tatl°ll put forward in a journal which is professedly
tile °rgati of Sir ROBERT PEEL ? Are we right
:Iffia'`trllling that it speaks the sentiments of the
t i acaed Premier of a day ? Are we right in aserib-
it4 vulgar ribaldry, its demoralizing fabrications,
8 scandalous imputations upon the personal
rectitude
of the Sovereign, and its bad English, to
some despicable employe of the outcast faction
"n° represents in print the mortified vanity and
crushed ambition of Sir ROBERT ? Either these
charges come direct from the Cabinet of Whitehall
Gardens, or they are the irresponsible raving of
1144 infuriated scribe, who, with a dangerous zeal,
55 exceeded the measure of his commission. In
either case the character of Sir ROBERT PEEL is
paced in jeopardy—unless he publicly disavows
he incredible libel which he would never have
"dared in his own person publicly to promulgate.
we will not descend to the vindication of the
friends of our Sovereign. Their honour is above
• the
reach of slander—their names are guarantees
h;ri the purity, the proud dignity, the incorrupti•
\,Y of that domestic circle of which her
'iAJEsTy is the idol. Beloved by the companions
tl. her youth, strong in her attachments, strict
o
hert habits, and possessed of a judgment ma-
;hs
re beyond her age, and of a sensibility which
eliders her keenly alive to the minutest offices
of
friendship, her MAJESTY preserves the sanctity
wher private and personal relations with a
ar4l t h and constancy that yield the surest
Pledge of her dispositions to foster and protect the
n t.erests of her people. Rule a country, said the
a Philosophical CONFUCIUS, as you would rule a
fll
j i ItulY• The duties of Legislation take their spring
I - the duties of domestic life, and expand in gra-
dual circles that embrace by degrees the whole sur-
f ace of social, civil, and political obligations. The
e
i.Pacity and sympathy developed by her MAJESTY
thje
4, ••• trying
juncture—the affectionate zeal for
s'ne friends and companions of her early years—
and the firmness with which she has maintained
cue rights of her position, without restricting the
r °nstitutional rights of her advisers, will rally
houtld her throne the hearty gratitude and un-
, unded
'esir love of her subjects. The Tories alone
to deprive her MAJESTY of this universal
LI e
/.411Y, this
o.e " cheap defence of nations." The
T 'es alone desire to limit the extent of her
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