The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF'THE SUN,

MR. EDITOR,
readiness with Which you inserted my el-
f to rescue the City of Westminster from the
of being represented by sti,ch. a man as Mr.
„induces, we )9, 11.9ps that you will, with
hacline4s; allow me to.pay a short tribute of
to the illustriOus charaCter who so long and
ahly athninistered the. affairs, of this Country,
.who has -been 'recently attacked by, a 'Writer
only by his visionary and impraEticable dor-
;).' philosophy and politics. Indeed; the\laud-
piOunitneSs'with Which you. entered upon the
.!t„!.ioce. or the great. deparicd Sti'teSrikaii on Satnr-
irk opposition to the attack in questibn, as
charaaer"of Mr: Fox, written
,Gonwrg, and publisiled in, a Morning
.01 the smile' day,- 'crinvinces . me, that I shall'
,;y kind room in your Paper for any offering- of
t to the merits of Mr. PITT, and must induce.
to almite!the' consistency of your. con- .
tt with regard to that great and disinterested
Mi-
ie has no right to coMplain if ,
ct-:;,.vs- any reflKtions upon himself, for he has
uncalled, in the, seat
_of. judgment,
has presumptuously passed sentence upon one..
H. the best and wisest Statesmen that this Country
0- t \vorldever possessed: .Mr. Gor.iwx N ventures
t':at he . has " expreSsed himself with the
y and plainness of a distant posterity ;!' but
C 11) be little doubt that posterity will view,
s ii•-•tory of the present things. through . a more
.11:potiant medium than that in which Mr. GOD-
v• or" any of the shallow Philosophers of the day
pr. to" form an estimate of passing events.—.l
not enter into any examination- of Mr. Fox's
charader, -though , may,: perhaps, - make
observations 'respeding the character which
7-:..:-.:.Gonwati has drawn a that celebrated politician.
my chief objet at present to repel his slan-
441A,Upon Mr.‘PfTT ;: and it .is the dtity7..of every.
.0at...,h0 enjoys the blessing, of still laying under the
of the British Constitution, while till the
-of Europe is-sinking under military ovpresSion,
. ; i.k tear, of being, reduced to .so lamentable a. situa-
: in paying .:.homage to him who pre-

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to us that blessing.,
Gonwtxsays that it is very doubtful "
PITT pl:OSerVed.his country from the anarr
lid confuSibri Which, from a 'neighbouring
threatened to .infe& us." But, Sir, when
U:o'k.' at the history of the Penal Revohition, at'
%.1 111 borrOrs --which attended it, and its dreadful
:..'s..rophe 'in the• formation of the severest des-
is;7l that any people ever. endured, •aftes all, the
sAwy,f,e•-; of the. French for freedom, we. ought to
:sensible -of our ,obligations to that man
so, nobly stood up in opposition to the.princi-
:-.iys wi,ich led t0..5u7,11 direful events; and whose
..,;•ofts were sq,distinguished-, ;bat- even. Mr. Go)).
,:cknowledges, by the very language he uses,
was at least a doubtful proposltion, whether
-4,-. PITT had renclerel so great a service to hi's
:;try. It is by 'Mr. conwlN'§ own 'confesion
whether there' was not some danger that
horrnrs might not have befallen'-this coun-
t
; and none Can contemplate the nature and ex-'
of those 'horrors without gratitude to those.
were in any degree.instrumental in preventing'
t!e,,a) -from approaching this country. Mr. PITT
1.171 rot only to contendragainst the formidable; nr.t,-
k:.•t; the principles which bad involved France in
dreadful cararuities, but he had also to. op-
!;.. efforts of men in this country who hailed
tr.....*:•oiudei%n as the dawn of the brightest period
rlitical freedom that the world had ever seen.--
AIIIIKt 'doubtless deservA high praise for the,
t work which-he published on the subjea.; but
„lir; Pri-r spoke home to the common sense of
;.and with itcommanding eloquence,' der-
oiidom, and manly firmness, that exceeds all
,f.i..1i;;.-,;,raised, .his warning voice to the convkaion
.): honest and refleCting men ; and by tie' de-
t;ritiined energy of his measures, effe&ually se-
cin-Ld from the impending danger. ,
is curious to observe the mild:language with
Mr. Gonw IN speaks of these tremendous
which haV..'not only deprivedFrance,' and
States,-Of every thing like 'freedom, but
aiso poisoned .every source of domestic comfort,
:iti,-IN;ceand safety. Speaking onhe • nations on.
r; le Con titienti-be- says, some of them have. made
and intemperate sallies for, the recovery of all
.;.:rte .• things which 'are .most .valuable to men ..or
hit their, etibrts. have not- been attended
;wppiesLsuccess.", So that all the wholesale
confiscations, &c. &c. that marked the
Revolution,. vvere, in Mr. GoDwlN's opinion,
it:4i and intemperate ; and4he most der
17.1.'i0; and oppressive bondage to which a people
a•'!- -.teclucqd; are only to be 'considered by
0, a state of not '' the happiest success ! ! !”
14,1,11 the co!d -philosophy of a man who presumes
say' that :Mr. PITT'S eloquence
.was " cold and

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sqall not -engross any more of your valuable
.1";:!p:_!r
rat present, but shall, i.vith,•your permission,
XL:-.,.r.le,),subjeC,:t so honourable to thelgreat charac-
ter .-vho we have unfortunately. lost, and whom we
(I(Vore, who will for ever be dear to every
triend to this Country, and the civilized
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