The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-05 00:00:00

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There
is something:So striking in the Events ofthe,.Romart
llisttiry, that every'refieeting mind must'Coiitempiate.them
with awe, astonishment,. and admiration.— I n.,.the time of
titbits (~.7sar, the Roman Enipire was at' once au object of
envy
,alri dread to swim:tiding Nations ; ,but,..when.iii the
zeintrivot tier Glory, wine site sent forth her unconquerable
.leei.?ics to repel. aggression and to protect the property of her
virtuous Citizens, her bosom was laceraied.by. the malignant
and seditious elnrts of a Horde of Wretches,. the refuse and
the iisgrace of mat c inthunity amongst which they existed.
Genilerrfen, what Kome once was, • Britain noW.'is.•.--We
Srr. the
.Lineal Descendants of those. Masters of ,the World.;
and o r Acri hr. prove-that, we' are. Worthy.of that Honour.
Opstrve the.prinul pre-eminence which we have attained,.by
our National Bravery, arid our Ueneral Virtue. The Universe
istroattatty impressedWititawefarotir Invineible Valour, and
admirlition ar ouradherence. to I pstice,. yet
sblending.that I us-
,tice with mercy.. cilia we, like our immortal-ancestors' while
.expending our °loon and treasure in behalf of ,all. that Men
hOld-dear —While We arc considered as the only. Nation that
can restore, front. the • most tiorrinle Desporisrit, the abject
wha liaVe'sunk bethatli its Fangs -while our sacred
Isle is, acknowledged. as the only kefugeuf the.G teat, the Op.
pressed, the Destitute, and the Unthrtunate, who have, in
vain, t ndeaVouted to resist the overwhel Ming Torrent While
all Ote,.facts are aciouwele<Lecd by the ,Civilized,World, ,we
find-burselves annoyed, Minds'of the Weak and
.I)iS:
satisfied col i iipted and debased by the Democratical Ellbas
et a Set-or 'Beings, ful whom Conspirators would be too
' • 1. --
The Ancients, however, possessed, an advantage which we
seem to have denied ourselves.•-, tinieS o. •Public :...7Ummo-
tien, when the Miiktis os tlie.People Aere. currupted,by
artifices Of. designing Demagogues, :Men of ,elevatert Rank
and at:IC[IOW Tatenks stood: forward as tite.clianapions
pi" their Country ; and, by their Public Appeals. and Ora-
tions,lsucceetied in. restoring to Loyalty.arttb.iteason,those
honest, but misguided. Citizens who had seconded tile Views
or the profligate arid:seditintis.-:-Bni,:iiVa.ur tilbse Who
have influence and abil firs to check the increase of Sedition.
stand aloof, with ail apathy or indifference which cadonly be
palliated. by their littnwlaige.of. the proud and, flunrisning
rank which we hoid as a Nation ; and though they' ails iit that
the Licentintisness,ot the Press is pregnant with Danger, they
eironeousiy think, that it is neither the business; nor wittlin
tite!power. of Individuals to avert the'intpending evil; • Whey
seem not aware, inat, when a city is taken by assault, nothing
is lett to the vanquished •
t is high 'Wm that tiie Apathy with which the Seditious
Effusions of the PreSS are treated should be dispelled, —A
knowledge of the vast Circulation which is ac•juired by Lite-
rary Works that are in open hostility to the glory anti happi-
ness or Great Britain, is alone sufficient to warn us against
the effects which such labours must produce upon tire" Public
Mind. .

As one solitary example, observe that intainouS vithicle of
ScdttiC6's outrages, -falielloo.l, and libels, with which, for
several years, common. sense has been insulted,- under the
"I hie of " Cuobett'a Weekly Poli4al Register." lit .stn
has- the. indignation' 01 all goad men been roubed ,galnst- It
for, hitherto, there has been no regular antidote to nentrallse
the poison which it d4fuses —no vehicle annular itseit, by
Which sound English .1:ICI pies could he e nveyed through,
the Hiirt oi the Lit-Tire, and diffused to its remotest paints.
Pernaps I may flatter myself that this coinpleint will soon
cease 1i tnose glouous Institutions, under which we enjoy
personal security and' protettr n; and • which, an toriner
times, were tespeeted even by the worst Of men-be held up
to ritilcuie if the sacred:Person of our beloveci, Monatch:(and
those lovelier blenches of his tatniky, which would command.
respect even from s, vagesj be caltunniited and reviled, let us
hope that such outrages will 'l* longer be 'committed with'
inipuility . .
Register which is here proposed, is offered as a recep-
tacle for the effusions of ail Inaciiendent Writers. Let it be
considered as a Forum, tor- giving. publicity to the Patriotic
and Constitution.,! Sentiments of the C&sars, the Catos, the
Cicero's, and all those Conscript Fatheis.of the Nineteenth
Century; who will buiii with ardour to 'espouse"their Coun-
try's and rescue such of its generous population as
have beeh clrA.vn within the Vartex of Sedition

Au
elabor.:te Series of Prolessi,,ns would be superfluous;
but ill, follo.ing brief outline of the Plan upon which thi.;
Paper will be conducted, will afford an adequate idea of its
iipportance and utility.
I. In every numher will be inserted an exposition of the
daring, libels ant ii.aiactous falsehoods promulgated by Cob.
bat ; and, as treqUcLitly as opportunity may,otter, a consti-
tutional analysis of his Saturday's leading article shall be
given its til-succeeding -Wednesday's publication of the Re-
gis!..2r

Tkie Lolutnns of this Register shall be open for the po.
litical iconimonication or 'ill gentlemen of sound constitu-
tiouail:now lege and' pritkipie., who are accustorhed, or in-
,clined, to rte for public view.
3, A highly important feature of this Register will be, a
prompt: and spirited, RevieW of all l'olitical Pamphlets as
the} may appear The effusions of genuil,e patriotism will
taus :->e inure widely circulated ; and the serpent of treason,:
instead of being allowed to attain a maturity in mischief, and
to conrt mit.its ravages unmolested, will be crushed uvn its
native dunghill, as 59011 as it shall have burst from its
snell

4. A s it has ever been a primary object with disaffeded
writers . to degrade that noble charaCter, the British Mer-
chant, tind to rid;cule his important profession. such attacks
shah b: combated and exposed with all the ardency that so
interes subjeU demands ; and time advantage transferred
to societ y by the " first Commercial Country in the World,"
shall be • so clearly displayed, as to furnish the cursory reader
with irs efragahle arguments against those who labour to de-
preciate: its conwitence.
S. The great utt.ity of having State Documents, Foreign
and Domestic, preserved iii a convenient anti acceptable form,
is obvi.)us It Is the wily advantage which the public now
deriva nom Cobbett's Register;--and it has been ascertained,
that id Very coosinerable number pt Subscribers, who abhor
the political principles of that writer, attbrd encouragement
to hts R egister, merely because there is no other vehicle, in
the form of a book. in which such documents are regularly
inserted. It is, therefore, scarcely necessary to say, that in
My Register they will be scrupulocsly preserved. in short,
all who are acquainted with the Paper of Cobbett, may per-
lealy unti-trstand the nature of the one here proposed ; and
the public may assure themselves, ,that, any real improve.
merits that may 15-e suggested will be readily adopted.
6. There shall be no double Numbers -except hen the
pressure of Original Communications may prevent the inser-
tion of the importat it papers which it is necessary to preserve.
I pledge my, honour never to publish an extra sheet, but on
such occasions as will be admitted to be indispensable.
Having thus commvnic.tted the outlines of my projed for
a publication, which in ay tend in no small degree, to check
I look for my reward' n the •pa-
the progress of disaffeCti.
pa-
tronage of the Public at a'arge. My numerous writings which
have from time to time been circulated throughout the
country, are a sufficient goiarantee for my ffrui attachment to
the constitutional principit -s, of which every true English-
man ought to be proud. ghat Cobbett's Register was, in
18ozoiiiie shall be always I -and, if ever I apostatize, " I
will confess," as Cbbbett sat'd to the fudge Advocate, " that
tile authors of cruelty havi: not yet devised the tortuies
I ought to endure. Hell itself, .as painted by the most fiery
would be too mild a put iishrnent for me !"
therefore call upohthe x espedive Members of all the