The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-09 00:00:00

SIXPENCE-ITALPPENTNY.

How much more rational and
and jest.is i to appreciAte duly the vast advantages
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of remaining at peace !" War must inevitably injure
both England and America. 'The only power that
would be benefitted by such a rupture is at work
to -stithulate America to provoke hostilities with
England. We trust, however, that Eilgland will still
bear with the froward humourof America. Per cha-
racter will not_ suffer by her: forbearance. We

to. war.

deprecate a war with America on every consid:_-_
ation ; we could even wish that some sacri(./cet:
should be made on our part to remain at peace
•• with her : but we would not be bullied into the
smallest particle of concession.' If America does
not expect (as'surely slie.cannot). that byplacing
herself in a warlike armour and attitude,' she
can frighten England out of her maritime-rights,-
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does she hope that an alliance with Buonaparte
will remove all restrictions en' her commerce ?
Dins she not kuow that Buonaparte hates corn-.
coerce and all its concerns HaS she forgotten
the answer he made to a deputation, of the iner-
c4nis of Hainburgh on their humble representa-
tion that hiss measures Would involve them in
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universal bankruptcy, and banish commerce from
the Caraineut ?' So much, the, better',; exclaimed,
the tyrant, So much the better; the bank-
ruptcies in England will be, more numerous, and
you will be less able to trade v,:ith her. England
Must be .humbled, though the fourth century=
should be revived, commerce extinguished, and
no other interchange of comModities than by
barter.'

Here we have a complete exposition of the

doctrines and the views Of this implaCable foe to
all free governments. His frequent. allusions to
the dark ages of 'the fourth century,' and the
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return to barbarism,' 'are not so much the an-
gry of of the ,mornent a.s the settled pur-
pose of his.soul they ark the scope of all his
actions, the tenour of all his discourses.' All
his regulations and restrictions are directed to the

annihilation of commerce, and-to the,prevention
of intercourse between , difirent nations; as the
most effectual means' of extinguishing liberty
among mankind. njit above all the corninerce of -.
England is hat,-ful tv him, because, as the -semi-
blg author of War in Disguise' has observed,
while it is light at Dover, it cannot be wholly
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dark at Calais.' Destruction and desolation are
his attributes. War,' eternal war, is his motto,
till the last spark of European liberty has been
extinguished, and the last vestige of a free :go,
vernnient obliterated by the treed of a colossal
despottsni.

Next to England„, America`is his, (Buonaparte)
bane and his tenor. :The:people of this country
being derived from the ,same stock, speaking the
same language, breathing the same spirit of li-
berty, have qualities quite sufficient to drivet his
hatred.' The American gentleman, who. has so.
ably written on the genius and. dispositions of
the French government and who, from si-
tuation in Paris, had every Opportunity of hearing
what the public opinions were, declares that.

every person, whether in or out of. of Who
had-any intimate conneeion with the government,
spoke the same language of eo;:temptfanclt menace
on the suhjeet of :the. United States:

The Americans ,were a nation of frandMent
shop-keepers ; British in prejudices and.predilec-
tion, and equality- objects of aversion to the Em-
peror,, who had taken a. fixed detehnination• to
bring them to reason in dne The'Bri-
tlsh,' he continues, he :!sates, and dread 4, and
respekts. The Americans he dete•sts and despises.
He detests them as the progeny of the British ;
as ftlie citizens of a free gove.rmbent; He de-
spises them as a Vody of tradetS ; according to
wiihout national fable Or nalionat
character ; without military strength,. or Military

virtues.'

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To whaf then are.we to ascribe the partiality of
America towards France ? There is no, natural
attachment between pm, no community of sea-
timent, no -mutual relation of benefit. If par-
tiality towards France be , denied, whence 'then,
we would ask, proceeds the angry and'hluSte'ring
tone against England ? The view‘' taken by tho
writer of the State of Parties', ascribes the con-
duet of America, not to our blockades, our Or-
ders in COuncil, the searching of their ships, or
impressing their seamen, but to internal causes
entirely arising out of the peculiar structure of
the American Government.

(To be cQntinued.)