The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-19 00:00:00

REPIEW OF THE LAST SESSIO.N.

'Clete is no theme so large and so easy, no discourse so com-
mon and so plansinie, as the faults or corruptioni. of Qo-
vernments, the miscarriages or complaints,Ot Magistrates ;
none so easily 'received, and, spread, among good and well-
meaningMen, none so mischievously raised and employed
by ill, nor turned to worse and more disguied ends.
SIR W. TIMPLL.-0? POPULAR DISCONTENTS.
SIR,

THE season for refleaion is, at length, happily.
arrived ; and .if I be not egregiously mistaken in
the judgment I have formed of the adVancenient at
public affairs during the late Session of Parliament,
the season for real utility and national business has
commenced. We may now reasonably exPeR that
the attention of Ministers will - be dire-61ed to those
nursuiti from which their minds have been cruelly
diverted by Party squabbles and rancourous attacks.
If any man, in his right senses, could have be-
lieved it possible either for Mr. PITT, or any other.
Member of the Administration, to have embraced
in one comprehensive view all Abose mighty ob-
jeas which the necessity of our circumstances re-
While the, mind of the Government wet
lettered down to constant discussions upon subjeas
of .no import whatever. to public .safety, he must
.possilss an understanding composed of very different
materials from those of all other men, and his re--
toile** must be very little superior to that of
Parson ADAMS in the Romance.

• It been • remarked by.one of the most enlight-
ened ,men of the age, a foreigner, and a man wholly
indifferent to our Party politics, though deeply in-
terested .in the honour 'and prosperity of the Na-
tion, that his surprise was excited, not at the abi-
lity with which Mr. PITT repelled all the assaults ,of
Vs adversaries, but at the circumstance of his find,
itig time to propote one single measure for the hone- .
fit of the Country, amidst the heterogenebus mat-
ter which the various Parties in
,the House of Coni-
mons thought it wice and patriotic to introduce.at
this period of difficulty and danger. If the People
of this Country had fallen upon a similar, consi-
aeration. —if it had been possible for their Minds to
have been equally indifferent, they too, might now
exoress their wonder that any measure whatever
his been adopted throughout the ,'Whole Session
fir the' promotion of the national interests. For
many months we have scarcely heard of, the. F-
oreign Enemy in the Debates of Parliainent--never
a syllable on the advantagel an ► necessity of Union ;
but much, ton much of this precious time, has' been
wasted in personal' invetlives, 'and the gratification
of perconal. releotme.nts. The stranger :irepritain
. might justly infer, that we were in the full posses-
sion of foreign pene- and internal security ; and
that for want of other occupation our Statesmen re-
created each other with mutual 'accusations.

This is a short, but Oue, history of the last Session
of Parliament. It would be an invidious task (and
from •a late precedent established by the sanguine
advocates for the Liberty of the Press), it would,
perhaps, be a dangerou's one, to extend this criticism
any farther. I Must assume a different tone, how-
ever repugnant to my feelings, and to the rights of
an Englishman and though we are precluded from
the liberty of delivering our opinions on the con-
duaof our Representatives while theynre assembled,
yet, the privilege of reviewing their good or bad
policy while
,they are ;vet assembled still remains to
us. Thus strength&ted by the sanftion of law, and
the good old usages of our country, I propose to
,examine occasionally during the recess (without so-
liciting the permission of Mr. GREY, and without
being in the least intimidated by the apprehension
of his future censures) into the conduct and motives
of those by whom we are represented. In taking
a retrospeet of .the vast benefiti which their patriot..
ism has recently conferred upon us, we shall often
have an opportunity of probing into the genius and
principles of those exalted Patriots to whom the
Liberty of the Press is so much indebted ; and. be_
fore cur labours shall have been completed, the
People of ➢this Country may have serious cause to
ask, not of the Government, but of its Political,
opponer4s, a What has beep done for the. State ?
What assistance - have you given to the Public
Councils, which you were bound to promote.?
What confidence have you inspired into the hearts
of your Fellow-citizens ? What unanimity hose
you proposed ? And what intemptions, obstacles,
and difficulties have you not purposely thrown in.
the way of His Majesty's Ministers, to intercept
every measure witkch their policy had concerted for
the safety and honour of the lqation ?"
If I should put these questions to the Charnpions
of Liberty and Reform, and they should be found
Wanting in their duty ; if I should prove, (as I
pledge Myself to do) that a Session of Parliament,
which, from the imperious necessity of our circum-
stances ought to have been the most glorious and
important in the History of our Country, has been
suffered to dwindle away an empty struggle for
popularity, in magnit:ving trifles which have no re-
lation to our immediate dangers into a Waited im-
measures enattO by neces-

Inrtanco. in traducing

sity, and improved by experien?,. iri to in-
ternal division:3, when the extensive and alarming
operations of the Enemy demanded the most vigo-
rous imanimity among all orders ofthe State, in pro-
vokingdiscuSsions 'Which were calculated 'to render.
us dubious of out ()yin strength, to mike our power
the sport of our eneMies, our measures the objeets
of their contempt, and our own relative condition
the pity of all Europe ; if all, or any part of these
melancholy fans should be established, then let us
hear no more of the incapple ambition of Ministers,
but rather let us brand with every mark of political
reprobation those obdurate and perverse principles
which have struggled to transfer the bursting pas
sions of a courageous people from being immove-
ably pointed at the Public Enemy to be directed
against each other: It may be consistent with the
politics of Mr. Gat to bring in a Gagging Bill, at
the next meeting of Parliament, for the purpose of
silencing any troublesome reviewer of the conduit
of the National Representatives; but his discretion
will, perhaps, overcome the violence of his Party-
zeal, and his love of popularity may teach him for-
bearance. He must be aware, that another false step,
would shiver in a thousand pieces the idol of his mis-
di reEted Ambition. Thus assured of the consequence
which must attend a second attack upon our Liber-
ties, I cannot believe that he and his Party will shel-
ter themselves a second time from animadversion
beneath the " Privilege of Parliament." At all
events, we ought to make the best.use of our time
and liberty. While the power_ of censuring exists,
we ought, when it is necessary, to avail ourselves
of it. If the sacred Altar of Liberty is to be defaced
by those who surreptitiously became its Ministers;
it its generous flame is to be extinguished by the pro-
phane bands to whom the care of feeding it was in-
trusted, let us, at least, enjoy the short moments of
light, and as a last consolation, before the approach
of total darkness, let us see disgrace retieeted from
the expiring embers upon its unworthy High Priests.

There is yet one consideration more, Sir, of which
I cannot avoid taking some notice before we.com
,
mehce our operations. In proportion as " the galled
jadei winces," we shall hear it continually noised in
our mars, that every Letter I may send to your Paper
is an 6fficial or demi-official menifesto from the Trea,
sury. This,is-the cant of the Party, a thing of course;
and as conclusive as any other term which is to be
found in the Vocabulary of Opposition. No mat-
ter—although the Treasury are as well acquainted
with my writing and my motives for writing, this
Letter as the Emperor of Morocco, it is of very lit-
tle consequence by what hand the chastisement is
inflicted,, provided everylash communicates a smart.
Your Paper enjoys the reputation of being in the in-
terest of the Treasury, because it has always been
distinguished for its zealous support of the ablest
Minister this Kingdom ever pos,essed. The crime
and the accusation are, doubtless, flattering to your
feelings. However, it is not on this account that I
have sekiEted THE Suu as the fittest vehicle of my
opinions, but from a motive dire&ly opposite to it.
I have given it the preference because I have per-
sonal knowledge that it is read by the Members of the
Opposition. For them I write, and not for the
Treasury. My constant unshaken attachment to
them, I hope I shall be able fully to evince
during the course of the present summer. No
one doubts of my sincerity, when he perceives
how steadfastly I follow their steps, how close I CD-
‘deavour to keep to them even through all the mazes
of their political journey. It is true, they are- a
motley party-coloured groupe, the brood of faCtion
and disappointment, generated by' ambition, nur-
tured by revenge, and educated in mistrust. Not-
withstanding the diversity of their shapes and co-
lours, my long and familiar acquaintance with
most of them qualities ine to point out their re-
speClive beauties, and to exhibit them in the best
light 'wherein they can be viewed and admirt:d by
the Public.

'Sub, Sir, is the task I have imposed upon
'myself, and the pledge' I hue given. briny.fu
ture I.etters I shAll. strive to clischarge the 'one,
land to fulfil the ether.

InTECTOR.

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