The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-01 00:00:00

ANTHON y.--" My being in Egypt, Csar, what was't to.
you

OcrAvius.—" No more than my resl.ling here in Rome,
" might be to you in Egypt ; but if there you rib:—
" tis'd 'gainst my State, -your being- there might
"- be my question."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

THE qUotation which I have made as an intro-
duEtion of the Letter which I am about to address
to_you, would perhaps, of itself, Sufficiently point
out to every discerning Reader of your Paper, the
'application which I' mean to make -of it. But
to leave nothing to chance, it is better distinftly
and explicitly to avow it. I mean then to apply
it (the charge against Anthony being provisional.) to.
the extraordinary circumstance, which has- of late
so much engaged the Public attention, Mr.' Fox's
visit -to Paris, and his conduft since his arrival
there ; for which I have no other authority than
• that of those Pap6rs which have always been con-
- sidered as devoted to him apki his cause.
That. every man, whether in public or„private
life, has a right to visit Foreign Countries, no one
can be so absui:d as to deny. His motive may
be that of mere curiosity.; his obje&, .whether
philosophical or political, may be perfealy inno-
cent. Mr. Fox might have singly gone to Paris
without attrafting much of public observation ;. so
. Might Mr. HARE, or General FrrzpkTß.icx, or
Lord HOLLAND, or Mr. ERSKINE, or Lord WIL-
LIAM RUSSELL, or Mr. ADAIR, Lord ROBERT
SPENCER, or Mr. O'Connor. They' might,
with other of their public-spirited associates, have
all accidentally met together at the Court of Bo-
NAPARTE, although the former had taken the
circuitous - route of Flanders, perhaps to gratify
his newly •acknowledged consort with a
.view of
the Plains where the gloriOus vidlry ofjemappe
was %I-on. But your Readers, Sir, will perhaps
he no less backward than I am, to attribute to
accident the interview which took place between
Mr. Fox. and Mr. O'Connor at Calais, and the
• conveyance of the latter, a Self-convided and
merciless Traitor, to Paris, in' the .carriage of a
man who boasts the -blood, and pretends to the
virtues of the RUSSELLS. Of these fa&s there
seems to be no doubt.
We have all read, Sir, of a French FaCtion in
the reign, of Queen Anne, composed of English
Tories, residing in this Country. Whether it .may
belong to these extraordinary times, that there should
exist a French Part)', composed of men calling
themselves English Whigs, residing in'the French
Metropolis, perhaps, remains to be proved.' 'You,
and I, and the Country in general, can only judge
troni arpearances, ; which every man' whopretends to
any place in the public estimation, is bound to con-
_ sult. Ministers may have intelligence, which we

o.nA_Cur-

prize,..thayhose who extolled the first French Con-
stitution as " the most glorious Fabric of human
Wisdotn," should he now disposed to pay their
court to the Individual, who:has established his
Power on its destruttion. But if it excites no sur-
prize, it excites much stronger sensations, which I
am sure, every true Englishman, and every honest
man, must partake with me.' The opinion which I
-have noticed, and the condal which I am noticing;
seem to spring from one comrnon source ; a poisoned
spring, from which Modern Whigs have drank
deepi but, have not yet experienced the consequences;
a rooted aversion to every thing that can contribute
to the welfare and prosperity of Great Britain.
The peculiar circumstances of these Gentlemen's
at-tit/en/a/ rencontre at Paris, and long continuance
there ; the court which they seem to have paid to!
Personslo Power"; and;the Speeches which those of
any consequence among them are reported to have
made, have sadly perplexed the great rival Opposi-
• tion Papers. The one,denies their having been tit..‘
tered ; the other proves,• and justifies them. Both
zealous, both devoted, both puzzled, contradieting
one another, and as often themselves, they are
wholly and equally at a loss to reconcile. to that
Charader and that Conduet, of which they have
been the warm and unifoim Panegyrists, the pro-
stration of those Modern Whigs, at the footstool
Ofthe Individual, who has the merit of owing his
present exalted station to the overthrow and
,sup-
pression of those deteSiable Principles, which they
have not only countenanced; but sometimes
avowed.
That on his mind any impreision can be made
from such a quarter, I for one, will not believe :
time will prove,' whether lam right or wrong. in
this opinion:—How far all his Ministers may he
roof dgainst • the polished elegance of Mr. Fox's
person and manners', the unassuming diffidence of
Mr. ER,SkINE, the winning humility ()Mord Wit,-
LIAM RU SELL, the vigorous eloquence of General
EIVAPATRICIC., the Russian dialed of Mr. ADAIR,
in. the Monarchical principles of Mr. O'CoNNoa,
I cannot pretend to form a conjecture :—whatever
, .
influence they may acquire, whatever impressions
'they may make unfavourable to the present or late
Administration, or injurious to the interests of
Great Britain (which I am not charging them with
attempting) may possibly end in something worse
.than disgrace to them, The eyes of this Country
are upon them ; let them look to it.
It has not, been a little amusing, Sir, to observe
the fondness with which the devoted Prints apply
the term of Great State matt to the objet of their
I.lolatry, on every occasion.-7" The Great States-
in;Pn was received at Calais so and so.''—" At
Brussels a' Deputation waiter) on this Great States.
man, &c. &c." Sir, do these Scribblers know what
a Great,Statestuan is ? What are the qualities, and
condtiet which essentially mark a man as such ?
It, is not a strong head, an eloquent tongue, a
'talent for declaMatiOn, or a fund of 'political know-
ledge, whiCh alone, or combined to their fullest
extent, 'that ever yet constituted that most uncom-
mon of all charaders ; these
.May be found in the
General of an Army, the I,awyer, the Rhetorician,
and the Historian. I Would 'define the Great
• •
Statesman tb he him, and him alone,, who has a true
nowledge of the real interests of his 'Country,
and, if in power, has the virtue and resolution to
make. that knowledge the foundation of all his
inektures, and the guide of all his con4l. By this '