The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
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SlR—There never, perhaps, was greater blindness displar,e,
any set of men forming a Ministry, than that which the Got'L,re
ment of France at this moment presents. Rejectin with
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the hints of the liberal party at home, they seem unwilling 0,1;,4411
by events abroad, and, instead of regarding a national triumr,,to
us as an earnest both of the progress and the gradual consolir,
of liberty, they have the weakness to feel inwardly alarnse°,fhol
the folly to proclaim their fears to the country at -large. egty
was a time when a victory over absolutism gained by our
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bours was a signal for the Government of England to heap
with calumnies—when the sentiments of P. Mirabeau ant! 'or
Fayette were wilfully confounded with the wiij. ravings of 01;0
derers of Marie Antoinette ! Are the triblc3 re.rersed
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men who owe their situations to the generosity. and nt;„hle COw" r
Are oe
of a free people—are the pilots of revolutionized and regelgeg
FRANCE to blacken the fair name of liberty ? ~to
stem the tide of public feeling, and to fire the minutelsterre
distress at the first indication of a political storm? The oil
felt by the Citizen King and his Court is shared alike b 3:
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Government jealous of the advance of Liberal principles:
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natural and, I must say, unnational alliance that is sought loot,
Philippe with the great Captain and his troop, can be ae.. (le
for in no other manner than by the alarm which our high
bearing produces. In imminent dangers long-standing
are forgotten ; all other feelings, however strong, yield to the
set:oo
natural law of individual safety ; and whilst a general glow,' .o tlO
over the frame, the lion and the lamb lie at peace together Lill
same den. The' monarch of the barricades knows his unpoPe7o 0,
and, therefore, clings with the desperation of a sinking le_ the
' whatever comes within his reach ; he has never dared t°
himself into the arms of the people—may he not repent it boie
The French are often accused of great levity and love of
e bee
but lam apt to believe the charge mostly untrue. Had theYertso
that light, and fickle, and turbulent people which e Eliel
party in this country is interested in making us _40,4
they would not so patiently have borne the bizarT'n,li.lo;Viii
I their Ruler ; the barefaced abandonment of principle of their '
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men (to say nothing of the press persecutions) would have "viell
t their blood, and the patriots who warred with the sword al, el
✓ the pen would not now be lingering within the precincts elvelf4
• mon gaol. The truth is, that the Government is exerting' 0b...,
f the utmost to bring back the ancien regime, and the pea',44,
' the country enjoys, together with its usual concomitant--"_:;
ment, have suffered them to continue their mining operatiel'; tr;
t terrupted. When men are busy in their daily occupationM
e have neither time nor inclination to watch the motions of fr-I,:til,
it is only when some great event happens, disclosing the w'sit A
tifices which shadow the throne, thatthey leave theplough t°„,ll,F;
der the musket. So long as Havre, and Bordeaux, and llloe2
e engaged in commerce, their busy inhabitants little heed the
pe
nations of the Tuilleries. Now I speak from much _
observation, and not lightly, when I assert that at 01.1,14,r5,
s, were affairs more flourishing, and labour more etillif
fused over France, than now. To the light and o
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less peasantry of the graceful but enslaving days of ticlid,
neurs des Villages has succeeded a class sober-mini of
le tional, desirous of peace, and jealous of its rights. 'tiiiO3.
, palmy times of the voluptuous Louis le Grand—not
a' real and imposing splendour of the Conqueror of AusterlitZ'oet
he were backed by his warriors and his savan—would nilioolo9
nt sympathy from the present race. No, no. A change .0.1
n- over the spirit of the land ; a passion for show has heeek;6lll. ,41
ra bv a love of order ; a tree is peacefully blossoming /1101
ist panted forty years ago in blood ; you may mutilate i_nt,oliftlk
cannot destroy it ; the tree of liberty can never be pu-
na-_ the roots. The husbandman, who once sang the tender
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d nette, caught from the gay Seigneur's table, now warms ‘%,_,1;‘,00
a- of Beranger's, and the knowledge confined to the taw' Of
7• Court is circulated through every village. J'itti
Such a revolution has the hand of time effected !----anu,pt°lto
to said that a people who, with their feudal customs have is'-‘,01?,0
of their follies and their crimes, are unfit for political free's; file
i•
°, n constitutional principles to be stifled at their birth ?
,he be considered the sure forerunners of plunder and destrtt pled
w- would be well for Louis Philippe to pause ere,he (101:74,10
balance ; rocked in the cradle of adversity, he is not ulnas, ctAO
'es- with human nature, and well he knows that the power tisbi7tof
~_ prevent the storm from rising, is not so sure of being Iv ct,
'a- arrest its wrath. The quiet pursuits of industry engage tre:
tion of the mighty people over whom he holds the see, Petl,e'
of plans are becoming more settled, their views more enrA
re- ambition a nobler one : averse from agitation they dettl
but it must be a peace consistent with dignity; they 7, Je„
ign for political privileges—but they must have them in hose
°s; cry is en avant—and, therefore, they sympathise with t
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ent motto is the same. Let none however be deceived—if theo
ay, are tranquil before the tempest breaks forth—so le sileteo, 4° 1!
c'est la lecon des Rois. The Ministers of France, .I'7. 0 ,
of from feeling disappointed at the recent defeat of Tory is
ay, rejoice at that event. The fate of the two countries 19ty go
terwoven, and the hour that shall see the Sun of Lih,eri,t b ig;
Pe- in the one, shall assuredly behold the darkness of nig" Difr/
lde- over the other.
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,in On the 12th of September, at sea, in the midst ,
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L— gale, on board the Mansfield, on its way to Van Diemen
lady of Frederick Brock, Esq., of a son.
On the 22d inst., at Queen-square, Bloomsbury,
L'"' R. Gore, of a daughter.
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el On the 21st inst., the lady of Andrew Cohen, Escl''
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row_, Great Prescott-street, of a daughter.
taM celebrated au ej,
On the 19th inst.. Mrs. Taylor, the
" Luni-Solar, and Horary Tables," " Navigation Sitar" dll„t
'the East-street, Red Lion-square, of a son. 109 f
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On the 17th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the pas
!s of his Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul, °
ob- bert Koch, Esq. ,
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MARRIED. Ste bed"
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i on jun., third son of Henry Stewart, Esq., of TyrcalleT J. f.
of Donegal, to Lucy Elizabeth, eldest daughter of 00:4.'
ton Esq., of Nottingham-place. the te d
ging On the 24th inst., at St. James's, Westminster,,,da
the Rev. Samuel Best, to Emma, youngest daughter of
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Soul. Colonel Charles Duke. Of Ile
On the 24th inst., at Kensington, John LelY of the
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dis- Grantham, to Mary Ann Laura, eldest daughter
;igh- W. Grinfield, of Notting Hill-square, Kensington'