The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

or Joh. The direction of a great Empire is a fair and legit--
mate object of ambition. I blame no one for aspirmg to it,
provided no dishonourable means of acquiring it be used,and
the candidates possess the requiSite endowments; but the
%I:hip arc disqualified on both these grounds; they are not
fitted for such a station by art or nature, and have no bold
Whatever on our confidence. If, liked, we took their °WI]
valuation of themselves, no men would be found so ciniipe-
tent, for no men are so arrogant and self-sufficient; they
seem indeed to think that the in dinary business of a sate' is
!rearm h their talents, and embroil its to stiew their skill in
saving us : but he who poisons his patients, and then boasts
that -he can cure them, shell never be my phssiciaii. Let us,
however, weigh their. deeds with their preterigions; we shall
lknow theta by their fruits.
There was a period (thank heaven a short period) when
this party were in power: and what was the result ? They
sued for peace end were rejected ; they waged war, and were
defeated; till, baffled and disgraced in every enterprise, they
were driven from the helm with scorn r never was the coun-
try in such a state as during their Administration. Would
to Gontbat their explias- in opposition had been equally un-
successful ! but they scent to have a talent for doing harm,
amffor nothing else.. .Faithful to the system bequeathed by
Mr. Fox (whose genius was an aggi a cation of his guilt) they
have never swerved from his profligate example, and their
course has been a MiXtllle of mischief and imbecility. Tucir
maxim is that in party-contentious, the end justifies the
torahs, however atrocious and destructive, and they have,
therefore, successively enlisted in their service Sedition,.
Im-
piety, and Prostitution ; they have capkered the public owls!
with-rank democracy ; and by inflaming a spirit of discon-
tent, by leaching a belief that the. Monarch is a tyrant, the
Ministers perfidious, and the Law itself oppressive and corrupt,
they hare alienated t botisands from their duty and allegiance.—
Their doctrine is readily imbibed by the needy, the.vicious,
arid the rgnorant ; but do the teachers.themselves.dielieve tt ?
Not an iota of it ; and I would'esk ally man of honour by
what name be would designate those who assert-what they
know to he untrue. 'Even. in the war of -nations generous an-
tagonists do .not traduce and revile each other., Besieles,Ays-
tematie:slantler does as. tittle credit to their talents as their
hearts;—for misrepresentations and abuse are -weirotirs which
an ordinary mind may tat:: they are- Weapons, too; which
are liable to recoil, and wound the Mall that wields them,
.toditiew audiet, toques
Respicere ;gnoto discet pendetia tergo
at it is ludicrous to observe how extremely sensitive the
Milos are, wincing if we touch them with a feather, white
t heylacerate others without scruple or remorse.
But, omitting these considerations, they have taken other
means to prove that they are totally unfit for oilier. Prod-
epee. Sir, Is.a most essential quality in a Statesman, and We
pray jildge what share of it is possessed by men who eticoti
rage a rabble that despises and detests them, and insult the
master whom they propose to serve. They bare 'leagued
themselves with a gang of 0-eperate Republicans; whose ob-
jects they well know are anarchy and pillage, whose energy
tbefdread, hitt dream they can direct it, and quell the tem-
pest they themselves bare raised. To be impious or sedi-
tious, to violate the Laws and defy the Judges, to do any
thing which a virtuous mind would scorn to do, is the sure
warrant of protection front the Whigs. Really, Sir‘ you
would all do well to go to school again, and take a lesson
from the students at our Universities, whose ardour In the
cause of virtue sheds a lustre on their youth, Aiui adorns
the promise of their manhood. Were you to succeed in ex.,-
pelling Ministers from the Cabinet, is it fit they-should be
replaced by men who have vilified their Sovereign ? Htiw is
it possible that, he could yield to them the confidence which
is necessary for the public service ? -But, Dii meliora! They
are alike repudiated by their Country and their King; and
I take my leave of them, not without a charitable hope that,
as party, spirit perverts the understanding as well as the
heart of loan, they'd° not intend So much mischief as they
cause.

Sir, I cannot conclude my ohserfatiOns without remarking
that the Address adopted at your County Meeting. was an of-
fence to-loyalty, decency, and truth; and 'the untainted Free-
holders are hound to vindicate themselves from the imputa-
tion of concurring in the sentiments or language of that spu-
rious production. It is indeed a public shame that persons
who aspire to the. offices of state should cling to principles
utterly at variance with thei: clainis,'and make rice itself the
road to popularity. We fervently implore the God of mercy
to confouird,their projects, and to save us from the curse of
their weak,annwicked domination.

I hare the honour to be, Sii, &c. &c.
Dec, 28, 1820. THENIIS.

7n the Editor of the Durham County Alrertiser.
Sae- A •,vriter, with the signature of " hilopatris," having
paper of last Saturday evil/merited on a passage of my
fetter to \!r. Lambton, seeming to think that I intended a
sneer at Mr. Liddell, fur the part which he took at the Coun-
ty Meeting, 1 feel myself called upon to say that 1 had no
wish to disparage, or reproach, or in any way to wound the
,feelings of that Gentleman. Philopatris applauds the man
liness of his proceeding; I admit that it was nttily, and if I
still contend tL.t it. was feeble (as indeed was proved by the
event). the.epit het Wei s more to his omission than his acts.
Since Philopatris agrees in my opinion-that when the factious
unite for mischief, the loyal should combine for infety,he must,
I think, allow that Mr. Liddell's.conduct, however laudable
for its spirit, was inconsistent with that maxim. The very
ground of the writer's eulogy is, that Mr. Liddell had the.
courage to stand alone. But why did he stand alone ? Be_
cause he neither proposed, nor acceded to, any co-operativ
plan ;• he went to the Meeting without knowing or inquiring
whetherany person would support bins, and though tiler,
was Inatilmess in such a step, surely these was no discretion
it is jirt thus we are to deal with the enemies of public peace.'
%iliat is it that constitutes the force of that cabal ? Notsu-
periaity of intellect, not pre-eminence of property or cha-
racter, not even.- equality of numbess if the rabble be ex-
cluded; no, Sir-it is-union; theit activity is efficient because
they act in concelt. Fas est ab haste doceri.

- If ever this .degraded County is to shake, off the. tyranny of
Mr. Lainbtor4 it will nut be done by insulated efforts like those
of Mr. Liddell, hut by a junction of the well affected. The
adverse party ore well aware of his, and it is in fact the- key
to Mr. Lambton's invectives against the Clergy he knows
that an old but unreasonable jealousy exists among many of
the t;iiity, and he strives, to confirni and promote that sea-
lousiin order. to thrive by the disunion produced. by it.
There is in the Paiatiteate a large proportion of loyal meo
who want neither manliness nor intinence, who reject the
principles, and abhor the arrogance ofMr. Larobton, hut who
are rendered passive by their prejudice: yet this prejudice is
so-unfounded, and his motives for maintaining it are so very
OhOons, that a few gentlemen of sense and temper might
soon remove it, and produce an unity of action where there
is, 4ready a similitude of sentiment; and then,,firewell to
Mr. Latulatim !—I ant, Sir, &c.
Jan.:3.4lE2f.

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