The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-28 00:00:00

We do not pretend to be sorry, that the name
of Reform, like that of Revolution, has got into
had odour. And the thing itself, roo, as well as the
name. False men put upon Weir object a respect-
able title, and then. imagine the title to conse-,
crate the object, and to .change its character.
No; they do not imagine such an absor:ity.
,The
knaves are satisfi.ed with gettiog the forditl4
imagine it. •

Truly, we Ingin to forget, that to reform we
Itre our religion, and to revolution our stare. We
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only remeniber, that our Altar and our Throne.
no longer need the one nor the mher. 13 tit as to
the original merits of these objects ! We shall as
Nona believe that our own fluburs and CoillißTTS
intend MS mischief, as that the AltragßAVS and
Li AY ETT gS Of Fral)Ce intended atnygo,),l. For—he
it remembered, the Frenchmen began with precisely
the same pretences : they in u 1 retained in their can-
spiracy the Nlogrd•lWOriners and the. Ultra-
Reformers : they" had their accusatiOns and their
recriminations, of 'going too far, and of not going
far enough. Be it remembered toothe Ultras
took all'that the Modtcres- could get for them ;
and (hell the AIO/163.6.s jointed the .Ultras in getting
more. lVlnat followed needs not here to he re-
peated. The blood of French Reform is scarcely
dry. Ages will pass, ere it is deepened into the
page of history ; and ages more, ere it is effaced.
Utnle-r God's favour, cart—especild t7.tre._tti ill
be taken, that the same prank is not played in
England. Her throne and her temple will be
protected by the example front the consequence.
The Fax will not he, entrusted to, keep guard,
against the Wolf.
No, (hauls. the Brutes should snap and snarl
never. so angrily: We are -not quite so fond Of
Rebellion as to admit it under the guise of Revo-
lution,' nor of Subversion RS to enact it under
the pretence of Reform. Nay, so,righteous
asr
-horror have we of these calamities, that were our
State iu the extremest necessity of ehange—a ne-
cessity which, loth ykibis, we deny--we would
endure and cherish any riv I, no matter how heavy
or how certain, rather than incur the remotest
possibility of such change as they would follow.
Into the which, no subtlety, fair his its face
may sinew, shall _deluda„us. Precisely the fatne
confidence that the Fiends Covernmentwill place
in. LAS Grins, b9eause•he has cut with the Ex-
Emperor, will we place in nr. Ilitouctimu, be-
Cause he has quarrelled with tile Ex-Knight of the
Rath. The secret Allies only now drop their ',f-
leeted hostility : it is stark nonsense to ,keep up
pretence which every hotly laughs at, flanuonAst and COCIIRAkE welt
.might
you divide Day-and-Martin •nit our blaeking-
as keep asander these 'Gemini opots,
f Reto. et
not Spa-fields despair; nor PAnce-yardrtb relaxL its
energies, They quarrel for the advaucernent of
the cause, and they wilt- unite for it, ISCCOIli•
plishment.

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When perplexing Ourselves about strange folks,
we stumble on strange Neils. A pair ot shedrs
caw cot nothing, until their edges are separated;
nor until they elp§e togetitor. Reformers take comfort, • -Therefore let the
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Noi, Master Thimble, riei•er be in pain ;-
0! The kliew s but rt, yuu kiww, t 9 Nevi, again."
The Counsellor and Lite Lord ore sharp blades,
to be Imre :-4they rutty port and meet as they
Please--.so that it is not for shreddins and the COOS tit

agtiott the process Ilirnngh Which the blinstih-
dot), acting internally, preserves itself by partial
and provisional deviations front its general
Cotrrse, as being uncoustitutiOoolll. They mean
That it defeats their plots and .endangers
Ilreal
persons, for ill would our Constitution deserve
its fame were -it not possessed of elements to
enable it to adopt measures„ even inconsistent
with its general principles, to meet any new emer-
gencies and strange assaults which, in the progress
of time, might occur. it is the very essence of its
wisdom to have this capacity of change.. The
same Constitutional Ower which made. the Con-
stitation must he competent to adapt the Con-
stitution to other circumstances. This is what is
now dieing by the three Estates of .King, Lords,
and Comnions.
We grant that every Act which deprives a sub.
ject of any right is unjust, unless it be found S#'
on this broad basis—that the safety of the whole
requires the suspension of the privileges of a par-
ticular individual, or of a few notoriously con 7
liiring• against the common weal, and employing
1116111 notlangible by existing; Such, un-
happily, is our present condition ; ail that is dear
to Englishmen is in imminent peril, and a pretended
fear il;rat sirmething ntay'he injured by trusting a
part of..tlic Coustintiion to the responsibility' of
Ministers,
.13 set tip as an argument for passive
submission to the plots of Seditious Agitators and
the CollSpiraCirS of Trhitors. We are to risk our
all with the mob, rather than entrust a Part with
the Governtnetit. We are to dread the laws, but
not the lawless multitude, and encounter the
horrors of Anarchy, rather thawlend for a seasum,
that painful authority to the Executive, wide
alone can shield us front bloodshed nod misery !