The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-29 00:00:00

ADDRESS.

The prevalence of disloyal and seditious principles, to a
great and alarming extent, among certain classes or our lei-
low-subjecfs,' is unhappily too notorious at the present time
to admit of doubt or discussion.

Possessing, as this nation does, a Constitution which is the
envy and admiration of the world—at peace with every other
country—covered with
the glories of a tong, ail artitiousy!arol
a triumphant contest—enjoying 111 pa rtial Administration
of. Justice—and subjected to the mild and paternal Govern-
ment ofa Patriotic Sovereign, it might have been hoped that
all ranks and degrees of men would have bent in hUmble
gratitude for such-unexampled blessings to the Almighty-and
Merciful Disposer of human events.
But that this is far from being the case, and that; on the con-
trary, a spirit_of hostility exists against our most sacred and
estimable Institution ,we have only to appeal to the uni-
form testimony of th«se numerous loyal Addresses which
have of tate been laid at the foot of the Throne by Corpora-
tions or Meetings of individuals. Framed by bodies of men
in different and distant parts of the kingdom, without con-
cert or commitnication, - and containing opinions drawn
from actual observation :ind conviction, these Addresses in-
disputably prove at once the lamentable existence of the evil,
and its fearful extent;—they prove that it menaces nut the
`prritomindricSof ihistor that party in the State, but lime safety
of the State itself ; hot time separate interests of this or that
class of men, but the libetty, the property, the security of
All.
The Consequence's which have already resulted from this
perversion of public principle, are but too obvious. Among
them are to be numbered, a daily weakening of the bonds of
'titian between the humbler ranks of society and their natural
guardians and protect ors—insubordinatioo—disregard of
the laws, and frequent attempts to obstruct their operation—
increase of crimes—denunciations of hatred towards -the
greatest and best men in the country—mockery of Religion—
querulous impatience of all contreul and restraint—vain and
ostentatious contempt of all sonnd learning, experience, and
knowledge—interruption of the courses of honest industry
—and derangement of time great concerns and enterprtzes of
the nation. _ .

The Causes of the evil are no less apparent ; it may be dis-
tinctly traced to the machinations of a comparatively small
number of indiViduals. These persons act partly by means
of the turbulence and excitement of public meetings, at
which the most unfounded and inflammatory speeches are de-
livered; and partly through the Medium of a licentious Press,.
which, without excepting even the day of sacred rest, inun-
dates the nation with an unexampled profusion of slanderous,
seditious and blasphemous publications..
The mischevious activity of the popular agitators has not
been capricious of 'transient : they have pursued their course
systematically; and the influence which they have acquired
over the minds of the less-informed classes of society, has for
several years been regularly and rapidly increasing. If it
has occasionally ceased tie attract public attention, it has.ap-
neared at every new manifestation more formidable; it has
been nourished by every art which a • pernicious ingenuity
could devise; and it has enlisted in its laytni: every personal
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feeling of its ignorant and deluded victims.
The Press, that great and invaluable blessing of civilized
life—that mighty engine for diffusing, the light of Liberty -
and of the Gospel—has unhappily liccome„ in the hands of
evil men, a lever to shake the very foundations of social and
moral order. Its power, which witkin the last century has
been multiplied an hundred-fold, may now be almost said
to reign paramount in the guidance of public opinion; and
to those friends of their country who refire, deeply on this
fact, it cannot but be Matter of serious alarm to observe
that a very large proportion of our periodical publications is
under the direction either of avowed enemies of the Consti-
tution, or of persons whose sole principle of action is their
own private and selfish interest. By these, andby occasional
writers of a like character and adescription, eve' y artifice is
vmplo)ed,with daily increasing boldness, to render the people
discontented with the Government, and disobedient to the
Laws; to persuade them chat they are. betrayed by those who
should protect them ; to seduce them from their affection
and allegiance to their Sovereign; arid, finally, to bring
about a Revolution, to which (however it might gratify or
enrich themselves and their associates) the wealth, the pros-
perity, the internal happiness, and the-political greatness of
the Empire, must inevitably be sacrificed.
And it is clear that isolated, individual exertion, would he

utterly inadequate to cope with all the evil Entrgies now
arrayed against public order and the public peace; so it is
to be feared, that the Government and Legislature them-
selves might find the contest difficult, without the active,
zealous, and persevering co-operation of the loyal and well-
disposet part of the commtunity ; which co-operation, to be
effectual, must be the result of a regular and systematic union
of individuals. •
Persuaded that by thesd means ale the progress of sedi-
tious principles can he arrested ; and feeling that to arrest it,
if possible, is the bounden duty of every good subject and
sincere patriot ; the Members of this Society have adopted
the following Resolutions . - .

Ist. That they will use their best exertions to maintain
older, and to support the due execution of the Laws.
9d. Tliatthey will employ their influence, individually and
collectively, in discountenancing and opposing the dissemina-
lion. of seditious principles.
3d. That they will encourage persons of integrity and t -
lent in the Literary World to exert their abilities irr confut-
ing the sophistries, dissipating the illusions, and. exposing'
the falsehoods, which are employed by wicked and designing
men to mislead the people.-
4th. That they will resort to such lawful measures as may
be deemed expedient to restrain the publishing and circulat-
ing of seditious and treasonable libels.
In wishing that the licentiousness of the Press should be
restrained, this Association is actuated by a sincere desire to
secure the true Liberty of the Press—that liberty which sub-
sists only under the inotecting shield of law, anti which is
sure to bra one of the first sacrifices wade in a Political Recu-

lotion. Such a liberty is absAutely incompatible kith the
present licentiousness; and the one most soon destroy the
other. The alternative, however, is yet before the nation.
The Members of this Society have no wish to prescribe limits
to discussion, nor even harshly to censure the excesses of an
honest though mistaken zeal ; taa- there are publications'
(arid unfortunately many of those circulated among the la-
bunting classes are of this description), on the criminality
of which no rational doubt can he entertained. These works
consist almost wholly of scurrilous slanders, and of the most
false and inflammatory statements respecting 'while institu-
tions and public men ; they abound with personal calumny,
and offer direct incitements to sjidrnce and crime. In short,
they are ins eterately hostile to public mid private virtue, and
favourable only to whatever tends to degrade and debase
mankind. All that is.estimable in the country would lie be-
nefited by their suppression ; and nothing would be so much
improved and elevated-as the Press itself.
This Association is established on the broad principle, not.
of supporting this or that Administration, but of opposing
the attempts now made to overthrow the Civil Institutions of
the State. .Other Societies have for sonic time existed, for
the protection of Religion and Morals; but, with the excep-
tion of a few Local Associations, the present is the only one
exclusively destined to the very important object of opposing
the progress of Disloyalty and Sedition. In order to attain
this end, it has been ileterniaest•--.,
I. To establish a Fond, by the Yottintaty contributions of
the Members, at such rate as each individual may think fit.
2. To appoint a Committee for conducting the business of
theSociet y.
3. To adopt a system of Correspondence with those Mem-
bers who live at a distance, and with such Associations as
may he witlimm to co-operate in promoting the same objects.
Most earnestly, therefore, does this Society call upon all
Men of all ranks and of all political parties, upon all to whom
the maintenance of civil and religious liberty is dear, upon
all who valde the internal peace of the country, at the per-
manence of the Bi itish Empire, to join them in a strenuous
endeavour to stem the torrent of t hone disorganising and de-
moralising principles, which would level to the dust the
fabric of the Constitoticin, and bury under its ruins all the
comforts and enjoyments, all the charities and endearments,
of social life

CHARLES MURRAY, Honorary Secretary.
N.B. Donations and Subscriptions to the Fund of " The
Constitutional Association" will be received by Richard
Rothwell, Esq. Alderman, Treasurer, No. 10, King: Street,
Cheapside ; by Messrs. Drummond and Co. No. 49, Charing
Cross; Messrs. Morlauds, Auriol, and Co. No. 57, Pall Mall;
Messrs Marsh, Sibbald, St racey, Fanntleroy, and Cu. No. 6,
Berners Street; Messrs. Hoare, No. 37, Fleet Street; Messrs.
Jones, Loyd. and Co. No. 43, Lothbory ; Sir \Gillian► Curtis
and Co. No, 15, Lombard Street ; Chan eris, Whitmore, and
Co. No. 24, Lombard Sheet; Messrs. Sikes, Snail b, and
Co. No. 5, Mansimi-house Street, London; and by Sir
John Tinhorn, .Weston, and Son, No. 37, High Street,
Sunthwat k. _ _ .

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HftNonRED SI It,
I BEG leave to hifOrm,you that ever since the
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