The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-20 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

Mr. Brougham. brought forward his motion on Co-
lonial Slavery last_ night,: notwithstanding that the
frequent
"discussion of, this unhappily irritating sub-
ject was strongly;, deprecated by .Mr. Huskisson, on
presenting two petitions from Liverpool connected
with it. It.is by no means our.purpose to' follow the.
-Hon. Member through a speech of nearly three
hours, _either for the 'purpose of noticing his statements
or his arguments. 'We are willing to give him, and
the Gentlemen who, on such questions, usually vote
with him, the most implicit credit for the purity of
their Motives. We are willing to believe, that they
do not see that their writings, their speeches,
and' their • votes,. have. any tendency to disturb
the peace of society in the West Indies ; or if,
seeing and knowing their tendency to do so,
that they are impelled' by higher considera-
tions than the peace of such a society is capable of in-
spiring. We wish to treat them with the utmost fair-
ness and.. candour. 'We are no friends to Colonial
, Slavery any more than they. All that we ask, and '
we are entitled to ask it, is, that they will allow to
others the same honesty and , sincerity which they
claim to themselves. Why will they seek to impress
upon any portion' of the public (for it it in vain to say
that such is not the'effect (whether desired or not, of
these motions) that his Majesty's Ministers are less
cordially inclined to prosecute whatever measures are
calculated to ameliorate 'the-condition of the slaves,
than the .rest: of the friends of their amelioration are ?
By what warmth of profession—by what ardour of
' zeal—by what straight-forwardness o 1 acting—are his
Majesty's Ministers, to repel these repeated, impute-
',
.tionS 'of eoldneaS or insincerity ? Did nut the declare-
! tion of Mr. Canning, in a late debate, when speaking,
not as an individual, but as the organ of his cal-
' leagues, sufficiently indicate their intentions and their
feelings towards the Colonists and the Slaves ? Is the
most ardent of the edvocates—;we speak ofcourse of the
rational advocates—of the litter, prepared to go farther
than the Right Hon. Secretary declered that his
' Majesty's Government, was prepared to go ? Does it
' not strike Mr. Brougham, and those who more para.
cularly act. with Mr. Brougham, that those perpetual
doubts, those continued suspicions, may, by possibi-
' lity, end in begetting that very insincerity which they
deprecate ? With men of ordinary minds they un-
questionably might.' The present. Ministry, thank
Heaven I are not men of ordinary minds ; and they
will pursue the « even tenour of their way," undis-
' turbesi by the clamours of unjust complaint, whether
proceeding from those. who seek to impede their pro-
' gress, or those who would goad them into. pernicious
precipitation.

[THE REPRESENTATIVE.]
The news froA Turkey is of more importance, if
true, than that which we usually get from.that quarter.
The Russian and Turkish Governments, if we may be-
lieve the .French Papers, are coming to a collision, the
u/tinzatuin of Russia being rejected by the Divan. We
do not think there will be any war, after all; because
we arc quite sure that Russia cannot afford. to campaign
in a poor country, which would not subsist her armies.
We know very well that the clergy of .Russia, being of
the same church as the Greeks, would be Willing .to
plunge their country. in war, out of mere fanaticism—
that .the. Russian army, like all idle armies, would be
glad of emplOyment-,-and that the great bulk of Rus-
sian statesmen feel desirous of extending the limits of
the empire ; .but• another .department—the finance—
which cannot afford the Means ofindulging their de-
's:4es, will operate as a full.check on. their zeal :for the
piety, promotion,-and plunder, of the other branches of
Russian Statesmanship.