The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-23 00:00:00

rieted with affectionate regard towards his Majesti, and
t at his appearance among his people on Tuesday, upon
t le solemn inauguration of the National Connell, should
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have been hailed on all hands with unalloyed tokens of
sincere and ardent attachment. We sincerely hope that
tlie hpecimenof ardent and unbought affection which his
Majesty experienced on that occasion may induce him to
mix more , frequently with his subjects. If there is any
feeling more truly enviable than another, it is the entit-
Oastic attachment of subjects to their Ruler. This it is the
good fortune of the King to possess, if not in a superior de-
gree, at least in an equal one to any Monarch that ever
swayed an earthly sceptre; and we are sure that we ex-
press the anxious wishes of nine hundred and ninety per
song in every thousand of the people of those realms when
we declare that the oftener his Majesty shows himself
among them, the oftener he will give them the means of
evincing to him, that however they may differ among each
other, and from his Ministers on particular points of civil
policy, theramxists, towards the Kingly office, and towards

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ts present.possessor in particular, but one feeling of honest
and heartjrattechment.—Morning Herald„
It is observed,-. by a very ingenious Italian Philosopher,
that— • •
" Governments generally take their • character from the cha-
racter, of the people ; that if the people are more ambitious thau
rational, the Rulers will be the same; and that if the people per-
ceive their mistake, the Government» 'nest in turn abandon their
attempts to -ileccive. It is an error originating in ignorance,
sloth, and popular delusion, to impute to Governments the defects
and crimes which are ascribable to the people themselves. The
feet is, that if a people, of whom the greater part are poor and
hood-winked, expect that their Govenunent will undeceive end
benefit them, they will find themselves every day more deceived
and more wretched ; and for the truth of this I apical from the
vulgar herd of politicians to experience • whiCh does riot deceive."
When -we consider the extraordinary support which
Ministers receive from the strange infatuation of many
Members of the house of Commons, whose good haten-
tionS cannot be questioned, we are almost tempted to Sub-
', scribe' to the-aboire poSitions. It is adMitted on all hand's
that tazAtion has been curried in this country to an eic-
treme, wbieb,:great us our resources are, is felt to be no
longer supportable. Distress pervades all ranks and classes
of the community, and hundreds of thousands of manufactur-
ers, able and willingto work, have long been subject to priva-'
tions, under which life is a eurse,and now beg to be removed-

froth If hind where wretchedness is their only portion. That the
sulterings of the people are mainly attributable to excessive
taxation, is almost universally allowed. In fact, heavy as
the taxation appears to-be, when compared with that of
every other country in the world, it is still heavier than
what it is usually thought ; for immense sums arc levied
in this country for local purposes, to which, in other coon-
tries, the taxes are assigned. Under most of the Govern-
ments of the Continent, the Church, Education, the Admi.i.
nistiation of Justice, the Maintenance of the Poor, the ,P -
lice, &e., are paid by the State. For all these objects, im-
mense sums are separately paid by the people of England;
the County Rates alone equalling the whole revenue of many
a Continental Kingdom. The Revenue of England is
not expended in the disch4rge of what are considered,
elsewhere, the chief functions of Government (for it is
notorious, that for justice even, the first duty of every
Government, the salaries of a few Judges in the metro-
polis are all that Government has paid), but is chiefly
devoted to idle or useless purposes. Nature having se-
cured us from hostikattack, if ever there was a nation in

the world of which the burdens ought to be light, it is Eng-
land. But so far from this, we have always devoted more
to our establishMents than other nations ; the people have
been cajoled into the notion, that the national grandeur
required us td meddle with the affairs of every country
in the world, and to. be prepared to support our preten-
sions; and lest, with every disposition on the part of
Government to spend, there should still be a want of
objects, there, is not a_quarter of the world where we

have not contrived to Grid room for establishments, aml
pretexts in. Maintaining for phtudering Vile poor starving
creatures at home where they Call get work,
fourteen hours a :lay iu cotton-mills, to support the na-
tional glory--that is, to enable Lord Johns and Lord
Cltarleses to riot in luxury. But when the shocking con-
trust between extravagant establishments in every quarter,
end a population in the utmost extremity of distress, is
pointed 'out' -in the House of -Commons, Ministers have
only to repeat a few of the usual cajoling phrases, and the
House is struck dumb. It is .of no use to blame the Mi-

nisters ; it is the House whieh is to blame, We have surely
paid quite enough for the miserahle ambition of controul-
lug Continental Governments. Good God ! have we not
deeply mortgaged the industry of ourselvea and' our
children, and el ibireits.a ebildren, in Quixoticar attempts
of all sorts during the lust and present century ?
There is not one object for which we have gone to war
hitherto, which • would justify war to any rational
mind. At one time we fought for trade, which cannot
be conquered; at another, we fought to put clown,lacobi-
nism ; the ' cause of quarrel never was wanting ;
the justifivation always. But Honourable Members are as
much in love With this impertinent interference of ours as
ever. Large armemente are necessary now to protect
' Portugal from Spain and France, and so forth ! That is,
an armament is,required at a time when any armament that
4.,,,• can keep up must be unavailing ! When Bonaparte
the people
,of Germany, whom
WAS St11.).2.11"11 chiefly by
it was in the power of
Oppression Irl7.'ed against him,
the Eligif
the i,h Goyeo'nent to have turned the balance in
favour o
people. ' .r.,,12at Government countenanced,
on the contrary, the Stateinitia. (may his name never
be ,pronounced by Englishmen but with abhorrence!),
who lent himself With such good will to the, rulers of
the Continent. in all theirlprejects against independence.
When the Nations, impatient of the yoke, rose on their
oppressors, and popular Governments were established
in some of the fairest portions of Europe, the least
countenanee from England .would have paralysed the
trembling Despots .of . the Continent, , England counte-
nanced the Despots, and intrigued for them. Austria
was allowed to reduce .Italy ; France was allowed to con-
quer and retain Spain. Every where Constitotiorial rights
wereproseribed ; and the bayonet gave law to tha whole
Continent. But Portugal has chosen to have a COPillitT•
tional Governinent, and as Spain has the same right to put
down a Constitutional Government in Portugal.which
Aurtria had to put it down in Piedmont and Naplea, and
France in Spain, it longs to exercise that right. It is quite
clear, that if France chooses to allow Spain to put down
the Constitution of Portugal, our Cl,thament will' pot be up
obstacle.: The obstacle must be in the diaposition of
France , herself, which our armament cannot. influence.
The idea of England, with a taxation so oppressive as
and a population begging
to threaten a Bankruptcy,
for banishment from her shores, protecting Portugal against
France and the floly Alliance is preposterous. Force
thew is useless, when it can h.ave no object. If the Per-
tuguese wish a Constitution, they can establish it them-
selves, without the assistance of English ships; if they du
not wish one, why then the English ought not to cram it
down their throats. : ,In: vvety point of view, an arma-
ment is ridiculous. The 'cause pt Constitutional Go-
yernments was lost with Spain and Italy, And to think
of ,gsining a triumph over the Holy Alliance, by keep
ing Portugal sacred to liberty, is ludicrous enougb.
But Portugal pia Sri ancient ally. If, however, we
dare not fight tot Piartugal, there is no use in
making a show ,of protection, ;flltipli we cannot really
Five. It becomes us iii the . nretient eonjuncture,
nistelut of , allowing ourselves to be cajoled by the high
snionlinglanguage of Ministers, who, as long us they Sie
themselves surrounded by long-eared Members, will never
want fine pretexts for touching' the pockets of an oppress-
`t`ile.°l), k., to abandon , for a season our follies, tel remember
"'" m,i • mily remedy for profligate waste is severe econo-
my; W sWiff',9nr expenees with our ability, instead of
making 0,:," "In4iry the rule for nor treneeti; to think
rather of paying °,1•11: Aeto than of contracting NO OP
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