The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-17 00:00:00

such a day—such a Sovereiga, 81Id such a Ali-

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m-tet-nbt 'your .Grace -deceive yourself. The
County, of Lanark will never be ruled nor guided
by such principles as you have advocated, nor suf.
ferlitsilante to be defamed by such pr9ceedings.
As to the immediate representative of his 111Pjesty,
and a strong Ha in that .cor.stitutional chain in-
tended to bind the cottage to,,the Throne, you
ought to have recollected your sacred duty, and
endeavoured' to '*strengthen, not dissolve, the
bands which, in other places, hold those together.,
Surely your Grace cannot imagine that this paltry
donation will he accepted as a peace-offerittg from
you by the monster*Un-iVersal Suffrage, or the de-
mon Radical Refortn.- Do' you believe that' it will
induce their frantic tollo%vers to regard,your Grace
with an eye of pity or greater favour in the hour
of peril, Marin, and destruct ion. No ! your pa-
laces and ytrur domains•treloo extensive *Pi► ! too
enviable to escape the.abservation- of Universal
Suffrage, or to elude the divisor employsd by Ra-
died Reforni.-- These ate not times for halt mea-
sures, nor -for, attempting to cum t mercy as it
afraid of the power of the inveterate and remorse-
less foe. The individual who does so is the W4llSi
enemy•of his-Country. On this head must justly
rest all the future -evil, collecting in a current,
which, if not stemmed, ntay—uay, must soon
overspread this land.

" Your Grace states, that you are the ` firm
friend of Reform.,' The Reform. your Grace ad-
vocates 'Maybe -summed up in.a few words, .name
to displace his Majesty's present Ministers,
and to plant your friends and yottrselt in their
room. This has been the language of your party
for the last Chitty years. You, ech and all of
you, wane'as Much public mischief and misery,"
will serve to get yourselves in and your antaeunists
out. The ohject granted, there is an end to your
Reform.- -Bat that end accomplished, there is
also an end to our National prosperity, glory, and
honour. If, by your-present policy, your Grace
thinks to cajole Radical Reformers, and to make
their madness the stepping;-stone of party to
power, you are Wrong. :Universal Suffrage dis-
owns your Authority, and refuses to abide by your
decision, or trust itself, in your hands. The ea-
tion—yes, With all her erring children, I say the
nation; -dreads. nit resists the return of your party
to power, and ehe•teare the threats of Radicals
less, than that this party should be pet witted to
+yield the authority of the State. You have all
hetio:tried, amt found inadequate for the mighty
task. You yourselves weighed yourselves in e
113)i:ince of your own constructing, and you were
found wanting. Ett.sland and Europe wrests your
-imbecility and ignorance of their interests. In-
dignant, nations, kintireds, and tongues, from
Petersburgh to Gibraltar—and,from Grand Cairo
to Washington, are ready to attest Now unfit
-your talenti combined were to 'coMpreheeil the
interests •ot the 'British Empire, to guide her
re.sources, direct her energies, or _support her
power.—Deeply does every reflecting and feeling
mind deplore time distress whiCli pervades this
country. Eagerly does every humito_bosom exert
itself to afford relief. But, while I admit the dis-
tress in its fullest extent, and deplore its conse-
quences, deny that 'it proceeds front the mis-
conduct or thea4uteg of our present rulers.
deny that Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage,
and Election by Ballot, will relieve it. I cannot
admit that the subversion of our present Consti-
tution' will retnedy our grievances-or remove our
difficulties. Quite the contrary. The adoption
of any of these delirious plans would aggravate all
our sorrows anti all our distress, to an extent
and a' degree enormous and altogether incon-
ceivable. • •
" Let the blame of onr present distresses be
laid on the beads of those who have deserved it.
The Whigs of Britain have had a weighty Aare in
occasioning our present calamities.. To your
Grace and your political friends, this nation and
Europe owe the prolongation and the consequent
enormous expence of the bloodiest, most obsti-
nate, and, on our part, the. justest contest
ever recorded in history. Yonr prognosti-
cations of this country's speedy ruin--the_
tales of her weakness, dis Satisfaction,. and
decay, encouraged our mortal enemies to-perse-
vere in their desperate plans. We fought and we
conquered, but the consequences of the ravages
of that remorseleis tyranny which desolated the
world, loaded Britain with'debt, and deprived her
children of many comforts—are -not and cannot
be done away. They remain with os, and will be
felt by our children. In proportion to your ex-
alted rank, your Country expects froM you a good
example, firmness, and activity, in the hour of
peril and alarm. While you hold the commission
es Lord Lieutenant of this county, yoUr conduct
can only be guided by devotion and obedience to ,
the-will of your Sovereign—the mainlenance 'of
our present•Constrtution, Government, amid Laws,
against every secret assassin—against every assail
ing foe.

The day is approaching with hasty strides—
the hour, I may say, is lumbered, whose fearful
commotions will make firmer nerves than yours
tremble and -fill stronger bidWarks than Hamilton-
Palace with terror,
,and alarm. You tread on a
volcano which is ready
.to burst and overwhelm
you.' It is not in "Manchester alone the danger
exists, No ! near and around' you the torch of
discord is ready,,and.the.demon of anarchy dwells.
If your Grace does, not know this, you ought to
know it.—lf, as Lord Lieutenant of this county,•
you neglect to-atietid tort 'you are not only culp-
able but -criminal: -Yet, Inst-eA of aiding to ex.-
tingnish train:w.hichis lid to kindle the ex-
plosion, ._which must overwhelm the palace aiui
the cottage with., lamentation,
.mourning, and
'woe,' 4.4 n threaten all. who at,tempt •to do so,
with the auThority..and.penalties of the Courts of
.Law, and,.the..vengt.-anceof Parliament—for you
infoint us, that ‘,itulte.Courts of Law and Houses
ef Parliament itis,,ltinst the right of the subject
Inusi and ntiti be asserted, awl..justice done Jo the
aggu ieved that is, the. peaceable. and . the loyal
are to be_punished, and Hunt and hi! rabble Of.,
confusion, clisafTection„ and—treason,.ate to go
free..

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_ ‘• In this deciaration,_your.Grace intirnates-as
pinch as that you will be in. otte..of those Courts
to carry these views into effect. Can your Grace
calculate upon the. Duke of Hatniltoti oil Bran;
Al(Ju being.a,rneraher of A. Lcsisjk.u4re, willizr. the