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their Governments. And since we find it thus
inefficient in mea.ps;to accomplish its avowed ob-
.
what is—it-in some instances but an empty
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name?'
If we try:the -Holy _Alliance upon the broad
principle of: its- political. justice, I fear welhall
still find it very deficient: -No sooner ctid'the
Carbonari of Naples raise the standard of rebel-
lion, than Austria marched its armies into the
kingdom, to abolish the form of Government that
had received the forced sanction of the Sove-
reign, and that was supported by his son. But
whence did this zeal on the part of Austria ori-
ginate ? The Austrian yoke is detested in Lom-
bardy. Had the train laid in the south of Italy
reached the north, the Austrian domination might
have been shivered to atoms. This conduct on
the part of Austria has at least policy in its
favour, and is moreover perfectly consonant to
the principles of the Holy Alliance. It is the
object of this Alliance to put down rebellion, and
one of its members crushes the rebels of Naples :
true, but another member espouses the cause of
the rebels of Turkey? There appears certainly
here gome:hing like contradiction. It' the prin-
ciple of the Alba-lice be .really the maintenance
of legitimate',vovernments, it must support all
legitimate GOvernments. Or if it reserve to it-
self the faculty of chnsing what Government it
shall assist, then is its secret purpose at variance
with its avoWed principle;; and again do we say
that it is only an empty name,,not A° call it,, at
once, a pernicious institution.
No one is more desirous than myself that an
effectual barrier be put to the destructive torrent
of lacobinism'or of Revolutionary
The late terrific example of the ,excesses into
which a nation may be led by listening to, and
adopting, the fanciful theories of dangerous,
or' enthusiastic demagogues, must serve as a beacon
to others, and save them from destruction. It is,
however, more in the Government itself, than
in the mass of the people, that the principle
of revolutions exists : and it is, generally speak-
ing, always in the power of the' Rulers either
to -remove the cause, or to prevent, the ef-
fect. We find in the annals- of the world
that a Nation ever patiently submits for a long
time to the encroachment of the Sovereign
over its lawful rights and privileges, ere it is
roused to resistance; whence the explosion that
takes place is 'necessarily tremendous. The
baneful effects of oppression are lamentably ex-
emplified in countries governed by despotic
Monarchs, where the powers of the human mind
are reduced to the lowest ebb. In such a state'
of degradation, man, having lost all notion of the
dignity and independence of his nature, crouches
at the feet of his master, and kisses the hand
that strikes him.,l
.No liberal mind can therefore
advocate the 'cause of oppression, nor approve
the means that may reduce men almost upon a
level with 'the brute creation.

Far be it from me to become the advocate o

the anti-social doctrines I'have always hitherto
warmly reprobated. Every man who loves his
fellow-creatures must detest and abhor princi-
ples essentially destructive of the peace and wel-
fare of society, and must hail with joy and gra-
titude any method that can effectually eradicate
them from the face of the earth. But I fear this
important and beneficial task cannot be accom-
plished by the Holy Alliance, whose object I
apprehend to be solely the preservation of the
present dynasties, or I should rather gay of some
of the present-dynasties.
The principle or foreign interference is dia-
metrically - opposed to the-ancient political no-
tions, and -'not less' to the very idea of na-
tional independence ; and no high-minded nation
will, or can, ever stfbmit to it. We are appa-
rently arrived at`Ti period, When Sovereigns ima-
gine they need not-pay any attention to national
feelings ; but such an • ideaon their part is not
only erroneous in itself; but may prove highly
injurious' to themselves, and fatal to society..
Governments are unfortunately often too much
bigotted to ancient, and therefore deep rooted
principles ; and it seems a fact that either the
notions of the ruling Powers do not keep pace
with the progressive improvement of the human
mind, or that they wilfully endeavour to impede
its progress. The latter is most probably the
case. Several writers, amongst which I shall
only •mention Ferrand, in his excellent work,
L'esprit de i'llistoire, have ably elucidated this
important subjeut. A cool and dispassionate in-
quiry into the history of most European nations
will place it in =a still clearer point of view, and
beyond the power of contradiction. How for-
tunate it would prove for the Sovereign, as well
as for the subject, did the former know when to
relax the reins of' power ! and thus gun' the
thanks of his people, by granting a's- a favour
that which ere long •they might have claimed, or
forced, as a right:, A few years ago, , and the
Sovereigus• on the Continent appeared duly im
, pressed with this important truth. They held
up ,to their subjects the cheering prospect of a
Constitutional 'Government ;' they called into
activity the dormant love of freedom ; they'
pledged themselves in short to ameliorate their
political condition, 'and how have they redeemed
.this pledge ?----1)f. forming the Holy Alliance;!
Eivhitret. - A. P.

INCREASE or Tr.Anc.—We feel great pleasure
jo Mating, that the -staple Inanafidtuies of this
and the. adjoining 'counties of Nottingham and
Derby, were seldom known to be more'brisk
than at the present Inorn.ent,. particularly-in the
cotton hOse branch,. The unusual activity in the
latter, is attributed to the flattering prospect
presented by recent successes of the'South
,Americaus) andtlleir near approach.to indepen-
dence. Several large. orders. for cottotthose as
.
well as lace, have already been executed, and
forwarded to that interesting portion -of the world,
while others are getting ready with all possible
alacrity. -The preference given, to British- Ma-
.nufactures by the South Americans, and the at-
tention evinced to English interest by our gal-
lant. countryman •Lord CCCIIRANE presents a
pydspeet for commercial enterprise, that must be
'highly gratifying to every.triend.of _his country.
*—( Leicester Chronicle.) , , • ' 7 •