The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

PRO VINCIAL JOURNALS.

[FROM THE LEEDS INTELLIGENCER, AUG. 27.1

The people of Ireland, by the reception which
they have given to the King, have done themselves immortal
honour. Every party feeling—every sentiment of hostility be-
tween Protestants and Catholics—is hushed, and all is concord
and loyalty. 'What a contrast to the disgraceful conduct of
some Englishmen (how unworthy of the name !) who arrogate
to themselves the character of " Friends of the People ;" and
whose only pretension to this title is, a malignant and personal
enmity to royalty.—These men, not content with opposing the
measures of Ministers—have laboured with all the energy which
hatred can give—and all the zeal which the most inveterate
malignity can inspire—to degrade the kingly office, and to ex-
pose to contempt and hatred the person of their sovereign.
The spontaneous effusions cf genuine loyalty which were so
general on the memorable 19th of July, evinced however, that
the labour of these reptiles has been in vain. They proved
that the great body of the people are loyal; and that the noisy
and presuming partizans of the radiCal faction, arc by far the
most insignificant part of the nation. • What, however, this
faction wants in numbers, in respectability, and in talent, is
made up by a perseverance and an ardour, as disgraceful in the
partizans of a, bad cause, as it is praiseworthy in the adherents
of a good one. In this respect, they set us an example which
we should be emulous to follow. We have a King of whom
every Briton ought to be proud; we have a Constitution, the
best and most perfect of any in the world ; we have a country,
the most favoured under heaven. These are blessings the per.
petuity of which we ought earnestly to wish. Let us then as good
subjects of our King, and as true Englishmen, lose no opportu-
nity of inculcating the principles of loyalty and subordination
amongst our connections ,and dependents; let us earnestly set
about the work of counteracting the poison which the Hunts,
the Cobbetts, the Carhlas, the flumes, and the Creeveys, have
so industriously disseminated; let us imitate Ireland in affec-
tion to the King ; and in a detestation of the principles and
practices of revolutionary demagogues.—lt is the interest of the
people to -rally round the King. They are the mutual support
and protection of each other. This was abundantly exemplified
in the late reign, when, but for the support of the people, our
" Good old King" would have been the slave of an overbearing
aristocracy; and when, also, the firm countenance and protec-
tion of the Monarch preserved his subjects from .becoming the
sport of demagogues, or the mere tools of a base oligarchy.—
Loyalty to the King is an Englishman's best privilege ; it em-
braces obedience to the laws, and subordination to the consti-
tuted authorities—tor a man cannot be loyal to his Sovereign
who disobeys the laws which are his Monarch's guide ; or who
treats with contemprthe officers who have to administer them.
Knaves and fools may sneer at the devoted attachment of a peo-
ple to their Monarch ; they may decry the duty of allegiance,
and enlarge on the " divine.right of insurrection;" but wise and
good men know that—in a limited Monarchy like ours, where
the laws control the Sovereign for his people's goal; and where
justice holds an even balance between the highest and lowest in
the land,—Loyalty is a . generous and ennobling principle ;
which prompts men to promote the noblest ends of patriotism,
by diffusing the spirit of harmony and content through the
land ; uniting all parties in one -social compact, the bond of
which is the Illonarch ; and the motto " God save the King.—