The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-17 00:00:00

'Pro.) AND CON.

The advocates of the St•olas(V.ption, says the
ilftirning Chronicle, 'deprecate all inquiry into the
causes of the present distresses ; the Talents'
Journal vindicates the Inquiry ; ergo, the Talents'
`Journal it not the atiVocate of the Snbscription.—
This major, minor, and conclusion, though but
sorry substitutes for pounds; 'shillings, and pence,
srre ill that we are likely to' eltraet from the
Ta-
, . .
rents ; and, if they would only he kind enough
not to impede the charity which they will not pro-
mote, we would rest satisfied with their neu-

tralized economy.
They must be actively hostile. The public be-
.
itevolcnce, it unaccompanied with a diatribeagainst
the conduct of the war, its object, and its result,
post he entirely suppressed : we Must irritate the
persons. to whom we offer _relief, anti turn our.very
kindness into a source of discontent.
ltrally it t 5
.much to be wondered that,''- the
Talents" have not -,et up art ASsoeiation of their
own, with a cliaritlbfe account of grievant•es,.and
a benevolent plan of reform. Stotljohbing Lords,
liberal Baronets, anti itinerant Majors, would
figure away or rare style :, the people, however,
‘voold turd little benefit from their tongae•ser vice :
the Asweim jots might slide into something like a
(:orrespoodiog Soeiet) ; legislating, instead of re-
lieving ;• haratigning instead of eoturdottiog ; with
more of deberiptioa than of subset ijitioti ; and with
it.ss 4)1 kiodoe•s than Pi They tried
it in the Association Inch they so inveterately
ecostire : but it tailed—on:4:4 ably, ridiculously
sided. Their money was tvanted, not their do-
qaence : and while their purse was ()petted, they
.n)4,-tlit have' kept their jaw as close as they pleased.
100 this' did not soil our Liberates. They loved
" cheap pleasures," and fancied, of all pos.;ible
amusements, talking to be the cheapest. Griev-
mires u pretty exorditon ; coot rihntions
make a terrible peroration. Like the Priest in
the spelling-book, they were ready enough to
g,ye what cost them nothing ; had their eloquence
been worth it doit they otitsld not have bestowed
it upon ur ; but when the theory of Charity "Was
Jo he extended into its practice, their tougues be-
cause as cold as their hearts, and they trammed
up their pockets against either feeling or argu-
ment.
is the Subscription too loot.? These men have
rat raised: it. ,Have others contributed too little ?
Thee teen have contriboted notlu n Froth the•
ranks of whrtt is styled the Opposition tVC see
but one • mute enrolled. After Lord ATILToN'3
st*ditary irtindred, we look in vain for the patritit
phalanx at whose voice .every evil was to vanish;
the- formidable array„ which was. to dsive before
it all want anti all disoonteot... The names which
We have been habituated to see in protests mid
'Minorities, enter not the /i.s/S, of benevolence.
No—r-tlie poem; of victory offends them. We have
extinguished their idol ; we have suppressed
(snatchy; we have pot down; res4.ol,,tioo.
injuries ! ttm! not to be forgiven by an ultra-pa
tri,,t 1, They quarrel with the) expence, to hide
tlleir resentment against itS parpose : they dispute
the turn tonal, but their objection is to the items
of the. bill. Had we confirmed NA voLEort,,exiled
the Aounpotis, abandoned
.Spaio, and assisted
'...llvaa.r, the cost' of .these honourable arrange-
would have been patiently endured—pa-
tienttyl—willingly.
tend their consequences too. No matter what
ectroding espence, no matter what weakening
itnXiety, no matter what consuming vigilance,
itlitioltl rot our navies in' port, and waste our armies
home-quintets,its while our' 'lmperial Neighbour
tiAt watching his, seasfm, ,to convett nomitial
alliance into actual subingation„
Ann even now—did we evacuate trance to her
trodcoments, and abet the insurgent_Colooists
of
South America, every resulting mischief would be'
justified anti welcomed : the expenditure would be
palliated and recommended by its object—would
it not ? Is any thing required to Make our triumphs
endurable, but the renunciation of all their fruits ?
to make the war pardonable, but the abloolon-
ment of all its acquirements ?—to make the peace
agreeable, but the surrender at' all its heCtiritieS"?
cannot argue with these men. Blii.dness
play be enlightened, ignorance may be inh,rmedi
but Nino hint wItO closes his eyes nod blocks up
his intellict, argument were vain, anti correction
hopeless. Hard heads may be pummelled into
understanding :.hardbearts can never be softened
ititb feeling. •