The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

ON THE APPEARANCES
OF THE TIMES,
AND THE 31,INNERS
OF•THE •

derivata elades
iii patriam, populitmq tie jizza it.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
• • (No.-11.1
Sin—lt will interfere with 'the arrangements
of my communications to you, to .enumerate,
limi7te; the several causes of the-presentstate of the
•. . Country ; I shall, therefore; with a view to the
'brevity necessary to be observed in these re-:.
..markst., proceed at once to discuss separately each
.co,4,ie,..which appears to me to have occasioned
the present • slate of public feeling. Previously
' pointing out; as .it Were by' way of contrast; the.
:reasons why our misfortunes are not heavier, and
the condition of .the Nation more depressed,
Among these the first is- the spirit of liberty;
which 'happily still subsists aviong us. 'Not, in.;
deed,.in its genuine vigour, .for then it would
-work its genuirke effects, and the corrupt prac-
tices, which have been introduced and engrafted
' oh' the "Constitution, and vv hick now too exten.:
si-Vely pervade the' whole system, without yield-
. ing any additional power to the cyplyn, or advan-
tage to the People, would never have been per
mitted or known. Yet, that the love of liberty
is not extinguished, is. evident from the united
voice, even of a divided' people. It , still ani-
mates their conversation, and would invigorate all
their Public Addtetses and their conduct, but
from the extreme violence, degeneracy, and irre-
ligion of a desperate'faction, who have attempted
to monopolize and-controul the getterat voice of
the people.
It is under these, circumstances that 'it be-
- comes the imperative duty of the' present Ad-
. ministration to be. firm and energetic ; yielding
' in ability and integrity to none of their oppo-
nents, though disunited. and not consistent among
themselves, they ought.,to come forwaid and de-
Clare their intention to meet the; wishes of the
country, and to adopt those
,alterations and sug-
g_estions, which all good, men anxiously contemn-.
plate and desire, and which every year's expe-
l. tience points out to be essentially and absolutely
necessary to the safety.Of the State.
With reference to the conduct of the Modern
•-. ..;.Whigs, it is
.to be remarked, that in proportion
'as 'THEIR spirit bath grown weak in DEEDS;
it bath gained strength, in .-wonns, and of
late years it bath run out into an unbounded
. T and licentious freedom. If any proof were
wanting of the political degeneracy of this party,
it is only to recal the attention of the public
.. to their conduct in the' Session of 1819, when the
greater part ofthem did not attend 'die House of
•• Commons 'on the second reading of the Bill,
which . had been introduced into Parliament, to
put an
-end to occasionality and- corruption in close.
• Boroughs; whilst others of the party voted
• against it! Nay, it is even said, that 'a busy,
meddling Alderman, was deputed by one of the
Opposition Leaders to wait on the Member who
• brought in the Bill, and to request him to with-
.• draw it.—ln after times; such conduct will not
be credited, especially when it is seen that the
same party had carried, only the day before,
• their motion for' an inqUiry into the degraded
state' of .the Scotch Boroughs, and-which they
heVe•revised•in the present-Session !.
It is,' hoWever, beyond a .dottbtOhat we all
:iiish.to continue free, though we, have not the
%virtue or the resolution to secure our freedom.
The spirit of liberty is now. 'stniggling, with a
,Inio4ken potion of loyalty and attachment to the'
• -present order ,of thingS; under' a misconception
that, to correct the abuses which have.crept into
the practice of the Constitution, though these
:abuses have been invariably reprobated by the
Courts of,Law and by all' the upright "Statesmen
of. the Nation, is attempting an innovation on the
Constitution, and a *diminution of the already
limited poorer; of the Crown.
-'To, uphold the" 'power of the Crown, in the
maintenance of its just prerogative, is one of the
- brightest attributes in the exercise of the consti,
Intional rights of the, people. Innnmerable are
the instances wherein the people have been at-
. tempted to depressed', by the overwhelming
power of the A STUN T Aristocracy of the king-
dorn, and to whom did they on:these trying oc-
casions.appeal'? -To-the Crown '.—and they were
never known 'to appeal in vain : for the jute-
-:rests of the Crown are so' inseparably blended
'and- interwoven with those of the people, that
• whenever the OligarchistS' have endeavoured to
depress, and encroach upon the rights of the one,
the effect has been- extended to the other ; and
a dange-rou- :6114 ..14166nStittItiOnai con Iroql has
been alike established -over the' Monarch and the
People.' ' The history of thii country abounds
' with instances,' where'the Crown and. the People
' 'have at different times:' stood forward to rescue
• " ,each other from' the influence Of this party, and
the. le,ctien -of . the' inetnotable instance 'which
ocourrea in the reiktuct ring G Editor: therSecond
-is still cherish;,(l, anti. eAlklears• the narne..of the
- late Earl of CliATim Am to the.people; for the share
• had in relie,ving Soveieign from.
-.. the dnininion of-that party, and enabling Him to
give effect',to, wishes and feelings at that
interesting 'period.
To,yestere,:therefore,,,,th,cOnAtitution of Par-
liament to its.original degm and state, and to
:.check the abuses.which'ihave crept into the praC-
•
• •
: tck of electkons.shice, the:yeign of King GtottoE
the First, countenanc.ed and tolerated- as they
have. the intluende- of the Oli-
garchists, ita6r the' c..elebratette,xcepilon, which
:was introduced in the House'of -Lords into an
of Parliament, pissed in 1746,* tG controul
irregtilarities of Elections in,' all places ex-
. -:-Cep.t close • Boroughs,-L7-should be' one of the Ilrst
• !Objects of His MAJEsTy"S. -GoVernment• iim'.the
*,‘'Osuitmg, ParliaTenf ; !for' the repeal of this,Ob-..
DQXIOiIS .eXCeptiOD, lis're'plegnant to'irtvo
,and juitipe as it is tocommon sense, make
.the.:Statute Lassi corisisterit• in itself, and con-
. tormablif, to' the',Cpairnorv.taw„ and
.render the
• role of ''Elec.tioa ifiliform in all places, whatever