The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-26 00:00:00

io a THE SU-N.

S.nt----1 know not 'whether the Doctiment Wilk])
/4 extracted from Sunday's British Monitor, be
or be not authentic ; and in one point of view its
authenticity is the least part of its importance:
That the misfortunes of the late French Ite-
bellic,m, and the danger which that accursed event
Still threatens, are to be ascribed to the exercise
of English Liberty, I will not urge ; but assured-
1y they Originated from and continued by its abuse.
It stay be said indeed, that the French Revak-
li°ll owed its origin to the American, which we
Innst acknowledge owed its success to its factious
allaintenance in England, and even in her Senate.
What was right iu America, could not be wrlong
iii trance; and now, what was right in France,
cannot he wrong in New Sp4in.
I may not go the length of censuring our liberty
of
'P'eveh and pen, but I may wish it were pri-
vilegtd in our own concerns only. With these,
I at° far from expressing any wish of Continental
interference; though 1 am'not exactly prepared
t°
9ae6tion the iostiee of the complaint, should
foreign States, or the crowned tribunal with
general Peace is deposited, require our
Internal wischiet to he kirt within our own
Shores, and dc wand that neither our voices, niir

our pens, nor our swords, be any longer exercis-
ed with external liberty.
I look with sh,,„, upon our national charac-
ter, as delineatud in this " Document." Mlle'
r4nt Incendiaries—mercenary soldiers—factions
orators._-turbulent mobs—advocates of treason
at home--supporters Of insurrection abroad—
present a portraiture which I would gladly deny,
but am compelled to acknowledge. Licentious-
ness, reaching an height too perilous even for my,
stops my pen. I will not trust myself
with the coati:hied subject.
That .extreme liberty, whereof the " Docu,
Illent" complains, may be Constitutional. For
aught I know, the Constitution may defend even
its abuse. It is a problem, not yet solved by hu-
In" ingenuity, how to preserve freedom in a
state of rational inviolability, without allowing
its perversion. With the solution I have no pre-
sent concern.

The question, however, is not, whether all this
liberty is our internal right, but whether it is
44r external privilege. We may use it perhaps
far our own advantage, or for our own injury;
b
t, if itt its very nature it is such as most travel
t'Yotul ourselves into other States, and in effect

'Perate upon thern;—a most serious consideration
then arises. First, whether we have a right to
set upon it abroad, and to export its agency, or
"en i,ts influence. Next, whether we have a
riglit, as Members of the collective -family, to use
it at home, strictly at home, its example
transgresses our own boundaries.
/"oreign States will not investigate the origin of
inisellief.—They will think sufficient to see
4141 feel it. It may be a part of our Constitution ;
MaY be a gradual defect, crept into its sub-
%lance, and interwoven with its'existence ; it may
11" he extracted, without damaging, or even
‘vithout destroying the whole.—No matter to
%elide it compromises their security.—We
1"Y insist that this licence is "sound """litY'"
"cl " rational liberty."-1 only hope, that its
discussion will never occur among our brother
°vereigoties of the Continent,—Should it ap-
Pear, that oar support of foreign insurgency, or
llllontestic sedition, endangers the tranquillity of
Stat,s,
they will require the means of
e
11Pressing that support ;—Constitutionally. if
so chose or can.—but, at all events, of sup-
Ilre3siug it any how,

FLINT.

"ItN.EXCRANGE, JAN. 26.1—A considerable
fulkatßitY of
Whee nt fro Essex, Kent, and Suf-
wch °}" rernained over from Monday's Market, for
"
that h" but few buyers this morning ; yet
few runs from the above counties were dis-
!lns" of, Were at Monday's prices.—Fine Barley
'4IIY supported its price, having but a small
:I"nlitY of that descliption at mat krt ; but the
inferior qualities were dull sale, and can only be
off in small quantities to Corn Chandlers.—
eall3,
bo Pease, and Oats met heavy sale, but arc
t cheaper.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
11. S
e"TWARK, J. 24.—We have nc flop
1; ad, our sales are very tIrICCIFfaio, now and Chen
e fortunate enotieb to toter with a purchaser.

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Xesterday the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE
'Visited the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House,
11;The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LivaaPont.,
(I Viscount SIDAIOUTH, had audiences of the
QGEtsvr yestertlay at Carlton House.
Yesterday afternoon the Duke of Volt& arrived
et his house in St. James's l'itlacc, from Windsor.
SHEERNEss.—A subscription has been entered
'"10 at this place for the purpose of sopplyiug the
di,tiessed inhabitants with coals, &c. It is
PTholii zed by the Honourable Comittissioner
Mrs, lio•YLa., and all the principal persons re-
tiding dare.