The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-04 00:00:00

TO AL SEGUIER,
Ma' IPIRESIOENT OF THE ROYAL COURT

AT PARIS.
--'•ilmi.--•_
LETTER VI.

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A, What eoissfillftes a lksie
Nut starred and vacated Courts,
Wh, re law-bora lawmen wafts perran►. to prkki
NO! Men--HIGH WINDED Mee!
filen who their dories knave.
Bat alto know THEIR RIGHTS, and knowing, dare
mniutaia!"

Nigh you clearly to understand, tbat I
have no objection to Kings, but to their vices. I
have lived in social confidential intercourse with
sovereign Princes, and, as tar as relates personally
to myself, I hate no reason to complain—on the
contrary, I feel grateful for the urbanity with which
they received me, and for the hospitality and flat-
tering attentions with which they honoured me.
Injuries are to be forgiven and forgotten, but acts
of kindness leave an indelible stamp'of gratitude on
every well-constructed mind, and are never to be
forgotten or denied. Born and educated in England,
where the execrable doctrine of 44 passive obedience
and non-resistance" has long since been refuted and
banished—where the line of march for authority,
from the King to the tythittg-man, is distinctly
prescribed by the laws, and respectfully obeyed',
by our Msgistratcs, high and low—where the
principles of civil Government are daily dis-
cussed in oar domestic circles, as well as in the
Cabinet and the Senate—and where the Sovereign
himself is regarded only as the first Megistrate; it
cannot be matter of surprise, nor ought it to be
matter of offence to you, that I should express,
in the language of a free-born man, my indigua.
tiou at doctrines evidently levelled at the rights of
all mankind, as well as at the rights of your own
countrymen, and which should be every where ex-
posed and resisted by acclamation as it were, lest
the taint given to your deluded King, and to the
Kings of Sardinia, Naples, and Spain, should com-
municate itself to the other Sovereigns of Europe,
and induce them, hedged as they are, from the cir- I
cumstances of the times, by bigotry and the sword
(hy soldiers and Priests), to re-establish tyranny on
earth. Priests are had preceptors, bad Statesmen,
and very bad subjects,. unless they are allowed to go
halves with despotism, and share its cruelty and
plunder. Your assertion, that 64 KINGS REIGN
1W THE GRACE OF GOD, AND NOT BY
CONSTITUTIONS," would have excited little
attention, and most probably have passed unnoticed •
with the otdinsry servility of courtiers, eager
to make themselves acceptable to their. Royal
Masters, but for the more than suspicious con-
duct of the Sovereigns who marched the in-
strument of their ambition and revenge, surround-
et, and protected by treble rows of bayonets, to
the throne from w hi•da, be; bed been banished.--
It is this conduct on the peel of the Allied Sovereigns:
that has given an iotpqrtanCe to sour doctrine, and
a hick but for collateral circumstances, would havebeen
consigned to the contempt and oblivion it deserves.
Sir, it is this species of Government which make 4 a
"THE IMAGE OF THE DEITY," and
" Til E REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD ON

stitutions, solely and absolutely by Me grace of
Goa!" The wisdom and liberality of the nation ad-
mits that " the King can do no tacong;" but its pru-
dence also gourds against an abuse, or'a misinterpre-
tation of the accorded indulgence, by soaking his
confidential servants responsible for the measures of
his Governmen►.

• •If their complaisaace or servility, j iolding to his
Isbatiseacy, should expose them to impeachment and
aoaviction, should justify the accusati ,he receives
In their condemnation his share of the punishments
The fiction in that case, you will perceive; while it
shields his person and his fortunes from any direct
attack, inflicts a wound which, if a sense of honour
should be blended with his muse of duty, most we-
tally lacerate his feelings aad his pride. Such, Sir,
are the virtues of a ljritish Sovereign, and Bach the
securities we possess against the violation of our
chartered and natural. rights. Such should be the
securities of every State against the inroads of de.
spotism ;.and a batever confidence sour Sovereign
may have in the exertions of his Clergy to propagate
the fraud you would impose on your country—what.
ever reliance he may have on the fidelity of a merce.
nary army, he assured that nethiug short of his so.
cepting the Crown of France as a constitutional gift,
conferred on him bathe nation, can give him a legi.
timate claim, or ensure to him the quiet possession
of a Throne, which he will also do well to deserve
before he demands it.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your humble servant,
THE GHOST pv wmauxeros.

Lemke. Not. 28.

111 E STATESMAN.

N4V IL INTELLIGEMCg.

FA LlllO btu, Dm 7. Arrived the Arabella packet,
Capt. Porteous, with Mails front I.i.bon, in seven
days; the Rapid parker, Capt. Stericker, with'
Mails from Cnranna, in three days ; and the Dutch
nalliot De Junge Carolina, Capt. literker, from
Boardman for Amsterdam, lealryi.;—The ship which
arrived yesterday it the Thickly*ld halt, Captaia
Lank, for Trinitlail.--Artived 1110 American ship
United States, 'Capt:'. Lentherall, from Cha a lestail
for Nantz, leaky. •
PuazsatouTit, DZc:3.—Arrived the Eatcrprket
Baringbarn, from Malta.
DEAL, DEC. 3.--Arrived the plebe and the Forti-
tude, in forty-three days from the Mediterranean.--
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