The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-12 00:00:00

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Two intur..stinc letters have been pot into our
hands; addressed. the one to Lord Liverpool, the
other to Lord rastlereach, on the subject connected
with the Neapiditan l(evolntion. They are from the I
pi of 'Capt. Romeo, a member stf a tasaiiy of
rank at Naples; bein4 Cousin to Hen. Pepe. [lei
distitinished himself in Sicily, and reuilered
some impartant services to the British artily in the
Mediterranean. It is somewhat "'trance, ti'at at a pe-
riod, when the jo4triotisin of Capt. Romeo would lead
mingle in the affairs of his country, and earn
fresh Wirt-is by assisting in the emancipation of
Naples, he should he doomed to lead a Ill" of e".ile
iu Eacland, whore he mar truly be said to be kept in
captivity. His innumerable solicitations, it appears,
Gllvertimont, lair the last four years, have been un-
attended to : and while passports are withheld, by
which lie might be enabled to reach his own country,
and recover the property I. !I to him in his absence,
he can obtain no sitisfactory reason for his singular,
thou h remiligly honunrable detention. We do not
pretend to solve the mystery. We hope those who
occasion the ap;t:irent hardship are prepared with a
justiti,•ation.
• The following► is an extract from the latter of the
two letters alluded to:—

" It has been determined to keep every advance of
tumultuary movements at a distanee from Europe.
tiod grant this to be the case! But bow, my I.nrd,
is this to be achieved? By establishing a better ad-
ministration : or by persecuting all those who express
themselves desirous of such ; and by snbj.cting the
rolde to the dominion of mere caprice'? Is this pos-
sible, and at such a moment as the present one? Has
he, who thinks it so, as yet weighed well the conse-
(retires of a thirty year's general war ? Has he cum-
plt lely calculated the wishes, the energy, and the ac-
tual enlightened state of Europa? Is not what has
happened in more than one country, sufficient to con-
vince hint that the voice of the people is unanimous,
and therefore all-powerful? And has not reiterated
experience convinced him that the European soldier
is no more a mere Genie neater, to be fashioned into
any shape and fur every purpose? And is he not
aware that the citizen is become a CosmopuiiicS
That the political strength of kingdoms is already
combined with their moral strength : and that inde-
pendence is the general wish, the chief want, and the
ruling passion of every nation ?
" Isit thought that, the hest way to prevent fur
ever all revolutions, is that of opposing the secret as-
sociations, and persecuting the Carbonarians and Li
berals with tl:e utmost rigour ?

I. Opposing the secret associations! Are the
resources n of genins not known ? Is the
force of enthusiasm not calculated in all this ? Has it
not kern proved that prohibition only enhances desire,
and brings into action the wiode loitwin energy ? Is
the 41141 fvlagiwns then quite overicmked :
Nitimur ad etitum semper, cupiniaspe negata

an.l the other
•• goodenongoe sibi impera%it aninu►s, obtinnit ?
" Every ,ecret association, at Naples, has alrea►ls
been opposed and prohibited. This was the first step
taken by the late Neapolitan 31inistry: nevertheless,
the revolution which has there taken place, is said to
base been brotight shout by the intrigaes of the Car-
bonari: awl this is affirmed ecru by tla•e who pro-
pose to subject the sectaries to a still wore rioknt
(persec►ttion
" to ishject the 0001er:sus to a still !..ore rio.

lent persecution ! Are ilfey, who dream of cluing so,
exactly informed concerning these sectaries? IM they
know all the means and resources within their
control ? 1 he number of the Carbonarians, as appeats
front the public journals, is not less than three bun.
dreg thousand in the kingdom of Naples alone. How
many more then are there in Silly, in the remainder
of Italy, in France, in Spain, in Germany, in Rnssia,
and in the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and
Ireland? How many liberals are to be found in all
the different states at this very moment? or what is
the present state of clear-sightedness all over Europe ?
Is it so easy to destroy all these subjects; to annul,
in a moment, the culture of the nations; and to make
its inhabitants of the nineteenth century retro7rade
to *loose of the fourth or fifth? Is it so easy tti anni-
biloieall those, to 'whom Napoleon owed his exalt'.
Stion,rWhen he 'acted at:lt liberal; and his ruin, on
his Wonting a deepott Those who, in depressing so
great a Potentate, had plated laurels on the heads of
the Allied Sovereigns, when these Princes had promis-
ed independence to Europe?
" The liberals must still be more oprressed! Were
they nut persecuted in Spain with most unrelenting
rigour? What has been the result? .% more speeds.
reaction. Were they nut too much e in4!ntined andinsulted in Co/a!,ria, in the reign of Murat? What
then appeereml there? Their number exceedingly in-
creased; Murat lest thereby his kingdom and his
life. Were they not betrayed and persecuted by the
late Ministry *of Naples ? And has not a revolution
succeeded there? Should they he more or feta perse-
cute.! in the other States? Seuaer,or kterthi same
cons, iimiences will be the result.
" The genius and the wisdom of the people must
he enslaved Those, who are so doing, s'omild con-
sider beforehand how far man's energy will go. Let
those, oho nth this to' he the case, lock at time Ro-
mans, while smarting under most grievous tomnpnl-
flolls; at Sparta, at Athens, opposing' successfully
million of aggressors; at Prance in I 796, forced to
contend against the world; at the' f oh. of the Unit.tl
States in Anserica ; at the heroic and glorions trans-
actions observed under Napoleon in Spain ; and dr-
ilnee from these rxamplot what may he expected
from a (;o:.-rnmeut, which is prepared to irritate the
wishes of a nation, and at the very moment when the
people's enthusiasm is WI exalted. If a Prince attends
not to such exper:mental truths, he may then indeed
oppose the more the rarbowtrietos, the ilirmiptabs, the
lot)fliS but let him look, a little previous, to those
on whom he relics, as sy, as to time means imm which
he confides. It is possible that they, cc ho SO badly
advise their Sovereign, have an interest or an obliga-
tion in exposing. him, in orier to ruin his rause. It
Mposeilsk that his confidants, nn those occasions, are
under the necessity of acting as his worst enemies;
and it is nut incredible that his own very resources
will become a support to thug! I.ilicr.dr, agailistwhom
they had been 'widowed. What lessons have been
civil' to Princes by Prance in 1144; by Spain in
inttl ; room' after by the Two Sicilies; and at this
very moment hr the troops in 't. Domingo !I
" My Lord, who deserves more of the throne and
the people Is it he who endeavours to aliment a
fatal prejudice in his Sovereign? Or a citizen, who
will not conceal from Princes the truth, though to
certain indis lanais not eery ?
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Tour obedient humble servant,
"Captain FRANCIS ROMEO,
•• A Neapolitan Subject."