The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-05 00:00:00

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the inter, it is no longer an honour to• wear thetia.,.
but only a dishoopur to be Without. them, thole %hit
despisethene Outpost find themselves ;hen. obled
to oarry theumufts humbly, to intrigue,
,h(osclerto "'
obtain them; ,sid.lt is thus. that thesl.oitaterieit,
honours end Isy „killing real honour.,-,-11,:Pcriiiiog;
debasement anti.deneteralistOon, ti.pen the'y ought
to raise and purity. the..arti, . 71rbei, sobetheie
vanity in the place of graelpess of atinl—coentry is
no longer any thing, in the tuftbit.ot laurels. There'
is no more aliment for etneletion, and 'ages slide
away wittout leaving behiid any recollections of
these innumerable puerilities. But how are We 'to
re.establish true honour in its rights, and to reduce
to their just value so many parasitical distinctions?
By permitting the•troth to circulate freely—nothing
more is necessary. Therefoitr, instead of suck a
multitude of controverted facts which are em-
ployed for interested purposes in, order to obtain
belief for those whoi run after; honours to engross
ihem for themselvek we shall know what reality
the fats which we bear possess—made clear by
the faculty of discussioa, they will be strip-
- ped of exaggeration and false colours which
change their appearance, and itnposture, eepohetr
shall not succeed in taking possession of ittiWreil
-ceropences which should belong to merit alone.-
Then shall jnatice openly rendered to this-man de-
• Olt" itself . more and more—his appeals being no
' r strangled by influence and boasting, east man
•?s • ' i4timself to gain the esteem of his 173
.11ow-
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sie
; ' 40 ',.*lthout any fear of seeing himself thwarted
b1..1 ,at quackery. The' faculties will acquire
• power frotn the expectetiou ,of public consideration."
and every man will be eager- tp folio* 'the, Paths,
. traced out for every chastor,,Citikeils, by the mighty
prosper* of the nation. ii,t, •
We have already seen, Mat it is by the pro' .
'option of knowledge that men can arrive sue'-
evasively at the discovery of those paths; but the 1
free circutation of thought must necessarily perfot 01
two seralees ,at the satins tune—namely, to make
known the best thingiand libbhest men by drying up
the sources er'error. and intrigue. 'Such shoukl be
the natural. effects of the liperty of the press.—,
Effects quftes 'contrail Must. take place, of course,
if it reestiolectropresled",.-;4: division of Mowers is
sought aster, - which, 41'4004 of perpetually oppos-
ing one an-other, ,unite, on; the eoettsul, ter the
purpose of ackkoniplthing the same' end. These:
powers should, the rows& or caesium( end the'
power of action,—the first searches' out' the teat];
which leads to prosperity,---the second directs In that
road all individual efforts. What signidei a 44
agitation which has only for its object- but to die
toyer what is 'useful ? A dangerous agitation is
never but ,that which the &Miens
_produce; and
what faction can there 'he- if every one be 'ani-
mated with the same 'spirit ?.-.41' distinction, bej
no longer the work of cello, but that of aleall
discernment enlightened by The analysis of, facts?--;.
If every one acknowledges the necessity .eta power,
and_ of the sacrifice of a portion of his liberty ?
Nr we are sufficiently ripened by experience to be
deeply penetrated by these maxims. And 'if there
remain yet any individuals filled with old prejudices
in these respects, or obstinate their exaggerated
opinions, they will find the ies so lost in the
vomiter of those who are fatigued with the Revolii-
Sion, that they will soon be ashamed of their absurd
character, and for this the will of the Prittce alone
is wanting—that is the queen bee of the hive : it
will be followed universally as soon as the signal is
given, and that it shall be known that he desires
only the common safety, witheet any exception er
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persons.
I admit that such principles are far different freasi
those dark maxims Divide et kites-a. May, thate.
s fore, my fellow-citisena Satin those hasty reflections
nothing more than the sipcore desire of preventlog.
every new re-action--e,ndleipepire thote'noble send-
meats of that universal benevolence whlch leads them
not.tn. elect from others; more than theirjhemselres
are APable effierformingy ~May they (del the tip.'
•tity of mirificing their indiiiktilpritle, which divides
ill,--to the national pride Which reTnnitei ali, 'Ant fo
think themselves superior to others by elitore, sdot
only by their place in the social order—to gets
prebend that the true end of Governments is to
maintain barinonT, between . all the parth-;,that
those useless distnuctioofe.always Odious Or 'rt.,
dicolous, or subversive at emulation—that *it laid
this same social order that . all. the' exertions of In-
dividuals shoqld have refereote-rthat it is suscepti-,;
ble of an infinity of different foram, between which
faults and advantages are divided--that they'ell require
. the exercise of power of some _kind, awl, Gotta.-
, fp:fatly, the sacrifice, yf a portiOnof mit-liberty 1.--.
sllay they, finally, perceive that it is better to put
..p withaome inconveniencesorthin to aim it a per-
lettion which, in practice, le # ciannera, anAl the
• Ahem _of which is 100 uncertain—lhit the most nine.
jul pvisteiple in morals is .to learn. tn. be contented
with one?* loi—and that Nature, fist; wisdom, has
°it
establisho, a kind of compensatiop:, ' ween men
which knows that the inequality', dondititin be:'
tween them is almost always `
sit' apparent than
Mal.. .. .
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. U.lO 1,9 044410.0111 I 1 . I#ll enjoy his Titajesty's
confidence, yqu doubtless deserve it byeigur talents,
and your devoteduesi to his sacred *Urn, but you
du not know how to encreass the number of his
~friends—yon are labouring incessantly in disuniting
. those whom you ought to unite togetbt—yon ex-.
esperate mare and noose ,thousands of people who
wish for nothing but concord: you do not inform
the Sovereign that in the heart .of a King the iiv-i,
teresta of the great family ought to prevail over:elf
private affections.—Have ;you already forgotten t%nit,
Napoleon has nbt fallen from such an emineace but
(or no other realm but because he would not .offer
the truth to be mentioned, or that any one should' telL
it to the French nation ? Is it consistent with the,
dignity of a Prince to quibble on some obscure ex-
pressions of the constitutional chart, as if he was at.
ready sorry for having given it to us?" and in case
of any doubt arising, should it not always be inter-
preted in the most liberal manner ?,---Should not a
King rather go beyond, than stop short of what he
has promised ?—And ought you. not perpetually tsj
remind him of that sublime passage in the Proclitna:'i
. iron of his ancestor, Henry the,Wth,, .when he wits
nothing more than King of Navarre :,---‘,‘ Who can itair,
e the King of Navarre thothe has wish forfeited
i,.k word ?"