The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-12-04 00:00:00

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those brave inhabitants; and at Antwerp he caused
big own statue to be erected in Abe attitude of tread.
i,, on the necks of two smaller statues, representing
the two estates of the Netherlands, accompanied with
the emblems of heresy and rebellioh ! Thus we see
that ia more ages than those of the Roman, hare
there been Naaos and Cumin LAS, and Satraps of
sn inferior order. This scourging General was not
~ i.tieil with thus enalaving and itiaultieg a free peo-
. pie• he proceeded to pillage and oppress them with
•
oaction4 altogether ruinous. tie 'demanded tho
hAilredth penny, as a tax on all goods, whether
huirealle or immoveable, under pretence of supply-
log prevent exigencies ; and far the future, the twen-
tieth penny, on all immoveable goods or heritage, be-
tides the tenth penny on all moveable goods, to
be levied at every sale. The inhabitants refused t 6
subunit to such oppressive taxes. ALVA had recourse
to his usual severities, and the whole inhabitants of
these countries seemed in danger of being reduced to
the most abject state of wretchedness ; but, as we
have before observed, there is a point below which
it is impossible a state or art individual can be sup.
posed capable of falling.
After the various, and almost unheard-of, suffer-
WO of the ancestors of these valuable and laborious
people of whom we are treating, it cannot but af-
Inli the reader satisfaction to ob*erve how they
raised themselves into a republic. In this exaltation
the people of Holland owe much in grateful remem.
!mince to the country which now is so ready ~
.• ,
them in the renewal of their happy destiny., -
...,,,,
duringthe reign of ELIZABETH, that Engle con.k
tributed greatly to the consolidation of the Dutch'
independence. A particular detail of the many
great and singular events which occurred to the
Dutch in their struggles for freedom, would exceed
the limits allowed by a newspaper for an article of
this kind, however interesting : let it suffice then to
exhibit the chief occurrences by which the success of
the work is marked.
The establishers of Empires, kingdoms, and Re-
publics, have often been the lowest of mankind.
. Sometimes the very outcasts of society. Witness the
Romans, and it was almost said, witness the Ameri-
calls. They have also generally had some stigma-
ti.ing epithet attached to them, to denote the con-
tempt in which they were held by their aristocratic
oppressors or neighbours. We called the Americans
Yookee Doodles. The old French Court called the
lit-publicans of 1791 'Saes Culottes, The Spanish
Cuurt, at the period of this history, called the
toe NDER6 of the Dutch Republic GU EU X, or beggars.
They were no other than Flemish sea adventurers or
privateerers, whir, being shut out of English har-
bours, where they bad -before been admitted (for
although Queen ELMIZTH favoured the Fle-
mings secretly, and swished well to them, she was
not strong enough to Ily• in the face of PHILIP,
their tyrannical master), they were under the neces-
sity of attempting tovecirm one of their own. They
at cordinAly, iii 13711, attacked the. Brille, a sea-port
town in Holland, at Air *AMA of the Meuse, and
only 13 miles from Rotterdam ; and by a furious 1
assault soon made themselves masters of the place; 1
and thereby at once laid the foundation of the
Republic, sliook the mighty power of the Spaniards, !
and alarmed, for the first time, the detested Duke
of ATVs, thett ' GoVetner and General. The love ,
of liberty transformed into herpes, men little
accustomed to arms, and naturally averse from j
nor. They put themselves under the protection
cf the Prince of Oaastee, who, though unsuccess-
ful
in his former attempt, still meditated the relief of •
the Netherlands. He inflamed the inhabitants by;
every motive which religious zeal, resentment, or ,
love of freedom, could inspire. Its a short time ;
almost the whole province of Holland, and also that
of Zealand, threw off the Spanish• yoke; and the
Prince, by uniting the revolted towns in a league,'
originated that illustrious Republic, whose arms and
policy long made so considerable a figure in the
transactions of Europe, and whose commerce, fru-
gality, and persevering industry, were the wonder
of the world. In a short time WILLIAM Prince
of ORANGE formed and completed the -scheme
of cementing the above •provinces with such
others as '.lay most ' contiguous to them, which
were Utrecht, Friesland, Groningen, Overyssel,
and Guelderland ; in all which the Protestant
interest predominated. The • Deputies accordingly
met at Utrecht, and signed that famous union, in ap-
pearance so slight, but in Malty tosolid, of seven
provinces; independent of each other, actuated by
different interests, yet as close connected by the
great tie of liberty, as: the bundle of arrows, the
arms and eriahremrof their Reprblic. The 'first celn
struck after that •allieuce, is strongly expressive of
the pyrites* libation of the infant Commonwealth.
It represents a ship straggling amid the waves, uu.
assisted by mils or ban, with this motto :
" laortitierw cion hits femur."
•••Uitertatu whither fate may carry. ne."

The States had indeed great room to doubt, for
they had to contend with the whole Spanish Mo.
narchy ; but WlLLtast determined to share their
fate. The Duke of ALv.t was grown old, and
Putur's attention and vengeance were called off in
a great measure to other objects.: the catiscilidatioo
of the Republic was,.therefore, though a work of
tine, yet not of that difficulty, as might hare latilit
expected.

IVe shall renew this interesting subject without
iutermissiou.

:I‘llC DUKE OZ RICHMOND 2`. Jour MAGET..-1115
:,ioi.day Mr. MAGEE was brought into the COM of
Kin g% Bench, Deiblin, to receive sentence, for the
publicadon in the Dublin Evening Post of certain
otrictures on the Administration of the Duke of
RI( HHOND. The sentence of the Court was, that
Mr. MAN,r4; should be imprisoned in the gaol of
Newi.fate two years, reckoned from the commence-
ment of his.con6nement in Kilmainham Prison, and
to pay a fine of .5001. to the King.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
Eact India House, when Ikon Et.uorr, FA. was
appointed Governor of Fort St. George, as was
Lieutenant Genova] Hamm, Commander in Chief
4:111 vco,,d in Council at the above Presidency,
Ciputin Tuttmen was sworn into the command of
the (hip Dorsetrhire, consigned to China direct.
Krt of the arrnemeat.fireparing for Holland cat-
si.ts of a strocg Rocket lirlgade. The embarkation
'Jill be uperintended by Colonel CONGASTI himself.