The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-05-20 00:00:00

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prevails on this subject. Lo •
war, there wilt prtihably pone. other be found-con- i ' _ - 'ken. ** Theft is t. -
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shield with the natural tights or nations than self., • •
- ' j'cer,an oelliWpinionl,bltatuillsvni:we with_ "stern,*,_.Teei.t ft......oiknicng.
PHE STaiITESIVIA A ... . ex.Perfrote ace !fiat to gee
defence, self-security, and the preservation of peace. f
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States are sometimes to be foand 146 letalgentlt do: • - .
backapea n w lc
censure, while •Inoirnaforfotilitsee midi
brave
not conduct themselves according to Hu rgattral law . . . 1 ' LONDON: . , GMs
of nations, but are to be considerOd suites state of Tntresiftw, NA* ID, 1913. • • $ - %T ears
troops he *toile °Wee his attcesues.- 'ft la an at,
' nature, and who, for their defeocer.hase nowther • -.........
we 'Meet Imre bees cut of from ear
rce tained fact, that had 'not the essay nvied*
resource than arms, or by opposing firei-to force ; The eye of the 'mush :NIA* is now
painfully
and are therefore in a' widely different.skeation from (we wish we might add profitably) opening to the
!at seiamanca,
be would lave sti.
the single citizen, who ought to find his protection'
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. mots of no country's affairs. When his attention is I and hies ...__,, If li r
been two hours mornim advance
in the laws only to which he has a right to appeal.reseurces, pro my roused. ' pummels! hild
. !46 Therefore, if the preservation of peace and not arrested. to the war in the North, it is forcibly 1
,security may be Considered as a sufficient cause for called to regard the hostilities is the South, as theyiceeded in effecting this;
and '
By the blood of the soldiers
. ire now conducted. Were it only the expense at ' gains battle gained ? bow wag that ma-
making war, consequently such wars must likewise
be,just which have for their object eithoe. to seem- iehich our armies
are
...e.rted in the Peninsula 7 .
t
quer lost countries or to gale tech, ether* liltialsiisy 5 :: . . -7r-s. who (ought and ucnficed thataselies to preserve the
• the consequences most be dreadful to the nation,. is n't ode Belem arms, ;iwilictl
were
at that
so.
most critically circumstanced. At pmt It itt
i
i their geograohicar situation appear to : for. weft one
noti the same ititstionou: the jecerperonireack , Luxury and corruption In the higher classes, andri men1
'"----aliewn that the French' haft been 'suffered to
bow.. retire at their leisure, taking w 441. them whatever
rilth the other would insure safety to the other, would poverty in the lower, now charaiterise our once.: well
..
1 inure safety against
,invasion, aitd peace vcudered happy and flourishing isle. At the same time,
Spain !the chose to carry. They have, o doubt, plen.
requisites ever, that every grain of oats our horses in
: more' durable. Such wars are necessarily
dared onivereally,. and haveeven.iiede • the poor
and even sometimes by ancient, though lost rights ;-• and Portugal consume in this wasteful '
war, costs the
I Spaniards find mules, horses, and eases, or the coal
surf in a *monarchial State, its strength. in. a very con-
country which grows it nearly a penny eech, there is
tel veyance to France of their own property,
siderable degree. consists in having frontiers which.
menet easily be disturbed or attacked. by other no consoling prospect of seeing that' ar brought
Eithilp
States. This rule holds good in all times,. but mete a successful or speedy termination. Otiiheconitityilt- this-could have been prevented, or it could net, It
it could why hal it Sot been dome ?-;if it could not,
especially in such when a general Name of war ap.\ • every day assumes more and more the aspect otAabee..*
pears ready to extend itself from one country to all.. nic sore or ulcer whose discharge must every moment .th - ' •
!'other, and consequently a general peace would he e reason is obvious; the army was so completely
tend to enfeeble '
the
main body. What creature, but g
the greater blessing to the whole 'human race. Nei-. • I disorganised sty the retreat from Burgos, that
rgos, it was
. they have these political truths escaped the observe.' 1
reader of the Courier or Post (in this instance it utterly incapable of undertaking active operations-
? lion of the great and extraordinary man whom a gra.., would be unjust to include the Times) can do other i What ! that army, which the Commander-in-Chief
! cioos Providence has bestowed on Sweden, to save ' hati infer the unfavourable issue of this madly-1 has stated, • •
h roadl yt to have undergone n• privatises!
it from threatened destruction, and at length give it Condicted war; and that even from the reports of -that army,
which he declares to have suffered
1 a place among the independent States of Europe. '
same of its chief meant Th • ed
ors. • e long-wind ac nothing more than' the ordinny casualties of. a
1 Ile has perceived that the possession of Norway is " n .
C Ili Sir JOHN bivauac ; gives. of his own exploit I Mirch !-and is this army to remain inactive for
the only resource to restore to Sweden those boon- '
Idaries which nature herself appears to have traced agaiest the army of Smarr, only serves to Put ual six months I iir.--upd 'thee too, at a time, Witt%
1 outs and to form out of two nations so alike in lan.' out of breath. He may, be a brave man. .We hope !eiery feeling, 'political and military, urged its
guage and manners only one united people under the sad trust 'be is; and we entertain no suspicion to' advance ? And is •this the conduct of the second
dominion of one and the same sceptre. Ile has per. the-contrary. We are sure he is not so bed a fighter'' Caesar? I t requires tto comnseut: the fact is, that
! ceived that these nations more than once united in an.
cleat times, and always Meads to each other' would as a writer: He may emulate the talents of a Cduseß two motives have actuated his present inactivity-
1 I one, is the absblute impossibility which existed of re-
with his sword ; but-the history of his late achieve- gain common security and an increase of strength to !
. assist each -other against any enemy that might at- meat does net rival the pen of his original in miming offensive operations from the complete dee
Itempt to attack either of them. Our allies, Russia;' brevity. This said more in three words than. the' ranged state of the army. A state, certainly as bad
England, and Prussia, hare likewise guaranteed the Baronet in three pages. Veni, vidi, vinci, made +.as.that in which Sir Joists Mooat's asset Citrunna :
possession of Norway to Sweden, and the union of up that Rontan's dispatches. He did not take indeed, there is no doubt but that Sir JOHN'S could
both these kingdoms, by which the peninsula of Scan- „. •
etrouble, nor had he time, to particularise the hare- been much *sooner got into order. In addition
dinavia will gain both strength and respect among. "
the Powers of Europe.. . names of all those Officers whose swords were marked' to this, a-second motive urged-him to remain inactive
I" By this guarantee our Government entertuniet with the Wood of the enemy : whereas the goodelLithat the army geoid hate,' ip unte measure, for.
lhopes that the surrender of Norway might be oh. natured Sir JAHN seems to have enquired of the gotten the creel, insult it received in the memorable
twined by peaceful negociations with she King of whole trmengaged,who in it wished to be • Orders after the disastrous retreat f Bu
rgos,
i
i Denmark, and by that means the calamities of war t" ed • d' h spate es to the Government of. Great ' witch the Commander found to rankle so deectin the
avoided ; but the evasive answers' received by our I°" . in his I • •
Government, and the hostile conduct-on the put of Britain. -Alithis, it we observe, fills. us with un- minds of all ranks,. that he had little appet4e to
Denmark, which without any cause has taken place- favourable auguries, with respect to the issue of this trust his fame and fortune in their hands, should other
against our shipping, has rendered preparations for burdensoine and ill-conducted war; and constrains' military blunders place him ie their power, mid
war by Sweden necessary, • partly for obtaining pos. us, though with reluctance (from the despair it leave him to rescue his reputation by his oats ta.
session of Norway by force of arms, if that friendly will inflict on the sanguine part of our Readers), lenta, to which, alone, he has attributed all
neguciations should still continue unavailable, and
to publish a letter from a Correspondent, who i that . hes hitherto been done-This brings
,me
partly to contribute to a general peace, for which
Europe has so long sighed in vain. • - is an eye witness of all that is passing on the to the question, of what has been done, and fpr
", But even under this necessity of causing, the territory which now• absorbs so much of the what hes the English nation lavished millions of
Swedish arms to pa rticipate inthegetteralwar,to obtain blood and wealth of these realms. We have games, in this Peninsula ?-Here we are on thq
at length . a general peace, the Swedish lands, and its long been of the same opinion with our military ; freakier of Portugal, precisely on the sem? greoo
inhabitants are nevertheless freed from the horrors of friend ; from the knowledge we previously had of ! from which we marched enly last year ; nor indeed
war, which had afflicted almost all other countries.
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It appertains to the happy policy adopted by -Bit': have we gained any one advantage the dreedt4
the truth ofmany of his positions and remarks. 1. by
our Readers will not disagree with us when we eityi : sacrifice of blood, which wee shed at Burgos and
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Sweden, that she can remove the operations. of war ,
' 1 without her border, and cause the husbandman here that " truth is not to be spoken at all times." It Sithnninca, and of treasure, which this warfare, in
iat home to pursue undisturbedly his avocation. It ' may be remarked in the Tory language of some of itself, necessarily casts, independent of the couut.7
lis on foreign ground that, if necessary, our troops our Commanders, that a soldier (an officer is the same less expense which the retreat. incurred, from the
will disembark, to fight for the honour of Sweden,
and the rights of humanity.; aud if, as appears pro.. •
thing) has no business to reflect, much lessee criticise loss of every article at equipment which belongs to
limbic Swedish troops 'should enter into any of the ! upon the proceedings and prospects of the war he is las army. NOT fen than TEN THOUSASR .men
' Danish •posseSsions on the other side of the . Sound, ' engaged in ; that his business •Is to obey, net to !have died-..ssot more than oneetenth of the bones
I- - - .
with. the inter. it of forcing Denmark, to an inclination : animadvert. Thank Heaven we are not yet sack eistorm*,-00 ammunition but. what the men could
for peace, and to a voluntary renunciation of Nor- ' slaves as to subscribe to that maxim. Soldiers who] earrt.-ownemasissariat stores-tall lost, destroyed,
:lefty, our troops
.wilt find in such. a - fruitful coantrylcen reflect and reason make the best warriors. or taken. Estimate it at the lowest possible rate,
all that'they will require for their support, and will.
The ' the re .! nd ha. t ' tics of a free- ! es is the lout sum which it will take
sear! gun t les is c vac erts TWO MILLIONS
without-entrenching-on their mother country, pre. •.,
sent small supplies sufficiently 'reiimied frimr those ' :nigh;lish the Arm' on the footing in which
and In proportion as an army is composed of to re-establish y .
wants which have lately been the unfortunate •lot'nf ! freemen, so far may it be looked to for victory.- . it marched a year ago, from the very position it now
other armies. ''. • ''. .'*- • • ' . i When the French threw off their Subjection to .oval' occupies. How the Administration 'find means of
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" Our greet aild.htimine Crown -Nine, is and • oda tirauttY,..they X. beet *II thele....eneuties,4anppurting...the. nosy here, is In Hy 'otirecoloua.-
4. - - his toile as light, as 'they prepare Swede s-holsonr ! .. I thouttcceteposed of eight Crowned Heads and four ' There are ten thousand mules hired at a dollar a day
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and prosperity. - He will, by his presence, iiitirliniite* 'Sovereign •
reign States'! II They have not yet felt the less each ! and it is a renewable supposition that their
the Swedish soldier's ancient courage-he will befits' of the newly gained libeety--at. least the army hat rations,Wod
those of their drivers, cost, at least, a
paternal defender, and
,will• bring him baelCereWeed not. Their being tickled with the stoputatioo of dollar more each. Alt the Nage of the army i 5
ait
with the laurels. of eieteey to his 'native 'ientry, I military glory, prevents them fro* coming/to their . brought 'from England to Lisbon, and sent from
which he has peCtected" and eilergeil, "a 1
-' -I's' the I.due sensation in that respect. They will . thence op the Tagus here-the water carriage brings
continue,
brethren be has defended'. '"'' ~ .'•• .."' '''''.'.! however, to beat all thole cointries still, which 'ere it to Abrautes, from thence, it is esseftyod on melee
" The metratielit new, miss this tkoktii . hike.ire-
oO Whom ill the feteee,h ' of swede* sieso,fest. ! leas free than they imagine themselves to he-end to to the army. These males are not &part of the, p
, ii • hed to the
He has commenced his journey for the putPbscrif sob-lheat the French, we must know (being told so by the i ceding mentioned 10,000, but are .attached .
taking 'lnforluatinn of the Situation of the country, `.i',Uurece, the Peal, tied the Herold, will not do), we I Commissariat Establishmentl will say nothing of
and the necessary means • of. defence on t..lweden's ..,host feel that we -art more free, than they are,.. thel cost of the forage in England,. or °filet expeau.
own borders; after which it:Clip-0 over to Swedish • • • I
PoMeiiiiin 'whereti Will be suet by his teatime May ' •
; 1 . .in the full settee of. the word ; or,
.. • . :tt Li • n • hu.
in short, of transports, &c. to convey -ittv. sbb „
str e.
the protecting hand of ProAdetice esoduct him bethe . that ~,,!.a,ro.!!s free ae we are entitled to be by nature will show you bow much a settilrOf corn co
Way he I. tote l May blessings 'cro.wn. till his un- ! audlialmet ; for who has a right to make a compact solely convey ii from Abratitei to the army. " Icor
dertakingsl. May he 'loan .• return *Wn the rain or 1 eitkiliaLpatiPle ft The people swim., and the few it is put on. One, a day-,- it° haat; is. occupied in
peace! And linty heathen reed in eftry, Seitdiiiitye : eieweee. rifteritto..l64-.'" . ' loading the litilepi„eittlt mu carries, One sack at
love, giatitarle 'Anti •miiitio; t Itod may 00'4 one of i , it - --` -41itrantes-to the
our Swedish fellow-citizens, with all ihweertitude or . Its Cations,
etenriClion, titertrotilly Penal% ileit.lWeilen4s pry.',
1° t" sent situation 011 afore Wilfrire:litetii. eitli-tdr the.
steps eittleb are how.teking;.thetehtiiitt any 'further , .: of ithe settler
sacrifices be nect 00Y:every ittie ftheijeto be 'wild •
lott .416raitta44,.:at 9?
ling, and , that. the eountey-te letteuld refuse to, -cc ti#. (althett.gli it
4iicrificu etretivildig, tio gain ti• . piti‘erve'ilte hide.
,osts thsesseitY,
pitelmice, "clots:lttkdeseriw. telintdOsitelt "to 'le. 10?1,$1! II Add,
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