The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-03 00:00:00

STATE OF ErROPR,

Al AFFECTED BY Till! PROGRESS OF TIIF. PRE-
CEDING YEAR.
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Another year has passed away, and the
tensporary evils display their perawasseat nature An-
other year has passed away, and Britain mourns, in
sackcloth and ashes, the ittspruden .e that plunged her
into war, and the consequences resulting from its ex-
cesses. Another year has passed away, and the same
harsh, ungrateful system is pursued. • • • • Eng-
land has conquered peace; but peace proclaims the
folly of war; and the nation, like a mad-man recover-
ing from a raving paroxysm, finds its strength in-
jured by its struggles. and weakness succeedind its
almost supernatural exertions. We have been light-
ing for " social order," for " religion," for" justice."
for " liberty" against the tyranny of Napoleon.
for " honor" against di-honor, for "peace, liberality,
and goodness to man." against lawless force, anal the
enemy of the human race ! At the end of our battles, it
would puzzle a wise man to find the vestiges of religion,
love of aerial order, justice, liberty, and goodness,
which the advocates of Ministers have discovered, in
the acts of our country, and its allies. • • • • What
did they do to prove their assertions? Look at their
acts in the congress of Vienna, they separated Saxony,
they took a part of this kingdom, the laws of which
were mild, and the subjects, under the paternal ?alvern-
'tent of their King, were comparatively happy. to
annex it to Prussia, where the laws are promulgated
by the bayonet, anal order is preserved by the sword.
Do not these Ssxons curse the spoilers? They crushed
the republic of Genoa. and plated it under the despotism
of the King of Sardinia. Do these republicans thank
the destroyers of their ancient sysrent? They made
Silesia and Moravia the borders of Russia ; and
thus intited this gigantic power to oppress the
South! Is the South obliged to these miscalculating
beings, who have offered inch temptations to the
northern Hive They gave the ancient republ*c of
Venice and northern Italy to the old tyranny of Aus-
tria. Are the Venetians anti Italians satisfied with
their subjugation ? These dear admirers of justice.
these haters of tyrants, these lovers of liberty, these
friends of mankind, attacked and divided Poland--1
apoilated, dismembered, robbed and plundered more
than ever any congress did before ; and they were thus
guilty of spoilation, disatenthermeat, robbery and
plunder, to evince their morality mad substantiate their
justice • • • • They chanted the death of
the spirit of Reform, whilst they were thickly sowing
the seeds of revelation. • • • • They thought
that they had trodden the liberal notions of the age
in the dust. • • • • lint the hand of Provi-
dence had weighed them in the balance, and found
them wanting. Before its will their cruel schemes
and daring plans fell to the ground; and Spain, de-
graded, bigotted, pelt-stridden Spain, is the past year,
set the example that spread terror among the tyrants.
By a revolution, as glorious as, it was Moodiree--as
wise as it was beneficial—es just as it was essessaey.
Spain covered herself with glop flflS aellia Oldies
more opleadid Own the glompaileda. taitli rift