The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

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speedy end effectual mesearimr-be take*. Under !his
'pretence be is become elieemeismetereff the whole Spite.
anA"Ate eatettprba bar made% it satire/ &look! r
ow Fran* . tdiepOaeo• et it 4* of h
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militias: anti; by'. that meet» he bar. suesoanded
'his issighboars in such a manner, that though the
name' of poor may be- said to • continuo.
reit dpj aro pit ttrthe-seeprecesand itaresetraimmies of
afar. This mast affect &mimed in tie euseetrat asof moot
sentithlst saannervia:respect tomer Made; which will.soon
betake precarious -alit he-variable breeches of it ;in
mpeet to our pOUCO and safety home, which we tassel
hope'shouldiougccintintse; lad ,in respect to that part
which. litigtaad ought to take i o the- preservation el the
liberty of Ea rope:" Such .was• the dying declaration of
the deliverer of Hafer, in whittle he places the prefer:
vatlbn of the liberte of Europe at the head of the climax
as Resole pitted tatseliosei aud• calumny at the head of
berg: The UllAillitlOUS Addresses both-h ousee ofParlia-
I sent adopted therseesiessent• of the deliveret of Europe,
cad gaveled *Pk them the sentiments and feelings of the
people of England. Front the Peace of Utrecht to tie,
Pettily Compact, the evil of &each ialluenee is Spells
extended over a period of 40 or 50 years, and as soon re
the Family Compact was concluded, Spiral berates., for
all military porposee, a province of France, The Ultra'
Royalists ceeld scarcely seek for precedents is the reign'
of Louie XIV. with any consistency. The Governroeut
of the Soothers bad been restored on the expeess princi-
le of their moderate and pacific character, and their-
disposition to &Kris the military spirit uitieh prevailed
throagli Puttee; vet the first retomethey made to luristse
was lobster.' a most perilues experiment, to anemia-
whether they might nut gain a new basis for utility"
aegraudisentent. The only restraint or limitation whistle
coatille applied to French influence in Spain, was' the.
eetablishinent of a national legiskitare, and a' free ems,
sttutiou: this was the only balance to the Bone-
bon ialineace in Spain: In April, ISI2, wises
overtures were made by Franc* for peace, as for as'
regarded Spain, Lord Londond -fry made it ei,e Titer
conflict the legitimacy of the Cortes of Spain, then
exercising the powers of government. Ferdiaand being
at that time a prisoner in France, should be distinctly
recognised. Why then did they bear of the perjured
soldiers of tre2lll—(flear, bear.) Why of a Revco-
lotion, when It aegis' to he called the restoration of a got
wernment which had brentsoknowledged legitimatehy
this country. acknowledged as legitimate by Bemis,
and by all Europe, except Napoleon? lie would sot
tretparis on the atteution of the House further titan by
deekit4hg Wilmot conscientious conviction that the ag-
gteellion ageing Spaisi and Portugal —for tfwse coun
tries in a Alit. a military, or a geerraphicol view were
perfectly identical—teas thomost unrighteous, unpro-
voked, wairioir stud bailees. aback ever mode by oar
people optima anothter.—(Heir, hear.) The people of
Spain had hithertaishown the most singular forbear-
ing!: and he prayed to tiorl that they might continue to
exhibit that forh aaaaa ce which had done them so much
honour, and reflected so much credit di. the natiesal
character, and that they might not he provoked- by
wrinton aggression lobs any act of violence, which-
could hoer no other effect than that of serving their
implacable enemies. He.felt a national iurerest in the
isms of this struggle. It was not merely-au attack on
the liberty of Spain which was meditated—it was as
attack on the glory of England—it was an attempt to
gain back the trophies won by English valour in light-
ing &raids lodependesee of Spain—it was in attempt to,
steal from the laurels of Vittoria and Salamanca—it was
in attempt; after they bad berg worsted in the drill, to
steal bac# the trophies foOf -bit,' wrested from them at the •
point -of the hayouet.-10Ilear, bear !) Whatever the
event of the contesearight bejf ferries aggression shmild
prevail ever right aatrjustitier he (Sir J.) should feel no
shame forthe part he bid taken in their behalf. What-
ever the Newts! of arras might be, Ito shonlikaamen Oh:
pelt? •estiostrittg that- lipporetuulty of expressing his cow.
victiun in the face of the Howse sad the country, that so
nation hail ever deserted to inspire more unmixed 'yen-
pithy than Spain.' These sentiments were, he reit se.
tithed, the-sentiments of the people of England. There
was not an Impartial mss in the ceentry by whom-they
were not re-echoed. His Honourable and let-or:led
Friend (Mr. Brougham) had truly said, that there was
nut
a ilea or enlightened man in Europe, oat of the
councils of the Sovereigns, wiser assented to the princi-'
pled which they had promulgated. His lien. and
Learned Prietel had quoted a beautiful passage from
Cicero's Tract de Republica. lie (Sir J.) would quote
another passage; applicable to the -subject, from the
same author. Coming from this writer, the ',aliment
would not he suspected of *ding a very dentocratical one,
especially a. it was placed in the mouth of. Scipio A fri.
sinus; and the beend of flits beautiful dialogue from
which it was taken was laid at the time of the Gracchine
Sedition, when Scipio was the leader of the Senatorial,
party. That great philosopher, speaking of the unhappy
I 'objects of absolute Monarchies. bat this remarkable
passage El popolo, qui sub lege est, malts decant;
imprimisque birettas, qua non in eo est ut junto domino
utamur, see natio." Liberty, then, according to this
authority, did not consist in having even a just and
moderate master; bat in having none at all. Such was
the sentiment ascribed with strict historical propriety to
Scipio Africanus, at a time, too, when his temper might-
be supposed to be iullatned against popular privileges.
As the Allied Powers• had given a respite before.fur two
years to Spain and Portugal; they might now give•
another respite to Portugal they might pretend to sax,
that they did not attack Portugal, although the crime of
Portugal was precisely the same as that of the Spanish
nation. And when Portugal was destroyed, what re-
mained behind? 'fhey would then see the three Powers
of the North ready to pour their myriads into the
Western territory of Europe, and if the French armies
should be insoffscieot to of the subjugation of Spain,
or if disronteut' or convulsion should arise in Frame,
they would sea.* AltmeOtitto army lining theakoreirsif
the Continenifioniqiuteterdiat to Cadiz. This would
be the last reedit otthe stuck on the liberties of Spain.
[The Honourable and Learned Gentleman sat down
"midst land and general cheering.]
Mi. DENMAN said, that if peace could he main-
tained consistently with the honour and security of the
country, II God', name let it be preserved ; but if not,
though it wasesough to break the heart of any moan to
reflect that the horrors and calamities of war were
likely to be renewed,‘ we had but one course left—that
of manly and U3IIAMOUIP exertion. They had been as-
sured in the Speech from the Throne, that his Majesty's
Government had declined/ to interfere with Spain ; .bat
he could have wished for further assurances, that they
hid solemnly protested against the conduct of the Allied
Powers, and that every effort, remonstrance, and threat
lead becu used -to deter France from issuing that mani.
festo, the irrport of which it was impossible for any
ingenuity to misconstrue. Could the kite's:ions of the
French Government be donbted, when they declared
they hid 1110,000 men ready to take the field ? He was
unwilling to enter into any topic which might provoke
discussion, yet he could not help thinking that the
House ought to be informed under what instruc:ions
his Majesty's Plenipotentiary had acted at Verona.
lVhat countenance could that Plenipotentiary have
rimmed when he was told that the AUted Powers were
about to rieeerna Spain with arms, because the Spa-
hiarde haVeztorted from their Monarch those insti-
tutions whiek tonld only-be obtained brextortion ? He
could not help thinking that such remonstrances ought
to have beetrmaiie as would have prevented the appear-
:ince of that Allowing So. ech which had.issued from
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