The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-11 00:00:00

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oat delay to dm Patriotic Society. He is about to pu-
blish a manifesto.
i. Madrid is perfectly tranquil ; the ('onstitutional
movements are made stab perfect union and extraerdi-
surf ardour ; the King is at the bead."

The Edinburgh papers received this morning
contain intelligence of a more satisfactory nature
than the last. The disturbances are represented
es having in some measure ceased , and the ',topic
ss inclined to return, if not actually returning to
their usual occupations and habits of tranquillity.

'flu: correctness of this statement will, we sincerely
pore, be confirmed by the next advices; for
tutliing could be more gratifying, to every real pa-
triot, than to And that conciliation alone had been
sufficient to remove popular delusion and to restore
order. What a glorious triumph would thus be
obtained by those who have not ceased to contend
that similar conduct, pursued in England, would
Luce produced similar results ! What a blow to
the giver-zealous men who snw tumult where peace
eone existed, and who, Don Qui xotes of a new stamp,
sent forth the military to com bat the wind-mill which
t!xir fears had turned into a giant ! But we
shall be tcld t!.at we arc too sanguine in our ex-
pectat:ors, that we mrst not trust a newspaper ac-
count, and that ajainst the authority of the Edin-
burgh journals we ought to set the t eiul bulletin
issacd on Suntir.y &ph from Lord SinosorTn's of-
fice. This is all very true, end itis equally true. that
the sourer w herce that bulletin °rig: fluted, and t hi!
character of alarm which attended its hasty emis-
sion, led us at orce to erprcciate its merits,
juialy, and therefore to say little about its contents.
It appeared to us an irjudicioes attempt to excite
greater fears than the circumstances of the case
Justices'., and even that. if they did, it would have
been proper in his Majesty-'s Government to arose.
A trifling' ercounter, which, though happening a1m0.4
mo.4 daily in Ireland. has never formed the subject of
a report to the Lord Lieutennnt,vves here sent forth to
the pul re. with all the hemp am; dignity of office, as
fhieigh civil war had actually begun, and a mighty
battle had been fought. There was a degree of
terror in this, which we cannot believe the
rest of the Ministers either felt, or intended should be
exressed. The strength of all Governments does
not solely cnn'ist in the police, military, and other
clients of power with w hid, they ore armed. It'
is composed of ether in,...rrelictits still more effective
than all phys:eal means—of MENTAL ENERGY,
COtRACE, and rirreentNaTioN ; or, if these be I.
absent. ef !heir outward show. The unfortunate I,

bulletin i.cned by Lord Sttmot TII, and copied al-
rertivtint from a paraginh in the Gluagetv
Clircnicle of IPst Thorsda, has placed the col-

leagues of tl' Noble Lord in a very awkward pre-
dicament. They cannot openly complain of his pre-
clpitt!!en in gitin the seal of ofrciality to a newe-
l:ger acme?. t,wi.ieh might have been contradicted
by the same Journal in its next publication. They
mutt bear their shire of the responsibility and ri-
dicule stitched to this government dispatch, and
cannot do it without stcritleing that reputation for
courage and determination which they were so
anxlnva to establish. But we leave them to settle
their &Navel:es amongst themselves. They
will not, we tree, have any fresh ground (.1,
which to found selther " Bulletin," unless it be
to announce the Worn of the people to their
temes and ocenpaticns, arid the restoration of
unbroken tranquillity throughout Scotland with-
out niaitory execution. On such grounds they
mar ix nad:ntly issue another btilletia: its na=cre
will amply compensate for the folly of the I:Lst.