The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

ttiLitt

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

'Arras It.
Stn,—There are, in my opinion, two war; for the Re-
formers of the present day to fight their battles; one
mode is to act with folly and ioiliscretlon. and by se
doing afford their enemies an opportunity to cut their
throats ; the other method is, to act with discretion and
wisdom, and compel their opponents to cat their own.
Great changes in old governments are only to be ek-•
petted as the consequences of its own acts. If the Re;
formers act wisely, they will compai the goverment to
do foolish things, and by takiag advantage inch by inch
of such folly, they will be able to aecomplialt a Reform.
I do not think, as things now stand. any considerable
epet can be produced by any other moans whatever.
Hero let me enter my protest against the mode of at-
tack adopted by Mr. Carlisle. He seems to think it pea-
Bible to accomplish much, by exciting a certain degree
of entlinsiasni against the premed mode of religious
worship; and hopes to weary out the high priests of
despotism by the frequency of the sacrifices —Vain hope!
Enthusiasm is the forte of weak minds ; it is, at best, but
an attempt to effect that by obstinacy, which you con-
fess you cannot otherwise accomplish for want of skill.
A religion of some kind or other all nations have had,
and always will have. Unless it can be proved, that at
the time the Protestant religion was established. a bet-
ter form of worship was known. rod which could bare
been Adopted in the place of it, von can have no right to
complain. I neestt, if you be aisle. • better formatten
tional worship, woofs for all classes, better adapted to
all capacitive, and 1 will answer for the government
being soon compelled to adopt it. America with unli•
mittai freedom, with an her naive, and all her imported
talent, has been unable to accomplish this task. Men
Worship their Maker there in their own way, and have
nothing to fear but ridicule front the publication of their
opinions, however heterodox.
It was the boast of Mr. Carlisle, after he bad bad four
persons taken from his shop widiin a fortnight, that be
held a list of some hundred volunteers ready to witty
their places. But give me the man that wan iirMIN
battle without skaitb or wound. Martyrs are modem in
the canoe of truth. If one half the nation was to be
roasted alive, I cannot, for my part, see how the other
balf is to be benefited by the act.
I trill venture to say, that the effects produced by able
Reformers have hero more completely nentraltsed by the
injudicious acts of men of their own party. than from all
oilier circumstances put together. See for what %tidos
siteo have allowed themselves to be incarcerated; and
consider how much of the time and means of the Refer-
mers are now taking np in supporting and endeavouring
to pay the foes of injudicious men. Let us have no
more of this. Half the money it has cost the Reformers
to pay for the follies of their own party, would have
pet six of their best men into Parliament.
filethinks I hear the Red Lion Club ask, what would
you have us do? I will tell them. Acquire knowledge
and communicate it; compel by reasoning every man
you know to think with you on political subjects; eater
into no dispute about the length of the Devil's tail, or
the size of his bores; you will never settle those points
ontil you be able to prove his existence; therefore waste!
no time on such subjects. Do not separate yourselves
into little knots; you are safest in the crowd. ID your
attacks through the press. use no weapon but that deadly
one, argument—it pierces deep; that weapon which Mi.
Gobbed wields so ably, sod which you (to be so blind
to your own interest) would attempt to restrain in his
hand.—What: can we do nothing more ? I ant
The seed is sown, has vegetated, is coming
von want to act like a child, who havisc
takes it up terry half Mint to au if It
fore a permanent,' bloodiest, rehires can
England, three-fifths of It, inliebitants meet
vincell of the necessity fur that reform. Go
dad show that necessi key and mhere the
among you can make one convert, Mr. Cr
make a hundred, sod compel the government
thousand. Yet had_ you the power, you would have
snatched the pen from his hand. Your conduct is
passing an I publishing your resolutions, was the eon-
summation of presumption and folly.
I am, &c. A LABOURING 31sCHANic.

TESMA N.

OLD BAILEY—Timis !lout so.

blErattetan.attottair nit Time Ts.
/Yet. rnatnehend, was put to the bar on an indict-
ment charging him capitally, With assaulting on the
highway, Aaron Seymour, and taking from his
person 211/. his property.
Mr. Wt, .poso stated 0141 facts of the case to the Jury,
and ladled the prosecutor, who stated that he asuslly re-
sided dpi Dublin. In the month of September last, he re-
sided In Upper Bryanstonotreet He was a married
man. t3n the 6th of Sept. he had been drinking tea is
Lower ffiryanston-street, at a friend's house, in company
with his yife. In consequence of what passed, witness
set outto.go to Middlesex Hospital. On his way head
the priestlier at the corner of Bryanstoostreet,
who 'eked him, what o'clock it was. The witness
answerer) him, and they proceeded on together
in ' conversation. When they got to Oxford.
street, witness said he wanted a coach, and the prisoner
observed, he believed he was a stranger in London, and
he would get him one. Witness had only been two dap
in London. The prisoner asked in what direction the
witness was going, and witness replied to Middlesex
Hospital, on which the prisoner said he was ruing that
way and would join in the expence. Witness re-
ptei he would pay fur the coach and if it would
he ant accommodation to him, he might ride
with him. The prisoner pointed out a coach
and they tat into it, the prisoner making some
to wkielt Ike witness did Dot hear. The door was
Out its h moment, and the prisoner gave diresAans to
drive towards Mary-14-bonne church. Witness did not
know where Mary-la-bonne church was, and 'asked if it
was in the direction he washed to go, and the prisoner
replied in the affirmative. The coach went up Portman-I
toren into the square. if the coma: bad turned to the
light, it would have gone towartisilllddiesex Hospital,
which the witness knew from the Mkt: On seeing the
coach take to the west-side of the agnate, witness said,
w von are taking me out of my way." The prisoner
" No, IM not; I only want to go to a street a little
above the square, and the roach will then go on." Wit-
ness became alarmed, and said he was in haste to
get to Berner's-street, and said the prisoner must
'either get net, or he would leave the coach.—
Tbe prisoner said there was no necessity for the witness
to get out as tie meant to drive to Mary la bonne church
and then to the watch-house. Witness asked what he
wanted at the watch-house, and the prisoner raid, " I
mean to commit you for mat practices." Witness Iw.
mediately called out to the coachman to stop. There was
as raht r man on the box. The prisoner begged the tri meal
not to make a noise and be would getout at Mary-la-bonne
pleural. Witness was farther alarmed by seeing two men ca
the box and again called to the coachman, and the pri-
soner pat his head tint on the other side, and said some-
thing which the witness did not hear. They were at
this time passing Montague-honse. Witness opened the
door and jumped out and ran away. He did not
see any more of the prisoner that night, and
the witness went on to Berners-street. Ahout a
week or ten days after he again taw the prisoner.
/St witness was knocking at his own door, when the
prisoner came up, and said, he had now found out
where be lived, and complained, that be had treated
hllif strallibbily about the coach, Witness said, it was not
his faultlhat he had left the coach, for the prisoner had
forced-hineself on him as a stranger. At this maim
• door 's opened, and being unwilling to take the
4 house, he walk-

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