The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-18 00:00:00

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Agnew or Tile LATE' SESSION OF
' PARLIAMENT:

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[Cosliaised from our Paper of yesterdagl . '
The foregoing observations were suggested by
the indignation which every liberat mind, not in.
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&tied with that disease which is unfortunately
but toe prevalent—an indifference to the welfare
of our country, until the evil is brought home to
our own door, must feel, when he sees, at such a
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juncture as the present, the Representatives of the I!
°illy groat, because the only free people in Europe,
endeavouring by their meriures to bring that peo.
.pie io the level, to which the ernes of as Usurper
have. unlisted all the other maions, If deiputism is
to hot- the form of clateroiatint under which we
are' to'breathe Oar lag,- it thatters.little: by what
means the blow is iillilcted34tr rather, there would
be something merecbnitolatory to the honourable
pride of Mae, in the idea of having fallen beneath
the sword of BuNAIiA.ItTE, than in sinking by the
little machinations of a pair of financieriag politi..
clans, at the herd of, an army of tas.gatherers. We
know that arittagOpreterreddgtructioss from the
kaolin arms, to ending he; days by the lingering,
pining atrophy, which nuts( have been the inevitable
consequence of tit,- financial system, the insperiurn
Aculc, as the Historian justly terms it, the Go-
vernment of taxes, which a pealing Ministry and a
corrupt legislature were about to establish. .
While the Walchcren expedition was in progress•
through' ite !reuse, a variety of other business
occurred; snore in the ordinary course, and some
introduced incidentilly. To none of these trans.
actions have we adverted, until we arrived at the
' conclusion of what might be called the.gronnd.
work of the piece,lest we might occasion what
surgeons call " a solution of continuity'' in the
principal subject. Wst shall now advert to them in
regular succession, at least according as they ap.
pear to us relevant to the point of view, under
which we have proposed to consider the Legisla.
tive labours of our representatives in the Perlis.
meta Of the United EmPire. ... .
;It is curious enough, but not the less tree,
that here is scarcely . one of those subordinate
efforts of the.lleusiletcommons, that is net more
.or 'less symptomatiC of the disease, under which •
it tabour's, more or lasso confession tttirt 6' some-
lihisig. ii• roigen in the State of„Dennsark,". by
which be are to understand, not, the CONSTITU•
vpri, in the comities meaningOf the word, but'
the Constitution of the lower branch of the lie.
gislature, the lowest, rather in order, without
any reference, however, to inferiority of. pull.
deal rank, it being, in fact, the efficient polcer•
in the complicated machine of our Government.
Motions of Varietal kinds, yet all exlsressive of
7the same cause, a radical corruption in the State,
were made, and by blemberi of the House, who,
either from profession. or situation in life, were,
likely to have their opinion.grounded upon know.'
ledge. All these directly, or Indirectly, .met the
strenuous opposition of the Minister, whose evi-
dent purpose it is to suppress inquiry of every
kind, III) matter how trivial the subject, and to
wrap. up all the proceedings of the Government
in the mysterious and repelling gloom which always
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accompanies the passion for power, cui a:lore
longinqua. reverentia. Here, some people, of purr,:
candeluc and simplicityithati good. sense, are apt
to ash, " 6 Why, if the Premier he t creak of .s.
'majority upon any question that arises, shriek(
.he be so epprehenitivel ,roP• iorestigationrjp-,
this plain reagent that a mere majority ie liar.

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PRICE 84n

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liament is not sullicient to support him in office,
and that, if he cannot obtain the expressuppro.
hation, he must have'at least, what he Is willing
I to mistake for it, the silent acTiiescence of the,
i.eople. This is most certain. The of the
people, or, in the courtier.like cant of some of
the Opposition, the clamour of the people, rbot
:vehemently excited, is as yet sufficit..nt, we (inset
say to awe their Representatives," but to terrify
the Minister, and to render his otfice untenable.—•
Now, inquiry once iustituted,,nu matter how it
termlnates as to the votes in the House of Commons,
brings before the eyes of the people seek a traits
of facts, and elicits so attach light, that,' in the
language of the first of our Poets, it makes
" darkness visible," add in the end, if persever,
ediu, ,would driest tiny man (rain the itch., who
should sysreniatically ustretorrnption as the intim.
sts'estst el t:l-ofee-trriient. -Weeee net apt' to Mottle':
in any Utopias scheme of Adminimeation, and in',
the presvUt 'state of the world, Ave' itlit *Wetly
'eNIVOCt that the duties of office will disebarget
with immaculate parity. "To be .a. Minister,"'
said the amiable and virtuous Sea aso ROOGW, while
be wail refusing the situation, " it is, I fear, ab.'
solutely necessary to do many hard things, and
some unjust ones ;" but, allowing the intik of this'
observation, and it admit% but of few exceptions, it
• there to be no medium kept ? Untii of late, ac.
Cording to the remark of a spirited writer; car.
reption was considered but as a foreign auxiliary,
entionly called in upon extraordinary oceaslons.
The Unfeigned piety, the Sanctified religion of 'the
present Minister, have taught him to new model the
civil forces of the State. Corruption glitters in thew'
van, collects and maintains a standing army of mei:
conaries, and at the same moment itnpoverishes and'

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enslaves the country. Such a system cannot hear
investigation ; it is a foe to freedom of discussion j+_
it is a mortal enemy Wits most formidable
the PRESS. Let not any one accuse the Minister
of this day, or of any other day, of inconsistency
in this respect. As Mr. PONSONIST lately observed
in the House of Commons, " no man loves that
I by which he k controuled,".and, if this be true,.
levers with regard to Kings, it is infinitely in* so'
with respect to their servants. The more "simple
the construction of any frame of Government is,.
the more easilyis it administered. Of all Guestrii.
mitts, then, upon this principle, that.whirk required
the least talents to direct; is Despotism; and the
11 nearer ally political institution approximates to that .
I state, the more pleasant will be the task of Mi.'
'sisters. 4' The Prince who succeeds to arbitrary
power," says the Prefidentale AlogrEsevtio."
at first astonished and contused at the suultipliellyof
the cares by which it is apparently surfeit:Wed;
but the Minister soon skews hits the facility °Oho
business, by discharging him of the whole burden,
of which he hears no more—the people never asur....*
mur...they are therefore content; and this in.
Terence secures the Vizier in office." As a proof
that it is upon this tenure he held. his place, we
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nave only to turn W .Kstoticess history of the
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Turkish Empire, where we will find that papillae
clamour among the subjects of the Ottoman Go.
vernment seldom fails of being quieted by the very
judicious expedient of flinging the head of the
prime Minister from one of the windows of the
Seraglio. Now if the Premier hat been able to
prevenethis clamour) by gagging the mouths of the
people, is itoot clear Mut he would have escaped
this very unpleasant catastrophe, and avoided the
necessity of resignation 1' . •
lint to retorts to what, for the prelient, porch*.
mediately conceri* ns. 'Wiled' id ioltsider hossi
much the managenieoEoT affairs, would be fad.
Mated by the suppression.af ifta freedpos. of the
Press, cast we be surprised at the anxiety of tilts
• Minister to accomplish that most desirableoldecte.*
It is then that it might be said: with truth thato
the People had nothing to do with the Jaws, but to .
obey them. There *mild be no murmuring, or„..s:
if there were any, utter means than those em.
ployed by the barbarous Government of 001'044;i•.,
would l$ resorted to for its suppression.. 'ha...
standing order fur the exclusion of stringe.edniigh(
then be enforced, without its being considered as
an outrage upon public fesl49l; indeed, it oughts
in that case, to be considered as a natural conse.
quest ce of -tho supposed order:-U,7thipsa; f,44,43f
those who heard the. debates of their Represen.
tatives bad no righs, o,.ctriinseut upon then, soil
if the People hadoestshiat to do with lawi hitt
to obey theso,,tothAll; ore should they with
to preterit at itaitdelihertations theLeial7.
turc,.saVi that Of.:lutleWng an idle
.Thus, than, •tbe,buslfitai of Parllarnent would4u
carried oaf without rectivirg the slightest I>t► s