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

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*sod assigned RON that the Constitution was
Wen the tintr ; that. against his will. he was co..
Istilsd, to give his :sanction to a hweign and a Spanish
Csm.titation. With regard to its being a Spanish
.) slid not now, She a Noble
_llaati). *a a former occasion,
dpoW.tta Sitilasd that Constitution.
ether K tirits...llNt was not. the most
wdald only say, that
'extraitiodisary in' ;be Neapolitans
from a people who were of the
governed by a Monarch of the
themselves. Tile British Cottsti-
ATP, for the King had, two
in the case of Sicily. Betides,
the sanction of the British for
Spanish Constitution. Did not
in INK address to them this
called upon the Italians to de-
ftitti their liberties, and put themselves in the same
'pOsitiOn that Spain then was? Ilia words were,
t. Warriors of Italy, assert your rights and your
l'iltetty; call upon us, and we will hasten to your
•assittance, and when onr forces are joined to yours,
•We will make such an effort as will again place
Italy in trhat she was in her best days, and
*list Spain is tom." And in an earlier passage—
" Punned, Spain. Sicily, and Holland attest the
liberal principles of Brent Britain ; Spain, by the
ig:eat undertaking which with her Allies she accom-
alished,” he. Whattwas that undertaking, but the
recovery of her liberty ? or what did the Noble Lord
oaN upon the Italians to do, but to imitate the example
Spain ? And wag it forgotten. that the Austrians,
*ln new protested against the existence of that liberty
411.13 foe an hour, were then parties to, and sanctioned
'rite circulation of that Proclamation. The power
.itlitich the Austrians now had, was owing to the N-
oah, of those.excitements to liberty which they had
hitherto sanctioned. When war was made upon
Bunaaparte, his attacks upon the independence, and
interference in the internal affairs of nations.
was made a prominent cause. Yet Austria went
to war now, because some changes bad been
nude in the internal government of Naples, and
by the Circular which was publisLed, it declared that
whenever any sect or party effected any revolution or
change ; whenever any revolution or change was
bought about by private and secret means, in a coun-
try where no public meetings were allowed ; and
the trhaquillity and ease with which it might be ac-
complished was to be taken as etidence of such secret
means, then it was that Austria bad a right to interfere
and put down the efforts of a nation. The Allied
Powers seemed to have a sort of abstract idea of revo-
lutions unconnected with any corporeal existence, which
put him in mind of a passage in Swift, where Martinets
Scribkrus and his fellow-pupil fall to logical reasoning,
and a dispute arose as to the most abstract idea of a Lord
?dam Scrib. I think so many things necessary
to Alined Mayor, that I can have no idea of one, with-
out' gold ring and chain."—"lPopil. I ro farther, for
I cannot conceive a Lord Mayor if he has hands, eyes,
nose, or legs."—(A Ii wel.)—So it was with the Aus-
trians. They would admit of changes. but they should
not be brought about by a sect, an army, by private
meetings, or in fact by any of those mesas which were
indispensibly necessary to such an undertaking. When
revolutions were accomplished in this way, their abstract
ideas of them were gone. and they thought themselves
called npon to interfere and crush them. Rut were
tl.ey equally vigilant when liberty was invaded—did
tFey interfere when Ferdinand of Spain overturned the
Spanish Constitution ? Were no changes to be per-
mitted, but such as took place at the n ill of an absolute
Wonarch ? He was now come to the second part, name-
ly, what would be the probable consequences of the
Allies continuing to act upon the principles avowed
bo them in their declaration. If Austria failed in its
attempt upon Naples, then would the principles of
liberty on which the Neapolitans acted, extend them-
selves, perhaps, into the very States of the Allies. If
oa the other hand', Austria snceeetleil, he would ask
Jr what way could their power he maintained, but by
' mllitary occupation. and would not that in effect make
Naples a province of Austria ? Tire sneers' of
despotism could he but transitory; anti the revolutionary
feeling in Spain, and in France, had been already much
excited by the progress which had been made. In the
former country, the revolution which was accomplished
Without blood, was not likely to terminate so peaceably.
At Paris, it had thriven that party trhiell were ecca-
&tonally called the Libereanx, or the Jacobins, almost
• into an extremity of excitement. It Was not yet too late
for England to ink Jere. In former times it used to be
is:counted the fosterer of eyery spark of political liberty
op the Continent. The greatest euloginnt which Lord
Macon passed on Queen Elizabeth was, that she assisted
the struggles of the Hollanders for their Minty. The
steps taken in the Low Countries that time were similar
to those lately taken in Naples ; the Revolution was
brought about by a Sect, assisted by a military ftrce.
We should not thew be too severe critic'—let us only
6 consider that the Neapolitans are engaged in defence of
' the tunft glorious cause under Heaven—the preservation
uf title liberties. Let us apply to them nhat Lord
Chatham said ofthe Americane---
" Ile to their faults a little blind;
Plato their virtues ever kind ;
• NoT clap a padlock on their wintt.'•
; might.be saiti it was now too late for our interference.
hot that he denied. Although every foot of the Nee•
jsolltan territoty;shauld be in tile possession of the Ans-
, trians; yet SitginisOught not to lose. any time in clearlt-
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much con-
delay to
lemn pro-
, Laybach.
is motion,

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say whether
illtittsktAtiattoir for Naples
ir'notlifilit 'entree
itg 1!_."1 Oimtlintion fro'
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Titse'fatlly Midi thews
ittion-thrly soeld not hal
before, refused it in
Pm Neapolitans had the
, \heir adoption of the Spo
7.??fd William Bentiock, I
primlaration, alre he cal

•.' luirtngl.tentestiinellits aeon a question of so much eon-
.: •:neirenee,priatfliteolle. We .ought without delay to
-. pdt otkinerafnotets of eteord, arid enter emir solemn pro-
' feat 101110,1huteatniadions of Trappan and Laybach.
• • it 011e.float rulose he now proposed his motion,
. Aiii:ll,7frOwit s. • •
' "r:ic '. :11 huusblei.AaJreis be presented to the
- •
. **l" lelf_Nesty for haring laid upon the
t - 4. . .
.. stir livX °prof the Despatch from the
, :-0* ' 't,, ' .. •Psteliti. 4yairs to the Uritisli Ministers
~,; .itt.ri 11 Puttthil ea.ffii itibject of all cominnnicationr
li....‘riadf .F' • b the Coarti of Aisitria.• Prussia, and
- ihrt . ••. ie i. the iffv, n sif IlgePles--tdespreas
f
.*.- WO ;' . Pi ,tial graitturirr lo iiiii.'Majesty.- diat he
"1.1.4.-. • ' ' -ilis alififisi IrPlikik;f/09490409 .which Nis
0,. . ,i. ' • Idatimpetg laws pf this realm; 'bail to ex-
press a hope that," in his wisdom, his Majesty will use
bed, decisive interference with the Courts of Austria,