The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-31 00:00:00

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a want of judgment, or- of
!lhors—they are like ancient*
tenantable; but rettai,, in thesrproathiug
to be reduced to ruins. Ati the

systems of kinvernment have
force, and foamed 'upon cri
" march of mitsdlib had left I
port; and theincolierent roe,
zpecratle of eventual dizsolui
'struggles of the last dthirry
Irak,. Though lihervy has n,
teat of desporsm has been
Though freedom has not been
ranny has -received a mortal
has been stripped of its eras
contempt ariddetestatiN it di
The American Itavoistion
tacle of a Peep.** tetraeleting
sites of Government. The b
rope were discarded from the
d4ermined to be free; and,
ciples, they redeemed the
the disgrace...of being borhd in the partite, of Mi
court. The original charter of the species as dioi
livered by his 'Creator to Man, was subseitoted for the
oodles. siring of 'loconslsiencits, oppressions; and
litnekPries, under *bleb the world had. so lone-
groaned, and egaiost Which it nag deemed treason.
horrible treason! to rebel The Genieli of
dam presided at the birth of freedom in America; and
she still Oren pi splendid illustration of the powers at
a free Wine,. tad the hipplaesi of art independent
People.
The Boma re-erdssed the Atlantic, and litrlued.o4
the fertile plains of France. The despots of Eur 4.041
saw their danger—and entered into rinse criospi acy
pion here 77sey sowed distrust in the Fseo;•11 ca.
reel—they sent assassins and incendiaries to accosha
ptish In secret, what the lesson they hhd learnt itt
America had taught them could iti.t be accomplished
by open force. I: .Blend vs as seducvd into hostility'
with• France—and after many frightful reverses—the
despots have partly • siirceAted, and Fra..re is spilt
under the dominion of e Buorbon Yo, the encs4e-
quences of the revolution, *Oh 411 it• hors..ll, ..kit
.all its evils, have been hero-hciat to Fiiroce.. The
Bourbons, once so dreaded, are now truly rise ohjeris
of ridicule. The King his bee,' roospoll .ft to .1i • :It
the principles, and to patronizo the chili ren of Ott
revolution. The nation groans mu lour, under tee
Imposition of a lazy, vagabond, so, stenos pri..00.4.
the produce of the toil of tba peasant is nor en;
sanely devoured by splendid catorpill ire —not are tee
.poor pursued from poverty to 'tong*, and fruel
hunger to imprisonment nod deans. brats enroll its
legation, and the remounts of feudal Wholly, *hick
still brisket England in tile ship* Tithes, Ware
Laws, and imposts equally onerous and reiolting.—
France has gained much by her revolution : and die
will gain more ; she has learnt her own strength. end
taught her People their importance. They Will yiter
refreshed from their temporary repose; and, learning
prudence from past accesses, they will at last tepee-
lidate the rights of man.
_ _ _ _

In every other country, thought has been. railed
forth. Thought produces reason—and tuxes leads
to action. The Germans begin to see through the
darkness of their feudal subjugation. The Prussians
call aloud for a Representative Constitution—the
Elector of Beden has already published a Dec 64.
lion of the establishment of a system, lufitiiisly se.
petier to that of England in its details.--Bernadotte,
to secure his reign in Sweden, and over Norway, is
compelled to adopt liberal views of policy. All is
eaquiry—save in Spain, where a Mo.narch may yet
happily embroider petticoats, design uniforms, or
mould buttons, without exciting the ridicule of his
subjects.

Acrois the Atlantic, the spirit of Republicanism
bonus with vigorous activity. Not very certain in its
course, nor regular in its brightness, its vivid our•
ruscaii,ais startle its opponents, and its distant thun-
ders hairdo. Il.em even to the soul. Spain, feeble,
coutemptib.e Spain ! is left to extinguish the flames
alone ! The other Sovereigns have already approach-
ed too neat the blaze. Spain can find no one to avow a
friendship si ith her cause. And in colupetisstion for the
savage cruelties of a Pizarro,w hick far esteetterl ins hor-
ror the be bee i•ies of the.Ftench Revolution, the !Awed
1 -gs of a (see and equal legislation are buiating upets
those immense regions which were once inundated
with the blood of their utioffending
England bas shared in the general improsemetit. She
has emancipated herself from the trammels of party.
The People will fight no more mock nettles b rvo,ll
Whigs and Tories. They will not fizlit or clernnur,(or
ins, nor outs. They base learnt the folly of follows
ing leaders, who want only places; of melt, wbo
only quarael with extravagance because they are fel
the objects of it. The age of folly is over. TA
People fi.ed that they must trust to ttiomselves—that
they must imitate the ancestors whom they prof,ss to
admire before they can • realize the blessings intended
for them by the spirit of the,Constitution. The Pena
pie will not be the 'dupes of a prodigality which iris
wasted their substance, which has mor•gaged their
birth-right. They cannot see the necessity of sup-
porting . lordly paupers, and •noble beggars. They
know that he who takes. from another .4We without
services is Oily a robber-,--ind no X °Wily can *sec-
ify the crime—no patent can paTliate-the dipgrace.—
N•ible actions and jest deeds cbstractetits the only
nobility of satire. the rest.
What can ennoble ;stir* slaves, or caleards?
Alas! out all the h&Jakni all tie ltowafdC

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