The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-24 00:00:00

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Alves evsd Port • ,rwinhirichr sin:point:lit sotkos;
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place.' Ttre cans
iii spite of all the en Tiara
.rn r to Bof
its sippoiers—for it is sacred. Is is nos stile& N
for Lih,rty and Independence maintained by the pp.
pressed inhabitants of one of she Most cOnaidersbls
and important portions of the Globe. The *hie
huinasi spades is deeply interested in their succes,
Whet wan of any information, or of a liberal
Who, belTti the *power, would not willingly No '
them ? Who, but an advocate for the shim li:
degradation of mankind, does notl at thp.levehilot•
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them his good wishes ? Is it in the Ware of tlde4s;
ii it fn common sense and justice, that a People 411.
sled like the South Americans should be being i,
,emaii., contented with the wretched degrading nett, .
of mintage in which Spain, that palsied Qeotwd I
ignorince and superstition, would fain resin thew?
For an account of the F.derative Ptneiocn or.
New Granada, said to be now the destination oft
GREGO& MiGsaGoe, we refer the Reader teems
colunth..

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The report that the Allied Sovereigns?, tt tow
'fine their deliberations at Aiz-la.Chapelle ta.ghis
single getstioo of the evacvation• of the Frenelligo;.:
ritory la revived, and the lisarburgh Papers,
here ireeclied os to the 20th, endeavour to
ibis..iinprrisillon. The declaration of the Sown*ao
to -this effect has, it. events, been repeatedly reflood
to, is e Lesson for rejecting the applications of mi.
rail 'Of the minor Potentates, to be admitted to parti.
cipate in the discussing, of the Congress. This de. t
claration may be made to serve as a pretest for re.
refusing the wishes of the German People for lai.
lioration•in their Constitutions, as • well as the desire
of the inferior Princes try mingle in the deliberating
of the great Assembly ; bet few, we presume, will
believeohat the principal Power, of Eurppe bug
,dots met for the purpose of discussing this limit
~•questien, which we have reason to believe has already'
"been settled at Paris, and might certainly hare bees
•ratified SI well at the capitals of the respective
Severely, ii at Ala.la.Chapelle. The German
.sigh for ikepreaestative Constitutions; 'those who
~Iraersenjoyed the adesittagee of theseinstilations, dr. •
*ad the rederitlon of their rights; and those ehe.
,graie titters. solemnly promised by their ,Gorpromtitts* •
'sibs sieloblistment of a • COostitartional safeguard, sse
'hewrirthe. neptesill* of this pretection to their li.
bit,. Ifs sameptiiriktiii. We shall see to whet shifts
flee resierstd ligaiseiehe and their selfish rainless will
*be drivel to
..the fulfilment of their selese
pledges. .Tiese Legislators ire not deliverers. Thy
pursue-the old course of Kings, and the hider, of
,shfs.shovit of- that in too luny instaneeit tirewaralista
and soceess of Princes ii not followed by any aarliora.
tion Government., Their aim is to confinntleir
paseetAnd fix their own dynasty on the throw, isl
the. ‘ppreasien of the power Tether-grows this
lirnirtiiires..---Sovereigns never 'willingly' .e.';acols
checks upon their own power.. The. inlet-meg ,
of popular freedom, the security of preperly, jet.
tic*, religion, thiimprovements, and the dearest is.
, (crests of society, however, require Constitution
calculated to consecrate the rights of men, and ea.
sore the .basis upon which they are founded, by Is.
galiziag the' benefits that. have been obtained; sag
reason and experience hare declared, that this tea
best be Aisne by the Itopiegentitive voice.-The
province of EastFriestiand had, a. Represeatstim
Conatitotion, three centuries old, the te.estsblislt.
Moot of -which:with each loipeovernents as the effects
of time Upon oil
•initikif ens may hay render.
ed expedient, nowlerik4or with impetioaceo-
The .gepresentotive- Body 'ell:shied of three Estate&
—Keighte, Burgesses, tied Peasants—who at ie
separate chembeki end,. of course, voted Silt hi&
tido*, but by clean; it is now contended, that
the first of these Ozdeiteligeia got vote, on the tea
viral ofAhlt.Ceatelitoliesi,..o4,..oal-etilire de". '4l,t
`. 3°ollo_
ghttleitele, Egeislrlealeirierof East- Frieslipd
theidttiiwo'oe threallaiwiiies-; and .inott of the
~Caidht tae is the hasuliof the Ifiatiet.tesehti
"Peeetretiq.:wher, as popular revotatiow,
.appeOla*
*eve tiligerief iittle disturbed the States el testt**
A rfe;..-iosolfrtatory.itkef 'the tramoillest kind, mest
tsele.oistained them without outrage, and by the
reixeieleace of economy and Industry over wes_
craving,. Nothing. teems to us moreirtree•
thaio the objection made to the revival of that
part of the Coostitation which *would sacrifice 11.41
ensay to the few ; yet it appears that there are P
sorts aristocratical enough to contend that the voile
of. two or three families -should have a .conirellig
power over the whole mass of the community is•
chided in the Constitution. With a Constitutioa of
this order, we doubt not the Legitimates will 1401
gratify the good People of • East Friesland.

The French Papers, though they hue reached..
to the tilt, have few articles of interest. The health
of the Michels of BERRI, according. to the last 80.
letinvis in rapid progress towards complete re•ests-
blishment. The Duke of Booasow has completely
recovered. M. CuarEncr A!NE sod Gen. CANOTIs
are about to be removed to the prison of Le For.,
where an apartment has been prepared for the letter.
The BaronVviaor.Lcs was eza minta on Saturday. o.°
Witness in the affair of M. CARTEL. The trial olthe
Army Coin miisi oners, for hoeing false orders Po pro-
, visions) &c. during the retreat of BONATARTh