The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-02-25 00:00:00

TO CORIMSPONDENTS.

•.• Agile and again has the Editor to lament the absolute lem
peolbility of Measles all parties. Id the unhappy schism
which has Woke oat maw the Friends of Freedom. ea
the sublet if IM Wertheimer Melo*. A Hemel. a
Radical RAAB, is the object is view, Mad to ibtala that,
will all big Wet esregies be diverged. He will sot allow
hiserif to be warped by any 4-maiden ha of preme.
friendship, or of keg acrinailassce, se as. is his optniuu,
to vetoed Ant dtvontly•to•be *Liked-foe cossoirmattioo.--.
Or this greeted he Wpm it will sot beconsitueo as arm-
pot. tf be says—
.• 0. his Own trout he will stead sagseved,
Add Manse the rubric of the world."
to oekttowledelot the favours received front Easy well-wisher*
to the STATIMIAX. the Editor has to observe, shut, at they
contain etude open other rapers sod Coteinporoies by
same, It wed/ be deemed unfair, according to the laws of
polkfcal dNaby, fey Me Wervaariseta eemmenee as at-
tack wpm them. Thegote set a Cerrimglais himself, he ad-
mire hisspiritcd ante—•• Noon ma impetus teressit." Let
his adversaries ghee take the lest lire.
A Writer WI LOOM timely gubseribine to Charities, and on
Ms validities of Login of root.tor dootaptiolo, spike oar
seatimengs. and shall hate plate in the Svevang.gd the lest
opporhisky. The proem Lloctigio murk se with ap-
plications.
We gratefully accept the eeriel pee nod able reasoniegy of
J. F.—Where shall we direct to him t A TlritTift• of
his order cannot fail to inspirit the army (hitherto of
Martyry, but now) of Patriots.

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LONDON:

TIIOIIISDAY. VElratt ART 25, 1819.
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The Westminster Election, as long as it lasts, will
necessarily occupy the attention of every man who
Me the faculty of reasoning, on whichsoever aide be
maga. And, indeed, we should suppose that there
Van scarcely eclat • hews Greeters (unless an idiot),
who does not feel impressed with its importance, as
well with Its reference to an amelioration in the este-
blishments and morals of society, as to the 'tuition
'of his own individual character. The ladrpentionl
Electors of the City of Westminster deserve honour i
foe their pstriotk conduct. The Committee esprit
praise for their unwearied outdo° in the Pustac
Cuss. The schism is at an end. Would it had
never bees crested ! The good mom t►e schismatics
are sorry that their partial dared loot muumuus
to the adversary its his imperil enmity. Bat, as Sir
F•ANCts DOIROSTT very properly observes, " Lot
us do all we can in the Gooe Canis, and act, at
least, as if we deserved ISCONI." CATO said, that
every citizen who hes the capacity to think,)
should take an interest in the choke of throe
men who are to make laws by which he end
his posterity ere to be governed. What wretch is he
who says, " I'll leave this to wiser heads than any
own." Yoke him at once to the sledge. He is tit
only to hew wood, and draw water. Ili, chil-
dren must and will hereafter despise so abject a
progenitor. They will be ashamed of his name end
memory. If it were only from the consideration of
the advance in every other science, that of Govern-
ment ought to improve. The human mind has te.
ceived en impels' within the lest twenty years that
has given it the benefit of as many centuries. How in-
sulting and nauseating then to observe Ministers look
back • hundred years for precedents I Why cot
then look back to the time of witches and wizards
for precedents, and treat all those who assert a fore:
knowledge of events, in the same wicked and stupid
manner they were. According to the laws of witchcraft,
we deserve the punishment anciently iullicted on
soothsayers : for we declare that the present system
of ruling this country verges to • close. That it
cannot long last, appears as certain to the enhood-
winked eye as the vicissitudes of day and night.
Our Ministers have had their day ? The spleudosri
of the Crown, and the light of the venal torches may
'sable them sad their supporter to grope their way
e little leapt, bet the fat of the land has been too
long consumed to furnish them for ever with materials
for flambeassa. They have committed waste to the
very inch of mulls : sod their poor devoted creatures
have been killed of.
Thus it is, that taking up an individual topic the
mind is insensibly led into g-tierals. The swan-
drinp, even of the smallest veins, lead to the heart,
to the centre, where the corruption is lodged, cud
whence it is gargled by • wonderfully and nicely
constricted circulation to the very estremities of the
bully politic. oin Cara► Milileil.ll sod COMICAL.