Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-05-04
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The Editor ofRhe Ps9tle,' Fr:v4, freak;nr
Of the change in the Britiih Miniitry o.
lerves, That,
The civilized world could fcarceIy hear
more dilaltrous tidings, or Bonapa-te more
| proPitious, than the change and new arrange
ment Of administration in England, as anuoun-
ced in this days paper--Tnere could not III
culled our Of the population If Great Britain,
fet Of men 10 web calculated 10 ffand Tie
dreadful tug Of the times, to fuPport the tot
tering independence ". tRc ~orldto rrefs tgck
/ the enormous tyrant OF the earth, TO promote
the haPpinels and true interefs of that empiss,
and at the fame time to extend ample iuflice
* lberality 10 all other llates, As the men who
| have for fome time, 70 luccefsfuIly for Europe.
and 70 hpnourably 70 fhemselvss, welded the
powers Of Britain = So there ccn'd not Be Dic-
ked out fet 70 well qualified to bring ruin
and difgrace on IL and II call back all n
curles of discomfort and dilurtance than tboie
! who are 10 come in, Is Il Is faid, in their pla
ces, with he exception ofta Duke Of Port
land, there i not one Of thofe names who w
net iignal either for his weakness, wothel.-
neis, or corruption In word this new cab
met is made up Of all that was bad, without
and atom Of what was good IN the old admin
i5tration. While that which poes on ~
make way for il, is competed Of the Old pat !.
riotic wing families and connections-the de-
pendants Of the Ruhefs.the Cavsndilhes. and
thole who bled for Britifh freedom, tllele now
coming 10 are the court fpawn Of the Butr
Junto and their new made minions. Good
God Melville Caitlereagh I! Dundas 4
Men who bro't Britain 70 the verge Of NUN,
III the places Of Htzwilam, Windham, Cren-
vile, and the Fox ccnnecti1ns--tho,e men
VIII IN The fhort administration Of a few
months, turned the tide Of European affairs.
and made hope brighten Oh ',he crell IF En-
gland, of Ireland, and IF that whole quarter "
the globe The new Cabinet a-e the very
identical perfons 10 whom Burke ALLUDED ii
the following poignant and vigorous fatiricaI
Hatemert IF facts il bis" Regiclde Peace"
The creatures Of the deEz, and the crea-
lures Of favour, had no relih for the princi-
pies Of The Manifeaoes. They promiled 10
governments, no regiments, no revenues
whence emoIuments might arile IN perqu;fte
or by grant. In truth, the tribe III yulgar
politicians are the lowell Of our lpecies There
~ no trade 40 vile and mechanical a govern
fnent ia their hands. Virtue i MOI tber
habit. They are OUT ~ lhemlelves III any
- NM ao"dISt fse1-147cnl5a olly " con-.
lpeGtive view Of the intereRs Of States, paiIes
with them for romance, and the principles
that recommend them for the wanderinga Of
q dhordertd imagination. The caIcuIaJors
compute them our Of their fenfes. The jeff
srs and bufoons ihame them out Of every
thing grand and elevated. Litteneis in o5-
iect x in means, 10 them appears foundnefs <
lobriety, They think there il nothing worth
puriuit, but that which they can handle
which they can mealure with two foot rule I;
which they can tell upon ten fingers"
Ids firm opinion that III George theThird
were to 1end Czyte,- BlazlB to Napolean, leav-
ing 70 him and 1'aiieyrand to feIect an adRlin-
iAratiol aniwerable 10 their views, thefe arch
fends Of cunning and wickednefs could not
pitch upon any more likely TO be inarumen-
tai to their advantage-Indeed il 10 probable
tha;, with the exception Of the Duke OF Port
land, they would chute thefe very men,
We are aimof convinced that this conntrY
wall end ND favor with the new men-and thar
the Treaty refuled by Mr.. Jenerion will be
cancelled The means which hould 20 TO
carrying on Che war VIII be defalcated and
FILTERED away BY lficiaI peculation.--We
know that there i not among them OF they
were ever ~ honelt) vigour, genius, or mag
nanimity for the times To adopt the words
Of Burke il lis lpeech on American taxation
they might do wen enough as long p
things went on in their common oroer-but
when the high roads are broken up, and the
waters OUT, when new and troubled fcene d
opened and the fi.e affords no precedent =
(and fuch are the prelent times) they are but
mere, mere drudges Of office without virtue
without honor, without efficacy.