Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-20
FRom cOHuErr's WEEKLY RkcIsTEs
Jaly 8.
Summary of Politics.
SWEDISH TREATY.

Ofthis treaty the Wings disapprove, be
cause as they say, it makes great sacrifice!
without gaining any thing in return.--To be
sure. il is not easy To discover what or
Government has gained BY the treaty for
1t does not seem likely, that His Royal High.
ness. the Crown FRINGE, will be able, if he
be willing, to do mach in tie yfghfiIsr way
against his old friend and patron but we.
the reofie, OF this country, and of every
country in the world, have gained greatly
by this treaty, which acknowledges the iegi
timacy of the right of Bernadotte to TIC
Grown and doninions of Sweden to rhe ex
clusion OF the king, who was, some timc
go, driven out OF his throne. a frincihie
Is here procisimed by oar government e
the utmost Importance To- the welfare OF Eu~
rope and of the world We here see IL set
tied that people nay discard their king.
aud choose another in his place, though thar
other be foreigner sM fha5 thsv ..lay
settls Succession in the family of ttrat fo>
reigner, 10 tie exclusion of the heirs Of tiAe
king discarded. When DocToR PRIcR
preached sermon, in which he stated tina,
at Tie Revolution in Eogland the point was
settled that the people had rigIt 10 dis
card their kings for misconduct Burke be-
lowed forth against HIM ali rhe curses la the
Ant-jacobin list. He denied the fact He
said that, though, indeed, the order of sue.
cession was changed, it was only changed
from one branch OF the old kings family to
another that, IN fact the order of SUGGEST,
on was preserved a. closely AS possible, &
thatit was confined to the protestant part
Of The old Royal Family ;hat there was NO
right acknowledged, or claimed, of choosing
king, or discardiDg king, or of making
any change in the nature OF the government
Is 90.
stone. whClabours very hard TO make it ap>
pear that the thing was right in practice,
but wrong in principle or, in other words.
to make his readers believe, thatit was We
ny right in effect such change as would
put the present family upon the throne but
thai IL would be very wrong 10 effect such
change as would put them of from ths
throne. Whatever might be the motives
these writer's and howeyer they might
be able 70 raise disputes and doubts upon
the subject, no dispute, TO doubt can
be raised upon this point iu the case of
Sweden. For here, il is not one branch of
the cid family excluded in favor of another
branch here there was no dispute abou,
religion; there was no question about pro,
testaDtSin or catholicism. The nation pnt
away the late king and his heirs, and gave
the Grown 10 Mr.. Bernadotte and his heirs
IN due succession, after the death of the late
King 8 uncle. And, observe, our Govern
ment does, in the name of lhe Most HOLY
and Undivided Trinity, recognize the full
and complete right To the Grown aud domi
Mons of Sweden to be in the said MIR. Berna
dote end his heirs. Nothing can be more
complete than this case. II is perfect in all
It's parts. Here isa king cashiercd here
is an old reigning family set aside in the
order OF succession here is a settlement
Of the Grown IN another family and, 20 |
complies the wLoie thing, the person al the |
head OF that family is a Fsreigaer nay |
AMI aFreDchman too What comfort hi,
,rcatymust pour toto the souls Of the Bour
, ous and the other cashired Princes Of Ru.
Ta,e wlsl. fhc an. j1csbins ns7o to tell
Us hot they thok Wii ihey say that the
treaty was necessary m prdcr t. make war
Win saccfss against Boaaparte If they
do, lc- thcm sacly 10 what MIR. Bernsdotfe
has dane OF ..at he is Htcig to be able 70
40. II he should, from Whatever cause. d.
nothing, shad eall upon them for their o.
Peny expressed opinion of this treaty. oil
which highly approve, because il fully re.
rogrizes tie right q tae Crown Prince 10
The throne and dCnii.i,ns " Sweden.