The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-29

but TO devise such means as might be
useful, for rescuing the country from
that awful gulf in which the proiligacy
OF It's rulers had plunged it (cheers)
hey were me, 10 point out The abomi-
na5ie nature OF system which had
since 1898 been but too success siul is
cliiapidaung the beautiful fabric of our
constitution, and annihiia,ing all that
was liberal and Eodlike in man lchecrs)
The object oil the meeting was gcod,
and he trusted its efforts would be sue
cessiul. Great Britain, it was well
known, had long been revered among
The nations of Europe as the pa,roness
OF learning and the signal post Of liber.
~. She had certainly justly mcrited
this character, by the strenuous exer-
tions she had uniformly made In sup
port Of the distressed, and the protcc.
ton she had always afforded to the uH
happy exile. But in 1898, when the
sysu IN Of Pitt fatslly commenced, when
by bis means the energies of the coun
try were directed against revolution
zing unhappy France, and under the
PrclcXt that those efforts we're called
Tor, IN the defence of cur civil ard ~
ligious rights. then Der character be
gan 10 sink. Unfortunately for tha, IL
ia,ed country, unfortunately for Europe,
unfortunately for human nature, his de
sign of restoring the BourScns (:hOuGh'
solemn'y deuied) was 100 successful
u. this aud this urlv, o his uuoonsti,u-
;ioral oppres of ihe country by MS
e.travagsnt sys'em of tsxeticr rnr The
support IT the wsr, 10 the the ~ con-
.uc; chalkcd cul b. hia, ant Trotcs ed
!, aGkcreo 10 by his followers were 10
be traesd al Mat tyrapey ~hich ois
sraced or cQuctIy. al mat oxiahny
witch nov weigbeo lrr down (chsers)
we were now told by the public wri
tiers TO have palieneer and trust 10 tl,s
wisdom O. pa,nan,~nI. Have pa;ieuc,
when Distress is inIolie, sbie /! J'u>
10 the wisdom Of parliament Whvr.
was mat wis''cm Was justice - b.
expected !rcm house where 200 mem
bers were pensioners on The pubic
purse (iond s"G long appIouse J! On !
!orela'hecs mad, by the i:.ll oil Nis@ts
excluded from lhc house cvciy pIrtou
WHO received one y.eunU from. thai
purse; s. he knew very we'll there were
some writer's who thought our anccs.
tors were silly and wrong in So doing
The couhtiy now saw whether the,
were silly or not; We, their descend
ants, now feel tie balefui consequence
Of having dcviated from that 81 range
ment aypisusesG. They have becp
Stiemauzed as TOO nice 10 what they,
did /; bat would 20 God We, had been as
nice in altering what thcy did cloud
cheers, and some cties of g Well done
lad 20 The public s.HecuTsts, or pau
pers, confessed themselves satisfod
wrh what lo:d CSsRereagh [thst ad
ssira5ie statesman called MS social
system. Lord GaGsiereagh might rust
~ be satisfied with it, for from that ne
Carious system had he and his family
swallowed three miiicns Of public NC
uey, (Ioud appIau.es) What then had
been the glorious results Of tie war
Abroad, we lad rCsto ed the Bourbors
10 France, a Louatry from which they
should have been ejcrnally excluded;
we bad restored the Pope, with a nos
Of Jesuits we hid established Inc
internal (not hoIy) inquisilioa we had
placed en- the thrones Of France am
Spain family who had beer and woult
be curse for centuries, WHO bad bee.
ions proyeTbial for biGotry. superstition,
and cruelty, WHO had been c!larecteriz-
cd for every thing deg: adpg 20 human
nature ard cd. Us TO human view, who
were cowardly as ihcy were ,rueI, VIII
dared not advance - their own cause
till our army had oponed for them ,Lc
gates Of Paris and who trembied TO re.
main onthe throne unless sGPPorted ~
military force. These we're the re
suits, and such results as, 30 use ID.
language OF our sUorf6g cilabcelior Of
the exchequer, - his slsart nlust be call
lcus who does not exul, inthegTfp Bui
he would ask that gentleman, wneth
he would or could exult 10 .hese results,
if he we're TO witness the dear price
they had been bought with (chcers) /?
Let him 90 to the misersbi hovel OF
the mechanic, anu contemplate the hUs-
band shiveriBg with cold, and pinine
with hunger, his wife perhaps in cbild
bed, or with an 'infant at the breast, ha
wing no sustenance, and his five chill
dreu eating grey fcaS, or crying for
food, and thus adding 10 the snguish d!
the parents (chcerS). II uGmoved by
this, let him then turn 10 our numerous