The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-21
Mr.. COBBETI'S INTENDED PUB
LEGATION.
Jamaica. (L.IJ May II, 1917.

think 81 He:ess~ry TO announce lhat ~
tenuou, and to statcto the puB''c the
principal objects that have IN siew :,
effcc, by such resumption. To pretenC
that siiai seek TO compensation 10,
The execution OF whatever talents l may
ppssvss. would be TO act the hypocrils
u chara cicr tha, have never yet az
peaied IN +; but can, with perfect sill,
cetity, declare, that private adYanlag
OF any sort weighs very lille, eth,
with ms, or with any of my family, com
pared with the desire which we pos
sess vi aiding the cause of freedom and
justic= iii Engl4pGr and, through Ene
land, IN every .:art oi enslared Europe
Il mAs, be quite evident TO every
man who rtfsc,s On the part which III,
boroug Of England have ac,cc
lha, upon the duration of fher powei
dcpcuds Tic duration of that of all the
despo,ic goscrnmcnls in Europe. Ii is
Impossible TO lock a, the present state
OF the governments in Fraacc, Spain
Belgium, Italy, Naples, &c. without
being convinced the, the boroughmon>
gers are their Only prop II is in pos
sible 20 look al the hoy league, at the
aHen act and standing army Ia England;
al The reciprocal surrender IF Jugn. ves
by the different governments, wilhuu
Icing convinced that dis ffcc,iou to-
wards the governments is wcli known
10 eAisi throughout all those popoous
countries. The iact is, that the people
arc every where become enlightened
that they every where understand thei'
rights ;ihat they are every where seek
ing opportunities for obtai ing them
and that their governments, Instead Of
Wisely and Justly yielding in time, are
every where hardening the grasp of
dsspoiism, and vainiy e"dcavorins, by
the meas OF the haF onel and the gibbet
"a check ,he irrisis. be progress of HI
human mind. Ne, only are thcy ende.
vorins to e establish ali lhr ancient
Iyraunics and persVcu ions, bu, 10 zen
der them more oppressive ard mors
terrific than ever, OF which there is I
ccmplc.e proof ia the agreement inio
wbica they have en:ared f3r the recih~
rocGL snrrendfr 0| ing ifiUgS /; that is 10
say f,r each gopernmeat TO s-irend,
to each Of the other governments, any
dsmint3as Every lawyer eel know
that th!s IS pertec novelty in the prac-
iice OF even the worst of tyranniese (,
that u Amounts not only 20 surrender
OF part al The Sovereignty Of each
liyltiuai STATE, but that il is in fact, an
amoisanialion OF tyranny, in order, by
tie augmentation Of lis weight, 20 ena-
be y 10 press cut,he very soul of i,ee
dcO7 Erc1n amongst hen.
Il 'ho reign Of Louis XIV. there was
as lir IS related To the powers OF the
CO. iuen;, i scheme cf this sor, on foo,
wn,cu scheme was aefested only by til!
re- S'sncr, G. the refusal rather, of tn
Psne5yahl sta.:s OF Gsfmany, who were
no bass enoagh 20 come into such 4
compact. The H66e Raynal 10 speax
ms, al th's schemc, conclUdes his repro
baton OF it by observing, that &c tb,s
scheme aed gone into effac', every slat,
o. EuroPr n,ight have taken for its mo-
to NJ words which Dante, in his cele .
bra;r d poem, has placed over the gate.
o! hts Internal regions he Who ente"s
here, leaves even Aohe behind y W
10 .hi5 vcfy situation has Europe nov
been reduce d, ard that TOO solely byt.c
doro~ehma"gcrs o. England, who haze
bad the addrcssto draw into their hands
ana the wickeaDess to employ for III.
destruction Of frcedotn, all the eucr
gle, of the compact, fertile and powc.-
fui country, OF which they have, Gree,
ly, Ia the teeth of The law of the lane
usurped TIE absolute command.
In ,his.view of the maiter,interes,iEg
as the fac Of such i country a E9g
land must be in itself copsdor-d, h..
late il trill;ng when We reflect, that o.
that which shalltakc place there, mus
depend Tie tale Ct every Despite GO
veTnment on The coH,inen. q Europe
ATrJorm Of ths IA, IN nIent in Eogtant
(anG no man iha nave ever ben ac>
qraInied with has contemplated 1ny
thiaE further y a reform OF the Housc
OF Commons agrscablY % the pfiaci,
pics0l lie English con- titu.ioI, leaving
the kin, a1I the lords, and !ha churcr
n Full possession of ali he Lawful, pew
ers md p.lssiegss his reform alnu~
would, ASH p@sfcctly con yiuced, tu,ajI4
destroy despotIsm 81. every par; Of the
continent That th1s reform viii tax
pace, am ais perfectly Convince g.
Iiiy impossible WI hin The commas k.
paper like this which am uo,y wfi.