The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-10-11
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THE HOLY ALLIANCE.

are at this moment. Who can contcm-
plate the present convu'sed state of Eng.
land, without being struck by her APP
proximsiion 10 another state OF things.
The rapid increase of her enormous debt,
her enormous load OF taxes, her vast
military force ; the corrupt state of her
representation, her perverted seats OF JUS
tice and her unbendng rulers, who re-
fuse all reform, and answer the cries Of
the oppressed by sneers and taunts, and
by multiplying the means of oppression.
These are circumstances fully sufficient
to warrant The means OF oppression
These are circumstances fully sufficient
tc warrant the conclusion, that the affairs
ofGreat Britain have arrived at an i'm.
portaDt cri,i, and that the ministers of
George the Nv. have enough to occupy
their hands without embroIling them
selves in The affairs OF the continent. But
it is not impossible that they may at
tempe TO escope from their present en-
barrassments, by creating a division in
favor OF the . divine rights of kings"
They may suppose, as Alexander APP
pears to nave supposed, that the spirit OF
liberty, now progressing IN Europe, may
be frowned Into nothing THAT warlke
attitude nay strike terror in the hearts of
the " Insurgents" Fear, diSquiefuds,
those alarming sensations, which the
head Of the holy confcdcracy has trem-
ulousy avowed, may hurry them on to
some act Of desperation, and thus hasten
the event which they anxiously wish TO
avert.
No people on earth are more borne
down than the people of England; but
in proportion as the iron hand of their ep-
pressors bears heavy upon them, in die
same proportion do they eviuce a ssusl-
bi!it OF, and determination to revenge
their wrongs That crisis, SO observa-
bic IN the ordi,ary affair, OF hte, which
seldom fails to decide the fate OF ind
viduals, is not less conspicuous in the rise
and fall Of empires. England now pre-.
sents that extraordinary spectacle of a
high-minded people, who used to boast
OF the glory OF the,r constitution, and OF
their unhoundcd liberty, being reduced
to the most ahjcct slavery. In time Of
peace, a, army IS kept zip double the a
mount of what il was during the most
crifical period Of the war, to keep down
TIM rowing di,aIitction OF the people.
This is no Idle speculation or conjecture.
The ministers ofthe King have assign.
ed this, aud no other reason, for keeping
up SO large and army and they certainly,
who 1--we spies and correspondents in
etery corner of the kingdom, know bet
ter the state of the pubic mind, than their
opposers III parliament. When we see
men mounting the scatfo'd tcarlcssy, and
with all the terrible preparations of GER
tain and instant death before their eyes,
cxultngly chanting the patriotic air of
"death or liberty"--when we find that
tbs spectators OF this appalling scene o.
penly applauded these victims of minis.
teriAl vengcnre, and heaped execrations
and curses upon the heads OF their persc-
cu.ors, I'VE cannot doubt the nature of
these symtoms, or believe that they are
confined in a narrow circle. 1t is not
iur a few "dcmsgogues, "-or " radicals"
that hundred thousand men stand ready
for action, with arms in their hands. 1t
isnot on account OF the disturbed state OF
two or three counties. tha, this formida-
BILE force has been raiscd.- is because
the seeds of insuuec,ion have been
widely sown, and are springing up in
every part of the British do,ninions; be-
cause nlpe icnths Of tho population desire
sslou demand a change, that thesoyer.
eign and his ministers have found il nee
essary 10 entrench themselves behind so
many bayouets. On the one hand. the