Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-09-22

orial, claiming as OF right 10 celebrate the
c-re mony Of her Coronation on the 18th day
of Jaly, being the day appointed for the cele-
brs,ion Of your majesty's royst Corona i'm,
and Lord Viscouot Sidmouth. one OF .your
maIesty's principle Secretaries Of State, hav-
| ing communicated to the Queen the judg-
mrnt pronounced against her majt sry's
| claim; in order to preserve her jus, rignt,
and those of her successors, and to prevent
| the said mute being in after time, referred
TO as deriving va,idity from her malesty's
, supposed acquiesceuce in the deter mination
! therein expressed, The Queen feels It her
bouhden duty To enter her most deliberate
and solemn protest gainst the said determ.
nation; and to affirm and m,intsin, that, by
the laws, ussges, and customs, of this realm,
from time immemor al, the Queen Consort
ought of right to be ctvwned at the same
time with the Kings Majesty.
In support of this claim ct right, her ma.
jesty's law officers have proved before the
said Council, from the most ancient and au-
thentic records, that Queens Cousort Of this
realm, have, from time immemori.l, psrti-
cipated the ceremony Of the Coronation with
that occur demonstrate from the peculiar cir
cumstances in which they originated, that
| the right itself was never questioned, though
the exercise of it was from necessity suspend
ed, or from motives of policy declined.
Her majesty has been taught to believe
that the most valuable laws of this country
depend upon and derive their authority from
custom that your msjesty's royal pstoSa
tye stand pGa ss cams, be the author
jected without shaking that foundation upnn
which the most important rights and insti.
buttons of the country depend. Your Ma.
Jesty's Council, however, without controvsr-
! ting any oil the facts OF REASONS Upon which
the claim made on the part Of her ma,essy
has been supported. have expressed judg
ment IN Opposition to the existence OF such
right. But the Queen can place 90 conf
dence In that Judgment, when enc recoec.s
that the in iividual, by whom it has been
pronounced, were formerly her successful de-
tenders; that their opinions have waved with
their interest. and that they have since he.
Come the most active and powerful of her
prosecutors; still less can she contide in it,
when her majesty calls to mind that the
Leading members of that Council. when in
the service of your maiesty's royal father, re-
ported in the most solemn form, that docu,
msnis rejecting upon her majesty were sat
isiactor'iy disp.oved, as 10 tue most i'm port
ant parts, and that the remainder was un5e
serving ot credit. Und-r this declared con.
victi"n they strongly recommended to your
majesty, royal father to bes,ow his favor
upon the Queen, then Princess of Wales,
though in opposition to your IN -je.ly's d
ciared w'shes. But, when your majesty had
assumed the kingy power, these same advi
sers, IN another minute OF Council, recant-d
theIF former judgment, and referred to and
adopted thess very same documents as ius
tIIcation of one OF your maiesty's har>hest
measures towards the Qaeen-the separation
pr bac
ly child.
The Queen, like yoar majesty, da.cended
IRON long race of Kings. was the daughter
oil sovereign house Connected by the ties of
blood with the most i'lus,rioos families in
Europe, and her Aot unequal alliance with
your majesty was formed in full coniioepc.
that the faith of the King and the people was
equally pledged To secure TO her all those
honors and rights which had been enjoyed
by her royal predecessors.
In that alliance her majesty believed ,ha,
she exchanged The protection Of her family
Tor that OF royal husband, and free and
noble minded nation From your majesty
tne queen has experienced only she bitter
disappointment OF every hope she had inau-
ged. In the attachment Of Che peeple she
has foond tbat powerful and decided pro,ec.
;ion which has ever been her steady suepor,
add her unfsiiing consolation. Sub mission
from subject to injuries of a private netur,
may be matter Of experimentation a wife i,
may be matter Of necesHty-but iC never
can oe the duty OF the Queen to ac9niesc- n
the infringement OF those rights which be.
long to her constitutions character
The Queen does therefore repeat her most
solemn and deliberate protest against the de.
ci'Ion Of the said Council, considering it only
as the sequel of that course of persecution
under which her majesty has so ioag and so
severely suffered, and which decision, il il j.
10 iurDish precedent for future times, can
have no other effect thar 10 fortify oppress.
ions With the form, of law, and to give TO
injustice the sanction Of authority. Yhe pro
lection OF the SUBJECT, from the highest to
the lowest, is not only the true, but the only
legitimate object Of all power and no act III
power can be legitimate, which is not found.
ed on those principles of eternal Justice,
without which low is bat the mask Of tyran-
ny, andpower the instrument Of despo,ism.
Queens House, July IL.