The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-15

relns. circumstances ruled tbese n. VI
tiers, whose position was chosen r.. nus u
aud improved by others. They .,''., 1ai'eia,
have resisted that universal innnls.e "p n9i
they had not created, but which po.' "hlea
had provoked for he was the real s rI'e
of his own reverses. au'hof
II this Judgment of Lord Londo,a.
and his brethren b. thought too ~
bring 1t to the test OF history. TO II
that they owed their prosperity to t .n.
extrlnslc cause, it will be enough G,r e
sonablc men 10 see how these N;,;I va
acted when left tn their own rrsan.e
The war with America was their Nor,
work !: there the honor belonged 70 :, 'aa
exclusively; and where will be rna% ,'a
Statesman throughout the world /. I'm
or to strip them offIieir laurels ? The ~, ~,
in Europe ended while that with An.ri,,
went ON. We had fleets aud armies ia La l.,
loose upon the Republicans, and ia nsa
them as instruments OF pcdce. How. ths.
to that great end, did NE employ th.n,
The treaty was as unwise az the war ~.
dlsSracciul. We fought To be beaten AND
we negotiated only to be deceive. ontba
campaign nj Canada and New OrIeanq ,se
Treaty Of Client was a consistent comme,
tary.
II the advocatcs-or Should any snaL
remain) the admirers-of these Minis
want additional evidence Of the praise IN
which they are actually entitled, LET n,
pon TO that last and most sinuing of th.,,
expoits-the sETrLEKYNr, so called. or
honor and the physical force of Spain
and Poland, OF Italy, Norway, and of tbe
smaller states of Germany, at her baek
Here, then, would be afforded aDotbe,
proof how the English Ministers could
lead for IN assisting to beat downFBona.
parte, they had bai shown how they could
Joftow. They sacrificed every thug which
ought 10 have been preserved, and main.
tanned pertlnaciously all that wisdom and
principle required them TO abandon Free
dom, which had been made To the nations
OF Europe the sworn price of their blood
and toll expended in the overthrow of on.
ruthless tyrant, was everywhere withheld
from It's rlghtful owners and second ~.
Europe. The difficulties which they had
to contend with in this their GROWING ef.
fort, bore some analogy TO those which had
offered Themselves 10 a successful war and
To an honorable peace with America but
the obstacles in Europe were less powerful.
and the consequences of failure would be
attended with even deeper degradation.
and with far more extensive ruin England
stood alone against America, but at tie
Congress of Vienna she had the rights of
nations; the affections of mankind; the
bonds and obligations of faith, gratitude and
ranny, more intolerable than the first, be
cause more the frelt of treachery, was eye
ry where established in its place. Italy, IN
voked to arms by TIE voice of England
herself, was betrayed, bound hand and foot
and RENTED, with the open appreciation
of England, 10 her cid race of tyrants.
Spain, constituted into representative 60
vernmcnt by his Ministry, was by it re-
signed to absolute power and to the Inqui-
siilOn. Poland was released, only to be-
re-suhlugatrd: Norway starved and striped
INTO submis ion to an old and hated enemy.
Holland and Flanders squeezed into a
union, which both cordially execrate, and
which the first movement of that power
against whom it was raised as barrier,
will in a moment dissolve. Thus, on all
sides, nave natural rights and feelings and
that public opinion which constitutes the
essence Of government, been made the ul-
pltled victims of IA war undertaken on pre-
tcnce of restoring and defeating them:
this, too, in spite, as they would persuade
us, of the British Ministers, who boast f.
ternaliy Of their influence and asceDdancy
over the councils Of the Continent. II it
was Hey who won this victory, could they
not secure or fairly distribute the spo'
But ii viii be said, though ungenerous 10
the rest of mankind, Lord Londonderry
and his brethren were wise enough to s-
pulate for some advantage to England in
return for the sacrifices authorized by Eng.
land, ut the expense of other nations. No
one condition, however, was exaeted on
behalf Of England. Her finest COLONIES
| were surrendered to her most inyeteGte
rivals; and the very idea of forming COM
mercial treaties ridculcd, because il was
much to be apprehended that we could not
enforce their execution What, then, IS
the position to which this Ministry have
now reduced us? All the great states of
Europe have gained by those efforts Of fl
nance and of force, by which England
alone has been exhausted. The general
peace negotiated by Lord Londonderry
by its utter disregard of the rights and pas
sions of men, has re-isyigorated all those
principles of discord in which the war OF
the revolution had its origin.
What effect may be produced upon the
politics OF the Ministry, or on their eXls-
tence as an administration, by the loss
which they have sustained, is of very easy
decision KppOrfS of all kinda orp cjrcuIa
ted. Mr.. Canning's friends assert, that be
will not seek To lead the House of Conf
mons. The new Foreign Secretary, at all
events, must be somewhat hazardous afi
pointmcnt. Lord Londonderry had %
long filled it; had carried on an intercourse
so extensive, so various, SO itnporta!t and
OF such long continuance with foreign
COurtS he WIG 60 ,onch NJ hnne In then