The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-25
From he Loadoa Trr,ts.

Minister, with how little Wisdom Tie af-
fairs of nations are conducted Such W.T.
the first reflection TINT occurred Ia US on
reading an article which We insert from The
CoaScrroieur Impartial of st. Pelcrsburgh,
IN praise ofthc Holy Alliance. When cool
observers of the state of Europe are in
! formed that this league against liberty IL
justified on the ground of IFS being no
more thana defensive league, they will ma
turalIy ask what, and whence, IL the aggres-
sion When they are further assured by
the Ministers of the Holy Allitnee, that
there exists conspiracy against establish
ed Governments, II "secreily organized
conspiracy, which embraces in its fatal ra-
miiicalious al Europe" and whose eNis-
! tence aud object "eyery thug proves
/ the next questions which oller are, Who
are the conSpirators, and what is the
! proof 2" Now mark, the Conspirators are
/ the insurgcnt Greeks; the insurgent Span
/ iards the Carbonari of Naples the Jaco-
| bins of France the WhltcboSs oflrcland
nay, the Independents of South America
are thrown ia AZ Il make-weisht of the al
ready loaded scale Is il moi humliating To
mankind that such rank insanity should MS
sumo To- itself the attributes al high state
policy and mournlul 10 lhink thai power
Is not wanting to enforce for a time nj least,
upon millions unreasonable beings the die
| tattS and resolutions of those whose rea-
son has deserted them What the nature
OF the conspiracy is, aud has been, will APP
pear from this rhat in every part both Of
Europe and America, where, IA continued
spirit of resistance against The government
hl al, at
has within our memory been accomplish
ed or attempted the vice and oppression
orthe old Government had been notorious,
intolerable, and undsputed. Will il be
said the Spaniards were well governed be
fore Lord Wellesley and his colleagues in
England, excited and assisted them to form
their present Constitution or thai the
now liberated Spanish colonies We're ,erong
in throwing of the yoke of Spain herself
Will it be affirmed that The fraud aud
tyranny exercised towai d3 the Neapotans
oaghi 10 have been endured by thai much
injured people, or that England, who had
once encouraged, ought To have betrayed
them j. there any christian subject 81
any one ofthe iioly-alrd Courts, enough
of a renegade To hear with patience that
tie Greeks ought not Ia have rebellcd IL
Saias! the niidcls5 that they ought 10 be
robbed, tramp!cd ON, and batchcrcd with
out resistance or ihat the wr,tehed, TN
taught aud famished Irish had no gfiesan-
ccs explanatory oflhtir eagcrncss 10 revolt,
without referring their late turbulence 10
conspiracy amongst Englislimen IN destroy
their established Government Why, first,
because we are, thank God, as orr ances-
tors were, possession (speahlng generality
OF every good which other nations propose
TO themselves by change OF government
| and secondly, because the constitution we
enjoy affords us IA medium through which
we may pcaceably attain to Il correction Of
all crying abuses. Is there, again, the least
| symptom of a conspiracy among the peo-
| pie of the United States, 10 subyert that
| free constitution whose establishment was
Justified by tyranny which thy had endn-
+, red from England? None. The best qua
rantec, the only one, against the con5p,ra-
cies Of nations, is to be found in the plenl
! tude of their cnloymcnts, and IN the pract-
cal excellence of their institutions. The
holy Alliance was built upon tallacy. In
cndea,oring to ob,iaic the recurrence Of
revolutions Ike that of France, the Trainer
|
to the causes of that revelation, and 10 lis
consequences. He forgot that is true ORR
gin was the excess Of kingiy power, and
J that its elect has been an acquisition oil
! power by the people.
One vast conspiracy does indeed, eSld
/ amongst the nations: It's roots are III ,hc
nature Of man, and it eonsers with lis bran
ches the whole surface Of living sofieiy.
God is its Author, his word IT, law, and the
! heart and understanding of the human rice
! constitute It's rrssticss nowers. The con
! spiracy we mean Is that Of good against
evil. Every indhidual reacts under pre-
sure, and seeks to rid himself OF pain.
g, Combined as mankind are now throughout
! their civilized communities, by commerce,
! which their rulGrs are too selfish To abridge,
aud by the press, which no created force
can now ciicctualIy stllie, there IS Il sym
pathy, sensible and universal, persadns
and experimenting all the nations Of Eu-
rope and America. 1t is idle for two or
1 .Arae confcdrratod monarchs 10 confront u
/ no t Ike th.,. As well might Alexander
! stamp his foo. upon tie earth and fancy
that he had stopped Der dia.hai nlollon,.at
attempt with human Instruments 10 qaeI
the springs of The human mud, of 10 crush
tho dcstincs Of the intellectual aud moral
world. The partisan of the Holy Alliance
asks, " What would become Of I" ciDfH-
cation" but for it !? II is new To us that ar
bitrary power had ever yet civilized It's vic
Tins. Monarchs are amended, Courts are
purified but it is the people who reform
them, not they The people.
COURT OF IEGuIRY.