American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-04-01


conduc ed paper at Elinburgh:-
One advantage will result from this decided
policy of the Holy Allies 1t must bring the Two
conlendlng principles, the good and bad, fairly TO
issue. The time is evidently past for compromise,
and all nations ourselves among the number,
must make their election. The Holy Allies broad
ly lay down this proposition, they VIII NOT suffer
any people TO correct internal abuses TO reform
their governments or to be any thing else Than the
slaves of few persons who are responsible only to
heaven and the Board of Verona The SPaniards
assert the right of melioratng their government,
and improving their institutions, by borrowing the
lights which philosophy and experience have sup
plied-o doing in fact, exactly what we did in 1858
and doing it without Offering any insult or dlstur'
bance to their neighbours. In doing this have the
Spaniayds been guilty OF an atrocious crime, which
confederaed Europe should punish with FIRE and
sword? This is the point at issue-upon which
statesmen and nations must make up their minds,
for il war arse we venture TO say that neura-
lily will not long be practicable for any European
state.
Ii is in vain that these Holy Allies cloak their
wicked purposes under unmeaning phrases about
'tmoral order,'' ssocia order,o the "subyerson oil
human society, "nations prey TO anarchy and
commissions" Such empty generaties only show
that psy have DO tangible offence to alege. To
MAKE hostile attack ON such grounds is like try
lug man CapItaly for being unsocial in his dispo-
slion, or having brsws among his children. ! hat
there should be convulsions in the north Of Spain
the legnimatss themselves take special care, by
hirins brgands and robbers, and discharged monks,
20 Keep up civil war i'll the country So far as
shis plea goes. 1t Is their own blame If they have
no strong cast; for i is always in their power to
create "a nents for themselves. But what more
concern nave the Muscovltes with petty war among
the monks and smusglers Of the Pyrenn=es, than
the opaniards have with the petty between the
Russians and the barbarous tribes of Caucasus? IL
compassion tor the oppressed moves these congre.
gated potentates let them turn the stream of their
humanity TO he cudge serfs Of Russia and Poland
where they will hnd more unmerted suffering in
one week than IN Spain for the last three Yeas. II
i is concern Tor lives LOST and blood shed, let them
stop the pay Of the bandit ofthe faith. and let them
lend their ear to the cry of the Greeks, grooming
under Turkish cruelty. But suppose the Spanards
had fancy to worry one another have they not the
same right to indulge their taste 10 this respect
that the Russians have to get their backs Hayed
with the knot, or the Turks TO dispatch one another
by the bowstring, and to shoot the Greeks by per-
mission OF the Holy AlliesF Granting, however
what is utterly false, that Spain actually held up
fri3htu picture OF anarchy is not the offence its
owe punishment: and how can such STATE of
thing winch weakens her for offensive war and
moves en- Muscoyite to pity give cause of alarm
10 her Neighbours, or seduce any other nation to fol
low her example? The spectacle Of conAapra-
ton in great city sends hundreds to the insurance
office, but never Temps one to throw 6rebrandl
upon his own house Look at the Unlted States
They feel none OF your terrors, and need none of
your precautions. Among the Mexcans theirI
neighbours, there has been abundance of mutual
slaughters, and anachy," and "convulsions'' andI
"suhVersons OF society,"" and sad want OF "mora
and social order" as might have melted sernI
Ulysses, or sternef Casereagh But all these
things troubled them no more than revolt arnonpl
the Nahrattas t'ouOles the King OF Prussia. Nav
you may transact every hing politically rnonstrous
at their door and set up government as heastlyI
despoucal as that OF Muscovy or wildly anarchica
as th"e OF Robesplerre, under their nose it dsturbs
not their tranquility. In her pure and generous
institutions that country has source OF STRENGTH
and security which all your whskered military
hordes cannot give. She has no need OF makiag
4cor on another nation for the prevention Of blood
shed and c0nrutSion or lighting up confederation
in the whole continent os the maintenance OF ppacp
ant c'raiSatton. She breads no neighbours but a
Board oil Dctators like you, who meet reason with |
brute force, and tread Justice and humanity under
your feet.
You, Messieurs Despots, compel persons to make |
comparisons little TO your advantage You tell us
TO regard the overthrow Of Bonaparte as blessing /
Dut "hat was he ever guilty OF in the pIentude off
his power so insolently wicked as your projected
invasion OF Spang Tie did what ambitious princes II
have always done; he stripped some weak neighbours
OF their possessions; placed his relations on the
thrones he conquered; and reduced The power oil
those who lef INN cover at all when thew rot
the ascendency. But he never made war on snv
people expressly because they made an effort to
rid themselves of The Inquisnion, feuda rights and
arotrary power lie never issued manifesto to
warn nations that henceorth they should not amend
their governments without his pern,ss;on. on The
permission OF the chief of the Cal,nucs. He made
hghf Of kings and mobiles, whom ''a breath can MAZE
as breath has always made;'' but to us, the people
he was,-not the best of men--but The heat Of con,