The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-05-11

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influence would taxi riot in SPAN. in
whose sell u has always A0uriahel al
mifabIt " Il, increased the fear OF reform
IN England Tor ne advocates of II could
not tiI II s,lar with avldty the advantage
over Their opponents which the nftrtsiSted
progress If the French arms could give
them for II may br Laid down as a general
fale, that IL permit France IL extend. with
oai British opposition, her territory or her
political intlncuce IN any sensible degree
must be iat,l To any administration in En
gland, and bring thrir opponents lnto pow
ef be- IheN the Cr1StOcrG'le and office seeking
Wings, or The democratic and more diSia
tfrfSttd Radicals. These two grand mo
titrs met IN clandeslne and mutual EN-
brace ia the capaclotls head Of Casllereagh,
and 10 the fruit vas British ntutra ity in
Italy and Spain ei when mou,trnus issue
the Duhe Wellington stood godfather,
aud Sir William A'Comt was trdt,litng Ia
tor
will sun up this reasoning in few
words Nhcna Var is t. be undertaken by
the Holy Alliance against people who are
guilty OF wishing to he governed hy laws,
emanatng from the collected wisdom of
the nation, & not tn he ruled by the passion
ard caprice of one man, Ut may BE- a most
corrupt man his ministers or his mistress,
the Brush govcrnment mest do one Of
three things declare open war--mantaln
strict neutrality, Or carry on a disguised
leur uHGer tie name Of neutr1itg. Now,
they will not undertake a var "opeu or
concealed" in Evos OF political reform aud
representative liberty, for hey hate them
both, aud they cannot act openly az inst
them, for they fear the press aud tn, people
They millnot be neutral for the reasons
have assigned. What then remains but
II adopt the other Alternative ola diSg ttiSed
toar against hJtrIy2 This alternative they
have embraced in the beginning and have
constantly adhered To it, from the efforts
which freedom made against dcspotsm
and the Inquisition in Italy aud Spain, till
she fled with the heroic Nina from her last
retreat, the walls Of Barcelona. How un
worthy and grievons a thing i was, that
the brultloeut aud beauteo0s spirit should
hav" found her worst adversarics in the
natives of the British isle in a nation upon
which she has bestowed 80 proiusely her
blessing, aud which is indebted To her for
a fh'lI' punt I'I' pfIN1 'o"'I anu SIOI
which exaIt it above all the nations of Eu
rope, aud IN some respects above all the
nations of the earth
lfthrn this Government does not take
part IN favor Of tie Americas, Which hope
they will debut strongly doubt, is ii not
$ clear as the light Of Heaven that they
will employ their secret influence against
them, as they have done against SPAN so
rs 10 cHSurt the destruction ofitberg, and al
The same time ieaue rs 'tiite for The arms Of
arriUni nation 10 do as possible, III other
words, to make the COMMERCIAL or territorial
advantages aud the military repet ttion,
lohivh meal nation ntuV ralH by crHsade
against america as HlHiHg IS possible. !
My we not ind in this disposition and po-
Icy OF the British Government an cxpim-
alton Of thc extraordinary character OF the
late war-a war, Of which the common
soidieJs q the French mny cW tH you
they are ashamed and that il WAS iadeed no
toar--may we not find this explanation IN
the secret policy of the British Government,
quite aa much as III the toFupi pd.l'cc9
of the French?
| have demonstrated that il was the
anxious and earnest wish of The British 60
yernmrnt To have the war conducted aud
ended without battles aud blows s., /. Z. by
bribery, and in point Of fact we have seen
tie British Minister IN Spain SfdHr6G the
Constitutional commanders putting up Far t
diatnd " the Bruito to turn out on the
night u the 10Th Of Feb. last wear, that !
energetic ministry which had taken ground /
\ saiust the outrageous notes Of the Holy |