Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-09-22
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ENGLAND.

re- me last number of the Edinbur; Review contain,
an article under the general tile ofsT,ie Present 3
b'sntlFo;0n," m which the writer snaaLs holder I'm
guage. regarding the political sistio, .rd cir,,
stances OF Great Britain, than any thing that we have
recently met with from that country lie ex,.,seoc
o'oi'ea op'han, that Ii The seeding ministers should
return 10 power, they must come spedred 10 opposs
every reform 10 maintain constant sIrurre aga;nst
the spirit OF the age, and defend abuses 10 which the
nation IS becoming every day more quic..si.ed:n-
aud '';hat they Will not have power cyan # hey
should have the inclination TO act ofsr,y;so AL
what" says he, unjust the onl ofhese thnrs beo we
answer without hesitation thai il this course be persis
ted IN, IT these counsols ard these counse,ors are
maintained, the end rnst be revolution n b,oo-
! ny and unsparing rGyoiuon--a revolution winch
WI MAKE The e'rs OF those vino hear al il tin
e IN me femotest countries end in the re.notest times
me niaoIbg orders IN England are, we all know ali
tschad 70 ae institutions OF their country, hr nm, viii
bindy partial attachment. They see tho merits &c
V'e system but they also ITS faults and they baye
strong aus! growing desire that these faults shoulI he
removed H. while their isi Tor Improvement is eroy
ing stronger aad stronger he is to become
worse ana 'Enrse, he consequences are obvious l.
ven nos II Is impossible 10 Disguise that ,hee IS srsino
IN the bosom ot that class Republican sect "a .,da
cious, as P1!o1oXicai, little inclined To resnoct an
qnity. as enthusiastically attached to IFS ends IS IN
scruputcus III the choice ofs means as the French,
lJacobins iheraseves;bnt far superor IN tho E,anch
Jac'hins IN acuteness and information in caution in
pa"cncc, and IN resolution. they men who have
oee1 put into training for violent eXertion All that
IS merely ortaincniai-all that gives the rounlness
me sInno;hness, and the bloom, has been excluded
'oi"ihg Is 'eit bni nerve, and muscle and bone -
F., "A suoh9 Gf''noc'i'tic party would be formed in
the educated class In The lowest, and the most M
I2srous ode? OF the population, those who have any a.
p,n'on at al are democrats already. IN our manufac,u
re" to"!s for!ni;iably strong; and it is not
strange at ii snSii be For is on il, this
station that the abuses OF sysier. press not viI
The difference between arbitrary ard limited mo
A"ichJ VaHlstes, when compared lin the difference
/ between one neal-a-dav and three meals a-,av II
IS poor Consolation to who has had no breaiz
ast ard expects supper that tie King does not nos
scss dispensing power, and that troops cannot be
ed in time of peace without tie consent of Permanent
W ih tins class our government, free as il is is even
not" as unpopular as # II it despotc,- much
more sc.n
he history OF our country, since the peace of 1915
is almost entirely made tire struggles of the love
od against The governments ard of the efforts of
the government TO keep them down In 1916, i'm
.ense assemblies were convened secret societies were
formed, and gtoss ourages were committed I'm 1917
the fiaoeas Corpus Act twice suspended In
1872 ,e Disturbances broke out afresh >aIeetincs
were held, formidable from their numbers ard
their spirit, that the RIins.Iv and tlc pa,I;s-
! inent approved OF the conduct of Magistrates who
had dispersed one BY the sword. Fresh LAYS were
passed against seditous writings ard practices. Yet
lie t"!.c@nG year commenced with a desperate and
extensive conspiracy for the Assassination Of the
ca 'Het, and TIE subYerson of tie government a
few months alter this event the Queen laude8 On
'a occasion, the majority Of the rddling order Joined
WIN Tue mob The effect ofii,c uaon was irresistible
The Ministry and the Parliament s;ocd apba.t. the
bill y! pains and penalties droppe, ConyuI-1
sion, which seemed Inevitable, was averci. Bat NJ
c7ents Of th2t year ought 10 impress lesson on .s
mind OF every pubic man;-tha alliance between
tho disafected GnH!tiiude and large portion OF The
rliddng orders, IS with which government can
veutuTe 10 cope, without emnncrt dagger tie con
s;itution.
I y government Ike that with which ENGLAND would be
cursed If the present Ministry should fan before the
present Opposition would render such alliance not
cniy inevitable, but permanent Ia less than ten
years, II would Goad every Reiormcr the country into
RcvoIuiionis 1t would place al tic head Of the muI
ti'ide persons possessing all the educaicp ali the ug
'neni, and all the habits of co-opcraon in LicE lie
scsly the most powerful in the state. Like the lie
brew champion, II vet held III captivity by its blind
ness But if once tic eyeiess Giant shal! find guide
TO put MS hand on tbe props of the State, lie
shall bow himself upon the pillars voc to all who have
made HIN their laughing stock, chained hin grind
at ihcir Mill
| We DO therefore firmly believe ;l.at even If no ex
ternai 10 prcci tate fatal crisis this coun
try could Re governed foi single generation r.,
snch Lord Nesmorclud and Lord r,idon
without extreme risk Of revolution But there are
other symptoms in the body polite not less alarming
than those have described. IL Ireland there are
several millions Of Catholics who do love our 20
rernmcn and '"ho detcsi will all their heart with AZ
her soul va! a.! their u'nj and with al their strength
The party BOW IN opposition. Tic accession of that !
party 70 PoHcr. would be death blow 10 TER lcrcs
Of obtaining their demands by constitutional means and
ray fairly expect that ali the events Which follow
cd the recall Of Lord Izwiliia1 will take place again
on Greater ard more formidable scale. One t,jnr
indeed, VIC have tight 10 exrcCf. tliat secp1I
Hoc'c viii be unfortunate IS tlic former 4 civil
in Ireland will lead almost necessarily 10 war m
Franco, and the class Of neutral AID bciil-aren
preicusiors VII then produce q war with america
Then conc expeditions TO Canada AMI expeditions
10 java The Cape o. Gooj Hope rrn. be ,afrieoncd:
Lisbon rnn-: be dc.ndn1. I,et y. -rroosc The best;
',"t bet rr-t be long conflict d~ar bought car,
great 7dHi0n 10 debt already most hu'deuso;rc.
@sh taxes and fresh discoBtents. Ill these are eycnis
v Ich may not improbably har-cn raider any govern
Toeai-evsn's which the next monfl, may BRING Corii-
events against Which minister however able and
honest with rc'icci certainty prnvidehrt which
minister's whose r1'9y should cyaypcrate the renp1c
Of ireland, won@ almost unayoiiatly bfirr mon rs
cabinet formed ny the c@-Iniu;ste5s could scarceI,
exist for year, without iucensir the lower classes cC
Tie English TO frenzy bv giving them Up 10 the selfish
tyranny Of IFS aristocratcal Importers wbor i~yin
ireland into rebellion and without tcmp;ngt France
TO war.