Litchfield enquirer., 1830-11-11


 tance of a yard--sO the King of the Pays Bas said, 's My system is good one for Holland-and the Dutch are contented with it-and Holland thrivcs under it and therefore it is an admirable system for Bel gium, and you must be attached to it. must respect and love it-and must be ben- efitted by is.'' The King of the Pays Bas, resembling your St. John Long, with one oil of vitriol application for all complaints, insisted upon it, after the manner of your admirable modern Esculapius, that that which was good for consumption was ex- cellent for the head-ache, the heart-ache, and broken bones. But at length Miss Cashin died-and at length the Belgians would submit to the Dutch embrocation nc longer. If they had continued to use the specific of the King of the Pays Bas, their liberties would have expired, and Belgium would have become a mere Colony offiol- land. The only difference between St. John Long and good King William and Holland is, that the former deceived oth- CTS, whilst the latter was himself deceived. Aud the only difference between the pa- tients of the former and the subjects of the latter is, that the patients of the Quack had faith even to the tomb, whilst the subjects of the King had only faith to a certain time, when they perceived the danger of their condition,and applied promptly other remedies. and set about in right earnest to cure themselves.
 Let me now point out some of the evils which resulted from the adoption by the L T> G>. .l Belgian subjects.
 1. The jealousy which has ever existed between Holland and Belgium was greatly increased.
 The high Court of Government was fix ed at the Hague! The High Court of Ap- peal at the Hague The King spent three- fourths of the year at the Hague Kings Ministers were more than three-f fou,ths Dutchmen! All offices of great trust and were given to Dutchmen !-all changes made in the Code of Commerce were made in favor of the Dutchmen !--all promo tions in the army and appointments to for eign posts of lucrative nature were made and given to Dutchmen !---and the first question with the Dutch King and tho Dutch Government was always this, " Is the measure desired by the Flemings, or the law proposed desirable for Holland 2'' Now, was not this system calculated to inc crease instead of to diminish and allay the jealousy which was known to exist on the part of the Flemings How, in fact, could it Do otherwise
 But let me not be unjust. Let me not be supposed to say that the King was indif- ferent to the happiness or prosperity of his Flemish subjects; that he neither aided the commerce or manufactures oft coun- try or that he resembled the Egyptian taskmasters, who required that bricks should be made without straw. could not, with justice and truth, say any thing like this. So far from it, he has aided the establishment of manufactures with his own private purse, and has directed the local Governors and Governments to encourage foreigners and Flemings desirous of com. mencing new enterprises, which would benefit the laboring classes by increasing g demand for labor. Yet though he ha' done all this-though his charities have been most extensive--though he has fec the hungry and clothed the naked-yc the principle of all the good he has at. tempted to effect has prevented the gooC from being felt and acknowledged. There has been something whitening in the inau- ence of his protection, and it has been e. nough that an undertaking should be Royal to ensure its failure. The reason of this is evident the King began at the wrong end he commenced with a false principle with the superiority of Professionalism, the supe- riority of Holland, the superiority of the Dutch, and the necessity of bringing the FIemings up to the Dutch standard, instead of considering both Dutch and Fleming: as entitled to equal rights and equal conf dence, and equal protection, though not un' der the same but under different systems. Have made myself understood think SO. Let me add, how foolish would it be to fog my old friends the Matches because they are not Republicans, and t' keep Flemings out of place and power because they believe in the Pope and St Peter. Yet this has been the mistaken policy of the King of the Pays Bas. H' has laid down a system. which is to b. good for all the world, because it is goo' for Holland and though the patient pine 1 away from inaction, whilst the Royal San grado of the Pays Bas both starves am bleeds him, yet the system, forsooth, is t be persevered in, because the Dutch an the Duke of Wellington consider it unob ! iectionable.