Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-07

ary UNION which overthrow ttS late Admins, ration
IT may BE- wcilto observe that AL of or allu-
sion to The distressed condition of the people IS care
fully omitted while the threat of Shmrnt for DIS
order is angry put forth: and in tn" paragraph res
pecting the CIVIL Lis infsiir omen there was what
anger Sir Robert Peel may have felt at the sur
geston something which, if 1t intended to
deceive, very i'll expressed We think
every who knew any thing about he
hereditary revenues Of the King and who
not in he secrets Of Government naust
have supposed thar the Duchies nf Lancaster aud
Cornwall were amongst th" things uvan NJ to the
public We shall not 90 far as NJ. Hume who
seems t. think that the speeches of the and
scc"nders of the Address ''al of piece" with
| the Kings speech, and should be deemed If equal
authority a. Government pledges; but surelyi NAV
be presumed thai the III ended aiming of the speech
Is understood by he of the address, and vet
how can we suppose after reading he following mas
sage from Lord Butes speech that he cxpected such
Important branches of the Kings personal revenues
as the Duchies of Lancas and Cornwall to he re-
tanned! could not bear, he saws, to let this oc
caslon pass without at least express on of nc
encouragement on my part to the GROWN for the man
ner IN which his Majesty has forward to place
AT the disposition OF Parliament every thing lone
ing 20 the Crown even those funds which have ne
Ver on previous occasions. been SURF ndered to- the
country Fhs is about rs strong an avowal nf
Lord Bntr's belief of he total aba dnnm mt of he
hngs private revenues. ordinary language could
afford and II is no. surprising that dsnppont
mem and even lndIg la'ion should have been felt
when 1t was tnnnd tina he word of PROMISE" was
so much more extensive in its comprehension than
the act OF performance
But thr hings speech, however objectionable or
at cast inadequate to the occasion. was harmless
when compared with o'hpr acts of the late Ministry
wh,ch followed close upcn it. The reply of til" Duke
| OF Wellington TO Earl Grew upon th. question of
Reform on the first night of the Sess on displayed
spirit OF determine ed hostility to he full current of
popular opinion, which IS little marvellous in n
person OF ms graces usually cautious habits. 1t is not
MS won to state mare his views and opinions in
public than is absolutely necessary for the occasion
unless we suppose that 10 'go our" was his pbiec
Is almost impossible to account f,r such headlonu
declaration OF resistance TO any MEASURE of
reform, however moderate or however guarded An
honest Ministry may entertain opinions of that which
is the best policy for he country, very different from
those which find approval in the popular voco: bu,
cautious MinlSfer will not place himself by an
aVoWaI, which it Is possible to avoid, in direct hostility
I" an almost universally expressed opinion of the
public 1t Will ha dly be thought, however bv an
on" who examines the longuag" used bv the Duke
tha 1t was lncons:derat"ly uttered or wi bout full
scnse OF The impression which his words were cal
cula'ed to convey. Without meaning anv hmm
tat'on upon his general manner of conveying his
sentiments. W" must tina: we have seldom
found IN his speeches any thing so veheme tlv OK
preEs'Ve so clear and s" vigorous his declaration
agans Ref rfn; IN" sd d the n"b Earl ftI-"v) has
stated that he is pre- ar~d himself to com forwa ri
with any measur" OF the kind reform of Parlia-
ment,) and will tell him that neither is the Gov
ernment Nay, will go farther, and say, that |
n
which could in any degree satisfy nv mind or bv
winch the sti tic of The represent atCn could be I'M
Pr"Ved or placed on footing more satisfactory 10
the people OF this country than II now is"
PhIs pointed declaration i'll which there cou!d in
deed be no mistake gave blow t. the WELLINGTON
administration from which it repled 10 It's fall acceIe
rated no doubt IN Its downward progress by the fcen
! OF contempt Whch out of h., aDDar e,,ao
gcraed alarm respecting the Kings visit to the cir
| we shall no pretend to determine what NAV have
been the private information of the iate Cnvernmen,
winch tn did not think proper lay before Parlia-
Inent; nor disposed to treat with levitv the
possible consequences OF even slight dIstu bance
| IN so enormous mass of people a would have
been collected on Lord MAYORS Dav, had
Inc procession taken place. but whether there
4 was real ground of apprehension or not moth
ing could be injuaciouS than the manner in
which the rospon"m the visit vas manaprd
by the ministers. The suddrnne>s of the announce
ment and the assertion of expected danger. with
our reference To he nature of the information
led 20 serious eXpeci alton pruduceT an alarm
(the greater from IT'S VagUeness) which ao,tated
every family, and affected every ind viual In this vast
metropolis w" say nothing of the disappointment
or amuSe inent, bui disappointment and ernuS loss in
business we're necessary conspqurnr of tho alarm
ing announcement of the minis 'ers, for hich thew
were unable 10 produce any justification that did
not appear upon the first inquiry futile and
j ridiculous. All the odium, and all tnt. contpunt
which ministers brought upon themselves in this
most silly affair might have been avoided by differ
ent KIND OF annnuncempni, accompanied bv eypres-
Sous ni reg Ct Tor The disappointment of the DeoDe
That ministry, with the Duke of Washington az its
head, should hav" made itself ridiculous By descrip
ton OF conduct exactly opposite e. what might ha W
been expected from military habits, is not the lcas re
marknbe feature IN the memorable psotponcment of
the 9th Of November
After this time. it evident that the country
was weary Of the Administrations and il was f1ll,,
eXpec' ed hat the divIs on on NJ Brourham's Re
form question would have sealed it's fato:-thc amend
ment 10 tie Civil List resolutions moved bv Sir
Henry Parnell cel"ratrd this conclusion by a dny
the Wellington Ministry fell aud change in the
Government, the most decisive IN lis character and
| inc most sweeping in its extent that has taken
pace t"r many years. has been the consequence
me mos superficial! observer Of the state of political
iecing N Ibis country hardly have failed TO no
tico no" much th" general mode Of Judging Of pub
nc affairs has IN our days alte-"d The changes and
chances Of political life have so affected parties
ana 20 broken up old coalitions. have brought
the exercise ct individual judgment so much
NOR" into fashion, and given such an equality
OF medlocrity to public that leadership in pol
Hics Is 20 longer of the vast practical consequence
ha used tn be Added TO this grea of the com
mon people have beer induced by improved education and ma
ny have Decn driven by the hardness lot to serious
annaou nj The real effects Of the egisIare
| and the Government audn of be,r, IcJ