Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-30


egcv-when we boholj all that h evn and thcoro- |
Ieai promulgated, all that is good and established
dcspised--and above all, when hear the organs
oil the ministry urging the supporters of that min
ls'ry to resort to arms against their opponents
then do We foe it our duty to respond TO the cry,
ana address the tories of England in n similar
strain. Form yourselves into associations Frame
hem on principle of military hierarchy, capable
OF rosor'ing to arms in case of attacks by tumuu-
Gus mons on persons, habitations goods, but not
appearing or acting armed bodies until self pre-
servaton, or the protection Of ncghbors shall re-
qure it of YOU
Such, Tories of England, is our advice to YOU: so
should you act, the very moment you hear of ono
association or one political union adopting the pro-
posed measures. That the Church Of England can
not Do overthrown, nor its just rights trampled
upon Without the shedding of blood, is certain;
that the aristocracy of England cannot be deprived
OF thcirlogal privileges, the House of Peers of
its Legislative authority, without the shedding of
blood, is certan that the Tory spirit of England is
spirit which in ever closest to the mouarch's
throne, faithful TO the real interests of the country
staunch to the church, and firmly attached to the
arstocracy, cannot be conquered without the she'd
ding oil blood is certain. Dare the Government risk
ni Will the Reformers insist upon it? Ifthey do
which God iorbd,t will BE found that there are yet
even yet, thousands of stout hearts and unfiinc hing
rms in England ready to be upiited in defence of
that church and that arstoracy and that there are
those who would rather die with the loss OF nation
al honor and of all they value than to live to for
felt those sacred rights which they inherit from
their fathers, and which they feel bound by every
tic to bequeath unsuilied to their children Hear
us, my Lord Grey! hear us, my Lord Brougham.
for We know that we speak tho sentiments of mil.
lions.
From tbs London Spectator,of 18th Oct.l
IRE APPEAL TO PHYSICAL FoRcE.-There has
been great deal said against the late ourages of
tho hoh-und very properly; for violence ia an
exceedingly bad argument, and convinces no body
mon, however, whose heads are hot and empty,
and whose hands arc full and ready, naturally
prone to rash application of force. No persons
have exempliiied this proposition more strikinply
than some of the Peers themselves. Did not short
time ago, tho Marquis of Londonderry, in the ex-
trcmity of his wrath and the poverty of his wit
challenge the Lord Chancellor on the Woolsack in
the midst of a deberotive assembly, composed of
men highest In station, and protesting be first
In wisdom! Was this gross outrage punished in
any way2 was the brutal ordeal alluded TO to he
seoied at. and the proposer of it expelled the
iiousef When, again, the mob had been guilty of
some excuses, what was tho first idea that darted
across the bright genius of this hereditary legislator
that ho would pistol the people! In his place
IN the House of Lords, he declared his
intention of arming himself FOR that purpose. Was
1T pointed out to him by any one that he was about
to proceed under the blind and ignorant feel
lngs that actuated the very mob he despised so
much? Who was the lcveller here? Another noble
Lord, stung by some article in newspaper, inn
mediatey required to those means of preventing
The repetition ofsuch papers which nc deemed the
readiest: he talked of putting tho writer to death
sacrIhced on the barbarous altar of revenge. Here
is Lord, God save the mark who has had thousands
ana tens OF thousands spent upon his education
upon furnishing his brain, polishing mis- Intellect
ana preparing him for the duties he was born to-
ana YET has remained in so rude state of mere
animal feeling, that when writer is to he opposed,
ne can Int upon no better scheme than would have
occurred to IA drayman in the street. He should
have strpt his jacket, thrown at the feet OF The
chancellor to hold, and squared his fists the Min
isteTlal benches, and the transaction would have
been complete, and the noble Lord in his element
Lord Winchilsca shall put down the press with fis-
icutts, and Lord Londonderry shall extinguish po-
Fular excitement with pocket pistol The charge
agains. the mob of London, by this brave cavalry
officer, pistol in hand, must have been as fine a
sight as that of Hrs. Darlington taking her mop to
puddle out the Atlantic Ocean. In the new Tory
administration, his Lordshp must be Master of the
Ordnance; and this famous pistol must be preserv-
cd in the Tower By the side OF the trophies of the
Spanish Armada
The Lower House sets similar bad example,
One night this week, Colonel Trnnch took offence
at something said by the peaceful Member for Mid
descx who averred that statement made by the
colonel, respecting Mr.. Humcs behaviour in the
mob on wednesday was not true. What there
upon did the gallant Colonel?-Say that he could
prove the truth of what he had stated and offer TO
call such evidence as would satisfy any impartial
person! No-he insinuated that he would fight
Mr. Hume on the occasion.
Is the conduct of the mob more brutal than this7
and do not rioters proceed on the very same prin-
cIp!e!-One person convince by arguments
when thousands can cock pistols, throw stones,
and give bloody noses. The mob declares The
House of Lords to be in the wrong and absurdly
lays hands on some of the most violent of its OPP
ponents Lord Londonderry is aggrieved by the
observations of the Chancellor, and says TO the
head of the Law and Magistracy-''C out and
tight; and if by bullet through some part of those
intellectual integuments which shroud your wis
dom, do not prove you wrong as plain as holes
can speak, then have L no mob-logic." Can the
Duke of Newcastle lie astonished if the rioters of
Nottingham are wiser than Peers and Mem
bers of Parliament, and use the selfsame argu-
ment?
True courage is noble quality, but it does not
consist III strutting through crowd Of pickpock-
cts end dirty boys, like turkcycocl; nor in pre-
senting pistol in the face of a Kissing and boot
ing mob; nor in threatening assassinate a writor
In newspaper; nor in challenging a man of bu-
sIness and inoffcnsve habits, TO decide question
OF fact by single combat Neither on the other
hand, does it lie in stoning Lord Londonderry, or
IN unstoning Nottingham Castle but while the
violence of people threatened with ruin and star
vntlon is met by universal exscration, let not the
violence and outrageous acts of their Supporters be
pardoncd and forgotten.
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