Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-31
GN4IANDs
tfrom he York PENN Republican,
THE CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN ENG.


LII SbhN1E VI Ministry IN ENG
q LAND.
late English Journalist has exclaimed
could II ever have been believed that The Duke
; of Wellington would have been hoot,d and
hissed ss he passed through the streets OF
London
answer yes, readily believed. Win thu
English forget the case OF their Dnke of Mari
borough We know that this general, who
had retrieved the glory of the British arms.
won SO many battles. taken SO many towns,
Who had hnmhlrd the pride and checked III.
ambition al France. secured the Liberv or
Europe Gas their own historians say. and
chained victory To his chariot wheels, fell. in
Anew weeks INTO an object of hatred and
def's'on was rid'culed IN public lihes and re-.
WED NJ private consersal lou that instances
were every where repeated oil his fraud, asarier
+ aud extoruon oil his insolence, cruelty, md
bloody minded ambition thnt even his ram,
age was called ~ question. aud This consum-
mate com mander represented as the lowest of
mBnkind.
hhVe taken, IN the above summary, almost
the very words OF Smoett. fie in not lodeed
the hrst OF tngiish historians, but is sufficient
Tor these facts. winch are otherwise knnsn 10
DC fue. VINO then need utter exelanatlons OF
surprise, and an Englshman especially thai the
! Duke dwell ngton WAS ho0ied at 10 the street,
tie has not been revIied, aud 10y no possiblln,
| Doke oil Marlborough; because never has the
breath OF suspicion tainted him, in ways TIM
II often did Marlborough however The iuFp-
mtnt oil posterlty may neaIly have wiped the
taini on All read history, but few care to
| remember lis facis, or apply its precspis The
hho"ifuge u me pnsi, Is the best way TO sup
press wonder at the present. and warn ny OF
'he'uture The DIke of Wellington really
earned ms much oil hooiing IA he 20, though
lSciia af no
lung at one whom the grateful voice Of Britain
had Often estolled To the skles. am not go.
ing 10 forget his greatness, in his fall from
power Ihere are portions Of lis Teuown too
soIld as well as loo brilliant ever 10 suffer an,
other than amomentary eclipse. They will
/ overshadow greatly the reuown of Marble
rough But, when the more modern of those
heroes Of England, with the seals OF first minis.
| ter OF the crown IA his hands could gravel,
rise III tho House OF Lords and tell his fellow
peers not simply that he had no measure of
| reform TO propose, al which point he ought to
nave stopped, but that he had lever heard OF
'esn OF any measure that could in any degree
sa'isiy his mind that the slate of epresentation
IN the house Of commons could be improved, or
rendered more satisfactory 10 the country than
II is at present, he challenged 30 effsctually the
disapprobation of the enlightened, that no won
der he WAS assailed by the Kisses ola London
mob. The representation in he house Of Co n
Nous MOI capable " Impeachment What II de
clara ION IN Tue face Of The fact, passing by all
others, mat scarcely more than su thousand
voters (about as many DIS we have he e IN York
county scattered throughout a muIttuue of
small buronghs chiefly owned by the peers who
control every vote send 10 the house more than
two bundled OF its members Cutting and
slashng at Waterloo, Was all in rhnrhcter
bat such ,tung and slashng, a Grsl LORD
oil the treasury, frightened the boldest Hi,
grace once called county meetings a fn,ce and
here he would nave all attempts M equity OF
| representation ~ the house oI common. auuth-
er farce Doctrines like these, So alarming, go
! iddIcdtl Of lntlitarv mind, hat preferred
| dThling fore on the benches Of he housr
to any array vi new recruits whose votes mg I
run rot naturally led 10 hls fail Public opm-
ion could stagger under II no longer He bad
been the Idol OF the ma ION It, love, H. "a In
sIasn, he bad won, by his triumphant sword.
The greatest man OF ten centuries, "a Lord
, II Hand called Napoleon. had been PROSTATE at
= ms leet. Bot now tue nation awoke fIom It's
trance. rnlavera, Tories, Vedras ,Ciudad Ko.
drgo, Bsdujoz, Salamanca Viuoria, San Sa-
oastian, Pampeluna, Waterloo itself, the trum-
pets and the Jrum, the shouts that rent the air,
reiterated and SOLE mn thanks Of parliament the
homage of assembled poieptaes, who lower.
ed the proud banners Of their legons as he
OF his achlesements-all we're forgotten ia the
t deliberate verdict Of public opinion pronouu.
ced against his craftsmanship II would not
after tbs avowal Of such doctrines, allow him 10
emaiu at the head OF affairs, however iran.
scendant had been his deeds at the head Of al
mips /; however universal had been the chorus
Of nations and empeIors, and kings, from the
D Neya to the Mediterranean, TO his vaIor aud
: his genpralship. The public reason, suspen-
AaI (,r oil to hui Ia els ,,l
his illusrious services in the field, re-asserted
' its empire ami won back the conquest which
n the captivating but perllOus illusion Of his
n immortal fame bad gained over il. II stands
= erect again dsenthrsled and ref, eshed, after
4 n decisive. though temporary prostation.
d But il is material in these reflections not to
/ hide IRON view, afact WI lch Is OF the essence
If Of them 1t Is material to state, that il was
d yer by the people of England, that this great
L commander was placed at the head OF the CT
i vii admms tration OF ths country. Nor, do
e think that their voice would ever have place
e him there, even under the claim OF his count
less victories. II is rather those who hight tbs
civil battles Of tho country the Cannings, th'
y Foxes, the Chathams, the Broughams, "h'
r. become the popular iavoTltes In Eng and an'
6, whom, the people seem most desHOus TO trust
j. was n king who co he'd the Duke of WellHg
of ton with supreme ministerial power. Il wa
i, George the ~; n king of mixed qualification
ne for the scoplre that he bore, but always maeni
OF Gcent, always fond of pomp. He made hin
nj the lord high constable at the pageant OF hi
Ill coro nation add ing the mdrshae' oaionto IN
AZ staff There. his warrior plo'nes' as he slow
lv rode by tue banq net tables oil the great go
Id tho hall, towards the platform where sat roy
ed alIy his s,eed richly caparisoned and champ
d ing upon the bit, whilst the beauty add chival
r. ~ of the realm, aud the ambassadors OF tn
=, crowned heads, stood gazing, showed sigh
, indeed to riyei the eye, and I'LL the fancy OF all
he There was Anglesea TOO, known to fame; ant
$. Howard Of Bingham and the Champion Of
he whose bright heavy, armour tne sun oeam
III s,ruck But every heart pointed 10 Eng land'
~ true champion, on that day, Not the ru1o'