Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-06

syllabus of their creed and principles
Your MNjcs,y's Allies and your llustrious bro.
'her, thc Duke OF Cumberland, believe that Kings
are Kings ~ right of Gods appointment, and not
cv2n by right ofmGns acGuicscencc They be-
lcvc that Kings have the right governing in their
| own, as well as in Gods name; and that he who
resis's King, rcsists the God Of Kings, WHO made
and sustainS them. They hccve that the pcoplc
were made 10 ho governed to be rulc,i-,o be tax
cd-to labour-and to laugh, weep, or dance
sing, or be merry, directed by Royal Ordinances.
They believe that Alliance Of Kings is a "Holy"
Alliance; and that Holy Alliance has the right
OF dividing countries, aottng and states, nud
OF parceliing out communities as to them may APP
pear best; not best, your Majesty, for the people
hut best tor themselves. They believe, further,
tiiat morals and religion both very necessary
''!or tc lower orders" in order TO keep them in
| awe oil power and authority, but very unnecessary
| Tor themselves, since they maintain that nothing
can be more false than "that example goes further
| IMAM preceipt." They believe that is the duty of
| Aings to DO as they please, and the duty of the
| people to do as they ordered. They believe
| that the education of the poor is geart evil and
mat the circulation OF knowledge is dangerous to the
peace ana order ofsociety You- Nj ,esty will
perceive that allies wish to keep the people ig.
horant, IN order that they may be obcdcnt and
wish TO make them obcdcnt, in order that tlev ma y
he onslaved.-Thcy further believe that all popular
Governments are the Judgment of heaven upon
earth for the sin and disobcdcncc of "thc lower
orders, and that IL. of Commons and Chambers of
Deputies, and Federal Diets are scandalous abou,.
| ihatioHS, winch ought To be swept away from E;!-
rope and the world. They believe that man has
no natural rights, except those enjoyed by the
beasts, and tina. all social privileges are enjoyed
through the bounty of kings They believe that
arevoit IN n nation against its government is the
WORK OF the devil, and the instigatiun of his
agents; and that to resist the will of monarch is
hlasphcmy and atheism! Yes, yes, your Majesty,
they believe that the liberty of the press is the in
Vention OF Bcizebub, and that journalists and jour
hals are the abomnation of tho earth and the
scourges of mankind. They believe that poverty
Is not entitled to protection, wealth bound to
acts OF charity; and, above all, they believe that
man possesses no rights as member of society,
ana that all he enjoys and hopes for, he derives
irom or should look up to his earthly sovereign
TO confer. They believe that slavery is happiness
aGd that the slave trade, provided it be not open
ana authorized, is "respectable" They believe
mat The negro cannot feel-that black man has
no so"l-that the difference of the colour of tire
skin makes Il difference in passions, feelings and
nature, and that TO hog female slave to death,
tAorgh pregnant, and exposed to tropical sun,
IS an act worthy of n vast landed proprietor OF
West India sugar cancs They believe that Mis-
sionary and Bible Societies are dangerous-;hat
tract ana School Societies are fanatica or, at
least that ii men be allowed to read it should only
DC certain extracts from the New Testament, in
which obedience TO rulers is inculcatcd as a Chris
tan virtue They believe that it is impossible to
combine In any government the authority of Il
hing with the will ola nation and that the inti-
awe and eNccutive-the thought, W ord and deed
: must oil be united being as head and chief
OF each State, whom they call King!!
AND now, may 1t please your Majesty, let me
ask you as Il British sailor and honest man, as
well as patriotic Prince, whether YOU believe such
4 system, and such school! and such principles
can possibly have long existence in Europe and,
above all, whether you think it possible that they
can take root, and Irvine, and flourish and prevo il
and become predominant and permanent in Great
Britain? And yet, such, your Majesty, are the
| principles and system of your Maestys European
allies OF Russia Prussia, Austria, Holland ard
| Spain, and of your most illustr;ous brother the
| Duke Of Cumberland!
| Well, then, your Majesty, sholl take it for
| granted that you ALLURE such tenets, that YOU
oathe such system, that you reject such counsel
! Tors, and that yon merely continue the friends of
socn dIeS from tho fear of committing n vet eS-rat-
c. evil In involving G. Britain and Eurcye,sn gyar
In taking this for granted justified IN Dc
ing so by your conduct Lord High Admiralty
your efforts IN favor OF the independence ofGreece
by your attention to economy rs the Kn1 of
Great Britain-by your comparatively unostcnta
nous Coronation-by your support of u Wbie and
popular ministry, and by your conduct in dissving
the i1ouse OF Commons, in order to secure majo
rity for the Reform Bill Now let me tell co;u
Majesty that all this has given great offence at ST
reterSburgh; at Berlin, where your brother the
| Duke of Cumberland is popular; at Vienna to
| The Irince OF Metternich, who had the insoence
10 wish that your Majesty might li-e to repent of
the concessions made to the democracy of Great
Nritian; and at Madrid, where your Majesty's name
1 is pronounced by Monks and Jesuts as the Chief
OF the Radicals. The absolute monarchs of those
absolute governments call you their ssally" from,
courtesy, and from the usages of Diplomatic and
political society; but they longer the real
allies OF a King who consults the good of his peo
pie, the happiness ofthe millions and the rights OF
men II your Majesty had maintained by your
royal decision that the inhabitants of one BUILDING
had the moral right OF returning two members Ia
Parliamcnt but that the inhabitants OF such towns
as Manchester and Birmingham had no such
right at a-why then this party this school
| would have cried sskiuu Wiliian, tha G.
ever"' and loud and long would lave been the
echoes within their walls of devoted and adorino
| loyalty. Your Majesty otherwise determined and
by the Cumberland school you are now proclaimed
! either -'incOmpcteDt' or ''democratical"
From this school and these men, now turn with
me, pray, you, to Europe en- ntasse-to all the
fine spirits OF the age to the phillntirop SIS mo-
raiiss, public writer's lovers of their SPECIES, To-
vers of constitutional freedom, encouragers ofthe
arts, Sciences improvements, and literature, egisa-
tors and politicians, and historians and poets and
men Of science and profou.1 knowledge of the
age in which you live and reign; to those who in
struct the ignorant, relieve the wrctched, visit the
prison and the poor-house, perform the duties IF
teachers OF the poor in larochial snd Sunday
| schools; or who occupied in the higher class of
society," take the lead at the Universities and at
public =eJnlnaries the continent; who are known
like NJ. Eynard, for the sarcifices they have made
! of fortune, ease, and luxury for the happiness of
their fellow men; who are at the head of human
society," mean the society of mind, and virtue
and civilization and who adorn the countries in
| which they reside and create their true riches and
| glory; and all, all these men your Miicstv nav
claira allies, friends, and supporters. Now let
| me ask your Majesty whether you would not
prefer the honest, voluntary, unboueht and dis
interested alliance of the instructed, the talented
| the humane, the vittuuus and the patriotic, the
lovers of their species, and the friends of mon TO
the selfish, intolerant, ignorant, and anti-popu-
| lar alliance Of the Cumberland SCHOOL, May it
please your Majcs:y-you cannot have both. The
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