Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-21

without risking the comiaon ruin of rulsfs And
ruled"
IL would appear from tho above. il, at tho last
dissolution of the British Ministry, the fate Of the
nation was more narrowly suspended than has been
hitherto inspected; the same thing which then oc-
CURED, may, for less reason, threaten again
and that whom there is no question which can DO
safely yielded, sop at hand to Hing to the angry
lion But the writer of this article thinks that
countoracting causes in operation, which, IL
allowed slowly and silently to work their effect,
will prevent oil resort to violence, and, without tho
horrors of a Revolution, gradually alter tho COM
pcx of the Government, and amoliorate the
condition of the mass of the people. Among these
he looks, somewhat too saDguineiy we fear. TO the
operations of the "co-opcrative societies. in produ-
cling greater diffusion of wealth, and breaking up
the establishments OF enormous capitalists, who
absorb within themselves the very substance of the
soil. From tho contcnding commercial and manu-
featuring interests of th> country, and especially
from the Corn Laws. he apprchends carly and al
most ountable difficulties and he regards the
West India troubles as little less than mass of
combustbles.
We regret that our limits prevent mora minute
exam nation of this exceedingly clever artclc--a
part of which relating to this country we shall copy
Tomorrow. The author, who, as yo before stated,
writes apparently from personal observation of the
operation of recent events upon the different class
cs in England, makes out upon the whse but a
| gloomy case. Still he hangs with cheering conf
dence upon the hope of brighter days for the proud
| OLD Isle: MS prlnCipal reuanCc 10 upon tno Roou
sense. steady habits and general firmness of cha
| racter of the middle classes; and If they, as he
thinks, swell their numbers, by adding gradu-
ally from the two extremes, wo can readily believe
that the ship of state, with all her ballast thus shift
| cd to the centre, may yet weather many storm
That such may DO the case, and that education
with the mob, and reason with the nobility, may
gradually remove the blindness OF the one, and the
faulty of the other, must DO the ardent wish o.
| every one who recollccts how long England stood
| alone in tho gap between Freedom and Dcspotsm
Thore is so much that in venerable about Johr
Bull; so much that, notwithstanding all his extra
sagances, We arc compelled to revere; much that
in spite OIL his manifold disag we oar
not help but love- that We would not see him deal
harshly by in his old age. Let him be handled
kindly and watched with tenderness; and when q
violent application is to be made to one part of the
system let them be careful to keep the rest as com
Portable as possible. Ho has many infrmitics, ant
all should be considered while attempting to remove
one. In his present condition he would hardl,
stand amrutation of either OF his members he woulo
perish OF tho blow il would give his constitution
5000 nursing, however, might in few years pu
the old gentleman in sufficiently hearty to un
dergo tho excision of the unsound parts and allow
HIM to realize kindly old age. That such may be
the case, must be the wish of those when h
] testyness and arrogance of conduct have provoked
tne most Among these we cannot help saying,
Sero in cGlum redear
| !, Or, in the loss trfe paraphrase of Linkum Eide
| Illus:
| Thy scorn burly Bull we return in thy teeth,
| but cased as thou art in compost of evil,
Is There's something solid and hearty beneath
Oh late may it be ere you 60 to the devil.