The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-13

AMERICA.

The following extracts from tie volume oil
Walpoe's Letters, just published by LA & Bianeh-
ard, Of his city posses. much interest inssmueh as
they refer to the difficulties in this country, at the
time in which they were written;
PANs, Sept 7, l7I5.
Y ur letter Of August l2th followed me hther from
England. answer II from hence with less re-
serve than should at home understood very well,
my d. ar sir the proprety Of the style in which you
write In your Ministerial capacity and ne 18Th to
have you expose yourself TO any by un.
necessary frankness. am too much convinced Of
your heart and head not swerying from the glorious
principles in which we were both educated To sus-
pect you OF having ado ted the principles instiled
into so many Englishmen by Scotch Jacobtes, the
authors OF the present, they have been OF every,
civil war-hence the days Of Queen Elizabeth You
will on your side not be surprised that am what ]
always was Zeaot for liberty 10 every part OF the
globe, and consequently that most heartily wish
success to the Americans. They have hitherto not
made one blunder; and the Administration have made
thousand beside the two capital ones, Of first pro-
voking and then OF uniting the colonies The latter
seem to have as good heads hearts, we want
both. The campaign seems angushing. The Min
listers will make all their efforts against the spring.
So no doubt will the Americans too. Probably the
war will be long. On the side Of England, il must
be attended with ruin. II England prevails, English
and American liberty is at an end! lf the colonies
prevail, our commerce is gone-and if, at last, we
negotiate. they will neither forgive, give us our
former advantages.
The country where | now am, is, luckily neither
in condition or disposition to NEEDLE. Ii il did it
would complete our destruction, even by only assist
ing the colonies, which can scarce think they are
blind enough not to do. They openly talk of our ty-
ranny and folly with horror and contempt, and per-
haps with amazemeDt, and so does almost every 70.
reign minis er here, as we as every Frenchman -
Instead OF being mortified, as generally when my
country is deprecated, i am comforted by finding
that though one of very few in England, the senli.
ments OF the rest of the world with, and CON-
hrm m ne. The people with us fascinated; and
what mu we be, when Frenchmen shocked at
our despoc acts Indeed, both this nation, and
their King, seem TO embrace the most generous pr'n.
ciples-the only fashion, doubt, in which we shall
not initiate them Too late, .ur eyes will open
r. 3 llth-l had made up my letter but those
! received from England last night bring such
important intelligence, must add parag aph. That
miracle gratitude, the Czarina, has consented to
lend England twenty thousand Russians, to be trans
ported to America. The Parliament is to meet on
the 10Th of next month"; and twenty thousand
seamen What paragraph of blood is there-
WIN what torrents must liberty be preserved in Ame
RIGA In England what can save III Oh mad, mad
England! What phrenzy, to throw away its trea-
sure lay waste its empire of wealth. and sacrifice ts
Freedom that its prince may be the arbitrary lord OF
boundless deserts in America and of an
ed, dePopuated, and thence insignificant island in
Europe and what prospect of comfort has n true
Englishman? Why, that Philip the Second mscarri-
ed against the Doors Of Holland and that Louis the
Fourteenth could not replace James the Second on the
throne.