Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-03-20

A uFqroRT or rrE -FOUR GEOEGEs. Kines OF England,
rei md biorrhio 40 ties Of their chief ministers,
oourten and iavorHes, By slHus A sHuoEs3i IL p ea'
thor Of The coart and reign Of cATHlRlsE II y c &C.
New York. D. ArFIEToN & Co
The history of the four GEORGES is the history Of
the eighteenth century, taking twenty years of
from its commencement and adding the first twenty
Of the nineteenth to make Up for it.
At first sight the mind is perfectly staggered on
comparing the immense expansion in territory,
wealth and political Importance acquired by the
British empire during this period, with the mental
and moral characters Of the four monarchs here
enumerated. The first was a naFrow-mnded Ger
man drill sergeant the second a swinish yagrant
sot the third well-meaning bat stupid and OBJ
stinate despot, and the fourth the most proflgate
sensualist who ever occupied a throne. We are
tempted to exclaim, Is national greatness then an
accident? Are conquest, wealth power, secured 10
nations by the wees and imbecilty Of their rulers
Are wisdom, virtue, nobility unessentiai 10 the
counsels Of a nation.
OF course, The answer TO these questions Is 'ila'
the kings of England do as NJ. THEIRS "anueu Luz %
PHnIPPE to do they reign but do not rue "ne" We
turn from the imbeciles and profigates VINO curing
tie last century wore the crown IN England 70 lhe
great galaxy Of statesmen who really eonuuc'eu
government we no longer wonder; reading on tla'
Hlustrious catalogue the names Of WAIPoIE BOILING
,porr Hurry the two PITTS, the two FOXES, CHEs
repvrrrn C.RTERET PELHAN, GRESvEILE, NORTH
R,-Dvr r ,bzr W1yDHAM. PERCEvAL, CANNING, HUs
rrssov FrDoy. PEEL, and BRoUGHIN our wonder Is
moderated and when in addition to this, we reeog
Misc the services of MARLBOROUGH, WOLFE and VEL
1,,,eroV in the army, and of VERNON, Hoop, ANsoN
H,vvKE NELSON. and COLLNGwOoD in the navy, the
labor and genius of Give and WEILEsLY in estab
lisbinu the Indian empire and above all the ndOmit
able energy and the growing intelligence Of tn
middle classes we are prepared to wonder at NJ
conceivable exploits that may be related.
One great lesson for Americans to learn iron
studying this period Of our history lesson whic
il is well competent tOIteach-is that, with the peop
of England we have never had controversy, bu
only with the naughty aristOcracy and stubborn DIES
Dot. who were as eagerly resisted by the people
England as by the people Of America, and ut
mately with as good success; for what have bee
their Catholic emancipatiOns, their Reform bill
their commercial reforms, but assertions IN on
form or another, that no man should be taxed by
government unless by his representative he had til
power Of asserting to the impost. Study the I'M
tory Of those times we say and the more you stud
them the more plaialy you viii that the me
who. like CHATHAM, BURKE, Fox, and BARRE lavishe
their splendid eloquence in reprobation OF on
wrongs and in vindication Of our rights were IL
idols of the people, while the stupid aigarchy an
vindictive monarch who tried to rivet our cham
were hated for it almost as sincerely in England
= in America; yes, and that the transcencent fan
and immaculate purity Of WAsaNGToNs charact
received its tribute Of love and veneraton and ell
ouent panegyric in England, long before the mere
D naries kept here in the name Of Great Britain
+ crush our expanding freedom hadibeen dismissed
liberated captives from our coasts. As an easi
mastered introduction to this valuable field OF III
torical research we cordially recommend the lit
p volume before us.
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