The Sun. — 1841-10-06 (London, England)

ADDRESSES TO THE. QUEEN. TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. Fellow-Con n t ryirien—The recent uncontradicted statement of the Duke of Richmond, that he was Cabinetmaker in Ordinary to the Queen—that the House of Commons was hut the upper servants' second table of the Peerage—that what are facetiously called the Reprosentatives of the people are only the Duke of Buckinghales "gentlemen's gentlemen," and that the glorious majority of ninety-one" are the mere nominees of the aristo,Tacy—has induced you to "fly from petty tyrants to the Throne." Remembcting that when the factionwhich now holds the reins of -government was formerly in office it systematically suppressed at the Home-office all addresses from the people to the Monarch which complained of its corruption ; you would not let " the serpent sting thee twice," and most properly and reasonably solicited those independent and patriotic noblemen, the Earl of Radnor and Lord Kinnaird, to use their privilege of Peerage as a direct means of laying before her Majesty your petitions at a personal audience. Thei- Lordships most promptly and cordially responded to your call, and the result is embodied in the subjoined correspondence. At the issue we have no reasonable ground to be disappointed. So long as " her heart was mistress of itself," her Majesty nobly stood by her subjects. By our ov,vn supineness, and the corruption and cowardice of the constituency, her Majesty has been " delivered bound" into the hands ) your enemies, and must passively obey the harsh voice of the wicked magician, until her people have the courage and the energy to batter down the gates of his stronghold and emanci-' pate her from the spell of his enchantment. It is by the " persuasive force," which, in court language, is , called " advice" of her Majesty's temporary advisers, and on their exclusive responsibility, that a precedent has been established for invading alike the prerogative of the Monarch and the constitutional privilege of the_ people of immediate mutual communication. ' The justification which has been atteriipted fur that advice,. that it has been given to protect her Majesty from inconvenience and annoyance, is only an aggravation of the original offence. It is less inconvenient for her Majesty 'to see the Earl of Radnor or Lord Kinnaird, than to be inflicted with the odious presence of that " rat behind the .arras," who, in the capacity of Home Secretary, charges himself with the duty of presenting your petitions to the Queen ; and I am certain that it is less annoying to her Majesty to receive the addresses of her people, than to he compelled to assist at the adjustment of a speeCh in which she is made to say what she cannot think. It is, however, a course nut less constitutional than wise for her Majesty to deprive the faction by which she is encompassed of all excuse fur attributing their certain ultimate-discomfiture to any act of the monarchy. During the short period they havebeen. already permitted to go at large, they have attempted their own lives so often as to show that it is by suicide they are ultimately to fall. It is by restraint alone that their existence can be prolonged. Give them rope enough, and—but the proverb is somewhat musty. I remain, fellow countrymen, Your faithful friend and servant,