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    b y sea forces acting both at seq , and on land , is a palpable ^ fact . We have Jnterft ^ ed—tne tbin ^ is done . The first practical question is , hpw vare we to go * on ^ rith it , or how to get out of it ? This i&a predicatnent in which the Whigs Have always

    been famous for pacing themselves . Tfie party-coloured warfare which occurred in the debates on th $ interpretation of a naval force suggests a comparison of the cfose-shouldered array of the Tories , with ( he ranks of soldiers ; the ] qose ,, independenl fighting of the Radicals , wjih . sailors ; and the equivocal operation of the Whigs , with that of the marines . ^ We , mean no disrespect

    to that eallant body of sea forces ; out th ^ y have been wed very sham ^ fuUy ; by J ^ he legislature of their country . As tp the Foreign ^ j ^ nlistmen ( t Act , we are very much . of the opinion of the ' Guide \ ^ a newly-started liberal weekly paper , whic | i bidn fair to fe e ^ t ^ large pprtipn of the cheap tfash out of the field * by li n ing ? is good as it is cheap ) , which argues that the Government cannot justly interfere "to prevent Englishmen from en ^^ gfpg ^ n p ^ er ^ onal or pecuniary hazardous speculations , either atnoh > $ or , abroad /* " Why should it hinder a Briton from earnings an honest livelihood by getting knocked on the bead in the military service of foreign powers ? But Sir , Henry Hardinge and Sir Robert Peel will not , admit that a man can hpnp ^ tly < serye as a soldier in any cpijtest to . whi

    are a inerieenkry and a murderen " BuV ^ he inferference w ai s more gr avely defended on the grouitd of policy ; and we are sorry to see that the liberal press in general supports the policy of interference in behalf of the present government of Spain . To us \ l appears that there is nothing in ttie C&se of iM ^ re ^ eht strtiggle in Spain which sxenijpts it front tH ^ gene > ai prlti ( 6 J ( iles of boti-iniifefteTence . On the contrary , those princip les seeinto a j i jily ^ rather inote ^ trtjia tl v to the present case than to any other wi ^ b which we haV £ eve ^ inet . Never was there a struffgle in which men ' s ( rood feelings' Wje ^ ii so feebly ^ ccit ^ d % iPoie fate

    in behatf of either f arty , ^ e left e ; k ^ jant s to theilt | M ; are we io stii ? oiirs ^ Jves only in behatf ' of % tnjsertLble race , wlib dare not , or will not , help thenlseives ? That is not the point . We do not fight for them becadae

    they , < af $ ^ f ) iner j ^ p . than t ^ iPjQ ^ 8 ^ XK < HMd , ^ I ]| By ,, j «[ ere Jtke them ; wa sboult ) then be saved the trouble ) , but because their cause is identified v ^ i th continental liberalism ^ Alluding to the cQi ^ te ^ trJ ) et \ v ^ en (^ h ^ Biscayans '" ^ n 4 fe cental , governmeut , the samejpi ^ i ^ i ^ s ^ r ^ m ^ . ,. ... ^ Vf / , •; , / r- : ) ,. " AHA * though ) it niay ^ be desirable that the Jatter should ultimately succeed in ( bringing the Biscayan provinces into perfect amalgamation with the rest of Spain , it would be better that this should be effected , not by the overwhelming force of a third party , dictating absolute submission to

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    Innocent JDqbpps &n Spain . 309

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 309, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/54/