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tiibel oh itib government was in those days the word for eveiry pamphlet \ vhich opposed the wishes df the minister of the day , and the Bastille w . is the place of correction for every man of an enlarged mind ,
who A ' -ired to speak freely on politics . The eye of a time-serving' advocate could find a libel in every page of an oppose r of the court , and his employers estimated his zeal by the number of offenders he brought before them . The French seem to be sensible of the evils
arising from surrendering up the press to the court , yet they know not tow to draw the line between the oppression of a minister and the licentiousness of the writer . A
strange distinction ha ** been proposed ; namely , that large books may be printed freely , but all newspapers and pamphlets must go through the office of the censor * We shall be curious to see in what
manner the question is at last settled , and shall not be sorry if they go beyond our own country upon this point , for with us there is great room forr rmprovement . A question of almost as great importance Wag thrown out of the legislature with almost universal acclamation , and
yet "it was jone which required the utmost gravity of debate . We were rather surprised at its having been Introduced , 'and did not give the French assembly credit for
possessing a : man 6 t such enlarged views . He proposed the : abolition of customs— a perfect freedom of ekjtorts and imports . There never was a time when tike French could have
taken Up thist question with greater advantage ,. and had Firance been made a ftee ' port , she Wouldfh ^ Ve gined moife by that single act , an Buonaparte cdu ^ d have ever dfttaiiled byiiis attacks against our
commerce . , Evety tMng is consolatory to our feelings in our view of France ; she v » jrisiugfram her difficulties : every thing is the . reverse in Spain" which is sinking into thfc abyss of ite tfenr-A ^ r rek ifi ^ 6 , attti if' it extricates itadrit -riifi ? Ife by a civil wan The
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Inquisition isr £ - establish fcdL Monfc * and nuns and priests , are all getthi | r back to their fornfei * stations ajru ' pre-etfriheace .. Commerce is dfcstroked by the restoration of allthfe old motiopoJks and imposts . Ih
fact the whole plan of the faeW government seems to be to destroy every act of th £ Ctihez , and 16 teduce Spaih to ari absolute ifioftarch y . They who fought argiaittet the French ai'e now disgraced j they who fled the country ate Yetitirtt ^ d to d ^ nitieer over it Rutnours of
dissatisfectioii have ? reached us , and the dread of it has had the effect to prevent the seiidhig dtlt of sufficient force to reduce t \ tt cdlotiie § t 6 the present order of thirtg ^ . All ihis is in fatcrur of th * 6 American
governments Which will b ^ able to establish thetn ^ elves , arid be freed from a power eviden lly ihcapabfeof consulting the happiness of such distant regions . Sweden has iiot obtained
pas&cfcsion of Norviray , Wh $ < ih on the cotttrary \ t $$ erected itself into an thdependent kingdom tmder a fre& constttationr , a represeiitatioti Of the people , and a free press . Whether ft can maintain itself tiikte ttfrllihdw :
but the sovfei ' ei-gtf Whom * tni ^ y havfe elected s ^ em ^ TOterniined to ^ fairrf the Contest The question is ^ nbi yet sett ted ; how far extefmisilpowew hav ^ arirght ta dispose of a" tbrthttfp Bind if fe certain thatwlieii N ^ tW ^ V
tria $ separated from DfeHtti ^ ark , rt ^ ittiev , Svteden tior &n % cither c ^ untrj ^ Bad a - right otcfrtt . We cotid ^ tfc ^ to the right of atnta , arid ifiyrtsftft may petiiatt iii tfiis cdtifliVit , wfcfclf will be a ; blot ? cm the reseiit p&icV
^ at * d a ereaf rfetfectSdn < < $ ti ' tfaogfe peratta a great rfeffectidn ^ n tfeo ^ fe jperscins who aVtahged > / it PferitAjl * however tfi ^ cdngrfes ^ at Vien ti * may tafte it into cotisid ^ atioiri , tfr mettitoeYmg tliat Whatever ' figljrf ' they had to dispose of cotititrtesr jjif
th ^ -possessibn ofVtHeir arfefiSi tfiiir does not appl ^ tc ^ lSforiViay wliich wnV ftfefe from ^ thettiv Surely the vbit& of the pedple ottigfoli t 6 go fof 0 omcthings aiid if it v ^ as atttelKded to i * Pi ^ ttcta % Wy 8 Uwtd < d it iiotf be so & isTcnS ^ ayi
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448 State vf Pncrfic Affairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 446, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/62/
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