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    to call on both sides equally to consider their characters , as men , brothers and Christians , are exerting their powers to the utmost to inflame the minds of the combatants 9 and to instigate them still more to the horrid work of blood .

    The war rages all round the United States , but except in the north-west it is confined almost to predatory expeditions . An ineffectual attempt has been made on Louisiana : and

    ib the gulph of Mexico a new state of things is appearing , which is likely to produce a great influence on all the Spanish-American provinces . The contest had been

    doubtful in Mexico between the partisans of themother-country and those who were desirous of independence , the former probably being satisfied with tfce improvement of their condition under the constitution laid down by the Cortes , In this situation the

    news arrived , that Ferdinand had seized the reins of government , set aside the constitution , and imprisoned the persons "who were most actively employed in the defence of their country . The effect produced by this intelligence is said to be an union of all parties in freeing themselves from all connection with

    such a sovereign , and their independence was immediately declared . Thus Mexico will become a free state , and its treasures will be better employed than in the support of the supporters of the detestable Inquisition . The flame of independence

    will probably spread itself , and Peru will no longer bend under its ancient yoke , but enjoy a free trade with the "world . Buenos Ay res may be said in great measure to have established itself , and Spain is too weak

    to send to each colony a sufficient number of troops to make any impression ; and if it confines its efforts to one only , the others will become too powerful to dread any thing from a later attack . But what

    expectation can the Spanish despot have of success any where ? What reliance can he place on his troops ? What partisan * will be found to

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    support such bas ^ ingratitude ?• The time seems to be cbpae for the independence of South America , and for the establishment of government * over large and extensive countries in which in a few years the interest ! and politics , and treacheries and squabbles , and wars and tumulfeof European countries will be of no

    more consequence than the siimlar transactions of the petty trib es in the interior of Africa are to us The expectations of Europe ar < e not gratified . The congress of soye , reigns and civilians at Vienna na »

    been busily employed : buttl ^ efr , u ( t of their labours is not yet before the public . In the mean time the papprs of all countries are teeming with

    surmises on the changes to be made in the European polity , in whiciu one thing is particularly to be re * marked , that the ^ happiness and

    improvement of any one people do not seem t 6 enter in the least into the view of a , ny of the writers ! At [' $ directed to the aggrandisement olf sovereigns , ai > d the attempt to keep the peace ! between them 3 by assigning such territories to each , as shall

    afford proper means , by combination , of preventing any from outstepping the bounds to be laic } down for their future governments . Hence it shouH . seem , according to these writers ^ thal Europe is to gain only a change , of masters , not of principles : that in ^

    system of force which existed , nj , Buonaparte remains the same , but divided by a confederacy of princes . It is useless to speculate on wh ^ t may be done ; and it is pretty certain , that whatever is done , unle $

    it is made to appear advantage to the people among '" yfhov ^ ^ changes take jplace , wOl sgeedfebft undone . That military sys ten ^ t ^ which Europe was oppressed beforp the revolution and under BuoBa ^ parte , will Dot be easily re-estaf blished without such continual Jp-, prehensions of danger from 'ibe ^ military themselves , as will * n fc , O $ sovereigns anxious to possess a P ^ ter security for their ihjon ^ f ** $ ?*< the bartmet . Wisdom nJpW s # e ? £ *

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    726 State of Public Affair * .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 726, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/66/