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pact 4 jg forta ^ I—ra £ o $ crrr& > exifc elective in ' ajii | & ^ miK ^ ear ^ re aper wUiclv , eVti < y ? citiaeQ ? may by bis merit obtain the . highest trust t recognized by the constitution — which contains within it no cause of discord , liOiie to put at variance one part of the CQ «\ uiunity with another—a government vr'hfch protects every citizen in the full en-J ^ mHfflKl- f ^ - hU- rights , and is able to
protect the nation agftinst injustice from foreign powers . " These are doubtless great blessings , and if the people are virtuous , they wiy be preserved . With great propriety is pointed out to the nation the mode in which they may all be lost . " While the constituent body retains its present souivd and healthful state , every
thing ^ ill sa . ey will choose competent and faithful representatives for every department . -It is only when the ftfopje became ignorant and corrupt , when they d ^ gerierate into a populace , that they are incapable of exercising sovereignty *
Usurpation is then an easy attainment , and a « usurper will be found . The people " ^ Ci ttvselv&es become the willing instruments of thjeic gwn debasement and ruin . Let lis , then look to the great cause , and endeavour to preserve it in full force . JLet us hu all wise and constitutional measures
ftropioTe intelligence among the people , as ike best means of preserving our liberties . " ^ Fne remarks of the speaker on the internal £ overntaent of the country are no les * judicious , and Europe may derive lessons 4 f wisdom from our Transatlantic brethren : ft&d whatever may be the fate of our own and the neighbouring countries , we may still b « thankful to Divine Providence that
there remains a hope , that if the wickedness , of the Eastern world should drive liberty from its regions , it will find a refuge in another quarter , and produce that happi « ess and prosperity , which can only arise from the moral habits and virtue of the p £ 9 £ k \ In Germany there is evidently a considerable attempt at improvement . The
promises of the King of Prussia appear not to have been nugatory . A council is foi * xned of the principal officers of state and delegates from different parts of the country , and there is a probability that a representative government will be established . A $ any rate £ he power of the noblesse will be curtailed , and the military will be thought in subjectiou to the civil power .
T& « &&andgrave of Hesse Cassel has accede . 4 to the Christian Alliance , which employs ( & « $ peus of the writers in Germany . Tutte o&ly . $ nn prove haw far ChrWtiaoity " \ tril . frftve an influence in this measure , for BianUind have been « o often deceived by specious promises , that even tbe words af princes will not Teirtove tbe suspicion that Che garb of holiness -may be a cloak only
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^ . alm ^^^ li ^^^^^^^ er , on accgtt&t of ^ the supposes cdffc ^ &et-iaf . eur government towards Bonaparte : and Lord Bathurst ' s speech is criticised with no small degree of severity . Even the Austrian papers have published it , a&& H is evident that foreign na £ ioii * are t * ot
inatteiitne to- the . fate of hiiu ^ who . once possessed so great an influence in the affairs of Europe . Sweden appears to be in an unquiet state . A conspiracy is said to have bcea formed against the French prince , who is to succeed to the crown : but t&e contents on
of the ^ rcen occasion jciot been as yet laid open to the public . A decree has been issued on tbe subject of commerce , prohibiting various articles with a view of encouraging nianiifacxurfcs at home . Thus man is m . many places ncting against the evident ( iesigns of Prosvide nee , which , by diffusing its ^ blessiurg §
in various degrees over different countries , leads them to supply the deficiencies of each by mutual interchange . The Svye ^ les are yet to learn that the best way to em pipy the superfluities of their subsoil , the
great wealth of their country , Is h \ the purchase of what they may dill lurries : for by means of them a greater de ^ rr e" ef industry is promoted in their own nation , as well as in those countries With which
they trade . But why should wt be surprised at this failure in political economy in Sweden , when even our owa is not sensible of its own interest ? It i ^ not u , ri ^ Usual to see encouragements hel ^ out for the domestic use of our own , iwanufactures , not considering that if a ) J nations follow : our example , we sb ^ ll be the . sufferers : for the niachiuery of t , his country will soon
fail , if it is employe ^ solel y upo n our own wants . ' All tl ^ e accounts of the Spanish . co 1 o ^ lV 13 contribute to keep "Op the hope of tht ; speedy downfall of the goverumetit of tH ?^ mother country ; but at the same time the $ present such a picture of the iftftnuers of
the people , as render it very problematical whether they w ill for a long time bf abfoe to establish themselves io a weil ^ r « gul « te ^ system . Buenos Ay res 3 © ejjas . mpfil likely to be aoone ^ tL li ^ ed . Tl *^ »| tt igrA 0 , t » . fmm Europe to the m ^ w worWi « wijich are now Numerous , and perhaps bcypM ^ fe ^ mp le in
any former peripd , 4 iyr «^^ fe ^^ ur ^ e tm th # UniU ' d States , ^ h * . $ ^ rjp > $ ' ^( F . ^ pl ^ ^ erland tend very $ auch t ^ , ytyc v&&& M" 4 & amount ; bu ^ ^ ipiiric ^ ^ > Wp % -AfaM liWle l ^ y Um ? manufactu ^ rs w hi ^\ ^| c thi » country . It ca ^ i uot be t © 9 ( im | Mi . kfcf pr ^» SI 2 d on nil mu > tb , tliatiradie And ifB ^ i ^ M factnres are the ca % u * e of our pro ^ pcri ^ y ^ W } 4 wton they 4 < # ft ^ ^ m ^ m » W fail with them .
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&j 6 Stele of m * ffic Affairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 256, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/64/
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