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KEANU CHARLTON.
Monday Y^Temng.
ffj* We have delayed our paper until ,
this late hour, for the purpose of present
ing to our readers, entire, the distinguish
ed Letter of Counsellor Phillips to the
King. Had this celebrated Errant appear
ed in the great Tourney, at the first sound
of the trumpet, he might have broken a
lance with some chivalric honor, in favor
of the tlttireited damtel. But, strong in
mail as he is, sve ore sorry to see, that he
did not buckle on hi* artror until the
tve.'Oh A *ur we cannot, therefore, re
frain from saying to him,
SRU prmto u last whs wain ’till all Mamlnd.’
Missouri fyirslion.
It is highly probable that this dangerous
question will be again pressed on the no
tice of Congress, at the ensuing session, in
an altered shape. The signs of such an
event cannot b« overlooked by the rpost
fuperftcisl beholder. The Constitution
of Missouri will b* said to contain provi
•ions on the subject of slavery repugnant
to that of the United States. The North
ern presses arc busily and boldly at
work is their late favorite vocation, to
wit : inflaming and embittering the
North against the South. But are we
to have the feelings, not te say the pas
lions, of that perilous period, renewed
Mfllh an aggravated spirit f Arc we to
havo our ftclings of pride is Americans
•candalised by the mutual revilings and
•recriminations of our public oratuis. Will
no* Congress close the door of debate,
and permit the influence of calmer rea
son and more tranquilized passions to
heal the soreness and irritation of the
past. No victory, in fact, could compen
eate, in the end, the victors, for the ef
fects of the inextinguishable hatred which
such triumph jruuld leave in the bosoma
qf the defeated party.—This incontesta
bly shows the wisdom of the compromise
of the last sessions. If the North bad
I nined its point against the South, or the
oulh against the North. we should have
given up the union of the States in des
pair. The prudence, shall we not say the
magnanimity, of a few temperate spirits
an each aide,saved us from the immediate
apprehension of this dreadful catastrophe;
- and we do not hesitate to say, that there
ii no hope for the integrity of our com-
Ijact, but in the exercise, on every simi
ar occasion, of the same spirit of conces
sion and compromise.
But Mr. Wamub appears to be the ene
my of compromise. He speaks not of the
Union as of a voluntary association es, in
dependent States. His argument is suit
ed to a consolidated government in which
all authority is relinquished by the parties
to the compact, and no portion of power
whateverreta ned. Misrule that thevill
«f the majority of the States should be
considered supreme and paramount, is no
doubt the essence of popular government.
Nut would he push the doctnna so (hr as
to mild, that thirteen States, in a confede
ration of twenty .four, should disregard
the feelings, wishes ind opinions of the
•ther eleven ! Mr. Watse says the min
ority that should suffer the memory of•-
ny disappointment or defeat to nflect its
deliberation and votes, on any separate
Ideation, deserves the name of factinia.
ut is he not expecting too much of hu
hnan nature, to look for a total sacrifice of
•pinion and right in the minority, when
the stronger pxrty, taking advantage of
Sts power, chooses to outrage the rights
and feelings of the minority, nearly its
eqmd in numbers ? In esse of submission,
•ruler such circumstances, there would be
a relinquishment of the • hject* of die con
federation to the mere farm* es the con
dilution. The parties to the Federal
Compact would never have come into
Curb an association, but on the implied
assurance and understanding between
them, that the feelings, interest, and o
puiions of each of the Stites, but espe
cially a large minority of them, would
be respected by the others; and surely
when the right of resistance in a nation to
the tyranny of its governors, is no longer
a questionable doctrine, the right of with
drawing from a voluntary association, by
independent States, when they deem the
ends es their union frustrated, admits
of even less dispute. If Mr: Walsh does
wot place the queation on this basis, it is
One merely of power—the power which
Itntnben give of deciding all questions in
the Federal Legislature. The duty of
Unqualified submission in the minority of
the States, to whatever may be determin
ed by the majority, would aeem to follow
from this doctrine.
Mr Walth insists, that the presump
tion ought never to be tolerated that the
J tarty in the minority will proceed to ex
remities Now we hold the very oppo
site doctrine, and say that this presump.
t tion should he the basis of our Federal
Legislation in every instance in which thi
party by the minority is nearly equal in
-number and atrength to that which pos
•esses tli* preponderance. Our Federal
Legislators should always keep steady
in view, that «he Stale* were brought to
gether by conaiderationa of interest, con
venience and security. As these were
the original inducements to their associa
tion, so they must continue t* be the
bonds of their future union. It is on these
principles the doctrine of compromise
vests. It was in this spirit the Constitu
tion was framed and established. It is
in this spirit it mutt be preserved. No
other is adapted to a confederation of ori
ginally independent States. Let the pre
•ent Federal Legislature, and those by
which they will be sucoeeded, be guided
by the large-prospective views of the
mew who built up the proud fabric of this
Constitution, and we nay look forward
With undiminished confidence to the pros
perity of the Union.— Southern Patriot.
from th* Baltimore Morning Chronicle.
GRNKRAL JACKSON.
Th* private character of General Jack
con has been much abused and misreo-
T*vented. It is not from a desire to fol
low in the wake of popular and vulgar
admiration, sometimes deceptive, some- I
times fortuitous, and ofte iin open viola
tion of all justice, conferred on an iiuli- ,
vidual, that we state (he following f* cti ;
Wd ermuntanres they are derived 1 1
front a smixtte unquestionably authentic, i
Surely it is not to be said, in oar day, i
that the man who has so often led the 1
American armies to victory, is to be de- i
nied an act of common justice, because i
bis brows are covered with laurels. A i
personal friend, whose commercial en- 1
gagements rendered his attendance ai
Nashville necessary, proceeded on his
journey with sentiments decidedly hos
tile to the character of General Jackson
-It is unnecessary to inquire from what
source these impressions were taken.—
Such, however, was the fad. On his
arrival at Nashville, be was somewhat sur
prised to find that the whole family
where he resided, including himself, had
received an invitation from the General
to spend the day at his country residence,
about ten miles from Nashville. The
General’s carriage was in waiting for tbt
reception of the family. On their arrival
they were hospitably received by the
General, in a house fitted up in a plain
Republican style, destitute of all sort of
ostentation or parade. The General en
tered into conversation on the general to
pics of the day with that freedom and
urbanity so peculiarly calculated to re
move the embarrassments of. a stranger
guest: he was perfectly at home on every
aubject that was started; and the guest
was both astonished and delighted at the
freedom and openness of his manners
The conversation was at length interrup
ted by the arrival of two little boys in
the room, who clambered up the gener
al’s knee, and threw their arms around his
neck—they were dismissed to their in
fantile amusements, with a slight paternal
reproof, that they must not intrude
upon his company. His guest found, on
Inquiry, that these boys were two little
adopted orphans, whom the General had
determined should inherit his property,
after his decease, having no children of
hi* own. An elderly clergyman arrived
shortly afterwards, who received the same
hospitable' welcome, aud private worship
wsa performed, the General kneeling
with th* rest *f his family. His guest
found on inquiry, that this reverend'
gentleman was principally maintained bj i
the General’s bounty, at whose table he
was s frequent and always a welcome vis
itant.—The General rode with our infor
mant over his own grounds, explained
to him the nature of his intended
improvements, and introduced him to
several religiose Ikmißes in Nashville,
to whom he distributed religious tracts,
be. much to the delight of his guest,
who passed a very agreeable week at his
residence. What we have thus far intru
ded otlraelvCs into the private family of
Genera) Jackson (or, is this; he has been
regarded only in the light of a success
ful warrier, aa one qualified only to grap
ple with and to prostrate danger in th*
tented Held. Mere wc have been taught
to stop our admiration. We presume that
these softer shadings amongst the more
brilliant traits in the character of a great
man, will be acccptible to those who de
light to contemplate the moral in the v»-
aioua lights in which it maybe presented.
His bold and decided tone—his fearless
ness in the execution of public service—
his stern and unbended determination,
promptly and effectually as a public man,
to discharge a public duty, has made im
pressions unfavorable to hia private char
acter, which it is evidently not more than:
an act of common justice to remove.
The public traits of General Jackson
are marked by too decided characteristics
to p«ss unnoticed in ■ crowd. Tie Was
formed for dignity and high exploit, and
he coerces respect even from those who
are prone te censure his public measures.
If he undertakes the vindication of his
cause with a pen, he shows the same
promptness and energy that he formerly
did with the sword- Strong in the con
fidence of his o#n talents, he speaks to
command and to be obeyed—He hurries
the mind impetuously along by his own
impulse, am. the reader participates in
his fervor, he scarcely knows how. Sure.
ly it forms no uninteresting spectacle to
behold the hero of New Orleans, in a
new light. He is noW employing his lei
sure moments in the cultivation of his
farm, to which he pays the same devo
ted energy and attention, that he former
ly did in repelling the assaults of our en
emies. Whatever hi does, h* does tho
roughly.
LIVERPOOL Oct, 6.
Letter of Cntiiteller Phillip* to the King.
The following excellent letter to the
King from that celebrati d barrister Uharies
Phillips Esq we doubt not will be read
with peculiar pleasure, as it relates most
particularly to the situation of our perse
cuted queen. It is unnecessary to remark
on the beauties of the composition; the
work will shew for itself.
“Sire—When I presume to address you
on the subject which afflicts and agitates
the country, I do so with the most pro
found sentiments of respect and loyalty.
But I am no flatterer. I wish well to
your illustrious house, and therefore I ad
dress you in the tone of simple truth—
the interests of the king and queen are
identified, and her majesty’s advocate
must be your’s. The degradation of any
branch of your family must, in some de
gree, compromise the dignity of all, and
be assured there is aa much danger as
discredit, in fkmiliarixing the publie eye
to such a spectacle. I have no doubt
that the present exhibition is not your
royal wish; I do not doubt it is the work
of wily sycophants and slanderer, who
have persuaded you she was false in the
base hope that it would turn out to be
profitable. With the view, then, of
warning you against interested hypocrisy,
and of giving to your heart its naturally
humane and noble inclination, I invoke
your attention to the situation of your
persecuted consort! I implore of you tc
consider whether it would not be for the
safety oft ! e state for the tranquility of
the country, for the honor of your house
and for the interests alike of royalty and
humanity, that an helpless female should
be permitted to pass in peace the re
maining years which unmerited misery
h*s spared to her.
U is now. Sire, about five and twenty
yean since her Majesty landed on the
shores of England—a Princess by birth—
a Queen by marriage—the relative of
Kings—and the daughter and sister of a
hero. She was then young—direct from
the indulgence of a paternal court —the
blessing other aged parents, of whom slu
was the hope and stay—and happiness
shone brightly o’er her; her life had been
ell sunshine—time for her had trod on
flowers; and if the visions which endear
and 4ehorate, and hallaw borne, were van t
ished 1 forever, still did she resign them \
for the sacred name of wife, the sworn «
affection of a royal husband, and the t
allegiance of a glorious and gallant j
people She was no more to see t
her noble father’s hand unhelm the war- <
rior’s brow to fondle o’er his child —no i
more for her a mother’s tongue delight- i
ed as it taught; that ear which never
heard a strain—that eye which never o- i
pened on a scene but those of caieless, i
harmless, cloudless, infancy, was now a- i
bout io change its dulcet tones and fairy i
visions, for the accent and the country of
a stranger. But she had heard the'char
acter of Britons —she knew that chivalry
and courage co-existed she knew
that where the brave man aad the free
man dwell, the very name of woman bore
a charmed sway; and where the voice of
England echoed your Royal pledge “to
love and worship and cleave to her alone,”
she but looked upou your Sire’s example,
and your nation’s annals, and was satis
fied.—Pause, and contemplate her envi
able station at the hour of these' unhap
py nuptials! The created world scarcely
exhibited a more interesting spectacle.—
There was no earthly bliss of which site
was not either in the possession or in the
expectancy. Royal alike by birth
and bv alliance honored as the
choice of England’s heir, -reputed the
most accomplished gentleman in Europe
—her reputation spotless as the nnfallen
B now—her approach heralded by a peo
pie’s prayer, and her footsteps obliterated
by an obsequious nobility—her youth,
like the lovely season which it. typified,
one crowded garland of rich and fra
rant roses refreshing every eye with
present beauty, and filling every heart
with promised benefits ? No wonder that
she feared no famine in that spring tide of
her happiness—no wonder that her
speech was rapture, and her step was
buoyancy. She was the darling of her
parents’ hearts—a kingdom was her dower 1
—her very glance, like the sun of heaven,
diffused light and warmth, and luxury a
round it—in her public hour, f * nne
concentrated all its rays upon hei, and
when she shrunk from its too radiant noon
it was within the shelter of a husband’s
love, which God and nature, and duty and
morality, assured her unreluctant faith
should be eternal. Sncb was she then,
all joy and hope, and generous credufity,
the credulity that springsfrom honor and
and from innocence And who could
blame it? You had a world to ehuse, and
she R is your selection—your ages were
compatible—you.i births were equal- yon
had drawn her from the house where she
was honored and happy—you had a prod
igal allowance showered on you by the
people—you had bowed your annointed
head before the altar, and sworn by its
majesty to cherish and protect her, and
this you did in the presence of a moral
nation, from whom you hold the evown,
and in the face of that church of which
vou are the guardian. The ties which
bound you were of no ordinary texture —
you stood not in the situation of some
secluded profligate, Whose brutal satiety
might leave its victim to a death of soli
tude, where no eye could see nor echo
tell the quiverings of her agony. Your
elevation was too luminous and too lofty
to be overloked, and she who confided
With a vestal’s faith, and a virgin’s purity
in your honor and your morals, had a cor
roborative pledge in that publicity, which
could not leave her to suffer or be Alined
against in secret. All the calculations of
her reason, all evidence of her experi
ence, combined their confirmation. Her
own parental home Was purity itself, and
your’s might have bound Republicans to
Royalty ; it would have been little leas
than treason to have doubted you; and oh!
she was right to brush away the painted
Vermin that infest a court, who would
have withered up her youthful heart with
the wild errors of your youthful minori
ty! Oh! she was right to trust,the hon
or of “Fair fcr gland's” heir, and weigh
but as a breath-Mown grain of dust a
thousand follies and a thousand faults
balanced against the conscience of her
husband. She did confide, and what has
been the consequence ?
History must record it. Sire, when the
brightest gem in your diadem shall
have mouldered, that this young, con
fiding, inexperienced creature had
scarcely heard the last congratulatory ad
dress upon her marriage, when she wa*
exiled from her husband’s bed, banished
from her husband’s society, and abandon
ed to the pollution of every slanderous
sycophant who chose io crawl over the
ruin ! Merciful G d! was i*. meet to leave
a human being so situated, with all her
passions excited and inflamed to the im
pulses of such abandonment! Was it
meet thus to subject her inexperienced
youtli to the scorpion stinging of exaspe
rated pride, and all its incidental natural
temptations? Up to the blight of that all
withering hour no human tongue dared
to asperse her character. The sun of
patronage was not then strong enough to
quicken into life the serpent brood of
slanderers: no starving aliens, no hungr*'
tribe of local expectants, then hoped to
fatten upon the offals of the Royal rep.
utation 6h« was not long enough in
widowhood, to give the spy and the per
jurer even a colour for th rir inventions.
The peculiarities of the foreigner—the
weakness of the female—the natural viva
city of youthfu innocence, could not be 1
tortured into “demonstrations strong;”
for you, yourself, in your recorded let
ter, had left her purity not only unim
peached but unsuspected. That invalua
ble letter, the living document of your
separation, gives i,s the sole reason of
vour exile, that your inclinations were
not in your power! That, Sire, and that
alone was tha terrific reason which yon
gave your consort for this public and heart
rending degradation Perhaps they were
not; but give me leave to aslc, are not
the obligations of religion independent
of us? Has any man a right to square the i
solemnities of marriage according to his
rude caprices? Am I your lowly subject, 1
to understand that I may kneel before i
the throne of God, and promise conjugal i
fidelity till death, and self absolve myself ■
at what ever moment it suits my “inclina- <
tion.” 5« T ot so with that mitred Bench i
who seeing her majesty arraigned before 1
■hem read to you this ceremony. The,, i
will tell you it is the most solemn or 1
finance of man—consecrated by the ap- I
nroving presence of our Saviour—ac t
knowledged by the community—the <
source of life’s purest pleasures: and of |
leath’s happiest consolation—.the rich 8
fountain of our life and being, '’-hose 1
draught Mt only puriifft csi«t*Bo% but ‘
catues ia»n to Lve In Ms pwterlty;—Uief (
will tell you that it cannot perish by <
“inclination,” but by cnme, and that ii
there ia any difference between the |
prince and the peasant who invoke its !
obligation, it is in the more enlarged i
duty emailed upon him, to whom the A1
mighty has vouchsafed the influence of
an example.
Thus, then, within one year after mar
riage, was she flung '* hke a loathsome
weed” upon tiie world, no cause assign
ed except your loathing inclination! It
mattered nothing, that, for you site hail sur
rendered all her worldly prospects—that
she had left her home, her parents; and
her country —that she had confided in
the ardour of a IVmce, and the heart of
a man, ami the faith of a Ch’istian ; she
had it scents, in owe little year M outlived
your liking,” and the poor, abandoned,
branded, heart-rent outcast, must bear it
all in silence, for —rhe teas a dfetirelees
■tmmun and att ranger Let any man of
ordinary feeling think on her situation at
this trying crisis, and say he dots not feel
his heart’s blood boil within him ! Poor
unfortunate! who could have envied her
salaried shame and her royal humiliation ?
The lowest peasant in her rfcvisidnary
realm was happy ih the comparison. 'The
parents that loved her were far, far away ;
the friends of Her youth were in another
latid—she wat alone and among strangers,
and he who should have rushed between
her and the bolt of heaven, left her ex
posed to a rude world’s caprices. And
yet she lived, and lived without a mur
mur; her tears were silent—-her sighs
v\ eve lonely; and when yon perhaps in
the rich blaze of earth's magnificence for
got that such a wretch existed, im> re
proach of her’r awoke your slumbering
memory. Perhaps she cherished the vis
ionary hope, that the babe whose “ peri
lous infancy,” she cradled; .might one day
he her hapless mother advocate! How
fondly did she trace each faint, resem
blance I Each little patemal smile, which
played upon the features of the child,
might some distant day be her redemp
tion ! How, as it lisped the sacred name
of father, did she hope its innocent tone
might yet awake within that father’s breast
some fond association; Oh sacred Fan
cies ; Oh sweet and solemn visions of a
mother—who but. must hollow thee !
Blest be the day-dream that beguiles her
heart, and robes each cloud that hovers
o’er her child in airy colours of that heart’s
ereaton! Too soon life’s- wintry whirl
winds must comb to sweep tire prisoned
vapour into nothing.
Thus, Sire, for many and many a heavy
year did your deserted Queen beguile
her solitude. Meanwhile for you a flat
tering word assumed its harlot smiles—the
ready lie denied your errors—the villain
courtier defined each act, which in an
humble man was merely duty, and mid the
din of pomp, and mirth, and revelry, if
remorse spoke, ’twas inarticulate. Be
lieve me. Sire, when all the tongues
that'flattered you are mute, and all the
gaudy pageants that deceived you are not
even a shadow, an awful voice will ask
in thunder, did your poor wife deserve
this treatment merely from some distaste
of “ inclination?” It must be answered
Did not the altar’s vow demand a strict
fidelity, and was it not a solemn and a sworn
duty, “for better and for worse,” to
watch and tend her; correct her wayward
ness by gentle chiding, and fling the
fondness of an husband’s love between her
errors and the world ? It must be answer
ed, where the poorest rag upon the poorest
beggar in your realm shall have the
spendour of a coronation garment.
Sad, alas! were these sorrows of her
solitude; but sad at they were, they wer ■
but in their infancy, The first olow nass
ed-—a second and severer followed. The
darling child, over whose couch she shed
her silent tear—-upon whose head she
poured her daily benediction—in whose
infant smile she lived, and moved, and had
her being, was torn away, and in the
mother’s sweet endearments she could no
longer lose the miseries of the wife- Her
father, and her laurelled brother too, up
on the field ofbatUe, sealed a life of glory,
in a soldier’s death, far happier that this
dreadful day was spared'them ! Her sole
silrviving parent followed soon, and though
they left her almost alone on earth, yet
how could she regret them? she has at.
least the bitter consolation, that their
poor child's miseries did not break their
hearts. Oh, miserable woman! made to
rejoice over the very grave ofhei kindred,
in mournful gratitude that their hearts are
marble.
Durina a long probation of exile and of
woe, bereft of parents, country, child and
husband, she had one solace still—her
character was unblemished By a refine
ment upon cruelty, even that consolation
was denied her Twice had she to mi
dirgo the inquisition of a tec vet trial,
originating in foul conspiracy, and ending
in complete acquittal. The charity of her
nature was made the source of crime—
The peculiarities inseparable from her
birth were made the ground of accusation
- her very servants were questioned
whether every thought, and word, and
look, and gesture, and visit, were not all
so many overt aett of adultery; k and when
her most sacred moments had been heart
lessly explored, the tardy verdict which
freed her from the guilt, could not absolve
her from the hnmitating consciousness of
the accusation. Your gracious farther, in
deed with a benevolence of heart more
Royal than his Royalty, interposed his arm
between innocence and punishment; for
punishment it was most deep and griev
ous, to meet discountenance from all your
family, and see the fame which had defied
all proof, made the capricious sport ofhiat
and insinuation, while that farther lived,
she still had some protection; even in his
night oflife there was a sanctity about
Him which awed the daring of the high
way slanderer—his honest, open, genuine
English look, would have silenced a whole
banditti of Italians. Your father acted
upon the principles he professed—he
was not more reverenced as a King than
he was beloved and respected as a man
and no doubt he felt how poignant it
must have been to be denounced as a
widow in her husband’s life time. But
death was busy with her best protectors,
and the venerable form is
which would have shielded a dangmer & i
a Brunswick. He would have warned the
Milan panders to beware the honour of
his ancient House; he would have told i
them, that a prying, pettifogging, pur- i
chased inquisition upon the unconscious
privacy of a royal female, was not in the 1
spirit of the English character; he would
have disclaimed the petty larceny of any
diplomatic piek-ftekef ; anti bo would hare i
told the whole rabbfe ~ H
ers and swinding ai J 1 Rj “4d i-J;
laughters existence staJJ* 10 *. UijJl
perpetual proscription &
y allied to h lm by birth anrf^‘ e
•«v m
»1
life, finding ail conciliation*?
rest by death of everv
av.d fearing perhaps "that
"!\ he P^jury
determined upon having v n ? elu S®
P an fr alone embitteredL:
ier tlanin S,*nd. in desnoJJ^Ji
tenance, her duteous Jhild
Her heart with natural tenacin^'»!■
who love, and feel that very J N*
mg separation, >!"•* can fL e
how could she subject lbatl° rl, -T«
to the humiliation of ,i ° tei * cJI
How reduce her to
selecting between senL/^'^M
bhe chose the generoj n d
Bee self-banished, the WorU no,)l *^B
her one grateful sigh f„ r p
tear—tlie last, last v . '
" > o'i h l-“ i V" d -“ be V, **B
0,. Sire, Imagi,,, «• ■
-How changed ? how fenj? d
shot t years before, she to !r\ ’ f‘" Ce >feS|
of Kngland ! The
happier creature-creation * nol
colours from hep presence * Ught
its timbrel as she passed i J
of birth, of beautv, and of r i,- U *|
eddown before her n,!.
orphanind a widow ? LnJL*! on '-*B
in his shroud of glory nn V
no tongue to advocate n r ■ rm to
ed; desolate, she flung hersplf n dep,4 B
upon the wave, to her
nusband’s prom ses* i,i„ . Ie
.heh., „o P »
»uch ,h. t theis xVL*l'? a |
exparte trial, and the triumoK
ptelalWh
7 T T n J- En * lish Justice i’Ji
stand embodied between her & the •
and bear her indignant to vonr -
The people, th e peerage, the pr e |,fß
should have sprung into unanimon,2B
ceswon; all that was noble,or
consecrated in the land, should h,vS*
her to the palace gate, and demanded S
their Queen presented to their eutß
gross anomaly! Why herannointed ■
should bow down in the dust,when* ell
tish verdict had pronounced her I*l
cence ! Why she was refused that SI
.pigal restitution, which her humbles
ject had a nght to daim f Why the n.l
nals of their time should be disgracrfkß
the morals of their natioH endure the Uwtß
of this terrific precednt,; and why it
that after their countless sacrifices ft vwl
royal house, they should be cursed V.||
thitpageantry of oyal humiliation! !||B
they so acted, the dire affliction oftK|l
day might have been snared us. Wes Mil
not have seen the filthy sewers ofhlfl
disgorge a living leprosy upon
and slaves and spies, imported froml
creedless brothel, land to attaint th
cred Majesty of England ? Rut who, iI
as ? will succour the unfortunate ? Tie I
'■loud of your displeasure w*s upon
and the gay, glittering, countless inircul
swarm of sumnerfreinds, abide but in tbeH
sun-beam ! She passed awsy—witkl
sympathy I doubt not, but in silence. I
Who could have thought, that in atal
eign land, the restless fiend of persm*
tion would ifkve haunted her ?
could have thought, that in thosedistancH
climes, where her distracted brain hull
sought oblivion, the demoniac itmlicpoll
her enemies would have followed I Whil
could have thought, that any human MB
which hid an heart, would have sculki-41
after the mourner in her wanderings, il
note and con eve’y unconscious gc store# I
Who could have thought, that such a null
there was, who had drank at the
fountain of onr British law ! whnhsdv «u I
eternal justice in her sanctuary ! whn'alß
invoked the shades of Holt and Hj (U1
wicke, and held high convems viik I
those mighty spirits, whom nercy hailed ■
in heaven as herreptesentativesoneirtil
Yet such a man there was, who, on bs I
classic shores o( Como, even in the lani I
of the immortal Roman, where every. I
stone entombed an hero, and every sceM ■
v as redolent of genius, forgot Ins name, ■
his country, and his calling, to hokrdfK* ■
coinable and rabble slander,! Oh s crei ■
stiadcs of our departed sag s ! avert ynuf I
•eyes from the unhallowed spectacle;tn* I
spotless crime is unsullied still! I
yet stands untainted in the temple, aw I
should unconsecrated iiand* assai-it, t her® ■
is a lightinng still, which would not sNy ■
her ? No, no ; the judgment seat o Bn* ■
tish law is to he soared, not cravh’ii to * I
it rruftit he sought upon an eagle's P ,nl °? I
and gazed at by an eagle's eye • theft i ■
a radiant purity around it, to t I
glance of grovelling speculation. 15 I
bor waa in vain, sire The people 0 ■' I
gland will not listen to Italian w,,ne V. I
nor ought they. Our queen h»»h* en * I
fore this, twice assailed/ and I
the same charges. Adultery, n *'’V ( |£|
nancy, was positively sworn to; on* 0 , I
ornaments of our navy, capt. Man J< I
one of the most glorious heroe* * 1 I
gave a nrtiou immortality; • s P iri H . , I
rathon or old Thermopylae; he w 0 P I
ed England’* red cmss on the wa . I
ere, and *hewed Napoleon it was * ' I
ble, were the branded traitors to I
vereign’s bed ! Englishmen, am , C
sOandal, Englith women, person 9 o ■
and birth, and education, were . '
depose to this infernal charge •
al mandate issued for enquiry: - J
skin.-. Lord Ellenborough,a
dandled accusations from ms c
on the commission ; and what 4 .
suit? They found a verdict
gain*! her bate accntert . “
child for whose parentage she mm
shed her sacred blood, wif P j, u c
yond all possible denial, to |;fl
the adoption of her hanty. — — rpe r.
happy to declare to your maje . . tioo
feet conviction, that there 19 " ‘ he ¥t rf
whatever fox believing, (1 q llote l , Jt t hs
words of the commissioners, ) jldt f
child now with the princess, is i deb .
her royal highness or that ni
veredofany child in t u-hich tt °" *
has any thing appeared to
warrant the belief that
in that year, or al any othe Jj\,
the coinpoe* enr r s' an