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ruin beneath and around us. We shall look on, like the Titan,, chained 

 to his rock, unmoved by the glare of lightnings above, or the crash of 

 earthquakes and the roar of the ocean beneath, convulsed alone by the 

 strong agony of the vultures rending at his bowels. 



" What will ministers do to avert such evil ?" is the question which 

 presses upon our attention. Will they persevere in upholding the mad 

 innovations of the philosophers, when their consequences "glare upon 

 the sense " in such terrific reality ? Are the people of England to be 

 for ever sacrificed to theories, or the mercenary devices of the base and 

 profligate ? At this time we should not attempt to weaken Lord Grey's 

 efforts for the public good, placed, as we feel him to be, in the most 

 difficult position which ever fell to the lot of any British minister ; but 

 we must tell him that the policy, the mischievous and unjust policy, of 

 the last few years cannot be maintained ! He may be pledged to pursue 

 the miscalled liberal measures of his predecessors ; but the attempt 

 will be his ruin. We entreat him to pause whilst he may do so in 

 safety, and to look upon the past as the only criterion for a correct 

 judgment of the future. He must fulfil every iota of his pledge to the 

 people ; but he must turn his back for ever upon miscalled Philosophy I 

 lie must cleanse and purify the dens of corruption which are around 

 him. He must lighten the burthens which press upon the industry of 

 the people; but he must not stop here. The prime minister of England 

 must do more! He must establish a new aera in political economy, of 

 which justice to all classes shall be the foundation, sound English feeling 

 the ingredient, and the happiness and virtue of the people the end ! We 

 tell him that the bayonet will not stop the cry of hunger ; the blood of 

 a suffering population will not quench the conflagration of our farm-yards 

 and dwellings ! The cheapening of French silks and French brandy 

 will not benefit the starving weaver ; nor the device of funding Exche- 

 quer Bills give relief to the agriculturist ! He must choose between two 

 great measures. He must restore to the country that Currency which 

 the tampering of fools destroyed, or it will out -he must sweep away the 

 whole funded Debt of the State! Which of the two is most safe and most 

 just, we leave himself to decide. We merely address to him one parting 

 caution, which he will do well to consider. We differ from him in 

 many points, but in one we agree with him, and with all good men. 

 We are disgusted with the imbecility and treachery of those slaves who 

 have for ever disgraced the cause of Toryism once our pride and our 

 boast. We are weary of the extortions of titled beggars, of the inso- 

 lence of Treasury soldiers, and, more that all, of the vapidness and pre- 

 sumption of theorists. Let him, then, shun the rock on which they 

 split. Let him not meddle with theories, but reflect that true liberality, 

 like charity, begins at home ! G. B. J. 



