in their own trap, and universal contempt has now befallen them, chiefly because they now endeavour to check the progress of the movement they at first set agoing, 798-the principal object of the Mel- bourne Ministry has been, to yield as little to popular demands as is consistent with retention of office, ib.-they are right in the opinion of making a stand somewhere, 799-for, what are the principles which frantic incendiaries desire to support? ib. -and what a woful picture does the present state of the country exhibit, of the para- lysis with which the revolutionary cabinet conduct the measures of government! 800-all the dangers that surround the country may be distinctly traced to the false policy pursued, and the pernicious principles instilled by the government, 801-they employed and encouraged the language of revolt in Canada, and now they have deprived that colony of its con- stitution, ib.-by short-sighted parsimony in Indian affairs, they have placed the safety of that splendid appanage of the crown in jeopardy, ib.-by practising revolutionary propagandism in Europe, they have unsettled our relations with every nation in it, 802-by encouraging the premature emancipation of the negrocs in our West India Colonies, they have not only endangered the production of colonial produce; but have thereby promoted the slave-trade to an increased extent and refined cruelty in Cuba and Brazil, 803-and, because the House of Assembly in Jamaica remonstrated against their conduct in, perhaps, too impassion- ed language, they threaten to destroy the constitution of that once flourishing, but
now decaying, colony, 804-for ten years back treason and sedition have been tolerated in this country and the colonies, and now that their natural fruits are beginning to appear, the revolutionary government are determined to rule their dupes, and the country at the same time, with a despotic sway, 805-their support of Popery has doubled crime in Ireland ib. so conscious are they of this, that they excuse themselves by averring, that things are not worse than they were under Tory governments, 806-but they are worse, as is proved by official returns which are quoted, ib.-but perhaps the most fatal effect of the ascendency of liberal principles has been the general corruption of the character of the Liberals, 807-it was a growing sense of these evils amongst an increasing and influential por- tion of the people, over whom religion still maintains its sway, and not any particular question, that led to the recent retirement of the Melbourne ministry from office, ib. --their resumption of power, under recent circumstances, show they are now the ministry, not of the country, but of three ladies of the bedchamber, 808-now, when dangers threaten alike the mon- archy and the institutions of the country, it is the duty of the Conservatives to come forward and demonstrate, both by their language and conduct, their steady adhe- rence to their principles, and their reso- lution to separate the cause of the Queen and the monarchy, from the Popish faction which is domineering over every part of this great empire, both at home and abroad, ib.
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