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Review Of New Publications.
Two Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace nvi / h the Regicide DireSary of France . By the Rig ht Honourable Edmund Burke . % vo : pages 18 S . Price-. s . Cd . ' Rivingtons . [ cO . VCiUMD FitOM OUR LAST . ] IN our last we were forced , from Mr . Burke's book not coming to hand till the end of the month , to stop in the middle of a very interesting extract ; we , therefore , beg to -refer our readers to our last number ( page 267 ) and
insert the conclusion as follows . ' They have a boundless inheritance in hope ; and there-is no medium for them , betwixt the Ivghest elevation , and death with infamy . Never can . they , who , from the miserable servitude of the desk , have been raised to empire , again submit to the bondage of a starving bureau , or the profit of copying , music , or writing plaidoyers by the sheet . It has made me often smile in bitterness , when I have heard talk of an indemnity to such men , provided
they returned to their allegiance . ' " From all this , what is * " my inference > . It is , that this new system of robbery in France cannot be rendered safe by any art ; ' that it must be destroyed , or that it will destroy all Europe . ; that to destroy that enemy , by some means or other , the force opposed to it should be made to bear some analogy arid ' resemblance to the force and" spirit which that system exerts ; that war ought to be made against it , in its vulnerable parts . These are my inferences .
In one word , with this Republic nothing independent can co-exist . The errors of Louis XVIth . weie more pardonable to prudence , than any of those of the same kind into which the allied Courts may fall . They have the benefit of his dreadful example . ' After a variety of just and elegant observations on the martial and intriguing spirit of the present Government of France , Mr . Burke proceeds to point out ti e danger that threatens Europe from the firm establishment of that Republic . With a short extract on that head we shall conclude our review , wishing very sincerely that our limits would permit us to enter at greater length into the merits of this srreat production .
' With thi . fexample before their eyes , do any Ministers in England , 00 any Ministers in Austria , really flatter themselves , that they can erect , not on the remote shores of the Atlantic , but in their view , in their vicinity , in absolute contact with one of them—not a commercial but a martial Republic—a Republic not of simple husbandmen or fishermen , but ot intriguers , and of warriors—a Republic of a character the most restless , the most enterprizing , the most impious , the most fierce and bloody , the most
hypocritical and perfidious , the most bold and daring , that ever has been seen , or indeed that can be conceived to exist , without bringing on their own certain ruin ? ' Such is the Republic to which we are going to give a place in civilized fellowship . —The Republic , which , with joint consent we are going to establish in the centre of Europe , in a post that overlooks and commands every other state , and which eminentl y confronts and menaces this kingdom . '
Thoughts on the ProspeB of ' a Regicide Peace .- in a Series of Letters . By the Right Hon . Edmund Burke . Z < vo . pages 131 . Price is . dd . Owen . FROM a prefatory Address to this Edition of Mr Burke ' s " Thoughts en the Prospect of a Regicide Peace , entitled' " The Publisher ' s Appeal to the Candour of the Public , " it appears , that Mr . Owen's publication has been printed more than six months ; but that it was kept back tit the particular request of Mr . Windham ; and Mr . Owen accuses Mr . Burke of a decree of VOL . VII . IJu
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
Two Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace nvi / h the Regicide DireSary of France . By the Rig ht Honourable Edmund Burke . % vo : pages 18 S . Price-. s . Cd . ' Rivingtons . [ cO . VCiUMD FitOM OUR LAST . ] IN our last we were forced , from Mr . Burke's book not coming to hand till the end of the month , to stop in the middle of a very interesting extract ; we , therefore , beg to -refer our readers to our last number ( page 267 ) and
insert the conclusion as follows . ' They have a boundless inheritance in hope ; and there-is no medium for them , betwixt the Ivghest elevation , and death with infamy . Never can . they , who , from the miserable servitude of the desk , have been raised to empire , again submit to the bondage of a starving bureau , or the profit of copying , music , or writing plaidoyers by the sheet . It has made me often smile in bitterness , when I have heard talk of an indemnity to such men , provided
they returned to their allegiance . ' " From all this , what is * " my inference > . It is , that this new system of robbery in France cannot be rendered safe by any art ; ' that it must be destroyed , or that it will destroy all Europe . ; that to destroy that enemy , by some means or other , the force opposed to it should be made to bear some analogy arid ' resemblance to the force and" spirit which that system exerts ; that war ought to be made against it , in its vulnerable parts . These are my inferences .
In one word , with this Republic nothing independent can co-exist . The errors of Louis XVIth . weie more pardonable to prudence , than any of those of the same kind into which the allied Courts may fall . They have the benefit of his dreadful example . ' After a variety of just and elegant observations on the martial and intriguing spirit of the present Government of France , Mr . Burke proceeds to point out ti e danger that threatens Europe from the firm establishment of that Republic . With a short extract on that head we shall conclude our review , wishing very sincerely that our limits would permit us to enter at greater length into the merits of this srreat production .
' With thi . fexample before their eyes , do any Ministers in England , 00 any Ministers in Austria , really flatter themselves , that they can erect , not on the remote shores of the Atlantic , but in their view , in their vicinity , in absolute contact with one of them—not a commercial but a martial Republic—a Republic not of simple husbandmen or fishermen , but ot intriguers , and of warriors—a Republic of a character the most restless , the most enterprizing , the most impious , the most fierce and bloody , the most
hypocritical and perfidious , the most bold and daring , that ever has been seen , or indeed that can be conceived to exist , without bringing on their own certain ruin ? ' Such is the Republic to which we are going to give a place in civilized fellowship . —The Republic , which , with joint consent we are going to establish in the centre of Europe , in a post that overlooks and commands every other state , and which eminentl y confronts and menaces this kingdom . '
Thoughts on the ProspeB of ' a Regicide Peace .- in a Series of Letters . By the Right Hon . Edmund Burke . Z < vo . pages 131 . Price is . dd . Owen . FROM a prefatory Address to this Edition of Mr Burke ' s " Thoughts en the Prospect of a Regicide Peace , entitled' " The Publisher ' s Appeal to the Candour of the Public , " it appears , that Mr . Owen's publication has been printed more than six months ; but that it was kept back tit the particular request of Mr . Windham ; and Mr . Owen accuses Mr . Burke of a decree of VOL . VII . IJu