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and called the name of it Jehovah-Nissi : "for he said, Because the Lord hath sworn, "that the Lord will have war with Amalek "from generation to generation." Now, what are the French people but a race of Amalekites, who have, in a great measure, renounced Christianity, and who bend the knee to the God of nature, and to that idol monster called human reason? That the French have, in a great measure, renounced Christianity, is clear from their having abolished its political establishments, and left it to struggle the best it can for its own existence. No revenues, no emoluments, no provision made by the state for its ministers! no respect paid to its temples, no regard to its festivals, no veneration for its rites and ceremonies! What is there sacred in religion which they have not profaned? Chalices, candlesticks, crucifixes, pixes, ostensories, images, shrines, and reliquaries; all have been converted into current coin! Baptized bells have been trapsformed into cannon bullets, and consecrated

these topics is that which I have chosen for" the title of this letter, and upon which, I observe, you made some very pertinent remarks in reference to Bonaparte in your last Register. In so far as you there endeavoured to hold up to public execration the crime of assassination, you fully met my views; but, when you seemed to recommend a termination of the war with such a people as the French, and to advise us to enter into treaties with them, and acknowledge them as brethren, I found I could not go any farther with you in opinion. I found, on an examination of these arguments, that they were contrary to the ideas almost universally entertained in this country; and, if adopted, that they might prove fatal to our religious and political establishments. But what was of still greater importance, I discovered that it would be a direct violation of an express law of God to follow up your recommendation. In short, it is evident to me, that the extermination of the French nation is absolutely essential to the security of Great Bri-churches to armories and arsenals! Their tain, and its expediency clearly demonstrable from reason and from scripture. You, Mr. Cobbett, need not be told, that God selected the Jews of old for the purpose of clearing the earth of idolators, and putting them, his chosen people, in possession of "a land flowing with milk and honey," In conformity to this example, it is incumbent on all godly nations to wage war against the impious, the sacrilegious, and the ungodly: but it is particularly incumbent on this our nation, as being by far the most godly nation on the face of the globe. For the truth of this assertion, I appeal to all our controversialists for almost 200 years back, who have boldly affirmed, and, I think, fully proved, that as of all forms of religion, Christianity is the most godly, so, of all modes of Christianity, that professed by the Church of England is the purest and most orthodox.A nation, then, professing and practising this orthodox and pure religion, may well be denominated the people of God: consequently this people ought to exterminate all God's enemies. When the Amalekites, who vainly endeavoured to oppose the entrance of the children of Israel into the land of promise, were discomfited by Joshua (as is related in the 17th chapter of Exodus), "the Lord said to Moses, write this for a "memorial in a book, and rehearse it in "the ears of Joshua, for I will utterly put " out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar,

bishops they have banished; their priests they have persecuted; their whole hierarchy they have overturned! They have even sacrilegiously dared to turn the Holy Father (God's vicar on earth) out of the Papal chair, and to detain him in woeful captivity.I know that some well-meaning Protestants think, that, in all this, the French did little harm; or, rather, that they did much good. It was (say they) only overturning the throne of Anti-Christ, abolishing an idolatrous and blasphemous worship, destroying an overgrown body of superstition (as Addison somewhere calls it), and clearing away the nasty filth with which the scarlet whore and her paramour had polluted the house of God. Such reflections I have heard made by Protestants, and even by some of the established clergy. But these, I presume, were Protestants of the old school; disciples of Stillingfleet, Tillotson, Newton, and Hurd. Our modern divines, however, teach them a more orthodox, certainly a more charitable doctrine. They teach them that the Roman Catholics are our dear brethren in Christ; that their bishops and priests are confessors and martyrs for the true faith; that destroying their supposed implements of idolatry was sacrilege; and that robbing them of their revenues, was impiety: and so think I.

-The French, then, being an impious, sacrilegious, ungodly nation, a set of real Amalekites, and we the chosen people of God, it is plain that we ought to have

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"war with Amalek from generation to ge"neration." It will be said, perhaps, or at least thought, that this conclusion is rashly drawn. But, I hope I shall be able to make the contrary appear. The objection, taken in its full force, seems to be the following: Granting that we are now the chosen people of God, as much as the Israelites were of old, and that the French ' are as hostile to God and us as the Amalekites were of old to God and the Israelites, it doth not follow that we have a right to wage a continual war against them, 'unless we have a special commission from ⚫ heaven so to do. To us the Lord hath not "sworn that the Lord will have war with the French, from generation to genera'tion." Nor has he declared it to be his will, that "the remembrance of France 'should be utterly put out from under heaven." This may be the wish of the war 'faction, but it is not so clear that it is the 'will of God.'I answer: To me it is perfectly clear; for, let me ask, how the will of God is manifested to any nation but through the medium of its government, especially in the case of making peace or war? Indeed, I can see no good reason why a nation should go to war at all, if they do not consider the will of the savereign the will of heaven itself. When our gallant troops were ordered across the seas to subdue the Americans, did they hesitate a moment to march, from the reflection that they were going to carry on an unjust war against the will of heaven? No; they embarked in the implied idea that they were doing their duty; and the will of govern-am inclined to think that it may be one, ment to them was the will of God. Again, although not the only or principal reason, When government said to Marquis Wel- for persevering in the war with France. lington, "Choose men; go out; fight with The order which God gave, by the hand of "the French;" the noble Marquis paid Moses to exterminate the Canaanites, was the same obedience to that order; and our given, partly, to prevent them from conbrave armies followed him, in the supposi-taminating the minds and manners of the tion that he was executing the will of God, Israelites, by their heterodox doctrines and by executing the will of his Majesty's mi-corrupt morality. And although the same nisters, the vice-gerent of God's vice gerent. charge is not explicitly brought against the This is a doctrine that cannot be too often Amalekites, we may believe that their and too deeply inculcated on the minds of faith and their practices were not so much subjects; it is the base of all subordination, better than those of the Canaanites; and from the King's servants down to my ser- therefore we may reasonably suppose, that vants. According to the Apostle Paul, this was at least one cause for God's swearevery common servant is to consider the willing eterual war with them. But still the of his master, every common master, as the great and the only ostensible cause was will of God himself. How much more are their "coming out to fight with Israel in not subjects, then, obliged to consider the Rephidim;" or, as it is expressed in the will of the supreme magistrate as the will first book of Samuel, because they laid of the Supreme Being? But the will of" wait for him (Israel) in the way when heaven, with respect to warring against " he came out of Egypt." On this acthe French, has been sufficiently expressed, count, Saul was ordered to "Smite Ama

not only by the voice of government, but by the voice of the people (which, to a proverb, is the voice of God) through their representatives in parliament, and by the whole bench of Bishops. It is beyond a question, then, that whenever government engage in a war, and when that war is sauctioned by the national representatives, it is the will of heaven that it should be carried on, and carried on until its object be attained. If it be asked, what this object at present is? I answer, that it must be the total extirpation of the French uation; putting out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven! It has been said, that the object of the war with France is to replace a Bourbon king on the throne; but this cannot be true for when the nation had a king of that race, they were just as hostile to us as they are at present; perhaps more so: and if they had a king of that race to-morrow, they would not cease to be as hostile to us as before. In a word, with respect to us, they would be still down-right Amalekites: for these, too, had their kings, the last of whom Samuel hewed in pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.But it has been hinted, that we are at war with France on account of French principles propagated in the code Napoleon, and that we must continue this war as long as these principles are cherished and avowed in France, lest, peradventure, they should cross the channel, and debauch the minds and morality of God's people on this side the water. This, I allow, has a plausible appearance; and I

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"lek, and utterly destroy all that they hands as well as they; we want only a "have, and spare not; but slay both man portable sanctuary, which may soon be " and woman, infant and suckling, ox and constructed at a much less expense than sheep, camel and ass," but the unsea- theirs. -On the other hand, the iniquity sonable commiseration of this milk-hearted of the French Amalekites is universally acmonarch, led him to disobey this order, knowledged to be full: their sins, like which provoked the just resentment of Je- those of Sodom and Gomorrah, have been hovah against him, who deprived him of long crying to heaven for vengeance; and his kingdom.--I infer, then (and the we are unequivocally called to be the ininference, I think, is strictly logical), that struments of inflicting it.—We had a it was not precisely the bad principles or right, then, to march our armies into practices of the Amalekites, which drew France, in order to take possession of it; down upon them celestial vengeance; but and because Amalek came out to fight with their coming out to fight with God's people us in Rephidim, we have an implicit and in Rephidim, and endeavouring to retard virtual order from heaven to make war with their march into the land of Canaan. Amalek until he be utterly destroyed.From a strict similarity of cases, I must Hitherto the parallel has been uniformly equally infer, that the main cause of our and astonishingly just; but there is here present war with the people of France, is at last a dissimilarity, which demands'exnot their principles or practices, but their planation. When the Amalekites came to opposing us in our march to Paris.- -In fight with Israel in Rephidim, they were fact, if the fear of French principles had "discomfited:" but when the French came been the sole or chief object of the war, it to fight with us we were discomfited, would not have been necessary; it would and obliged to make a sudden retreat. not even have been expedient, to march I think I hear some incredulous scoffer our armies into France or Holland; we tauntingly say, if the people of this counhave only to guard our coasts against their try are God's chosen people, how came introduction hither, as we do against the they to be defeated, and prevented from introduction of smuggled goods. We marching to Paris by these modern Amamight have treated French principles as lekites?'- -This, I confess, is a hard we treat French liquors: the duties on question; and, perhaps, the solution I am them might have been made so high, and going to give, may not seem altogether the penalties so enormous, that they could satisfactory. It may be that many of our not have readily been imported; or if im soldiers, and some of their commanders, ported, could not be within the reach of had not sanctified themselves previously to the rabble, who were the most likely to be the engagement.It may be, that they corrupted by them: whereas, by sending were Amalekites in practice, although Isour soldiers, who form a considerable por- raelites in profession. It may be, that tion of that rabble, into France and Hol- the ineasure of their iniquity, although not land, we gave them an opportunity of tast- quite so full as that of the French, was ing French liquors and French principles, sufficiently so, to make God abandon them and thus relishing both; for French prin- on those occasions, by way of fatherly ciples and French liquors are equally agree- chastisement, to induce them to repentance able to the bulk of mankind, who have not and reformation.Or it may be, that the discernment to distinguish between one or more of them have touched "the what is pleasing to the senses and perni- "accursed thing." A rich brocade, or a cious to the soul, and who perceive not piece of Brussels' lace, may have tempted easily the latent poison that is mingled in some Achan to " put forth his hand, and the delicious draught.- -Our offensive" take them, and hide them in his tent;" war against France, then, had some other and, perhaps, the sin is yet unexpiated!object; we wanted to gel possession of the But, as I am unwilling to throw any decountry, as the Israelites wanted to get gree of blame upon our brave soldiers, I possession of the land of Canaan and I will not urge mere possibilities as causes of know not but that we had as good a right the failures we have experienced; but to the one as they had to the other. We rather charge these failures to the negliare God's own people as well as they-in gence and inattention of those who planned his name, and at his will, we march and the expeditions. We must not, then, be move as well as they ;-we have a Moses disheartened by the want of success which to direct us as well as they ;-we have has hitherto attended our arms; nor diAarons and Hurs to support his heavy verted from marching to Paris, because we

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have been frequently impeded in our career. of the sun; and I pledge my existence that We have only to avoid our former errors, to the French Amalekites will be discomfited; supply our former omissions, and to per- and that our troops shall march to Paris severe in our heaven directed attempts. without further impediment. -Whether, Those who think their losses irreparable, at the time, it will be proper to destroy think like dastards. The greater our mis- the whole nation, man, woman, infant, adventures have been, the greater reason suckling, ox, sheep, camel, ass ; or whether, have we to hope they may be retrieved. that is to be left to some future period, I Such was the language of Demosthenes to will not take upon me to decide: but this his fellow citizens, when they were trem. I will affirm, that "we must have war bling for the safety of the state: " Despair" with Amalek, from generation to gener"not of your affairs, Athenians, although," ation, until the remembrance of Amalek "indeed, they are in a bad plight. What be put out under Heaven!" If, even "has, for the past, been the most pernicious to you, is the stronger motive of "hope for the future! Why? our affairs are in so bad a condition, because we "have done precisely what we ought not "to have done, and not done what we 66 ought to have done.". -In order, then, to insure success in future, we must arm our respectable citizens, an honest yeomanry, and independent gentlemen. These must be headed by bold Barons, Peers, or the sons of Peers; such soldiers as our ancestors sent to Cressy, to Agincourt, and to Poicliers. With these troops ought to be blended no foreign mercenaries, who are sold for money to the best bidder, and who may stand in the field of battle to be knocked on the head, but who would never do honour to the cause in which they might fall. Of all such we must purge our armies. We must renounce every alliance with idolators, infidels, and heretics, if we wish to draw down the blessing of heaven on this holy enterprize. But what is of still greater importance, we must not send our soldiers, however select, however holy, however devout, without being accompanied by our legislators, or at least their representatives: not indeed to fight, but to influence by their presence, and by their prayers. Let it be remembered, that, while Joshua and his chosen army were fighting in the plain, Moses and his companions were praying in the mountains. Let my Lord Liverpool then, as our chief legislator, our Moses, go out with our troops, with the rod of God in his hand; that wonderful magic wand with which he has of late performed more miracles than Moses did in Egypt, Let our Aaron and our Hur accompany him to the summit of some hill, where our hosts may engage the French Amalekites: let them set our Moses on a stone; let him sit thereon, and stretch out his hands to heaven; and when his hands grow heavy, let them be supported by his two associates until the going down

with all the preparation and precautions which I have mentioned, we should not, at first, be successful (which I can hardly doubt), still we may persevere in the contest, and not be dismayed at one, or even more defeats. The war of the other Israelites with the tribe of Benjanin, related in the Book of Judges, was at least as pious and just a war as that in which we are now engaged: and yet the Benjamites routed them twice, and slew 40,000 of their best and chosen men! And it was not until after having consulted the High-priest Phinehas, and using a stratagem to decoy the enemy into a snare laid for them, that they were at length victorious. With these splendid results before our eyes, it is base, it is cowardly, to listen to the senseless clamour for peace which has gone abroad among our fellow citizens. We ought to disregard the murmurs of peevish discontent; to stop our ears against the Siren voice of these who urge the plea of humanity, let them chant it ever so sweetly. We ought to come forward with willing hearts and open hands, and empty our purses into the minister's budget; give full and implicit confidence to one who never once abused our confidence. He has only as yet demanded one tenth of our income: if he should demand a fifth let us give it him: if, in short, he should deinand the whole, let us part with it cheerfully; for when he shall have conquered France, and extirpated its inhabitants, great, exceeding great will be our recompense. Then, instead of adulterated bread, we shall eat loaves of the purest wheat; instead of insipid potatoes, we shall eat high flavoured truffles; instead of beef and mutton, we shall feast on red-legged partridges, beccoficos, and ortolans; instead of goose-berries and crab apples, we shall eat grapes and peaches; olives, instead of elder-berries; and oranges instead of hips: instead of pernicious gin, we shall drink generous brandy; and, instead of sharp small beer,

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quaff the nectar of the Gods! Nothing | ed, if you will allow the following an in-
but want of faith in God and in government sertion, verbatim, in your next Register.
can make us forego these great blessings,
which we are certain of obtaining if we
persevere in the war until "the remem-
"brance of France be put out under
POLEMOPHILUS.
"heaven."

MAGNANIMITY OF BONAPARTE.

Sir,-In the Morning Chronicle of Feb. 25, is the following article: "The Count "de Escars arrived, we are told, on the "8th, at night, at Troyes, the head-quarThe two Counts de "Polignac, who, as our readers may re"member, were arrested and tried with "Moreau, have made their escape from "Paris, and are arrived at head-quarters.'

"ters of the Allies.

THOMAS MANT.
Southampton, March 7th, 1814.

MR. MANT, AND THE CAPTAINS CAMPBELL
AND WILSON.

Mr. Mant begins, in answer to Captain Campbell's statement of the subject in question, which appeared in the Register of the 5th inst. respecting the "illegality of the selling of prizes, &c." and states, he is not at all conscious of having represented, "in a loose manner, these transactions," and which term is totally opposite to his meaning, particularly so, as they have so lately been noticed in this Register as requiring a more serious attention; nor does it appear,

-The above paragraph, if true, exhibits a trait of the blackest ingratitude; for Captain Campbell is at all sensible of the it is, without doubt, in the remembrance impropriety of those transactions, as he of thousands, the magnanimous conduct of shows no inclination to defend them, exBonaparte to those two brothers who had cept loosely expressing," there was noforfeited their lives by conspiring with Pi-thing contrary to the laws and usages in chegru, Georges, Moreau, and others, to put to death the saviour of their country. Indeed, some men are so base and depraved, that to do them a service is to make them your enemy for ever after. The following extract from Miss Plumptre's Tour in France, vol. 3, will bring the fact to the recollection of your readers, and put to shame (if they have a particle left) the malignant slanderers of the French Emperor. "The Counts de Polignac being ❝ tried for the conspiracy above alluded to, "the elder was found guilty and condemn"ed; the younger was acquitted. The

elder was married and had a family, to "whom he would have been a great loss; "the younger was single. The latter went "to Bonaparté and earnestly intreated him "to take his life instead of his brother's, stating what a fatal thing to his family it "would be, that the head of it should lose "his life in such a way; that he being a “single man, his life was of no importance to any body. Bonaparte applauding the 66 generous feeling that dictated the request, "immediately granted a free pardon to "both." If you think this worthy a place in your valuable and useful Register, its insertion will much gratify your constant reader.

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force, &c., as far as they really did take
place," yet surely, Captain Campbell can-
not forget the nature of the king's order, of
the 26th of July, 1806, and the three
Orders in Council of the 11th of Novem-
ber, 1807; and those papers previously
adverted to, in the Register of the 19th ult.
page 229, and in my possession, as being
immediately under their influence;
2ndly. Mr. Mant admits he did make the
charges to the Admiralty, against Captain
Campbell, but observes, not before he had
represented Mr. Mant's conduct unjustly
to the Transport Board, and that also pri-
valely and partially, as stated in pages 48
and 49 of his pamphlet, and which Cap-
tain Campbell now corroborates; and Mr.
Mant, also admits, of the Inquiry that took
place, on Captain Campbell's conduct re-
specting these transactions, and by order of
the admiralty; but still it must be recol-
lected, that the result proves only an ex
parte adjudication, as the admiralty have
never called on Mr. Mant, or any other
person, publicly, to substantiate, his state-
inents on this head; nor have their Lord-

ships ever been put in possession of such documents, as could sufficiently authorize that Captain impartially, the opinion, Campbell thinks so satisfactory, their lordships having twice relused Mr. Mant an interview for that purpose; and which are still in his power to bring forward; and by a reference to the pages 54 and 55 of To the Editor of the Political Register. the same pamphlet, the whole of this matSir-Through the medium of your impartial paper, I shall be very much oblig-ter will be found more fully explained.

2d March, 1814.

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