It is amusing to observe how entirely the Tories and
the Whigs have now changed sentiments as well as positions. During the last war, and long after, the Tory writers complained most grievously of the encouragement which their Whig opponents gave to the enemies of England, by decrying the military and naval expedi- tions of the Minister. There was no epithet of abuse, from traitor downward, that was not launched at those who dared to doubt of the propriety of the crusades in favour of Louis the Eighteenth, of FERDINAND the Seventh, JOHN the Sixth, and the other heroes of Legitimacy. The whole of this is now changed. The Tories inveigh against the interference in foreign quarrels, much more loudly than ever their Whig opponents did ; they frame resolu- tions for the express purpose of strengthening the hands of the enemy; they deprecate the success of our arms ; they offer up prayers for their defeat! Only the Radicals remain consistent : they joined the 'Whigs in 1793 and 1803 in blaming the Tories; they equally join the Tories in 1832 in blaming the Whigs. Who- ever is Minister, they are determined to be in the Opposition.
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