a contest as either the Peloponnesian or the Punic wars, _would be cheaply purchased by any conquest or revolution, any change of dynasty or overthrow of Government_.'--See vol. i. p. 13, of _Colonial Policy_, by H. Brougham. The above was given to the world when we were at war with Bonaparte; and that part of the English nation, who might read the book or hear of this author's doctrines, was plainly told, that, in _his_ estimation, our Constitutional liberties were not worthy of being defended at the cost of a 14 years' war! But the unsuspecting, humane, and hope-cherishing adherents of the new Candidate will tell you, this does not prove that Mr. B. sets a small price on the Constitution and Laws of England; it only shews his tender-heartedness, and his extreme aversion to the horrors and devastation of war.--Hear then Mr. B. on these points also. Let his _serious_ Friends take from his pen this pleasant description, which proves at least that he can be _jocular_ upon a subject that makes most men grave; although they may not think twice seven years' war so great a calamity as _any_ conquest or _Revolution_, any change of dynasty or _overthrow_ of _Government_.--'A species of pecuniary commutation,' he tells us, 'has been contrived, by which the operations of war are rendered very harmless; they are performed by some hundreds of sailors fighting _harmlessly_ on the barren plains of the ocean, and some thousands of soldiers carrying on a scientific, and regular, and _quiet_ system of warfare, in countries _set apart for the purpose_, and resorted to as the arena where the disputes of nations may be determined. The prudent policy had been adopted of _purchasing defeat_ at a distance rather than victory at home; in this manner we _paid our allies for being vanquished; a few useless millions, and a few more useless lives were sacrificed_; and the result was, that we were amply rewarded by safety, increased resources, and real addition of power.' (_Edinburgh Review_, No. II., and ascertained to be the writing of Mr. Brougham, by his having incorporated it in his _Colonial Policy_.)