live than the
blossom that is severed from the root and tree on which it grows. Save
the country, that you may continue to adorn it--save the crown, which
is threatened with irreparable injury--save the aristocracy, which is
surrounded with danger--save the altar, which is no longer safe when
its kindred throne is shaken. You see that when the church and the
throne would allow of no church solemnity in behalf of the Queen, the
heartfelt prayers of the people rose to heaven for her protection. I
pray heaven for her; and I here pour forth my fervent supplications
at the throne of mercy, that mercies may descend on the people of this
country richer than their rulers have deserved; and that your hearts
may be turned to justice."

The result need scarcely be alluded to. Men of all parties,
however discordant might be their opinions upon the point at issue,
acknowledged and admired the intrepidity and splendid talents of Mr.
Brougham on this memorable occasion.

Brilliant as has been the parliamentary career of Mr. Brougham from
this period, our limits will allow us only to advert to a few of its
brightest epochs. Whether advocating the rights and liberties, and
a spirit of social improvement, at home, or aiding the progress of
liberal opinion abroad, we find Mr. Brougham exercising the same
uncompromising integrity and patriotic zeal. Spain, in 1823, became a
fitting subject for his masterly eloquence. His remarks on the French
government, on April 14, in the House of Commons, on the consideration
of the policy observed by Great Britain in the affairs of France and
Spain, will not soon be forgotten: "I do not," said Mr. Brougham,
"identify the people of France with their government; for I believe
that every wish of the French nation is in unison with those
sentiments which animate the Spaniards. Neither does the army concur
in this aggression; for the army alike detests the work of tyranny,
plunder, cant, and hypocrisy. The war is not commenced because the
people or the army require it, but because three or four French
emigrants have obtained possession of power. It is for such miserable
objects as these that the Spaniards are to be punished, because
they have dared to vindicate their rights as a free and independent
people. I hope to God that the Spaniards may succeed in the noble and
righteous cause in which they are engaged."

In 1824, (June 1), we find Mr. Brougham in the House of Commons,
moving an address to the K