The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-01

p..I.nd the declared fayorite of the
" champion of his age the AstyanaX
h poar noIticai Hector. Mr.. Canning, be
Us these extraordinary appliances, had
:, himself no common qualifications. H.
Al trained, copious, and glarlng oratory ,
."n,eubat tawdry and tastfiess, no doubt :
a., II was something 50 loud, that il must
"' listened tn,-and so plausible, that il
answered the solid purpose % supplying
.,,eans of self deception 10 tender conscl-
"aee,. or of bold apology TO more vulgar
la,,es. Mr. Canning, moreover, has been
r.rsonslly stout and fearless; and there
,,r. As one might imagine. constitutlonafy
'dysrs. 10 dirty aud shuilling expedicnts.
Va, Notwithstanding such advantages of
cb,acr and nature, this politician has So
1emeaned himself, as among all his origin
II n.,rons and fayOrcrs, not to have retain
"A I, single friend who is not in SOME inca
s,,rc = dependent,-with all his eloquence,
a. have failed in pcrsuadlng the world that
his principles were upright, or his opln-
ms inst while he has lost the confidence
If the yerv party who now feel that they
,annot exist without him, aud who dread
,b,t be will intrigue against and undermine
,b.m. even while they lift him into the
,os,,ion where he constitutes their support.
From The London Courier Of Sept. le.
al ~ a common practice, with these ig-
norant pretenders 10 political knowledge
,nonr us, who set themselves up as the
,elormers of all abuses, imaginary or real,
,n refer 10 the United States of America,
A. the pattern for all Governments to fol-
law. We have more than once exposed
the pnefiIe absurdity Of the argument, that
the internal economy OF an infant republic
c,u. in any manner, be adapted to the
wants and necessities of an ancient mnnar-
civ. Before we can move within the nar-
row circle which limits the operations of
lie United States Government, we must
h. reduced to the dimensions of that Go
yerament I'VE must, in fact, relrogade three
or four centuries, in arts, literature. in civil
hzatlon, III conquests and then, having lop-
prd off all our wide spreading branches of
power and Misunderstanding txtlngulshcd
our taste for refinement aud luxury-ha-
wing lowered the standard of our inieuectu-
al charaeter--and bro't ours Ives some
what nearer to Shakspcares : lorked ami
Inal," We nay fit ourselves With the garb of
republican simplicitv. But ,iI that is done,
il Is preposterous, and would be amnsngIy
ridiculous, il we ana not know the mis-
ehieyous end that IS aimed at, To talk of
taxing the Unlteu States as our model"
MEXICO.-AcGo counts received in Phi
Edeiphla represent the political and com
mercal alltrs of Mexico to be in n critical
state. 1t is said, that the emperor and the
Congress distrust each other; that On the
2Bth Aug. the executive caused ~ persons
10 be arrested, of whom fifteen were mem
hers Of the congress then in session; that
the next day proclamation WAS issued,
announcing that conspiracy ind been dis
covered, and that the arrests had taken
place in consequence that the congress
had prayed Tor ihe release of the iinprlson-
ed members of their body, which was re-
fused, the emperor iInpugninS the motives
Of the members and declaring that, until
the congress should be- governed by better
principles, he would not respect the laws
TINY shoula enact. Such is represented to
shaye been The state OF affairs in Mexico in
Aug. last.
The Charleston Courier contains trans
htlon Of a proclamation, received by way
OF Havana signed GAuDALoGpE VIcro-
MA, and addressed to the citizens Of Mryi-
GO, IN which they are called upon to unite
with hnl III overthrOWing the usurlHd
power OF lTURBIDE it speaks langudge
which cannot be mistaken and if met by a
corresponding feeling on the part of the
people of that country, viii soon oHcrt,rn
the tinselcd throne of that aspirant."
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