Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-23

Her smiles call into exercise tic frs, sFeo,:
mat spring up In our hearts She chor;sL.
and expands the earliest gems Of our ;n,s,1o snes
She breathes over US her deepest devn,;nn. Vs.
She hits our little hands and teaches onr m',
tongues to lisp in prayer She watches n 1--we
us, like guardian angel, and protects nc ,I.E,
all our helpless years, when we know M, os ~
cares and anxieties on our account, Sho re .r
lows US into the world of men, and iivpe :. 'of
and blesses us, when she lives no, o,he,,:'
upon the earth. What constitutes the cen,rosS
every home? Whittier do orr Thoughts NV VI
when our feet are weary with WANDERING AZ
our hearts sick with disappon,aen,s9 W ~'H
shall the truant and forgetrui husband 90 S.'
sympathy unalloyed and without DESIGN h., -
the bosom Of her, who is ever ready and w.i,
ing TO share in his adversely or his Drosner;'
And it there be a tribunal, where the sins ana
the ioles of a froward child may hope for n a,-
don and forgiveness this side Ecayen, that Trim.
nal is the heart Of fond and devoted no,horn
POWER OF THE PRESS IN ENGLAND
Translated from Madame de Slaels .ct,ers
on England, for the N York Daily Advertise
1t may be said that there is not an ENGLISH.
man but may be regarded as public man No
grade OF life from the most grave to the mos,
frivolous-from the most solitary 10 the mo.,
busy, can conceal itself from the all.Dercin,
eye Of the journalists Is there land holda",
in country retirement, in the bosom Of his e.
mily! However he may wish 10 avoid general
politics, he cannot refuse 10 occupy himself
with the concern Of his parish or his county
he will become member of some Agricultural
or manufacturing society; he will take part in
some philanlhropic meeting. From tha, time
his neighbors, his Colleagues. will have RICH,
to Judge of his conduct, and this judgment will
De published in the journals Is there man
Of fashion, bent only on frivolous amusements,
He will be on committee for ball, Judge
Of bet, horse-race. In this manner he
becomes accountable to the public He canno;
escape the universal presence Of the press; and
if the vanity of.a man Of the world has ever q.
ny thing to suffer, the conscience Of the citizen
is rendered more pure and more influential.
The publication Of a journal in England, is
an enterprise which requires great capital, and
a degree Of activity Of which hardly any other
species of speculation can give any idea The
promptituce with which the accounts OF the
sessions Of public assemblies, sc. are publish
ed, is absolutely surprising. A speech Of
Brougham, Macintosh or Canning, hardly con.
cluded at six O'Clock in The afternoon, has been
read all over the city Of London before ten in
the evening; and it may be said literally. that
a member Of Parliament addresses himself per
sonally to the whole nation
Ii has often happened tina, I have remained
in the House Of Commons till two or three o.
clock at night, and on awaking the next morn.
ing, have received faithful and detailed copy
OF a discussion more than eight hours long.
have witnessed a still more extraordinary fact
Daring whole morning | was present at
County meeting held fifteen leagues from Lon
don; and, returning by the post, found on my
arrival an account OF the meeting already pub.
lished in an evening paper. with extracts from
the speeches had SO recently heard.
Stenographers, standing in the open air, and
crowded on all sides by tumultuous throng Of
spectators, had taken notes with their pencils
on loose sheets, which messengers stood ready
to receive, and set off instantly for London as
soon as the pages were finished