Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-19

wards the United States, of so strong a char
acter, that they seemed TO amount almost TO
malignant hatred. Ills hostility was not con.
fined 10 seizing upon all occasions TO cripple
the trade and retdrd the advancement Of the
United States, but he laid hold Of every occa-
sion to indulge IN seorrJuI sncers and Uitti-
eisn's, at our expense"
There are a number Of other Editors opposed
to the man-tcorshipping" system, and who
are not TO be dazzled and caught by the trap
pings Of Royalty, who have spoken freely of
Mr.. Canning, and whose sentiments coincide
with those of the Editors of the National Ga
rette and Democratic Press; and f we thought
it necessary, we should copy their remarks.
We do not rejoice that Mr. Canning is dead;
on the contrary, VIC lament the prostration of
so great a man-the fall Of genius; but as he
was our foo-we do not weep for him, as we
would for a friend. We reverence the
memory Of his talents:-Peacc TO his ashes;
and quietly let him repose in Westminster Ab-
hey, whilst his counirynen- not Americans
offer up their dcvotions at the Shrine Of Man.
We had just concluded our remarks on this,
somewhat offensive subject, when the steam
boat arrived, bringing the Southern Mail, and
the National Intelligenccr. which contains an
| ably written article, IN relation to Mr.. Can
ming, which could not have come from any
common pen. From tic able essay TO which
we now alludc, we make a short extract:
"With all our admiration of the mental pow
crs Of Mr. Canning, whether as inherited from
nature, or carried to their highest pitch by the
discipline Of business and study; whether we
marked their Efforts when brought 10 tho most
momentous trials, or only gnzcd at them when
they dazzlod in lighter ones, truth compcls us
To state, that he Wds Rerer the political friead
of this country. He wlsa Briton, through and
through; British in his feelings, British in his
aims, British in all his policy and projects. 1t
made no difference whether the lever that was
to raise them was fixed at home or abroad for
he was always and equally British. The in
iluence, the grandeur, the dominion, Of Britain,
we're the dream Of his boyhood. To establish
| them all over tic globe, even in the remote
region, where tic waters of the Colom5.as flow
in solitude, formed tho intense efforts Of his
ripe years. For this he valued power, and for
this he used il. Greece hc left to her mcan-
choly fortunes, thoug'. 20 much alive to all the
touching recolections and beauties Of that de-
from thraldom so long, 50 bitter, so unchrist-
ian, was 4 Turkish and European, not Brit
ish question. For Britan's sake, exclusively,
he took the determination to counteract France
and the Continent in Spanish America. So,
for Britain's sake, he invariably watched, and
was as invariably for counteractng, the United
States,
IT is remarkable, that, long as he was in Of
flee, there is no one occasion upon which he
lent his sanction to any treaty or convention
with the United States. That of 1918, one of
fair reciprocity as far as il goes, both as to
| commerce and navigation, was the work Of
Lord Londonderry, on the side of Britain. Its
| renewal in 1918, was under the same auspic-
es. From Mr.. Canning, literally nothing has
been obtamcd-no, never; though we have
held frequent and protracted nc go,iations with
| the British Government, during his admins
traton Of the foreign bureau. 1t was he who
openly disavowed, almost with contumey. the
arrangements of the British Minister, Mr. Frs
KINE, in 1909, which might have prevented
a war, had it stood. 1t was he who held the
pen ofGrcat Britain in 1907, when Mr.. Mon
ROE and Mr.. PINKNEY were in London;
welding it, We will no, pause to say how,
during moments when tho materials of strife
most unbounded between the two countries,
and when this country was wrthing under the
daily infiiction Of deadly wrongs. II was he
who presided over the foreign relations Of Eng
land in 1924, when the elaborate negotiations
of Mr.. RUsH also fell through, though the
time was especially auspicous TO their sue
cess, in that temporary alliance of opinion.
ana virtual concert of action, that were seen
between these States and Britain, against the
arbitrary tcnets and ncpiont military move
ments OF Continental Europe; and although
Mr.. Rush, at the very utmost, was instructed
n tlu,,
would lave granted in 1888, as has been seen
lately in the columns Of this Journal
Long ambitious of trcadng in the footsteps
OF his great patron All prototype in all things
else, we are here struck with the awakening
fact, II more had been wanting TO awaken us
upon this point, that, in the matter of accor-
ding to our flag SUI s an;ial reciprocity of
trade and navigation in the West Indies, Mr.
Canning would not tread in the footsteps even
of Mr.. Pitt The friend of Plato indecd--but
always more The friend Of Britain. Finally, it
was Mr.. Canning, who, in 1896, departed from
the very pledge that had been given 10 resume
the negotiations of 1924, and, standing upon
his perpetual desire to promote more fully the
aggrandizemcnt Of the British flag in the whole
range OF colonial, as at every other point Of
competition, whatever may have be en- the al
legged motive Of the departure, abruptly closed
the door Of those negotiations, whilst our Min
lster, Mr.. GALLATIN, was within but n few
hours sail of the English shores.
This Minister too, in spirit of the highest
conciiafion, on the part Of his Government,
had at length been authorized TO forego the
point iof which it had antcccdently been the
duty OF that Government 20 contcnd:-(tbo
very point once conceded to us by Nr. pdN-
thereby removing. as was presumed, the only
obstacles to a treaty. They WHO, after This
rapid review. even rapid as il is, can imagine
that Mr Canning would have stood to any ar
rangcmont with us, one single day after its