Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-26

took up the proposition to grant 20 600 70 in
demnify the proprietors Of slaves IN thr Up.ied
/ States, under the Treaty OF Ghent M Can
] ming addressed the House, and said that this
! was the last payment 10 be made on az cunt of
the negotiation, which had been SO long pend
ing, and which had at length been concluded
under the arbitration OF the Emperor of Russia.
During the last year, he continued, several i'm
tricate questions had arisen respecting indiyi.
dual claims, and it.had been thought the best
way to arrange the matter by com PROMISE
The American Minister'S had required So 900.
600, which had been rejected on our par,, and
the sum Of 8 200, 900 had at length been agreed
upon. He should also notice, that it had been
| agreed among the Commissioners, that when
| any two Of them were settled upon one side or
other Of any question which came before them,
| their decision was final. In consequence, the
present arrangement had been Come TO, and
| this was the last vote to be called for
Mr. Hume wished for the particulars of the
claims. Mr.. Canning replied that after the
| judgement had been made, and decision come
| to, such course was not possible, and the only
effect il was likely 10 produce would be to raise
| i'll blood in America Mr.. Hume though. that
the names and classes Of those interested might
be given without any i'll blood, and he therefore
wished they should be given. Mr.. Canning
added that such mode could be fairly resorted to,
| if instead OF compromise having taken place,
the demand was to be settled by price being
laid on at one Size, and an abatement sought 10
be made at the other. The case here was, how
ever, altogether different, as the very notion Of
| compromise necessarily inferred that each party
coded portion Of wha: they considered their
s,ric, right
After few remarks further by Mr.. Hume,
Mr., Huskisson and MIR. Canning, the grant was
agreed 10.
The following article from the Paris Cons,i-
tu,ione! Of the 2sth of April, on the subject of
the influence of the appointment of Mr.. Can
ming on the deslinies of Europe. possesses an
unusual degree ofinteres,, and will no doub, be
particularly gratifying TO the American reader:
From tie Constitutional
| II has been said that there are but Two 2rin-
ciples that influence Europe-,he principle OF
constitutional liberty, and the principle of abso-
lutte power. The former, in all the vigor Of ado
escence, is youthful tree, full Of sap, whose
| boughs are, from year 10 year, extending and
multiplying the other is nothing but dried
and wthered trunk, upheld by its bulk alone
Thus while, by a common law Of nature, the
| former has tendency 10 increase in magnitude
and in strength, the latter beholds its props,
one after another crumbng from beneath it
The career of the one is beginning. that of the
other is terminating. The progress of revolu-
lions in society is well known-the offspring
| of opinion they are slowly matured in the minds
of men, they gain possession FIRST of a few In
di,iduaIs, powerful by their genius, and they
gradually descend through all classes Of the
community. But even after the opinions OF the
people are changed, it is with Infinite difficulty
that these principles can penetrate into the
| thoughts Of Governments. Their preJudices
are alarmed, their interests are reused, and the
struggle, generally prolonged one, does not
terminate until there be found in Office some
statesman enlightened enough to comprehend
The feelings Of the public, patriotic enough 10
identify himself with them, and sufficiently pow
erful al the same time to calm down the prelu.
dces of power, and the aspirings Of the people
sufficiently sure of his position TO maintain him
self in il, and to rule, not to be ruled, by it
n Such an eminent parsonage, who has long been
wanting TO constitutional opinion, Is at length
found.
Mr.. Canning, in becoming Prime Minister Of
Great Britain, has al the same time become, by
ttha, very act, combined with the FLANDERS o
the French Government, the Prime Minister o
Representative Europe. England is perhap:
the only nation TO which can be advantageous
ly con6dea the guardianship of European llher
". Whatever privileges other parts OF tine
Con,inen, may enjoy, we may affirm, without
hurting the feelings of any ope, that the press
and the tribuna,e are no where SO completely
free, no where do the great interests Of civlliza
ton find more able expositors, or are discussed
with more socmnty; no where is public opini
on more powerful, no where, in word is the
Government more subservient TO the reguia
lions of the constitutional law, and even II go
ine back TO our too long INDUCED recollection!
Of rivalry and discord, we should attempt to at
tribute the par, which Great Britain is acting
to Interested motives, even then we should say
that in those feelings of interest We have ou
sures, safeguard; we should say iha, the liber'!
of the Continent is hencelorth The condition U!
which the prosperity Of Great Britain is held
, that this condition is one guarantee 10 INT
friends of constitutional rule on the Continent
and NAV we nat.discoyer another not less soiit
in The political life of MIR. Canning! we ma,
then. without, being accused o! forcing conei"
sions, or of giving ourselves up 10 vain iliu
sions' regard The elevation Of that Minister a.
decisive epoch in the heightened struggle