Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-02-26

that moment, the most sanguine EXPECTATIONS
in favor Of his race But few months were
sufficient to dispel every hope ne" per
former arose. Sprung from the mass oil INC
people, ne seemed destined to avenge 'heir
cause. and "to gather with his strong pleolan
hands. the fragrance of those palmy honors
which had been reared in the bloody gardens
of ROYALTY To prove the legitimacy OF MS
mower. he welded with inimitable address 'he
old argument Of Kings:-his right was the
strength of armies;-his charters were the bat
tle.6elds Of Europe-From the lagus to the
Dnieper, every nation had borne witness to the
validity of his title. Such was the scene, which
a generation now alive has witnessed. A few
years have sed,-and how wonderful the
change!
We stand upon the field Of Waterloo-and
mound of monumental earth arrests our atten-
ton. Yet how many ages OF history are emoo-
died in that structure; how many hopes, and
fears, and rccollections slumber at its base!-
In it we read the triumph of Kings, the fall OF
the Usurper, the restoration Of Legitimacy, the
degradation OF Europe,-the abuses OF ten CEN
turtles revived, the expectations OF popular IL
centiousness subverted. Europe through all
its borders is at peace; the very swell OF the
tempest has subsidized The Congress Of Wen
ma has charmed, like some skilful magician,
every element to repose.
Suck is the result of the great European
strug gle. No change at which man can re-
icice or weep has followed that unexampled
convulsion. The folies and vices of Kings
flow on in their accustomed channels; the King
dom and the Empire are bounded once more
by the same rivers, the same mountains, the
same lines of longitude and latitude. Monar-
chg has reasccnded its throne Mobility is a
gain in the presence chamber-Episcopacy re-
covers its tithes-the -gatherer is abroad a
mong the villages, and the peasant is at labor
in the fields. From this UNMARRIED picture of
despotism, we turn with renewed satisfaction
to the shores Of our Western Continent. Here,
whatever we regard-our policy, our institu-
tons, our prospects-all acquire new interest
by the strong contrast which they present to
those of Europe.
The policy of America is calculated not only
to secure the interests Of her own citizens, but
to promote peace and amity amongst the ma
tons of the earth. Foreign from its nature are
all designs of conquest and subsection. The
general adoption bits spirit would be signal
for the cessation of all wars, whether of anlbi-
ton, avarice, or policy. These consist not
with the purposes Of our country-purposes,
.iggh spa sssEea and ae 4 me- Il
is her declared sense, that all men are free and
equal; and to realise principle so interesting
to mankind, she will spare no effort which it is
consistent with Justice and humanity to make.
Not tina. she will engage in the romantic en-
terprisc Of revolutionizing other nations:-the
stern impartiality of her policy has compelled
her to look calmly on, while Italy and Spain
have successfully struggled to obtain the bless
ings of Liberty, but have sunk back, unaidec
and overpowcred, into the dismal gulph Of mo-
raj annihilation. Even now, she must listen to
( the sorrowfui reproaches Of Greece, and while
every sympathy is bleeding for that fair but i'll
| fated land, must Withhold the succors which her
heart is yearning TO bestow. These are the sa-
criGccs that unrelentng Justice requires at her
hands. Yet, whatever can be accomplished by
| the diffusion of mental light,-by the silent, but
progressive operation of pure example,
whatever can be effected by these means, it is
her purpose to attempt. She would not break
the letters from the unwilling mind she would
teach it to expand, till they should insensibly
fall asunler of themselves
Such is the policy of America towards the
other nations of the earth--a policy, we repeat
it, which, il generally prevalent, would go We
ry far to remove wars and violence from the
world. The influence of the Republic is no
less calculated to promote virtue and intelli-
gence among its citizens.
The sagacity Of great politician has as
signed to Monarchies, the principle Of honor;
and to Aristocracies, the essential virtue of mo-
deraton. But il is the fault Of these Govern
ments that their motives are addressed to few
only Of the citizens, while upon ne undistin-