The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-09-17
LYNCHBURG. SEPTEMBER n lsp3.
FORElGN INTELLIGENCE.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
The death of Nj. Canning is an cyeot which
will arrest the attention oflhe rr,der. lie was
supposed TO be Immediately Identified with the
foreign policy of England. as recently laid down,
in relation to the powers which compose The
Holy Alliance, aud To the right of 10 Interference
by those powers in regulating the internal con
Germs ofothcr nations. BY the stand he assum
ed when Portugal was threatened with invasion
by Spain, with view 10 the snhyerson of thr
institutions Of government which she had yolun
tarlly pledged herself 10 maintain hc elected IL
UNIVERSAL applauSc--and We do not think il a
been Tor the principles he then hvowed, he ney.
er would have obtained such an nsccndancy os#
ef the prcjudiccs ofthe monarch aud in the
hearts Of his E low-subjeetS ms To attain the sea-
aoearestt 20 the throne" without ANY oCthe adycn
tliions claims furnished by rank. birth aud titles
aud indeed in opposition TO the wishes of ihc
most influential and numerous part ofthc proud
ari>,ocracy of Grea, Britain We know Of no
other IL stance in the annals of the British Gov
eminent where talent alone has given It's posses.
sor such extensive influence, aud gra,iiied so
fully the aspirations Which il is sure To noutish,
fit be allied to the east spaf, of ambition Pit,
both Of them at different periods attained the Pre-.
mlership. But, they were not " lonIv born, -
MS was Mr.. Canning. they did not as he did
have 10 contend not only against indip cnce and
obscurlty, but also agnmstihc absolute prejudice
which invariably attached 10 his mothers profess
sion--an actress They were. too, allied either
nearly or remotely, 10 some ofthe greatest names
which adorned the annals of Great h. ilaii. They
were early enabled to pariake Of all those adj
vantafes which high station, wealth and rank
offer TO their possessors and they were enger 10
avail themselves of these advantages. They
were not, as MIR, Canning was, compelled T.
force themselves into notice They had strong
and influential friends, always ready to pusl,
them forward equally rs rapidly as their merit,
and cxertions justifcd--and their attainment Of
the first Office in the Empire though justified
by their splendid genius and almos, unbounded
requirements in every department of practical
knowledge, was not entirely the consequence OF
those talents and requirements each be.
longed 10 influential families, nnd each headed
powerful parties in the State. Mr. Canning on
the contrary was bonn IN poverty--was cdnen-
ted principally by chmiiy--Has dependent upon
himself alone for success IN lile---and could NOT
refer 10 long line of noble ancestry, OF TO a
host of existing connexions either of nt0nitd OF
titled influence to give weight TO his cans--and
yet, by sure though gradual process his mind
displaying new vlgof aud fresh resources as new
aud more hnpor ant occasions arose for eHer.
ton, he MAJ ched onward, with unfalc,ing step,
10 the highest clnlnence subject can attain
lie lad accomplished his high aud enviable des-
tiny before the hand of death laid upon him lis
chilly impress" He had dcfied, when in op
position to the administration OF Lord Castle.
reah, the irowHs Of power, and when called ON
himself 10 administer the government, basng ms
measures on principles inconcesabIy more libe-
raj than those which guided his Two immediate
predecessors, he found arrayed against him
those no had been but recently his colleague,
when he "ason an equality with them in The
Cabinet but who could not brook the idea of
bending their princey and lordly dignity to the
lo"lness of following in the train OF the untitled
son OF a stage-player Mr.. Canning bore. with
like equanimity, the frowns OF those who feared
while they hated him, aud the supercilious
tdunts which were thrown out against his parent.
age by men who vainly exerted themselves TO
cope with him in mental strife Leaving them
III debate, nj an lmmeasureable distance behind
hlm-and having enlisted, by the liberallty of
his course, nearly all The talent Of the kingdom
on his side, he looked with fearless d6dain ON
the yclpings of the pack which bayed at his
heels. But II vas decreed that his Triumph
| should be Of short duration Scarcely had he
obtained the emlnence for which he had SO rnany
r,vals, when he was compelled by fiat which
no man may disobey, 10 lay aside the insignia of
ton.
THE SPIDERS mosi attennated thread
" l. cord is cable, 10 nuns hold bliss"
Yes, and to MS grasp on honors, and wealth,
and every thing else 10 obtan which the earth
is filled with rivalry & feud. Could Mr.. Canning
have lived long enoughto have fixed on firm ba-
sis, the liberal Political principles, by which he
seemed to have regulated his intercourse with
the European powers, the world w0ul have
been, in our opinion, much benefited His sue
cesror, Lord Goderoy, Formerly Mr. Robinson)
though he is doubtless DESTROYS Of maintaining
in the British Cabinet the ascendancy of the
same system OF Continental policy, will be- we
fear, unable to stand up against the shocks of
the d'scontented party, who still look, with
greedy eyes, TO the places and emoluments they
lost by resigniug their Offices when Mr.. Canning