Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-31
tn the absence of news, we have extracted Tor
this mornings paper Cobbets remarks on The
CHANGE IN THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
From Cobbett's Register, MAY 81.


Now, my friends, let ssihank God that 1t
hath pleased Him TO soften the heart OF WILL
LIAM HUsKissoN, and to induce him, at the end
Of about thirty fee gears, tn let go, IN great
part. 4 a, fast embrace in which he hos been
holding us during that great length OF time!
tlr became welded to this unhappy nation just
about The time Gin The very Year, that eater
ed into he bands of holy maIimony with my
wife, and the connrXion seems to have been,
and to be as ind,ssoluble in the one CASE as IN
the other. Bot he, prudent Young man, took
care, IN this his marriage settlement, TO make,
as we shall see by-and>by, provision for a
seperatr maintenance in case of separation, a.
rising from whatever cause! But Of this will
speak more fly when have inserted the OBJ
ssrvatiors OF the "bes, possible public instruc>
tor" on this event. The cause is, my friends
OF the greatest importance, five look al the
real Cause of it; and, therefore, however rrluc>
tant naturally must De to occupy so much
space with The statements and opinions OF these
wretched mercenary decsivers, | mus have
their words safely on record. shall take the
arucles of cd 9nna Br0die, of DR.. Black, and
Of he Courier
feIe follow the comments Of the editors Of
the above STYLED journals.
Now. the fist thing that strikes one is, the
charge tone upon these occasions, on The
X
used Co exult; their hired 2eonle Of the press
used 10 crow ard clap t"eir wings, like phea-
SAINTS in the anorous month of April. They
do not crow now, they droop "a if IL were the
moulting season: thew lament III" loss OF those
who make way even Cor their friends: in short,
IL would aImos, appear, tina, honors, power, AID
even public money, were now lean things, not
only Ia BE- coveted, but TO be avoided. Who
the devil is Sir George Murray! And who is
Sir Henry Hardingei They must he known to
somebody. withou, doubt; but never heard Of
them before. dare say thew are brother sol
diers OF the Dukr and M; ard IL the change go
o. thus, Sir John Sebright will have more from
this ",ery hest Of STRENGTHENING schools"
70 his hears content,
AS TO he cause Of his senera,ion Of the mi
nis'ty; j. i, brutal ronsrnse to suppose 'ha, IL
Can have arjeep gu, OF the despicable question
about Eas, Re,fnrd Doctor Black seems to
,hiuk thai, however, had SOM thing to do with
the matter; and b. observes hat, according to
the old prove,b. il is the lis, feather tina,
breaks the horses back" Never, however,
having seen o, heard OF this p'overb in his
whole lifetime, except in the writings Of that
burntin fiey Mr.. Paiue; whose sayings on po-
h'ical matters viii all come true, in spite If
e,erv thing that that dir'v S-otchman can do
10 presentit This Eas. Reford affair was
IL
to do with the matter There two con jec-
.tures sHoa,: tie one as stated in the Morning
Herald, hat Huskisson meautd to play the
game OF Coming; IN, I is 10 say, To get TO The
top Of the tree himself; tina, he tried TO do this
when Code rich was at the head of aff,irs: and
certainly his conduct was most curious upon
that occasion; Tor, he WIS the cause, without
doubt, Of Godrrich's tuning out, and that too
without any plausible pietence. The o,her
conjecture is (snd this is the conjectpr- OF
most sensible people, tn 4, he wished 10 get GU,
Of the concern. The quarrel was, in fact, no
quarrel at ALL no fault he'd heen found Of him for
what he had done: no angry words had passed be
tween him and Peel in the House; hut. having
spoken and voted in a certain way, the moment
h. came out of the House, he wrote to the Duke,
and told him, tina, he was ready TO quit his
place if il was thought necessary. This was
just what he and Herbs did, in the case Of
Lord Goderich. Their differences were ire
conCiable: both off red TO resign. il il was
thought necessary; but,the moment they go rid
Of Goderich, thew embraced under the Duke.
However am clearly of opinion, that Huskis-
son sees that the system mus, now undergo a
radical change; and III it Is better 10 get out
OF the concern now under any pretence whaiso.
ever than 10 remain in il with The risk OF all
the attendant consequences Huskisson has a
vast deal Of experience: he is what one nav
call cunning fellow: he has got money, a d
must have money, and he sees no prospect of
qualification Of ambition as things now stand.
IL is possible that he might have believed that
the Infamous newspapers. having puffrd him
up in the manner they had done; that the base |
creatures Of Liverpool, having pulled him up
also. the King would be compelled to take him |
as prime ministers and tina. having then the |
Wings with him, and supported by allthe base !
ness that clings round the distributors OF trea-
sure, of lisings, OF sees, and Of other emolu-
menrs, he might have ventured on something |
that would force along the system, for his life |
time al any rate; This may have been, and very
probably was, his then way Of thinking; but
seeing the Duke firmly fixed in the saddle, with |
his holsters well furnished, he began 10 per-
ceive that he was forever shut out from filling
that post, and that all that remained TO him |