Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-25

the government might do, ana oush' " Wv
and ,ba, is 10 REGAL the present Governor, as
he has rendered himself TOO obnoxious !" DC
likely 10 succeed as pacihcator.
Canada is not 10 be triitd WIN, or partiahy
,rs,teJ as Ireland has so long been;-thr land
Of rsl;n;on. and civil freedom is 100 mar to
r.nd.r such an experiment safe; and IN any de-
,;har,ti,ns on the subject il would be prudent,
-, our narts. as Sir J. Macintosh very properly
observed, to abstain from any expressions which
shall rend TO make distinction between the
English and other inhabitants.
In opposing the motion OF the Chancellor OF
the Exchequer, in The British House OF Com
mons, for grant Of 5000 pc a'num to tie
family Of Mr. Canning, Mr.. Bankes said,
Tina, Whatever recollections he had Of Mr.
Cr,,;op he could say they were OF a plrasura
hye nature: blu, he would still ask the House TO
consider, 10 what az amount, IN inns petty
oace. >" votes Of this kind might arrive at. An
Honorable Member had spoken ot the LUKE Oh
yelling on, but he could not surely lnitnd 10
compare the two individuals. Indeed ne con-
sidered Mr.. Canning TO have been an unior'u
nate Minister for England, and even at the
the time he was speaking, Russia was at war
with the Porte. (Sa,lrcal cheers 1t was
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claim upon the country; now, on the part OF the
nubIic. he would oppose his doctrine pub
lie man made his election, he was paid Tor his
services, and there the mater should end. On
MANY occasions the House had had reason TO
de,lure this generous and Cxtra,agan teelins
But had Mr. Canning received nothing rom
rbe country? Had he not been In the recelP: OF
large emoIumenls from the Offices which MS
ambi,ion prompted him 10 obtain? The Hon
Member then referred to Mr.. Canning's rxpe-
ditior to Portugal, which had cost the country
| 80 OOO,, which he put to Mr.. Canning's ac>
count.- To that acc ounI he also put the loss o!
the many poor men al Navarino; and The DAM
ape done TO the heet-as also the enormous
cost 10 the country occasion'd by IT. o'liricai
cheers.) Within these two years, there had
been an srrant Job in the cas-, OF Mr.. Canning,
:, fitting up house for him, in Downing 81 Ell,
at cost uf - ,ooo'.-- (No! No! and murmurs
He did not mean TO say that his successors did
not enjoy The benefit of the house, but he INSIST,
ed upon it, that il was pure J"b-(No! NO.
The Hon Member then cited the cases OF MI
perciyal and Mr.. Canning, and SAID that the
latter was not worthy TO be named on the same
day with him. He opposed The mouon.
In reolv to him. ard 10 Mr. Hume, who op-
posed the grant. partly Oh the ground that Nir.
Canning had refused the government OF lndla'
in which he might have acquired great wealth,
+ for the sake of power at home, Mr.. hoS"iS'o"
said
Tha, after the debates which Nd taken place
, on the subject of rewardng public servants, he
Po%!@ not out ~ 'u, p -, ocr,.
sons it was the custom to grant pensions, our
{ of the Pension Fund.- it was cot,plsined of, and
ifhe (Mr Hdskisson) ms:aked not, the Homo
raale Gentleman Mr.'Bankes) was one Of the
, complainanls-it was then said, no grant should
, be made Of the public money without vote oil
that House, and now. since the system has been
altered, the Honorable Member complained
that we came to parliament, and created, what
he was pleased 10 term dangerous precedent.
/. The Honorable Gentleman (Mr. Hume) had
, spoken Of Mr.. CannIne's appoinment 70 India.
He Mr. liuskis,on could declar" in the most
solemn manner, that it was Mr. Canning 5
dearest and most anxious wish to go out to that
. country, but circumstances occurred (which
prevented him. He contended, that from The
sacrifices made by Mr.. Canning, in giving up
the appointment to India, the presen, PROPOSE
ton was by no means exiravagant. The lGdla
, appointment would have been more preferable
for Mr. Canuing--but he held, hat where the
King demanded his services he was bound to
comply the appointment not making any COM
promise Of honor. The Honorable Member
Mr.. Bankes had heretofore held, that the Sal
aries Of the high officers OF State ought TO b
better paid; he Mr.. H wa, disposed TO enters
tain very contrary opInion-'hsr it was b d
policy to attach too high salaries to those Off )
Gers. He should be sorry 20 see the Crown
tied down TO monopoly Of wealth and Atisto'
crazy; it would be to the exclusion Of talent in
The other CLASSES Of society - Hear!
The precedent that was now so much feared
could not occur above once ina quarrer OF a
century. They paid the debts Of Mr.. Pit, and
il was now proposed 10 grant 10 branch OF
Mr.. Canning's family that pension to which he
would have been entitled, such mode Of pros
cee1ing was infinitely more Satisfactory than
that of raising The salaries. But MIR Canning
had been treated by the honorable Member Mr.
Bankes, almost as if he were political delin>
qucnt The Hon. Member had told them TO
look at the signal failure IN Portugal-in
Greece-and at the Russians passing the
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