Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-31

,T cour" prime minister apparent, or prtsuhp
i've at least. Therefore, my opinion Is, :hat nc
sought an occasion for retiring; that he has LOT
some time lost no opportunity oil OBJ aiming
plausible pretex, for so do doing; but that, ma
ing 10 pretext that was plausible, he MADE one
for himself out Of this affair OF the East Ike to'u'
about which no man in the country cared one
single straw; abou. which, no more aueh'ioh
was excited than would be excited by any 'uru-
pike road bill that ever passed the House: t's
this occasion, ii the broad sheet
speaks truth, was jus, like that OF The servant
eiri, that want TO get OF without giving 'he
months. warning. His masters took no offrnce a'
he did; but, the moment he had smasheu '.e
plates, he tells them, that il they do not IKE IL,
he is willing TO 60 away that instant. no"
nany provoked mistresses Of families will re-
eollec, tricks like this thar have been played
them.
The truth is, that The concern is bad; ii is In
bad state: il is full of difficulties; there is a
necessity of raising siriy millions eftares in gold
every yea or, Of proclaimlng the nation bank
rup,: or. ofcomlng 10 the equitable adjustment!
prayed for in the Norfolk Petition, which ad-
iustment Mr.. Huskisson knows, would swamp
him forevcr But, why should Lord Dudley
and Lord Palmerston, and the rest, retire also!
Why, because they are, in all probability, all aid
TO remain in without Huskisson; when the Old
rat gives a squeak Of alarm and begins 20 scam
per # the Young ones stay not long behInd-
s'Ca,c-a, cries an OLD rock, and darts on out
of the pea field. The rest do not stop 10 can,
bu, after him they &C, with every pnion on thr
stretch. 1t is always thus in similar cases.
All the rest know that nuskisson has had gr. al
experiente. They have all their lives long OBJ
served him to be very careful presrrrer oi his
bacon: while he remained, they who themselves
understood nothing at all OF the matter, regard
ing things as safe for the present., at any rate;
but, when he took to flight, hr, who had stuck
to place with such pertinaciiy for so many years,
they were sure tha, there " as no danger; and
this take 10 be the true cause, or rather caus-
IS, of this division Of the Ministry.
The cailiff newspapers, on both sides, set up
lamentation upon this cca,ion, as 1t the coun-
try had lost something by this breaking up, x
particularly by the detection Of Huskisson. 1t
is there fore worth while 10 inquire little into
the merits Of this sublime statesman. He has
been in office, with the exception Of three years
aud half, full thirty-f,e years, with an aver
age inc ONE, out OF the public money, ii up
wards Of three Thousand pounds year. 1t |
were to say tour thousand should not exceed
The mark, which is more than twu-thirds OF
what is annually received by the President OF
the United States Of America. Before he III s.,
Quilted office, which was along with Pit, in the
latter par, Of 1901 he obtained d settlement, for
life, out of the public money, of 1901 year,
which he was to receive al all times, for the rest
of his life, except at such times when he should
be receiving TWO thousand pounds year o. The
public money, on account'ot some office that
he Nigh, Sll So that he got a settlemen; up
-, ,fo f,r 4 ca IeaS IF
of ,2ooi year Tor ift; and This, too, observe,
on this very 81 h day Of May, in the year 1901.
The settlement iJ n The following words:
"27th May,lsol. Pension BY sign manual
"aod ?ateot Of l,2ool year, 10 William
Husklsson, to be suspend d when he shall
b" IN possession Of any office OF the annu-
"al value of 1900 or upwards"
AT the same time, he got q settlement Tor his
wife by sign-mauual, in the following words:
"Eliza Emily Huskisson, wife OF William
Huskis,on, Esquire, late one ofih Under
Secretaries OF a'e, pension OF 6l5fa
"year, to commence from the day OF the
"d,ceaSe OF her said husband"
So tina, here thew were provided for twenty six
years ago. About the same time, Long who is
now l.oi Fa ming am, OBJ aimed a pension of
,5Ooi a year Sy naIent, which was To b. sus-
pended while he should hold any Office exceeding
the sum of 2,oool year, and he provided
pension for bis wife, of 1901 year., after his
decease.
Huskisson's receipts ,allowing three thousand
d Year for the time WIEN he was in Office, "a
mounted TO e4,5ooL During the time he was
gu Of office he Lad his pension OF 1901. year
so that, altogether, his receipt from the public
money; that is to say, the receipt that is capa-
bic of profit, amounts 10 9S,7OoL In words,
lest he figures should not I've believed, ninety
eight thousand and sevsn hundred pounds! Later
~ he has been re, Giving great deal more than
three thousand pounds year; but, the above
is the lowest statement OF the account.
Talents mus, BE- pretty rare in country
wnere services are not 10 be obtained alta chea
per rate tn n this. But, nov let us ask li,tle,
W nat the services Of his Huskisson have been.
To read the broad sheet, one would imagine
that he were little shor, of oonjurer, and thai
he had produced wonderful effects in favou' OF
Inc pr perity Of The country. The ancient
said, tHa in order To Judge of the
wisdom OF : Statesman, you must look al. The
rnd of his measures. This man has had great
deal To do with The measures for the l. s, thirty
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