Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-10

has been made in this portion OF the On'o" VI"
,he subiec, of The Presidents visit. he EnowS
as well as Others, what are the customs OF MS
naive State, and what are the requirements Of
,hs S.r;,,,nrss u. S. Coz.
The following article from a high tory, Wei
Iinelon English paper, will perhaps be anus
ing. merely as a specimen of the feeling long
too commonly entertained in Great Britain, or
rather in England, in relation to this county,
! This feeling we hope and believe has passed a.
way; not that we are for beng hand and glove,
politically speaking, with our grandmother; Tor
then all national emulation would b. paralyzed,
and generous rivalshIp would degenerate INFO
a mawkish interchange ct compliments. But
as this is not a supe rsii,ious age, there IS 10
reason why The honest John Bulls should be-
lieve that the whole Of This nation consists OF
in-pedIars, and half>horse and half-a!liga'or
packwoods-in linen; nor any, Why our we'l-behaved
ard well instructed ci'izrns should consider all
! English NOBLE men and their wives as dissolu,e
in their morals, and all the commons as a Set
Of coekneys, using w for Y ard V for w, !cav-
ing out the H where i. ougat to be in, and put,
ting il in where it ought to be out, SC i he
writer of the following letter has made IA strange
tumble Of mat ers and things. The sorest sub
ject ON which he animadver,s, seems 20 be the
Treaty Of Client. We have heard or read
somewhere, that this treaty was concluded, on
behalf Of the Americans, by john Quincy Ad-
ans, Heary Clay and another gen leman. But
this must be a mistake; or il cannot be the same
J. Q" Adams and II. Clay, who are denounced
as inefficient and corrupt politicians, and total
ly unskilled in the art and mystery Of diploma
cy. they would have sold the country ten
times over, if half that is'sa,d Against them be
correct. N. Z. Com. .4dU.
To the Editor of the Morning Herald.
SIR,-Ihsve JUS, seen a letter from your Man
chester correspondent, III your paper OF The %
instant, wherein he states that MI. Huskisson,
though Stree trader sis almost 4 favorire a.
gain, in consequence of his severe reflections in
Parliament upon the Americans and their Ia,
riff" Now II, by ~"severe reflections" your
correspondent would imply any hing unjust,
which the words would almost lead one TO in
fer, l should think few persons who have given
their attention TO The subject would conou IT with
him in opinion; but, on The contrary, would in
cline to think that the Right Hon. Gentleman
might have expressed his sentiments in much
stronger terms without al all violating either
truth or justice. The fact is, that we have
been, all along, accustomed TO treat The Anne
ricans with TOO much tenderness and forbear-
ance, forgetting The fable Of the Boy and the
NeltIe, for which they drspi,r Us most hearth
Iy All our ".magnanimity" is absolutely
thrown away, and looked upon as sheer weak
ness; for, being contrary to their principles and
practice, they set such conduct down 10 the
score either Of ignorance or folly, and treat US
accordingly. In truth, as FL lding remarks, it
5~u'arv an uouc,tffIan. Not tnay ~ oUf1 an
ply this severe reflection" To all Am, rio ans.
tnr respectable minority Of whom are honora-
Die men, but they are borne down by "thr baser
sor..-'he necessary consequence of"Univer-
Bal o'nrags.' Indeed 1t is high time that The
eyes OF The people OF England were opened 20
'"e rear Character OF the la'er, aud / rejoice to
perceive that we are daily becoming more
awake on that subject The Americans are
kten' cool, clever, calculating politicians, and
nave proved themselves much more than a
match for US in negociation- witness the fool
!sh and absurd Treaty Of Client, which thew
~Jockrved Mr.. t;oulburn out Of at a time when
we had the game in our own hands, and might,
nave absolutely dictated almost any terms, as il
Is notorious that the five States Of New Eng,
land were so distressed by the war, that they
were re'dy 10 secede from :he Union; their
ships were rotIng in port, with tier mast.
neads covered with empty lar barrels, which
ne people, IN %derisIon, used 10 cal "Madison's
nlghtcaps;' and they would doubtless have de.
rlaied their independence or formed an alliance
with us. had we but shown tolersble hrmness,
and Prrsevered in the war for one six months
'onger. Let the people of England call TO
nina the circumstances under which tn Il war
vas undertaken by the Uni'ed States, and let.
hem Judge OF what may be, from VIA, hns been. ,
At thai time we had arrived at the mos dan.
rous and critical period Of the war with t
rance. BorsParte had one immense army in q
ne west, and another, Still greater, in full E
march towards the east of Europe He was
'ot only able, as the Americans thought, TO
'eep@the Allies in check in thu Peninsula, bu, :
lead his remaining legions 10 the conou,s,
u Russia. This was the critical moment, then,
Inch they chose, thinking that, by throwing
heir weight into the scale against US, they
must inevitably crush US 10 the earth. The,. n
fore, declared war, and sent Joel Barlow,
S their Ambassador, 10 congratulate Bona, :,
ar'e on his success in Russia. Before The t;
lmoaSsador arrived at Moscow, however, he fir
Yet the HCOnOue ror" returpi,p .k..I 10