Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-20

91;tv The English travellers and reviewers
nave. however, BY the frequency Of their attack.
r.nder.d US in some degree unnindfu. Rad.
.ss,ults. when directed against national Clara,
,sr nv imDotent malice. are. and should BE- d,
.or,raed. The world reads libel stamped o,I.
,erv face of these accusations. and lis ndig,,
,;nn and contempt is apt TO follow their au;So,
IL. hoveyer. no more than natnlal. that =.
.hn,,,d feel onr pride wounded and or re,eb,
ant excired, when We find the leaiiag ioarp,l
;.ts of Fnrland. eliminating Us in the face Q,
a. intelligent aud polished nation, nation en-
da.rsd to us by many ties, and which We c,t
noyer cease looking on with warnings of afer.
tion. The Reviewer, to suite his purposes as
made some general statements, which, perhsIei
would be we'll TO examine IN de;sl'--ve clg
then Judge of their correctness.
The Unitsd States, he thinks g las adyaa.
cei in nothikg but population and the cgI,ir..
ton of The soil. TIE cause Tor this fleet ,shc.
lies onlv in the Reviewers ws&efal Imagination,
sounds most strangely toour republican ears
! :. We have fang ourselves away from Inc Kia..
,e,inouishcd government checked Jy post;.
f.l ari.;ocracv, and allied with charch es,s
bli.hment. and trusted exclusively 10 the Demo.
crsticsI branch Of The community" 70 L.. tj
we clead guilty, and join with tie mon2rc..
isl. And we proudly aver. that To tie yeg- a1.r.
donment and re!inquishmenthere Charged agsiI.:
Im. ere we able so tr!umphantly IL contrsGi,
.he assertion that we have advanced IN "no.ti.,
h., no,ola,ion and the cultivation Of he soil. -
Has the Reviewer closed lis eye . the e.,
thai we have advanced Ia science. IL iearLiEs i,
the culture ii elegant literature, n Wauy!.;
,urAs and the mechanic arts--j!lt We hv
extended our Commerce, end improved n 4 ;tr.
sand instances. tie natural advantages Of q.
land: Dil he never hear # Franklin. d R...er.
house. of Rush. Of Fulton, or If Ni,lm.a.
Irving: When he asserts i!.ai We have tOGe z.
thiny for the cause of gocd selernment. he nl.
surely. ifhe is sincere, give 10 cFeteace % !;
evidence OF his Own senses.
By what other test can We Judge cf Tie ga;
government Of q nation, but by lis pro.penn &C.
the general happiness Of It, people. And il LEE
be taken rs the proper rue, what Country Ca3s
the sun is blessed gith - excellent sO'elHm..
as oars2 But our captions Reviewer 1clgr4
TO put on the prophetic mantle, and aHrrla
what would be the judgment OF the Trainers aG
Constitution. could they revisit tie eafil. \.
does not know that some Of the hono5ed 5f.
WHO framed the constitution, and WHO .',,e !.
in putting it into operation yet exist amoDg, i
and that they consider their "presGmpiog, FL 4
neriment." glorious reality far sGrPass;n: : {
is practical results their fcGJest sBliupl,ia, +
He does not know that each 0! the yeRera5. PEI
riots have lived, and that many Of them hayett 4
firm in the good faith. and that every .scceel-
: wear adds TO the debt Of gratitude weose then
planning = this Presumptious eIpermeni" htg
tract We have made concludes witt. 10 y;, ri.g 4
, ar in sitting comparison between oar cOhdsg 4
aud that Of our colonial neighbors. |, IS :ngSy &
TO see me non chdiuice w.th which Til. cyuT (
son is made One would think tie plpas i
: before Parliament. the frequent corr, sin. IA;
Canada, and the representations Of Ensi:t'n' :
elers themselves should satisfy sny man Of : Z
true condition Of the northcrn colonial dsTh
eaces of Great Britain. What say al il',la.: <
,, english writer IN periodical Of the same pins
with the Quarterly. III was admitted ls,l "a \
both by the Ministry and Parliament, VI
there was something diseased IN The coniirsl
these two provinces (Canada..'' A.slD ~
province has now been seventy years aHj;
British crown, and has for light and thirtT eaj 8
ed the advantages of an English constluriyt. :.
vet il NAV be doubted If The CorsiitgtICu h III
! any considerable degree changed the obsEtla Is
The Inhabitants" Agzin SIS ii % De "oltsa g
that Canada is still in oonpsritiye POVERTY;
is surprising that its population should ha'el'H
~ clear idea of the value o! msny hing, e,- e
tial 10 social comfort, and important k..l
E tom And is II 10 4 country Ike tf>
, the United States are compared. and PLACED"
! est in the scale Of National Imp .5geUent
, When our calumnators hcnceiorih are III
VEN. we would advise them 10 select sr''
er a'facts 10 show on asains, Us. 'i.sn '1e '
and unpromising one selected il lie case g.
fore Is.
, These quotsticns are frGm an artiole q
, Affairs of Canada, in a!s.enambe! Of B.-:sF ~
Magazine.
Genercus.--In consequence of tie num-
Emlgrants arriving IN Neu-York. "i'ee q
grant Office > has been opened. which PgcnS' a
; be eininenuy useful. The New-YoTk An4
SAYS: The indiv,dua. who has thus step" az
T ward 10 lend ais unpaid services 70 siTsIls, ~
s represented to Us as altogether res1ec''.f Nl
Trustworthy, and IS aotaated by the 5es; r'
Having witnessed the impcsinoas paculsa e.
and the sufferings too Frequently endured >
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