Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-13

Lord A. Pray have you heard the Presidents
.ncech AT the opening Of the Parliament ~
Madrid! II is in a spirit more favorable totne
Catholics than the last The debates IN tho
las, session Of the Spanish Parliament on t"e
question Of granting emancipation 10 the sma"
renusnt of their Catholics, bore remark ao'e
resemblance to some Of those which took place
in this country on a similar question during
the reign of George the Fourth.
Mr.. c. Ihave card il remarked their speak
ers scent 20 have been all plagiarlsts But
where did you see the Presidents speech!
Lord a. In six hourly paper that was puo-
lished about TWO hours ago.
Mfr C.. All! YOU have the advantage. My pa
per is a half daily one. believe l must leave
il off One never knows news ill il is old.
Lord A. Very true, half daily Taper leaves
one several hours in arrears. Bot alter a'i'
nothing thai appears in print can deserve the
name Of news The only satisfactory inteih-
eencs one receives is by letter.
Mr.. G Certainly, agree with you, and aP-
propos Gas the hackney coachmrn sayO apPro-
pose Of letters. I received one this morning
from friend in Moscow. II was written the
dav before yesterday, and contains piece OF
Information that is no! generally known at pre-
sen, My friend says, that they had received
intelligence of an instruction having broken
out in Turkey.
Lady D. Turkey, where is thai!
Mr. G, I, is one Of The southern provinces OF
Russia. The instruction is supposed 10 have
originated among the remnant OF an ancient
sect called Mahometans and 10 have been Sc
cre,ly fomentrd by those sediious Jewelers.,
the Auslrians.. Those restless MORALS are
like the old French Jacobins: not content with
revolu longing themselves, they wish to car
ry ,hsir pernicious doctrines Into every other
country.
Lord A. Aye wish they would initiate the
steady monarchcal government Of Americs
Talking Of America, reminds me OF letter
! lately received from my friend The Duke Of
Massachusetts. He gives curious account Of
a yisi, which the king Of Canada paid 10 his
majesty iona; han The Third at Washington. -
War is expected between those two powers
and the king of Carolina They can never re-
main a, peace long. There is perpetual jea'
lousy between those North American King
doms.
Mr. c. War is also expected in !he East
The Emperor Of India, the Burmese Republic,
and The Kings Of Bornee and Sumatra have en-
tered INTO an alliance 10 resist the aggres,ions
of Australia AS neither New Zealand nor
Tasmania are very friendly to the Australians.
il is thought the latter mus, come 10 TERMS
II would be Singular if war should break out a.
the same time in two opposite quarters Of the
globe, among a set Of nations all OF whom
speak English.
Lord a. True, hut you must remember, that
with tie exception Of few countries in our
little Europe which ain their original Lam
euagrs, aIrpos' all The greatest nations do speak
Eng ish. II is the language Vt three fouFihs OF
Asia nine Tennis Of North Amrr'ca, half OF
Africa, and all the insular states in the South
Seas.
Mr. G And This liule kingdom, with pop
ula,irn Of no, more than forty millions, has had
the honor Of coloni zlng half the globe!
Lord A True, and at a time, whe" our pop
ulst,on was mol much more than hall what IL is
now
Nr. C. II is a gratifying reflection.
Lady D Might not one say Notifying
one?" These Countries are our colonies no
longer. How powerful We should have been if
we had retained ,hem.
Lord A Perhaps, Lady ID. no, much more
powerful than we are at presen. | might al
most say perhaps not 80 powerful. 1t we look
into history, we find that when the Unied
S a'es Of America as they were formerly calls
,d) when Canada, India, and Austria success
sively fell from our grasp, a. each 'ime the
most ruinous consequences were anticipated
and a, each time the lancied disaster was tound
10 he the forerunner OF Increased prosperity
There seems TO be certain limits, beyond which
no nation can extend itself without mourning
he danger # disunion ssd decay. We have
losr many dependencies, w ich perhaps,ai'er ALL
were more expensive than brneti' ia but we can
never lose the glory OF having been The mo-
her country OF almos, halt The colonized globe,
and of having conveyed all that Is mos, valua-
bic 10 human nature into region which before
ON coming we're the seats either OF :yrannIcal
despoiism or savage ignorance Let US look
a the mirhty nations tina were first nursed IN
70 civilization under our sway: aud then should
any one ask what country since the world be-
gal has done the greatest portion Of subs AM
ial good think we no fesressy Tell them
England.
The New York E'ening Pos, OF Saturday,
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