Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-06
PUBLISHED DAILY. BY
| MUEL SNOWD E N,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1850
MIR. RUSH's LETTER.

Providence (R.. H. lately seUt a complimentary
letter to Mr.. RUSH, in which, after paving IT.
bu,e 20 his services, and approving of his public
measures, they inform him that they have named
,,ne of their vessels after him. 10 thus MIR.
Rush replied in fine letter written with his &C
customed correctness, and with great ABILITY.
taking occasion to explain and enforce his views
of the domestic policy of our Government and
jts situato, at this crisis with regard to foreign
nowers. We are sorry we cannot find room in
This mornings Gazette for the whole of it, but
take Measure, in presenting our readers with
, por,ion. They will find i'll it much to adj
mire. The compliment to MIR. Clay is just and
am writing a long letter. II is longer by far
than would have written only very few weeks
! ,ro Then. | should, in all probability, have
r9ntented mvelf with a simple and private ac-
lnowlrdsment of yours. But now / make 1t
+he occasion of something more. 1t has reached
ms when we are on the brink, as believe, of new
az difficult times. This imbues with an inter
o., preatly augmented, the information you have
Unmarried; and thence it is that have felt lnpei-
led to a more full answer. believe general
war in Europe to be- at hand. have believed so,
since we first knew of the three days lighting IN
Paris. and their results. Those three days are
IN throw a new element into the political world,
at
,entious aspect now. The principle of monarchy
is not dead. 1t will, a, its own time. put itself
apains, "a, principle of that memorable fight, the
recoon,tinn of the new KING Of the French, side
bv side with our illust,ious Lafayette. nOtwith-
standing. In the most powerful parts Of continent
tai Europe, out of France. II IS IN rank life. In
Austria II is inveteraie. In Russia. tremendous.
In nei,hrr country is there any check in general
nnbIic onrion, upon the imperial will. aud legons
of armed ana brave men, are the obedient IN
s,rnments of that will. 9th governments on
the priaciple Of arbitrary SWAY. are administer
ed for all purposes. but especially warllke pur-
masses. with abundant ability. They can, unhap-
ni;y. p,ant the array against freedom, IN glitter
IN. masses and with irighttul vSor. The battle
.omehov. and soon, must be fought. Caution
o,,, DELAY !, for awhile;. bat it cannot go off
rhe interests and passions which the events of
fhose three DAYS put in motion, and the example
which they have consecrated, are far too mighty
in AL that affects thrones. empireS, people, to
snhsjde vithouta furious conflict. Even IN Eng
land the principle of monarchy is deeply ro"ted
There it is sustained by an agistocracy OF inffu-
ance. which never can oe overcome in political,
anv more than in common life, under the pre-
sent comnlex system of their government. the mo
nonox;nr preferences q, their laws. and the state
ut reoresentation I'm their House of Commons
With that arstocracy large portion OF the Bri-
iish public. much larger than we think. wiil'
from principle. OF dependence, or prejudice be
brought 10 side: forming together rich ana cou-
rageous body formidable BY both these attributes
As well as It's Intelligence that VIII DC ready on
very slender pretexts, to light 1t out against me
nr;scinle of the new revolution in France
Though the principle OF that revolution was as
ius, as the victory Of the three days was brilliant
and THOUGH il was magnanimous to defeated roy
,l,v heyopd al, parallel, it will not escape the
f,oxns of ari,tocracy The materials OF strife
will he aggravated BY the schock OF conflicting
nrinciples. The speech of the ambassador Tai.
Ieyrand 10 King William, IA tOrmuary not'new
70 the ambassador,l aud the personal, or even
ROYAL virtues of the king, will not alter the es-
sential nature of things. 1t Is, IN fact the war
already bt gun between popular opinion on TIE
one side. and ancient and established power, on
the other, which Mr.. Canning. in his speech on
The affairs of Portugal, not long before ms death,
described as in prospect for Europe; and which,
once begun, might be expected to De Terrible
both by its ierceness and duration. May we,
from our distance, and under our equal and hap
nv institutions, keep out of the STRIFE
Candor must admit, that the present admins
tration of our government, as iar as the puolic
knew. have pursued conciliatins course tow
conciliatory on our part. is not always safe
guard against trouble. Should Great Britain get
into war, she would wage it with more effect than
she has ever wayed war before. Notwithstand'
;ns the occasional depression IN some parts OF her
industry and distress in her populatIon' whether
frnm heavy taxation, the growing rivalry to her
manufactures in other countries, or her abridged
currency from return to specie. or from
deficient supply in the precious metals, or from
,yh,,eycr other causes arising, which her own
statesmen never can settle. we must suppose
th,r She has been losing ground. Her sources,
OH The contrary, in defiance OF real or magma
nv dinuni,ions, have undergone since 1878,
IN ,he aggregate, a vast increase. Her exports,
her imports. and her revenue. would be the decl'
s;ye rest of this assertion particularly her revenue
finn excise, which is little short of thirty millions
sterling year, showing prodigious increase IN
her power Of consumption and payment "i'hin.
TIL amount of her excise at present Is the more
parts Of this branch OF her revenue