Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-26

member of the House. In his reply to MIR. Mac
aulay, he said:
..My honorable and learned friend has alluded
TO the times of violence when certain Mig
came to this House and extracted from nve or
six members, and he has referred to that act as
most unconstitutional. will put the converse
of that proposition, and will say that II VIII oe
almost as unconstitutional for the King to go to
the other House of Parliament, and put twenty
or thirty members into it Chear, hear, hear. j.
Was il violent. was it unconstitutional, to ao.
stract some members from this House Tor having
voted in a certain wav? hear. The question
il no sooner put than we receive 1t with acciama'
tions, affirming that it was most unconstitutional.
follow out the principle, and boldly assert
that if Prince Of the House OF Brunswick puts
thirty members into the other House 81 fariia-
ment. to override the proceedings OF that House
he will be guilty of an interference as unconst'-
tutional as the violence for which Prince OF me
House of Stuart has been SO strongly condemned
cheers from the Opposition. and cries OF IS no,
no." from the Ministerial benches.
On the same occasion, Sir George Murray held
this language:
1t had been asked whether it was possible to
suppose that Ministers had brought forward the
Reform Bill to strengthen their precarious hold
of Office? lie did not impute it to them, but there
was certainly remark able coincidence in point
IF time; for they introduced the Reform Bill just
when they were shaken in the opinion of Parlla.
ment by the failure of their other projects. 1t ap-
peared to him that Ministers. when thus weaken
ed by the desertion of their friends and BY the
attacks of their enemies. had adopted the course
taken by the early inhabitants Of England; they
had resorted to the dangerous policy of calling
to their assistance power stronger than them
selves (hear, hear!) In their distressing predi-
cament, Ministers had Frustrated themselves be-
fore the shrine of Democracy; and in order to
purchase an alliance with it, they offered up as
sacrifice the Constitution of their country Cheers
from the opposition benches.)"
The following, from the London Examiner. is
sample of the manner in which the dgnitaries
of the Church are now treated by the English
press:
The Bishops. N hypocrites, We can discern
the face of the sky. and Of the earth; but how
is it that ye do not discern this timer Yea, and
why, even Of yourselves, judge We not what is
right"
Since the swine rushed into the sea. was there
ever gregarous movement OF self.destruction
like that which has fixed The indignation Of the
country? How you'd such as they have acted
when the Lord scburged those that bought, and
would have thrust the door in his face, they would
have been as twenty to one against the purifica.
ton. But they have acted consistently. The
SUGGESTIONS of the Apostles not to be looked
for in palaces and purple. They, whose state is
practical denial of the Scripture they profess to
teach, may well set their wills against the lights
of the people. Such men would never have re-
nounced their worldly goods to follow divine
Reformer, but would surely have ranged them.
selves with Herod, and have opposed Pilot only
when he spoke the words of mercy and justice.
The coil of wealth has doubtless corrupted their
holy Office; they illustrate nothing practically
as the imposition of hands. Sad innovation has
Mammon made in the holy order. Lazarus has,
BY process of clutching and scraping, waxed a
Dives, Frequent example nmade of the wis.,
dom Of those that lived in The infancy Of the
world; but the authorities are often uncertain
The maxim, stare in anfiquas Uias. is often in
their mouths; but one would think the old ways
were Lombard street or the Stock Exchange; let
us. for the love of charity, place them in the old
est and most sacred ways to be traced in the his
tory Of Christianity. They were roads to rich.
es. See how wealth has corrupted them-see
how avaricisus apprehension for the treasure
which the thief approaches, and the moth de-
stroys, has wrapped them up in selhshness, hard.
ened their hearts against the patriotism Of the
throne. With divine prescence have they been
warned against riches. and now in their
living they set forth the truth of their pernicious
effects. Our pampered preIates preach the les.
son, and present the example of the evil.
Scarcity Of Moncy.-The present are trying
times among our men of business, especially those
who heretofore have had an extensive credit with
the banks, and who depend mainly upon those in
stituion for the - needfu'' to meet their notes
and keep up their credit So scarce is money
among US at this time, that the best paper can be
had at discount Of from one to two per cent. a
month. The principal cause of this scarcity is.
that vast amount Of specie has. within few
months past, been shipped to England. the ex-
change on that country being high that the mer-
chants have adopted the plan of purchasing the
silver here and sending It in that form abroad, in
preference to that of buying bills of Exchange