Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-02

tvo nnv,I and SAGE Opinions preached III the sate
Tie siare ira Re perhaps lost IL
,uerica 10 England, aud the crime was thus pun
ished at its height, and within view OF the spot
where it was committed. But our crime was done
in ignorance; the people of this kingdom had
known Ittle of its nature: and they required OH
In to knoto Il, to acash their hands Of the stain)
ii NAV have been for this reasons that. OF all un-
successful wars, the American was least marked
with national loss; and that of all abscissisons OF
empire, the independence of the United States
was most rapidly conrer!sd into national adron-
tage." Now shall we understand the learned BIO
grapher as asserting that the "losS OF America
to England was politically brought about by the
existence of the slave trade; or that he cen
silers i. divine judgement for the crime! we
leave it to the uuidnuncs. How was the Indepen-
dence Of the U. S. "rapidy converted INTO ma
tional advantage to England? They may an
swer that also. -,
For the especial edifcation-of a certain h'sh
parsonage, commonly known among his trlenua
as the "greatest and best" we make the 10, >
lowing extract" At length, worn out oy 'n's
perpetual assault, North solicited leave to resign,
left his power 10 be fought for by the parties that
instantly sprang out of opposition; anu ai'er one
more grasp at office, which showed only new m
eradicabe the love of power is In the human neart
| retired 10 make Apologies on political oblivion
and, like 4 SAGE of Indian fable, tell children
that the world was governed BY sugar p!ums, and
that the sugar pItnls were ARRAYS tdrgoife" phen
! their distributor had no moreto gre.
Some sensible remarks are made with regard
to the authorship of Junius' Letters; but the at
| tempt to backen the fame of Lord Chancellor
| Thurlow is as contemplate as 1t is vain. Inc
literary merit of the work is small. There Is no
Io, fl,a n
is as errauc as comet, and occasionally gives
ne dissertations and episodes entirely foreign to
the subject. The style of the composition IS In
the worst taste; and for the first portion OF the
hook. the hombast and raving Of Salathlel are
conspicuous in every page. We give un exam
ME of the taste he uses in metaphor. I'm the
fierce recollections aud national misery OF Ire
land, then covered with the unhealed wounds
Of the civil war, and furious with considerations
and party rage. Swift found the congenial armo-
nv for the full triumph of embittered genius. -
irain: But IN those days, when the lord OF the
treasury might in the next month be numbering
al the head of its assailantS,- and IN the month
after be Ginging back their baled bolts from the
secure heights of ministerial power; when. IN
one month. he might be the rebeillOus Titan, and
in the next, the legitimate Jove, the waving oil
whose curls shook the Olympus OF Downing.
street from its summit to its base; the rapid
changes of the Administration made ministerial
allegiance curiousIy fugitive. Before the wor-
shipper had time to throw himself at the loot OF
the altar, the idol was gone, and another was IN
possession; before the cargo OF fealy could reach
the port, the port was in dust and ashes, or
hostile ensign waved upon its walls"
There is. however, some good writing IN the
book. The horrors of the French Conscriptions
are depicted by the hand of master, and there
is no more interesting part of the work than the
detail of an admirable and successful diplomatic
stratasem practised by Napoleon anu Ia a1 H
| Lord Grenvile.
We had Intended to remark on the spirit and
sentiments of other passages in the work, and
given further extracts, which we had noted as
certain to interest OF amuse our readers. but are
admonished by coadjutor that the usual limits
have been already exceeded