Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-25

voice W0ulQ ever nave pidCeu hih ueiS WV. ~"
der the claim of mis- countless victories. 1t is
rather those who fight the civil battles OF the coun
try. the Canninss, the Foxes, the Galatians, the
Broughams, who become the popular favorites
in England, and whom the people seem most de-
sirous to trust 1t was q king who clothed the
luke Of Wellington with supreme ministerial
power. 1t was George the fourth; king OF
mixed qualifications for the sceptre thathe bore, but
always Observation-Disclosures of pomp He made
him the Lord high Constable at the pageant OF his
coronation adding the marShaFs baton. to his stall
There his warrior plumes, as he slowly rode ny
the banquet tables of the great gothic Hail. to the
platform where sat royalty, his steed richly Ca
Parisoned and champng upon the bit whilst the
beauty and chivalry of the realm, and the am
bassadOrs of the crowned heads, stood gazing,
showed sight indeed, tosrivet the eye, and
fill the fancy of all. There was Angesea los.
known to fame; and Howard OF Efhnsham; and
the champion, on whose ight' heavy, armour,
the sun beams struck. But every heart pointed
10 England's true champion, on that day. NOT
the rubles or the sapphres of the throne could
rival his plumes They stirred the bosom; fhey
called up high and valorous deeds not as lend
ing golden tints 20 the visions OF romance IN the
midst of such scene, but as told In faltntui story
the same monarch who then received the realty
of this gorgeous group, afterwards invested MS
ever favorite .4rthur, justly and proudly his Ia
vorite whenever or wherever the baton or the
sword was to De borne, with the whole influence
of the premiership. 1t is the voice OF the people
of England. getting up to the throne, through bar.
riers hitherto obstructng it, that has OBLIGED him to
retire from that post; post, for which we have
his own authority at one time for saying his former
iuclinations, pursuits, and habits had not fitted
him. FROM civil posts of inferior degree, that
he had held at earlier periods OF his life. he had
himself voluntarily retired, for his 'martlal cioa&
and glory. He sought adventurous India, and
at Arsaum, and Gawilghar laid the foundation OF
that name in arms which he SO built upon in Spain
the land of Moorish gallantry, and 10 which on
the plains of Belgium before the embatted host
of Europe, he put the towering finish.
have heard an intimatlon which shall not
pass. | have heard, that the present king proba-
bly, accepted the resignation of the Duke OF Wei
lngton the more promptly. because OF private
reason; reason growing out OF the mlsunuer-
standing known to have existed between the par
ties when the king as Duke of Clarence, filled the
station of lord high admiral. | give no credit to
this inmation. 1t is opposed by conslderauonstar-
v deducible from the generalcharacter OF the Kings
reign far as yet disclosed to from this distance
in which there seems to have been little of selfish
ness, and much of desire to look to the weltareof
his people at large. But rest my disbelief still
more upon specific fact II is true indeed, that his
father George the third refused to let the younger
Pitt resign. although he.had also been lett IN
minority in the House of Commons; but the cir
cumstances of the two cases are so obviously dis
similar, that will not stop to point them out
The younger Pitt was the friend at that day, OF
popular rights and representation, and was real
iy the favorite Of the English people.
The fact which am about to bring into dis
tinct notice, will not be without its interest. 1t
belongs to the history of the times. 1t is org
that should be dragged from its sleep and placed
fresh before the world. 1t may supply moral
for rulers in whatever part of the world they may
be, and under whatever forms they may dispense
the attributes Of executive power.
Amongst the appointments in the new minis
try, is that of Mr.. Denman, to be Attorney &C.
neral. This appointment struck me, the instant
| saw it, as the most remarkable, by far the most
remarkable, of them all. Mr.. Denman is law
yer, learned and powerful in his profession. In
the midland circuit, he was once the efficient
competitor in business and reputation of our coun
tryman, the late lord chancellor Lyndhurst, and
that in itself is praise; man whom elevation did
not intoxlcate, and who will not be lost in his fall
Denman, though generally calm and most gen
tlemanly in his feelings, is. when reused of the
Brougham school. cannot call the latter lord
Brous ham, yeti have too long felt an enthu-
siasm for his various and extraordinary abilities,
as a speaker. as writer. as a statesman, versed
in every branch of home affairs, and at home In
every branch of foreign affairs; as lawyer, &C
quanted with the whole body of the law, and,
what is a far higher and more rare attainment.
with its mind as philan,hropist, not in his cham
Der, but of the most unwearied and buoyant pub
lie spirit and exertion; as practical man, as a
philosopher, as scholar; knowing every
thing, and knowing it we'll and doing it
we'll; intuitve and labOricus; in details
master; a master in general reasoning; as &C
curate as profound, and Of the most persever-
ing, seepIess, efficient activity in every one of
his characters; have too constantly INDUCED
in boundless admiration Of him under them all,
to recognize him. as yet, under any other than
his own simple name. | cannot on the first in.
slant of the change, write him down baron
Brougham. Who is he? we have never heard of
him. 1t seems like cheating renown OF its rights,
as madam de Stael said, when Bonaparte first
gave titles to those of his generals who had been