Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-04

Lord Chancellor. with the peerdge, Mr.. brouSh-
am emphaticaily stated in the House OF Com
mons, that he would have no other place than The
one he held as representative of forkshlre-that
no new arrangements for ministry could, OJ
anu possibility. affect him! Nevertheless. Ba-
ron Brougham sits exutingiy ON the wooisack.
Thus it was with Mr.. Randolph in relation to
office-thus, we believe. with MIR. P. p. Barbour,
of the same state-purists, utras in their indie
pendencc and disinterestedness. AT the flrst
opportunity, they take that which, IN theory and
defamation. they had ever seemed to repudlate.
Mr. Broueham suddenly discovered thath could
be more useful to his country as Lord Chancel-
lOr-a matter quite as clear, 1t exact, three days
before.-Nat. Ga,.
-essBegr
HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY,N Nov. 90.
Earl GRosvENoR. IN presenting number OF
petitions, praying, some for Parliamentary re-
form, and others for the abolition of negro slave
nv, said that he could not help adverting shortly
to those two most important topics. AS his no
BILE and learned friend who had so long been the
ornament of the House of Commons had at length
reached the woo!sack, and become member OF
their lordships' House, to which he was destined
to prove an equal ornament. he Earl Gr0svenor)
was anxious to give his noble and learned friend
an opportunity, if his noble and learned friend
thought fit to avail himself Of it, Tor declaring
his opinions upon these two questions and Tor set
ting right some misrepresentation OF them which
had taken place elsewhere. From what lie had
heard of his noble and learned friends senti-
ments on Parliamentary reform, they must COIN
eide with the opinions which noble friend of his,
now at the head of his Majesty's government,
had recently propouuded to their lOrdships in an
admirable speech, which would not soon be for
gotten The noble earl then declared his con-
victon of the necessity of ecOnomiZing to the
quick in all departments of the public service.
and afterwards proceeded to say few words on
a subject which, thong h of secondary Importance,
he still considered deserving the consideration of
their lorlships who must be aware that he was al
uding to the proprety of aboshins negro slavery.
AS long as he had life, he would persevere in
calling on their lurdships to put an end to slave
nv. He thought that some period, sooner or lat
er, should be fixed by their lordships for the abo-
ltion Of slavery IN every part of the Kings do
minon. Such measure would in his opinion,
prove the happy means of aboshins slavery
throughout the world.
The LonD CHANCELLOR then quilted the
woolsack. and proceeded to address their lord
ships:-IIe had listened he said, with great at
teniOn to the few observations which his noble
friend had just made on two questions. which
were paramount in Importance, whether their
lordships regarded the private interests OF their
own country, or the public duty which they ow-'
ed as statesmen, to the world at large. Many
opportunities would occur, he trusted, at no dis
tant period, which would prevent the necessity
of his declaring at present the opinions he held on
these matters. That lis opinions we're known
to his noble friend was evident from the observa-
tons which he had made upon them: that they
the rest of their felOw-countrymen, was he tho't,
probable, and was. he hoped, not to his disad-
vantage. He trusted that few of their lordships
even among those VINO knew the least of him
BY report-alone would suppose that he could, in
any situation in this world in which he might be
placed, alter hisopinions and feelings, his prn-
ciples and wishes, on those two great questions,
always of extreme, and now of urgent import
ance to the welfare and character of the coun-
try. He trusted that there were but few of their
lordships who would even suspect that there had
been the slightest abatement in the zeal with
which he had always endeayored TO bring them
to successful and glorious decision. 1t was
painful to him-and more particularly SO from
the unexpected call of his noble frIend-that on
the first time of his addressing their lordships,
except in their judicial capacities he should be
compelled to speak upon subject of such inferior
importance as himself Nevertheless, as his no
BILE friend had said that misrepresentation had
gone ahfoad, and that remarks of an unfriendiy
nature had been made elsewhere respecting the
consistency of his public conduct, it was fitting
that hf should set the one right, and should say
some ,lng in reply to the other.
Sh9lld he shrink-perhaps he ought rather to
say, should he decline savinga word on this SUBJ
iec,h Difference to their, ordships and out of res
pect p himself, especially after the call of his no.
Bile ftcnd, it might wear the appearance of shrink
ing, ot from explanation of his conduct, but from
the ;i,ack, il attack it were, which had been
made upon him. Suffice it once for all to say,
thatkr bore, with the utmost equality of mind.
any Thing that had been said on that subject in
anyhuartcr He was not surprised. but the con-
traf, that person, respectable in point of learn
inet nd talent-uav. it might be, even distinguish
ed l,r both-should have fallen. from ignorance of
hjconduct, into some mistake as to his motives.
III therefore bore with equanimlty. and was not
al III astonished at the observations which that
II sou had made. That person and his friends
Jald not DE more astonished-and he understood
dat the observations in question we're offered in
fe shape of establishment, whether they were in