Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-07

ri0ie calamity; and That ~a'setih ueifahy ho'u!?
have arisen which have swept all before them,
in England neither the sea nor the rivers have IN
valed those boundaries which nature has assign
ed them. Let US then not hear of any mawklsh
sensibily and extravagant fears in England
Christian country-a country of bibles and mis-
sionaries. and churches and chapes-at the ap-
proach of the cholera, or even at its arrival in the
British Metropolis. Let the English bear 1t like
men, like civilized and rational beings, and,
above all, like humble and sincere Christians
1t will he strange, indeed, if the religion OF
Great Britain shall not be equal to sustain ITS
popu ation i'm such moment as this and let the
laboring classes remember, that il is no fault OF
the King, or of the Government, or OF the Far
lament, that this disease has reached Great Bril-
tain; let them remember that it is an attilctlon
sent by an over ruling aud wise Providence,
who best knows how to 8. shape our ends-roush
hew them as we will" Let the rich be bounti-
ful-and attentive to the poor. Let the Govern
ment provide asylums aud huspitals-let the me-
dicaI profession be active and Jealous and hu-
mane-and let the poor profit with gratitude
from all the attention and kindnes, which may
be shown them-and then the cholera morbls
will soon be forgotten-and its ravages will be
but Of very secondary character when compar-
ed to those which have been occasioncd during
the last half century, by vile and hateful sys-
TEN Of oppression in England. The Tories wish
to make you lmget reform and lose all your de-
sire for free and full representation in ParIia.
mcnt, because the cholera is at Sunderiand.-
But be not thus deceived. The progress of re-
form is the progress of liberty-the progress OF
liberty is the progress of civilzaion-the pro-
gress of civilization is the progress OF reason and
humanity-and, therefore, the progress of reform
: 4, tta h,,ta L hov on
thus much about this subject, because have con-
versed with some individuals just arrived from
England at Paris, in a state Of great agitation
and alarm about the cholera at Sunderland, and
because, instead of emgrating at such moments
as these. it is, on the contrary, the duty OF the
rich and humane to remain at home..!
The king of Holland has given his reply to the
London Conference. 1t is paIe-tame-jesuit
ical-mean. unprincipled and Mach,ayelian. But
it is the natural result of the policy which has
been pursued by the Conference of London, to
which both France and England are PARTIES
Scarcely had French army arrived in Belgi-
nm than it was recalled-and scarcely had an
English fleet shown itself, for some instants. off
the coast of Holland, than it was ordered to re-
take its station in the Downs. 1t should excite
no surprise that King William is obstinate, when
he perceives that the Conference of London is
doubling He refuses to sign the Treaty He
offers to explain his objections to the London
Conference. He claims to be heard He de-
mands to be represented at the London Congress
bv his Ambassadors, and he says, that as he was
party to the Treaty Of Vienna, he has right to
be heard, but that as the Begiaus were no par.
ties and are rebels, that they have right at all
This ls insolent enough! and King William
proves, by this one document, that he is indeed
fully entitled to belong to the Holy Alliance and
the London Conference. But do you imagine
that he acts alOne-that he has no Ambassador
no Minister, from Russia, Prussia, or Austria, to
encourage and back him? Do you imagine that,
in the state in which Holland is at present, with
an injured commerce, excessive taxation. and a
large and ruinOus standing army, and with Cham.
bers and people demanding reforms in the con-
s,itution and laws, that King William would, un-
aided. unencouraged, and without the promised
assistance Of at least Russia and Prussia, oppose
the determination of the Five Powers, and put
them at defiance? Do you suppose that if the
King of Holland were privately assured by his re-
Iative. the King of Prussia, that the Five Powers
lad bona .fds resolved on enforcing the "a Ar
ticles. if not forthwith, accepted by him, and
tina there was no mental reserve whatsoever; |
ask you, do you believe that King William would
dare to brave an English fleet-a French army
and an European coalition against him? No, no.;
NJ. Sebastian has his d"ubts-M. Perier has his
uspicions-Loui, Phil has his anxieties-and
the men Of the jus'e miieu demand. . What.
then, is France, after all her concessions to Fo-
reign Powers, after her conduct as to Poland,
Spain. Belgium, and Italy, to he attacked for
her Revolution Of July III the spring OF next
year," cannot answer the question, but the
horzon is cloudy!!!
Yesterday NJ. Casimir Perer astonished the
Chamber of Deputies-astonished France-and
even aston,shed the Centres-by the sudden pre-
senta,ion of a law for mobiislng 100000 Ma
tonaI Guards! You remember the famous sitting
of the Gath of October last, when this same MI
mister opposed the motion of General Lamarque!
You remember that he said "Conviendrait-il a
un Government, qui colnpterait ansi 10000
soda,s ince>~anmeut di,ponbes, de protester
aux autres de son amour pour la paix!" And
you remember that he triumphed-that the pro-
position of General Lamarque was rejected--and
that the Centres of the Chamber said, - Now then
for a disarming!" But yester,lav-no longer AGO
than yesterday-this same NJ. Perier came down
with law to the House for organizing the Ma