Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-03
ALEXANDRIA. ID. C..
TUESDAY MORNING, saYnaRY,s. 8 .

IS OR Country."-How materially the tone
of foreign criticism is altered with regard to our
country and our countrymen, may be gathered
from .perusal Of the English periodicals, where,
some time since. we were constantly held up for
abuse Or rdicule. Quaat,tn mutatus, sc. The
London New Monthly Magazine, in review Of
the IS Bravo" has tire following compliment to
our countryman Cooper:
Yes, we must for moment dwell upon this
Boat Race, in honest admiration. Mr.. Cooper.
has done wonders with it: the narrow canal on
which II takes place, grows into little Atlantic
under his pen, and the gondoas are so many Red
Rovers and Water Witches. If this should sound
something like hyperbole, let The reader turn to
the chapter, and say whether he ever read any
thing more wildly and varediy colored. 1t is one
of those passages in book that we take up at any
time and read with renewed pleasure. 10 the
manner in which the mysteries of the councils
are unfolded, the mechanism of the state laid BARE
and the character Gifts agents developed, we can
only alude in general terms. Much as VIC have
heard Of the matter before, in fact and fiction, Che
subject seemed to have been comparatively un-
touched till MIR. Cooper attempted 1t. His close,
calm, and searching manner, throws peculiar in.
terest on what he relates, and carries conviction
with it. Ii NAV, at all events, be seen that our
Author is no lover of republics for republican,
ism's sake: his prejudices here take noble
ground. Some of the historical and political de.
tails may be the dull parts of the work in the &C.
neral eye; but they are valuable. and necessary
to the effect to be produced. Let US honestly
avow, in conclusion, that in addition to the charm
of an interesting fiction to be found in these pa
ges, there is more mental power in them, more
matter that sets people thinking, more OF that
quality that is accelcrating the onward movement
of the world, than in all the Scotch novels that
have so deservedy won our admiration"
MIR. Bulwer, in an editorial article in the New
Monthly, in which he compliments our literature,
expresses kindly feeling towards this country
The time is fast coming he says, when America
will be country whose friendship, above all
others, England must cultivate, and whose man
ners and institutions sh must accurately know.
Ina late number of Blackwood's Nocies, North
after expressing his conviction that revolution
in England is approaching, adds:
"'lris as well 10 be prepared" To which Ticker
replies " Inter nos have sheldy ut aside Ell 600
the Amer funds, my cuck; and moreover, have
made conquest, as we Parliament house lads say, of
small croft of some fifty thousand acres, about fry
of Them cleared. towards the Allegheny region. ON
nj orti satm patria,I,at is to say, you knock my
friend John hull Oh the head, to take up with
brother Notwithstanding, after all is very decent fcl.
low, and, in my opinion more likely to have peace and
quiet under his own fig tree, by and by, than any oer
gentleman of our acquaintance -
A late number of the London Literary Ga
Zette has the f0I0wing:-
''Amerca is the Utopia of our pseudo poti-
clans; and so, too, it seems to be Of our poets,
judging by the following ironical observation by
the author of Corn law Rhymes in his intro
duction to The Village Patriarch, just publish
ed The unhappy people Of the United States |
cannot bear TO read Crabbe: they think him un-
natural, and he is to them; for, in their wretch
ed country, cottagers are not paupers--yOuDg
men are not compelled to marry or become |
preachers-marriage is not Synonymous with mi
sery-and partridge shooting is not religion to the
elect T" |
These extracts show, that different feeling
towards this country exists now from that which
but few years ago exhibited itself, wherever
it had an opportunity of being displayed. 1t
gives US great pleasure to observe the fact, and
reciprOcate the kindness OF our transatlantic breth
rem. We that "speak the language Shakespeare
spoke" cannot be nsensible to the praise Of those
to whom, above all other nations of the earth, we
arc most nearly allied in morals, government,
speech and manners.
Cholera Morbus-In our abstract Of the news
brought by the last arrival from England, it was
stated that the November number of the Quar-
terly Review contained an article on the subject
of Cholera, calculated to increase the alarm al
ready prevailing. The London Morning Chroni-
Gle speaks of it as enough to appal the stoutest
heart. The writer tells US that this modern pest
has already swept from the earth fifty millions Of
human bengs!-thoush here is an evident era.
tum-the CIPHER having, doubtless, been added
inadvertently. With the certainty, which Is
strongly insisted on, of the advent Of SO dire ca
I,r,;tv a. Of Governmanf - I,,uIlv