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    gain of the island may be of advantage to us is a doubtful question . QufWest-Tndia planters will not be very desirous of the influx of sugar and coftee into our ports . from so large an island . In

    Jamaica , the disputes between the governor and assembly are likely to be arranged mmicably ; and the very strange law with respect to places of worship , in which slaves make their appearance , has by this time died a natural death - The

    History of this law and its effects de-• err ^ s investigation . In she United States , the new President has taken his seat , and addressed the senate in an inaugural speech . In it he expresses his gratitude for the confidence reposed in him by the deliberate and tranquil suffrage of a free nation ; justifies the policy pursued in the difficult circumstances in which the nation

    had been placed ; declares his resolution to cherish peace and friendly intercourse witli ail nations ; of corresponding intentions to maintain sincere neutrality towards belligerent nations ; to prefer amicable discussion to the appeal to arms ; to aupport the constitution ; to avoidthe slightest interference * zvitb the rights of conscience

    % r the functions of religion ^ so wisely exempted frotn civil jurisdiction ; to keep tuithin the requisite limits a standing milt ' tary force , alivays rememberings that an armed and trained militia is the firmest buliourh of republican governments ; that without standing arinies their liberty can never be In danger , ner with Ittrge ones safe ; to favour the advancement of science

    and the diffusion of information ; and to promote as much as possible the civi . ization of their western neighbours . He concluded his speech with a well-turned compliment to his predecessor jn office , and with due submission to that Almighty Power which could alone ensure prosperity to a country .

    It 13 with grrat pleasure , that we perceive the :-pirit which pervades fhe Speeches of the American presidents . It is such as ought to inspire a freeman speaking to freemen . It is the dawn of tho-e glorious times , when , throughout the whole world , man shall be treated as

    a reasonable being , and force and fraud phali give way to the nobler motives of obedience , the prosperity of the whole , and love , to each other . The corruption of a few cannot for ever predominate over the happiness of the many ; and , if ^ America shall continue , to exhibit similar examples , her influence will be great in the future £ OYeruo » cirt of tbe world .

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    It is with concern we find , that the differences between this country and the United States are nor completely reconciled . The two nations are formed for each other ' s welfare ; and mutual commerce would increase their comfortg , and that friendship , which arises from sameness of language and similarity of man * ners- If , however * war should break out , the United States will have their

    compensation in our northern colonies , and we in the ruin of their commerce : a miserable compensation this on both sides ; as far from true politics , as it is from the principles of our common Christianity . At home , the feelings of the people , excited by the late displays of corruption , have manifested themselves in very

    strong terms , but not in stronger terms tfean the occasion required . Counties , cities and boroughs , have had their meetings , to vote their thanks to Mr . Wardle for his truly patriotic exertions , and to express their sentiments on the necessity of a parliamentary reform . In some places , the mayors have refused the use of the common

    hall , as at Northampton , of which place the chancellor of the exchequer is representative ; but this did not prevent the meeting from taking place , and the people voted their abhorrence of the ministerial conduct , and the flagrant cor-.

    ruption that had been maniiestcd Probably , every corporate body and county in the united kingdom will come forward on this occasion , and never was an occasion which more justly required it . Indeed , if the late transactions did not

    open the eyes of the people to the necessity of a reform in the House of Commons , it is impossible that the evil should do otherwise than increase , and increase to such an extent , as to be the absolute ruin of both king and people . 1 he dreadful blow struck at the vitals of

    the constitution , by the establishment of septennial parliaments , and the admission of the dependents of the executive into the Hou ^ e of Commons , have produced all the evils the nation now so justly complains of ; nor can they be removed , unle .-. s it returns to the true

    principles of the constitution . Jobbing for scats in parliament , ^ trafficking for ' places , unlimited confidence in ministers , wasteful expenditure , the . ^ e are the natural fruits of the violation of the constitution .. J ^ nd to make a House of Commons of that use for which it wpa designed , ifl dependence an the people

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    830 . State of Public Affairs .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/54/