Phenix Gazette

Principal Events of the year 1828:
The Battle of Navarino and the liberation of Greece by the French troops.
The invasion of Turkey by the Russians and the unexpected vigor and success of the Turks in defence,
The usurpation of Don Miguel in Portugal and the submission of the Portuguese.
The fall of the minister Villele and his party in France, and The comparative triumph of liberal principles throughout the French government,
The rapid changes in the British ministry. and the final ascendency and elevation of the Duke of Wellington:
The repeal of the Test Acts by the British Parliament; the election of O'Connell, in Ireland. to the exclusion of Fitzgerald: the diffusion and completion of the project of Catholic Association in that country; the general progress in Great Britain of the cause of Catholic emancipation or religious right.
The peace between Buenos Ayres and Brazil including the establishment of the independent state of Montevideo, under the auspices of Great Britain.
The convulsions in the Republic of Colombia; the overthrow of her constitution; the assumption of the supreme power by the military chief Bolivar
The various revolutions in Peru and Chili adverse to the power and plans of Bolivar, and the subversion of his Bolivian constitution in Upper Peru: the declaration of war, between Colombia and Peru.
The conspiracies and rebellions in Mexico; the failure of Bravo's plot and his banishment: the election of Pedraza to the exclusion of General Victoria; the insurrection of General Santa-Anna.
In the United States-the adoption of a Tariff deemed exceptionable by all parties: the violence of the opposition to it in the South; the proceedings thereon of the legislatures of South Carolind and Georgia; the violence of the contest: for the office of President; the abuse of the liberty of the press by incessant invective and calumny; the publication of private letters; the reports cf private conversations; the election of General Jackson to the exclusion of Mr. A. dams; the general and easy submission to the will of the majority, the new evidence of almost universal trust in the efficacy of our institutions and the spirit of the country. The chief glory of the end of the year 1828, is the situation of this Union.
We refer to the unequalled prosperity and security of the American people; their advancement in numbers and wealth; the increase of their reputation and influence abroad; the new and extensive conquests which they have made over-the wilderness, the diffusion of knowledge and of the means of education; the constant enlargement of an horizon embracing the best prospects of national weal and glittering with the lights of cultivated reason. There is ample scope for rejoicing in both the past and the future-principles are every where active, which cannot be circumscribed or repressed; advantages abound, of which the sources are inexhaustible; rights and institutions have been established that seem to defy every internal or external assault to which they may be deemed liable Of American freedom in its essence and main value, we might almost say that it can not be lost-