Gazette Of The United States

In the debate on the Canada Bill, in the British House of Commons, several of the speakers on both sides of the question alluded to the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Fox, in particular, "recommended (in framing a constitution for Canada) an imitation of the government of the United States of America, which he declared TO BE THE BEST GOVERNMENT NOW EXISTING. He suggested this modification not as an enemy to aristocracy, but as a friend. When the several parts of the constitution are happily blended, said he, there is less danger of corruption."

It is to the honor of the English Government, that every subject with which the rights of men and the interests of humanity are connected, meets with the most ample and independent discussion—and though it is to be regretted that their decisions are not always agreeable to the sentiments of some of their best characters, yet the happiest consequences must eventually result from such a free investigation as almost every topic undergoes in the deliberations of both branches of their government.