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appear, be that once found himfelf in
• minority. I fpeak of the famous
(notion of Wilberlorce, for (he aboli
'(Ion of the Have trade.
Under thefe circumllances, the
members of the oppolition have every
advantage, not oaly of popular refptrt,
but of humanity, and confeqeently of
oratory : for true eloquence mull be
bottomed on the honclt feelings of na
ture. But a prime ininider has alrea
dy. doled every pore to'the glow of I
humanity, before he ven to res to open
the budget.*—Hence he is cut off
from the mod fruitful (puree of elo
queuce. No appeal to the paflions, no
earned fupplication, no fympathy with
dillr fc, no palpitation of the heart,
render him dear to the people, and
flatten his exactions. He comes into
the houfe, impelled by inexoribfe ne
celfity, and boldly expofes himfelf to
the whole artillery of the oppolition,
knowing lhe fin.il refult of theqaeltion.
But all-this confidence in his numbers,
does not fuffirr him to remit the fever.
Wll ejttrciie of -his own powers, in Or
der to give at lead, plaufibility to his
mod fufpicioos meafures. Hence, it
may be cafily imagined that, before
any important dep is taken, the trea
sury bench have already been futn mon
ad to weigh every difficulty, which
the oppolition might pofffbly raife.
Thus, fuch men as Fox, Sheridan,
Grey, h. va the honor to be anfwered
twice. But Fo:t is fo various, rapid
and overwhelming, that he frequently
Jofes the whole midry, who, long
fince ripe for the quedion, are happy
to be releefed the lad refort of the mi
stifler—I mean his majefty.
From thefe obfervations, you will
cafily colled What the tiyle of Pitt and
-Fox will probably be ; dill, each of
them preferves a dillintt charader.
Mr. Pitt is the more cool, perfpki
Bus, dignified, and fluent fpealerr who
ever role in a deliberative affembly.
The moment he is expeded, a lislemn
ffjence pervades the houfe, and while
bis prrfence is felt, hisadverfaries lofe |
•II their influence. His manner is;
gentle and oaaffoming, his gedures
moderate and conciliatory, his voice :
mufical, clear and didind ; his words
hnod happily feteded, without the lead
appearance of fe led ion, flow in an un
ruffl’d, uniform dream, always fuffici
•«ntly rapid toimereft, and frequently,
to command attenfion. With thefe
advantages he opens upon the houfe, a
mind veteran in politics, and as exten
■five as the various relations of the era
pire.—Nor is he deficient, though
Iportng, oi modem kiei-tt. »»i4..>|w
ernbai f'hmc.its ot incept (i;rratur«. •
With a mind thus sdomed tature,
thus difciplined by art, nor’ habitually
cool and determined, no winder ne
difeovers, on all occafiotu', a reach tar
beyond the attainment cf ordinary
men'. A mighty kirigdom he Dill
feemt to fupport, nor does he fink un
der the weight, whi’ie the fallen llatef
man. is yet willing to hazard his for
mer immeufe rcfponfibility. Doobt
lefs, no mortal, in a Bririfh houfe of |
commons, c' . d fupport fuch a weight
of character, unlefs his prermminent
, -i:.: ,,aj fjfi him a necefla
v it, and then that weight of
bad again fee on Jed his abi
» cnief excellence C.W-.U.15 jp
a Cull confidence in his own
‘—then he places you at a due
ttitai ;e, perlertly. at your eafe, and
ho matter W. '.s Cher he is right or wrong,
you are lost' > to interrupt the copious
Ureamofek ]uence, which flows with
f'uch a^ felicit, of cbnnnxion, and co -
lludes with (is*: a an elegant compaCf
sLefs, that yoi fancy you have been
Wleping to* >n oracle, whofe words,
tficO.ti^a in thtf harmony of numbers,
carry a divine influence.- No breaks,
no exclamations, no agi.atjons, no
violet-e of expreffion mark, his courfe,
ruffle his temper, or ditlurh the fpell.
N. rer, likd the column' of Niagera,
does ie allonilh by his headlong tor
rent, falling, fparkling, and fpread
ing wide its foam—he priferves his'
lia al and deep channel. He fixes
you it is true, and you are fatislied
*,S;i. ;ipower of his words,
bui the moment he concludes the iro
preflioo is gone, and you are ready to
dtfiutr him. . Thereafotv is, Pitt’s,e
loquence is the eloquence of the hea l,
not the eloquence of the heart. He is
cold as the oerthern regions, and dry
■s tkedeferts of Arabia. He isaf*aid
to tempt his f«e!ings, left his heart
fiiould betray his head. Hence, he is
fparing of ornaraen,, fulpiciousof mo
ral digrelfioo, and fearful of an appeal
to paflions.
Dellitute, at prelrnt, of the pioneers
of the, treafury bench, he Hands felf
fuuported, and feems to plant himfelf
in a narrow defile, prepared to oppofe
all who may come that way : an.;
though he fees his adverfaries from far,
fame, like Fox, approaching direflly,
omers (touring along the declivities,
fubalttrn partizans, who retreat the
* Budget, a political cant word for
the yearly eftimate of expenfes. I law
Mi. Addington open one of his budgets,
and I immaginetll heaid the groans of a
hundred million of people.
memfcnt their heads are difcovered o'
ver the bills, he maintains bis ground,
although his accuftomed armour ren
ders him incapable of varying his wea
pons, while bis mechanical movements
forbid him to pur/ue the enemy.
Fox appears in the faopfe of com
mons under the moll favourable iib
preffions, which a man, amoiuous of
the orator, can defire.—He comm nds
the awe, if not admiration of the min
iliry, finals into the affections of the
indifferent, and-carries with him the
enthuftalm of bis friends. How can it
beotherwife! His heart is. labouring,
and full, before be rifes. Confident
from the beginning, bis fincerity ne
ver doubted, and thus is be always in
poflefGon of the foreground : and
though he frequently breaks out in fud
den abruptnefs tbe beginning of his lait
fperch forever l'eems the conclufion of
his former. So that his whole politi
cal life haa been one conaettcd flow ot
eloquence, here only a narrow dream, j
and there fcarcely flowing at ail, but
on every great ipccafiooj collecting «.
frlf to a torrent, and wide rulhing in
a lengthened volume, now breaktng
over rocks and precipices, and now
making its own channel tnrough the
laboured mounds which his bufy com
petitors had feared, fweeping all away, 1
and, not unfrequently, overwhelming
his enemies, and leaving their dead
bodies floating far behind.
In vain will the king of Great Bri
tain draw a line over the name ofiuch
a mao I If no longer privy coun/tllor,
ht it coun/tilor of the nation ! It is im- !
pollibe to opprels or bumble fuch a
man ; wherever he treads, be mult
leave an indelible impr-iflion ; whate
ver he does, becomes a part of his
country's hiltory, and whatever he
fays mult defeend to pofterity.
Though flovenly in his appearance, j
unwieldy in hisperion, and ungracious
in his manners, though his voice is dif
agreeably thrill, his words frequently
indillinCt, and his action generally em
barrafled, yet he has fcarcely begun,
before you are folicitous to approach
nearer -’he man. In the midli of pal
flop, which fom'timts agitates him un
til he pants high, he difeovets fc much
gentlenefs of temper, and fo little per
fonai feeling, that a Itranger might
eaftly imagine he faw this man
among the Gods, unincuuibe-:J wo-.
any mortal affedtion, J , . v,. *>- j
good of mat-kind. So much putt■ j
ciple, natural, fagacity. !
ment, noble feeling, aiic. so. : v i, =: ,:e i
cboicelt leltoons of antic- -i-.it p»w *r« |
ft/erature, and «i! ,hele i' i a t
Sawixs, bitbL.-ioidea. unit. J''
tinguilhed a man like thi. J i <»»[.« |
did not ren er nations mad heto.e - i
deftroyed tnem, the voice t' F .v, rail'. j
ing i tie I f in tbe midli of - cr.uspi.ior-, !
falfe politics, and the abuf> - inti
century, would yet be heard.
With thefe advantages of confilien
cy, of tntegri y, of political fagacity,
of irreiilUble, lengthened argument,.
no wonder, though he - never; conde
Icencs to perfonality, if all thofe over
whom the influence of corruption has
prfTed, (hrink under the prefrnce. -
They have nothing to fear. Fox ne
ver defeem from the him ’ '*h,are
putation ; he feels r’ -i-e t
of Europe; know.' . o ; mg
uuin j
>iu. ..*.(^.t.>.'u.ir.g n. and land
ing in (hr midft o> Europe, he ieem- !
.(o hold in one hand, ihefcroll of his
pal) life, while hi* eye, accompanied
with a great look, pi rces down to
pollerity in pledge of future conflancy.
Pitt yon aie willing to hear until he
is exhuoiled. . Bat Fox fir!1, lays cown
an imerelling pofrion, fixes your ear
ned regard, and attaches, you wholly
to himfeif; then by the rapidity oh his
utterance, hurries you on, not to itn
mediate conviction, for he is furp the'
minds oh ail are priffang forward, and:
. thereby he is enabled, fear lei's of pre i
furring on their paflions, giving loofe
to his fcelicgS: to his ger/itis. to his
learning, all which united and ming.
led anci a lulling each other, give a
force to his arguments, irrefiftablc and
would confoua all diftir.tlion between
his friends and enemies, did not Put
at thefe moments,, the (ole fupport of
his party, riling ’midi) the calm and
hlence of the foiemn muwcfiion, recal
to a new confiitl the dubious feelings
of the majority.
Fox, in one refpeft, will forever,
be efleemed above his cotemporaries.
Though he has grown grry in the op
pofuton, he has never made one per
sonal enemy. At the end of twenty
years contention, he is Dill confidered
a man ol a noble difpoluion, and dill
maintains the influence of his former
days, both in the moment of debate,
and with the nation at Urge.
Mr. Windham is not an orator of
that commanding prefence which fixes
confidence or attaches a party. But
(hough hardly an orator, he is one of
the moll fucrefsful • artilans who ever
entered on the warfare of debate.
His graceful pi rfon, his ferious air ;
his bald head, joined to his deltbeiate,
diftinff utterance, give him, at once,
a fenatorial dignity, independent of
his various intellectual fources,
I have feen Mr, Windham out oi
place® hi y j T have Teen him only in |
purfuic of Mr. Addingron. How be
would appear on the treasury bench, I j
can only imagine. But in hispiefrnt I
Icat, he diitovers nothing.but bis tal
on* j end with al! the unfeeling inltinCf
of the bird of prey, he fixes on the neck
of the minilt.'r, who unlike Pitt, ail
over Achilles, is all over vulnerable,
and daily bleeds afrrih.
Nothing great, nothing manly, no
thing conciliatory, mark mecoutleuf
Windham j wbeth r. be rife# in mcdi
taded, or ioftancaa out aflaolt, hedif
covers at once the object of his deftruc
tion. . No .difgoi e, the man cannot
hide his features, it is forever the fame
inveterate fyirit. Idem habitus grit, ea
stern contumacia in vultu, idem in era -
tion* /firitns tji< Livy.—PalB.ig by
the plaufible Hawkefbury, the labori
ous York.and the elegant IWeieaghy
auxiliaries of the minider, he never
fullers one of his arrows to glance the
heart of Addington. He is terri.4t
to his-enemy as thofe enormous fer
penis, who carry with them three-tolo
terror ; whole fangs arc mot I .-is. fat J
than the lalh of their tails. His in
llant, downright.attack precludes *
efcape, while his dole logic length
ened out in the winding fubiletv of me
taphyfical reaionieg., leaves his enemy :
boond hand and foot. Y-t, not fatis
lied with ibis, and himlelf-not half rv i
haulled, ne collects all his farcati.c j
powers, and commences a new oi.fl, '
the moll ferocious of the muffs waiting
his pleafuie and opening ail their Hoi- ,
of redicule, jell and fatire.
No wonder the chancellor is chafed,
no wonder the frets in his feat; h»
minifterial dignity fullers under, the
daily ridicule, while bis felf love is
touchva home, under every rew con.
tem^t of Windham : for no man ever
poflefled a more idiiious, .vilifying
talent at reproach, which can neither
be warded off, nor retorted. , It is not
a tingle taunt, end then a refpiie;ti;
is not a palling fneer which is-pref.it
ly forgotten, but the ceatlels corroiim '
oi the fabled vuliure.
Yet, Windham, though he pofi.f
fes a fine imagination, a Itro.ng ccr
rent of argument, and a various and
extenfive reach of mind, adorned w th
'he bell portion; of claflic literatujr. i
add to thefe a fluency fecortd. onljpto !
Pitt’aj yet the ultimate rrtpifite tt *
great orator is wanting, I mean pa“i
90, of which Windham is wholly d'-*
-itute. Not that he is deficient in vi
1 fence ; but he difeovers, at once.-a
'■'Id heart, and a pafifonate head, fo
H' VOu follow him indifferentU, tnd
rt firft bate ■ the man Whom ne at.'
ts, before you can feel with Wind.
bwever, Windham generdly
br „s to the debate, lomething new,
fomething dazzling, fomrthing o igi
nai : and when he-does not add any
■ thing of his own, he difplaVstbe t uef
lion in its belt pofiible pofition. ^1
ways prrlpicuous and elegant, hi;
words feem to flow from the pre i al.
ready arranged, and exhibiting! the
faireft impreffion. In ihort. Wind
ham is one of the moil interesting
(pralters in the hot r v ■ I “ ' '
flip? refs the buck !
ally flows from hist
-conceal t.ii.'
aoo new weight toy . .C
lofe .nothing of hit ... ato:;-. ,.iy;miy
and would be the delight of the jinufe
of commohs. Adieu.
ANY perfon, having in prffef
firm my lit ah cl ai, Vol*. of.AJf/irti’e
Tour through Italy, will plealc t> re
turn them immea tartly. 'k
CHARLES HOYLE jai^.
ill Aptii. 1806." i
I o Dollars Reward
FOR apDfrhrnding PE'tf
R *
young black Negro fciloy
■.'early
20 years of age, about fix fee
has a down look when (pbken • 10, is
very tall and large lor his ag«—^ehis
Negro wir bir«a il»r UU yrar .tp Mr.*
Walter O.y ol Liberty, and'ptrt cf
the yrar hired by him to Mr. Re&
of FimalUe.——The aboy, riward
will be given to any peifon that will
forward the faid negro to us or fecure
him in any ]at) fo that we get Him.
DANIEL BROWN iCo.
Franklin, 10th March, 1806,; 4c
A GoiTlFMcb L*f.
LOST onTlturfday, the{lthof
luly, in the Town ol Cattcrf
vttle, an
ELEGANT GOLD WATCH,
half capped ami jewtlitcj horijontally
conltruCled ; Makersname, MAR
CELTS, London, No. 1. Gold
chain, key, an.; Cornelian fiai. let i:..
gold. Whoever will deli er the laid
Watch, &c. to Mr. Samuel liVitiv, rd
Lvnchburg, or Mr. Edmund W'.
Rooies, of Richmond, or to toe lub
feriber, in Amherlt, {bail ; receive
hiriy dollars reward , *
ALEXANDER fi>. ROSE*.
September 23, 1805^ . • ,#
'! 7 bi Ccltbrated Run
PEACE-MAIL
{By Diomid) *
NOW in high perfection, a brauti.
fol bay, fift cn hand! two inches
high, formerly the property of Cd.
John Hoooies and John Tayloe, E q
and now the property of Carter Stan
ard and Wiljiam'-Wood i—Will (land
•t my liable in Campbell county, about
•wo miles from Lynchburg, on the
main ro;d leading to New London
and Ward’* fetry, the mining feafon,
and will be let to mares at fiftttp
Dollart the feafon, payable the fir ft
. day o# August next, at which time the
feaSon will exri’r—Ten Doliart the
fiegle leap, and " <}arl t0 rn.
fure a ma re '
eitflec cafe
Tbret jbillt.
i;:v . : J lie leap
end ..room ;s c} n
down,
A more i ?dt-i
t will be
pobiilhcd fo t
>y power
•o procure thi
-fi and cer
tificrtes of nil p
' . - trmance
on the turff— i.
'■ 1 wili
refer gcnt!(,nei , n
* ■ ■? r tuaint
ed with Peace A,. .;
<■ • • rr, to
Mr. Serb War.; *f
^mcDhurg, and
M jr. Cocks of B
'dford, both cf
whom have Seen him
tun at different
times.
HOWARD BENNETTS
March jid, tSo6* xf
dt a Court holdfor Franklin Countp at
the Court Hou/e the third day ol
February 1806.
Taggart anj Sin.ih Phf."\ .
against I
Jaws* M-‘lloy, .Robert j .|. •.. - •
Sf(>«, & Thornes Croich. | IN
rr & Henry T. Caliattay .. > Cnanse
& W.liian, Callaway, '
which two laii are rxeru
tors Set. of John Early „•
Decld. • ■> Defendants
^ JL'hE defendant James Molloy not
having entered his appearance and
given lecurrry according io the aht
of Aflemblv and the Rules of this
Court, and it appearing to the lattf
fsdiott of the Court that he is not an
inhabitant of this State, on-tbe moti
on of the Plaintiffs by their Coonfel
it is ordered that the laid defendar F 4
appear here on the fjrft monday ir
next and anftrerihe Plaintiffs B
that a copy of this order be fr '* •
inferted in fome News paper 's
in this State for eight weeks ; '
ly, and potted upal the Ir
the Court Houle of this C I
A copy / >
telle,
JAMES CALLA’ a//
■
1
XT />
i
-T-1K
' W*/li iidV
wl »wc monio prerfrdy iQ o*t)ock,
when it is i'lOije^by the Teacher and
truflees, that llip public, and partRu.
larly thofe ***^1 toterefied- would ,at.
tend, as tnejfilfitution is not. only Hi-,
mula’lng laTnV School, but will .give
fftlh evideoc^s of the miprovenuiutto
be made by education, I
The next fjfiiott wilt commence in
the totj) ’&*)(€{ May entiling, undfr
the tuition add govi*iiunent cl the fan1,^
gentlcma.-^JMt. .Shannon. Mr. Do-i
haven «ill alio continue as Sieuard.—4
The terms oi teaching and boarding
will remain »• ** •1 ", j"
eft.j •oinali.j ii j'a.tiiio * » n' nr •*
pr6 J, the « ant til vain ft -.’in
intk " } ’• ;»■ c.ire'-ji'pioeed enf
injo ' jf—- hv ii a«y H'<v £ .
coin ' V ih' f.i'd.tt; i . .e ci'j*
men •*tver-.>, *bten i- ' .i'.v:v:v. . ■*‘ .*
Oth# »cb Sfi*iw*rie*.
\k\Sl'* CALLAWAY.
Man ft - ~-i '-..j'j
P.
.T:'
;ae l.ili.
TAKEN Up by Robert Cniiders
living in Franklin county, an tf
tray Barrow, (potted with black mik
ed with ted and white, marked a
Inocth crop with an under keel in the
right ear, and an underkcel in the left,
bob tail, appratfed to five dollars by
ui, his
WILLI A X ROB1NSGN.* ^
'n»a:k • .
bis .• J.
WILLIAM X TAVLORt.
mark-- . i
JAMES BOARpT'rjr. /
Franklin, to 'kvj’i V • *.,
The ijove apprailersi W«t
fworn'belore rtiewaccording to law, the
i8.h December ASose
. ’ 'Daniel fcROwr*.
A eopv telle, * *
'JAMES CALLAWAY C- i. C. •
> tt •*
u ' o
*■ •- »
Vv-.‘ '•
co, Weighing 1*50 or’ upwarn.
gfhead— and during thatpei . - .
nt was jOO'rtoilart per arnun
At rrcf«At« only one half .
cleared land is tinier Irate for 5
of Tobacco.—I'mmediate poflt
tbe%refidu«, -ill be givrh, and
'particulars made known by t, ,,,
tcrib«'i Who has alfo lor fair «>V '
ir cl of land on Otter about ■( * -
oclow Leftwich’s jyiill, at prtV V'
copied by Mrs. Vannerkm, at 1 t,>.'
taming about 320 aefei.
• trait of land oh J
rr«k in Botetourt, conuini. - ,S.:>
herein—occupied bv Jrn« johr
, ONE • ■ Ditto—t
by WilKa'jn Youbg/» jpn.lfcC0 ,
206 aerrt, . *
ONE Ditto --Ditto ut ■ v/ai. *
ids containing 400 acres.
! ANDREW DON ,V
Bedford Coumy, £*^*4,— <, s
NOTICE, j
IS hfteby given, that tort'1 ,-,-H J'
day ot.June in th£year©i .
1806, will be expoled to pub •- .ait’-jn
the teveiai.pieiDitcs, in fieitfo 1. <01. .
the toliowing Lands,
to wtt wu-.r? - J. j '
' • - • •
■boat -a. r, tretS 1..0
/ 1 by ji'i-i ii
L. iV*< aiwatc.— hj SO
Wse t.Ji. ii ict • ■
ter c. I 1 •* -tel . . t
(ikt.
will be -xi W
T“"«
'.Uiii CitfC *v,- £
a’v ^
laid 1'oidrtSxter 19 faid Nit s iv> i/.-d
hearing date the day indy <■■ Sii *k
laid airoJpn the faint da; - »•!..- >-iil
tfy {tlftls will be txaoleil
,"theioIJ»w*r.g Slaves, m wi
C:kisi ,
faac/Cfaty, Jude, ,M^lly
trie property ot Joieph Nic
^linj conveyed to file tablet
‘bearing (late the *3^ day
■to iecure the' paynVMi ot
executed to fa id Joftph j •
tl\« blame (hall bccoipt di
ami more pal ficulaslV del
Deed, or lo much opthe 1«
as
•• r ’
neceflary ^o rail*the lum c
.amthfty-ioW shirt
and ten pence, with/iMeuft and the' colls
f tales &c. Tt^faje .to begin' at to
o’clock, at the Ivy Mills, and to ;cep
"nuie avoiding to Me provitiurs of faijj,
Deed, tint if ft- iv.ucl ot laid lands and'
lives (hall be loW as (had amoiipt't*
n'miex irtoicLid- ■• 1 '
*• THOMAS Wl'ATT,“TtulUe.
5a«bev tith, tSof, ' * U .
;r.
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