The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-27 00:00:00

4.ITERICAN ELOQ UINCE.

We regretiircer:d y that we aVe'rint tnohl`to insert the who'e
of Mr. W doquext and arsurnitnntativo Speech nn tits:
Motion to arrest the Evidence in the ea:o. Of Treason. I is'
great lent tit precludes the .possi hi ii trot' it.tsilie:gringin
The Inlel44e<r We cannot, liovi.,ver, forh.,..ir iron-) tnc7;
tr. 6ling iii: following comparis%4l tiraV:ti•
• of the.two moo crnspteuous CitaniK4V-itithe tate 'Con.,
spirJoy—ttirtanti Blannsifiasg4qH(N.lrak.l'arer,)
„.' • - '

Who then is A.M.-lir, and'-what tiie part which
he has botne in this transa6lioro He is its author ;-
its projedor ; its aftive executor. Bold, ardent„
restless, and aspiring, his braid conceived it ; his
Band brought aaion; Beqinning-:his opera
tion in New.' York, he' ass'ociat'ed" with him men.
whose wealth is to supply the necessary
Possessed. of the Main-spring,, his personal labour
c murives all the machinery. Pervading the Cum
uncut from New Vork ro New 'Orlean.;-, he draws
into hiS plan, by every allUrement 'wrhith he •can
contrive, Men of all ranks and all deSeriptions *rc.
youthful ardour he presents danger and glory, to
ambition, rank,, and titles, and hOnour ; to, avarice,
the mines of Mexico. To each person -W:liOnt he
addresses, he presents the' objea adapted; to his
taste; his recruiting office's are appointed ; ""`nieril
are engaged thrOughout the Continent ; civil life
is indeed quiet upon its surface;. but in its bosom
this man has contrived to deposit the thateriali
With which the slightest touch of his matdi pro 7
duces an explosion to shake the Continent. 'All this
his restless ambition contrived ; -and in theatitumn
of 1806, lie.gOes, for the last tittle, to stipply thii
match. On this excursion he meets with Blamer-
,hassett. ,
Who is BlannerhasSett ? A native of Ireland, a
man of letters, who fled froth the storms of -his Own
country to find quiet cn nurs. His history sheens
that war is not the natural element of-his mind ;if
it had been, he would never have changed Ire-
land for America, So far is an army'from furnish-
ing the society natural and' Proper for Mr. Blanner-
hassett's charaEter, that on his arrival in America,
he retired from the population of the Atlantic.' States,
and sought quiet and solitude in the bosom of our
western forests. But he carried With him taste and
science, and wealth; and, "10, the desert smiled ! !"
Possessing himself of a beautiful Island the Ohio,
he rears upon it a palace,, and decorates' it with every
romantic embellishMent of fancy. A Shrubbery,
that Shenstotte might have envied, blooths around
him ; 'music that might have charmed Calliope and
her nymphs, is his ; an extensive library spreads its
treasures before hiM : :a philosophical appaiatus of-'
fers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature.;
peace,tranquillity, and innocence, shed their Mingled
delights around him ; and, to crown the enchant-
Inent of the scene, a wife, who is said to be
lovery beyond her sex, and graced with:every, ac-
CoMplishineat that can - render it irresistible, had .
blessed iiiin_with,her love, and madeliim the father
of her children.

, The evjdence would convince you, Sir, that this
is but a faint piaure ofthe real life!, In the midst
of all this peace,! this innocence, and this tranquilli-
! ty, this feast of the mind, this pure banquet of the.
heart—the destroyer comes----he comes to nun
paradise into a hell yet the flowers do not wither
at his approach, and no monitory shuddering through
thiti, bosom of their unfortunate possessor warns
hini of the turn that is coming upon him. A strap-,
ger presents himself. Introduced to their civilities
by the high rank which he had lately held in his
country, he4oon-finds his way to their hearts by the
dignity and elegance of his demeanour, the light
and.beauty of his conversation, and the seductive
and fascinating power of his addreSs. The conquest
was . not .a difficult on% Innocence is ever simple.
:and credulous; conscious 'of no design itself, it sus-
peas none in others ; it wears not guardS before. its.
breast; every door;. and portal, and avenue of, the.
heart is thrown.open, and all who chooSe'it., enter.'
Such was the, state of Eden, when the serpent en-
lered its bowers. The Prisoner, in a more engaging'
form, winding himself into the open and unpraais-.
ed heart of the unfortunate filannerhassett, found
but little"difficulty in changing the native character'
of that heart, and the object of. its affe6tion.
degrees, he infuses into it the poison of his own am-
bition ; he breathes into it the fire of his own con-
rage; a daring' and a desperate thirst for glory,;;" 'an'
Ardour, panting for all the storms, and bustle, and
hurricane of life.

In a short time the whole man is changed, and
every object of his former delight relinquished. No •
more he enjoys the tranquil scene; it has become
flat and insipid to his taste t his books are abandon-:
01 his retort and crucible ate tbrown,aside;
shrubbery blooms, and breathes its fragtance upon
the air in vain—he likes it not : his ear no longer
drinks. the. rich tueltidy of music : it longs for the'.
titimpet'S clangoUr and the cannon's roar; exen the
prattle Of his babes, Once sb,sweet, no longer atfeas•
the anesMile:Of his wile, which hitherto
touched 'his bosom With egsracy so unspeakable, is
now 'unfelt and unseen. Greater objeets have taket),
possession of 'his sour-41is imagination' has been
daz.led; by vi ions Of diadems, and stars and gar..
lers, and titles 'of nobility ;, he- has been'tanght le;
burn with restless emulation at the narneS'ef Crom-
well, and fittonaparte. ,His.enchanted island
is' destined soon to rciapse into a desert ; and in a
feW niouths, we, find the' tender and beautiful part-
ner of his.bosom, whore he lately " Terinitted not
the 'winds or' sUMMer '' to visit too toughly,". we
find her shiVering,'at midnight, on the winter banks' ,
of the Ohio, and mingling her tears with the tor-
rept4. that froze as they tell. Yet tL unfortunate
man, thus deli-111.cl from his interest and his haPpi-
neSs--thus seduced from the paths of innecent'e and
peacethus confounded in the toils which were
'deliberately spread for him, aid overwheltitZd by
the Maitering and genius. -of another.--flies
man, thus Wined 'and undone, and made • to play a'
,subordinate part in this grand drama' v# guilt mid
treason-this man is to be called' the principal ot-
. fender; while he, by whom. he was thus phitiged
'and,t ep.ctin roivry, iseoMparativelf initocent—a
mere aeeeSsOry. neither' the, human 'heart nor-
the litto,abunderstanding •bear a perversion
monstrous and absurd; so shocking to the soul ; Si) ,
revolting to. reason. 0 ! -Sir, 'there is no "man
who knows any thing of this affitir, who dOeS not'
khow, that, to every. body concerned in it,, Aaron -I

Tarr was. as the st~lt to (ha plqiiets 'wuicn surround
him ; he bound theitrirrtbeir respeaive orbits, and
gaverhem t heirligln, their heat, • and their 'Motion.
Letlitn not, then, shrink from the high dtstinatiett,
-which lie has cotirted ; and having already, ruined
I.3lannerhas,iett in fortune, chara&er, and ivappigketsri
for,ever, attempr to finish the tragedy by littnitiatg'
'that ill-fated man 'between hin self. and puaishinentr

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