Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-08-03

|ence - now ~ an end. Ueatn ha86yuQf-i
|iz1vea up in victory, cruel and fstci ! ic.
|sory, the narrow isthmus that separated
from this great lnminary those with
whom Iact. ! know that antient writer's
|lrge with force and propriety, and that
modern politicians acknowledge, aswith
one accord, the necessity Of frequently
laying before the people, BY way Of adj
|monition, & to put them on their guard.
the VICES Of great men even after death
has destroyed the power ofrepetion. But
we're Iasked whether General Hamilton
had vices ia the face Of the world, III
the presence Of my God / would answer,
NO. Like al men he sometimes erred,
but ] cannot admit that even his error
were those Of the heart. He was human
and therefore not perfect. Butifwecor.
|reetly Judge ofhuman perfection by bnri-
~ of heart by rectitude b intentioa The
state not 70 say that, in my opinion, Ge-sl
neral Hamilton was most perfect.
His private virtues, his public sefsic
les, bis great abilities, .involuntarily ex.
cite in me the Narmest esteem Tor his
memory. i, : .s#-
OF his private virtues, there ID no dif-
ference Of opinion. Allmen, of Ill pars
ties, speak Of them with rapture, and
acknowledge them with admiration. 10
these, vice pays involuntary homage.
The. plotting. mischevious citizen--
whose bloody hand, guided by cool MAJ
lignancy, terminated his existence, will
acknowledge them. In all the private
relations Of life he was honest, faithful,
generous, and humane. His heart was
the seat Of every manly virtue. No man
ever impeaehed his integrity with am
colour Of justice.. In vain have party
collisions and raneour ransacked publis
records and exhausted private inquisiti
on for . Flemish. The fatal catastrophe
proves, that, like Aristides, he chose 10
yield bis life rather than his iItegrity.-
SUCK A Mas, whatever 1uere1is poiili-
cal opinions, irresistibly commands oui
.>% .sSat s
His public services were many, splen,
did, and great. From these, nothing
butdeplorable infatuation; nothing but
6ery zeal, unmixt with 4 ray Of reject
on, can withhold a lasting glow of admi
ration and gratitude. The friend Of Il
berty, he who for . moment re fleets tha
out of the revolutionary contest, INA
chaos Of clashing elements, arose
WORLD or FREkDoM, cannot but vens
rate the memory Of those who, as 4
were, created il. In this most glorious
most useful, most splendid Of earthI,
scenes, HAMILTON performed con.
spicqous- shall not say disinterest.
ed, a patriotiek part. Scarcely arrived
At the = gristle Of manhood j" glowing
with patriotiek FIRE, with military ardour,
he joined the creative phalanx and sig
nalised himself by constancy, by perse-
veranee, by valodr j, and irradiated with
therays Of bis superior genious, all with
IN the sphere Gifts presence. His revo-
lutionary services entitle him to our If. |
lection, and will endear his memory to
al who are sincerely attached 10 our in.
dependence.
His civil was more brilliant than his
military career. His early efforts AZ q
statesman excel in utility and lustre his
ezertions in the field. Perhaps to him,
more than to any other man, We are In
debted for the excellent constellation un.
der which we hive. Whatever aberrati-
ons from republican maxims, rigorous
inquisitions may have discovered in his
efforts in the convention, ] knoyU not, bur
this ! maypredict, fromwhatwe do knsw,
that his numerous essays, under the title
of " FEDERALIsT," advocating the prin
eiples and enforcing the adoption Of the
constitution, win immortalizs his name
and render him, ilinstrious when every
memsnto ofthe cayalling WRITINGS ofthe
day shall be swept from the records Of
time and buried in everlasting forgetful-
ness. I think I am not incorrect when |
say, that these essays arc the G5lesf poi
teal papers in the 1porld. They are re.
plete with lessons of wisdom. clothed in
s,nns,Ynl elepance. They are The nroduc.