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

cite your emotion / must try to repressI
my own, and yet / fear, that instead ell
the language Of a public speaker, you!
will hear only the lamentations Of bel
waiting friend. But viii struggle With
my bursting heart. to portray that heroic;
spirit, which has flown to the mansions
of bliss. M ! Il. =. ~
Students Of Columbia-he was in the|
ardent pursuit Of knowledge in your aca-
denic shades, when the first sound of
the American war called him to the field
IAyoung and unprotected volunteer, such
was his zeal and so brilliant his service|
that We heard his name before we knew
his person--It seemed as If God hadI
called him suddenly into existence, that
he might assist to save world .@@
The penetrating eye Of Washington
soon perceived the manly spirit which
animated his youthful bosom. BY thatI
Eexcellen, Judge of men he was selected
as an aid, and thus he became early &C.
quainted with and was a principal actor
in the most important scenes OF our Re-
volution. H. -: =. =. j. d.. =:
At the siege Of York. he pertinacious.
ly sinsisted-and he obtained the COM
mand of a Forlorne Hope. He,stormedl
the redeubt but let it be recorded that
not one single man of the enemv perish
ed. His gallant troops emulating the he.
roism Of their chief, checked the uplifted|
arm, and spared afoe nolonger resisting
Here closed his military career. /
+: Shortly after the war, your favour
no, your disrernment, called him to!
public office. You sent him to the con.
vention at Philadelphia !; he there as.
sisted in forming that Constitution which,
'isnow the bond Of our union, the shield
efour defence and the source of our pros
perity. IN signing that compact he ex-I
prest his apprehension that it did not con-
tain sufficient means of strength for its|
own preservation; and that in conse-l
quence we should share the fate of ma.
my other republics and pass through A.
narchy to Despotism. We hoped better
things. We oonfded in the good sense
of the American people /; and above all
we trusted in the protecting providence
of the Almighty. On this Important
subject he never concealed his opinion.
He disdained eoneealment. Knowingl
the purity of his heart, he bore It as i'll
were in his hand, exposing to every pas
senger its Utmost reeesses, This, gene
rous indiscretion subjected him to cen.
sure from misrepresentation. His sPe-I
culative opinions were treated as delibe.
rate designs; and yet you all know how
strenuous, how unremitting were his
efforts to establish and to preserve the
constitution. II, then, his opinion was
wrong, pardon, oh pardon that single
error, in alife devoted to your service.
At the time when our government was
organized, we=were without funds, tho
not without resources. To call them
into action, and establish order in the
finances, Washington sought for splen-
did talents, for extensive information,
and, above all, he sought fol. sterling,
incompatible integrity--An these hel
foundin Hamilton. The system then
adopted has been the subject of much
animadyeTsion. Ifit be not without al
fault, let il be remembered, that nothlngI
human is perfect-Reeolleet the circum-
stances Of the moment-Recollect the
conflict of opinion--and above all, re-
member that the munster ofa Rfpubhc|
aIst bend 10 the 1pile fthe peepie-----The|
administration which Washington form
ed, was one of the most efficient, one OF
the best that any. country was ever blest|
with. And the result was rapid adj
vance in power and prosperity, of which
there is no example in any other age or
nation. Thepart which Hamilton bore
is universally known., = : Il 4, ~ I'D
His unsuspecting confidence in pro-
fessions which he believed TO be sincere,
led him TO trust too much to the unde-
serving. This exposed him to misre-
presentation. He felt himself obliged to
resign. The care Of rising family, and
the narrowness ofhis fortune, made it a
|th,ty TO return to his profession for their