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Justly calico I0rtn INC inuiSiiaNAoHs ss''0 ~
encd the suspicion of every honest repubilcash'
When we see foreigners destitute OF talents
and quai created 10 of1lces Oh honor'
and enolument, we cannot suppress the IN.
s}ionation il excessive are at loss to ac-
count for appointments, SO repugnant 10 rea-
son. SO opposite to sound policy ,and so NOR
tifying TO men accustomed to be commanded
by officers, reared in their own coantry, IN
terested in the defence OF its rights and liber-
ties, and ushered into public esteem oy VIZ
tues and accomplishments which excite emu.
lasioR. Could we console ourselves with tho
pleasing reflection, that Duane's transcendant
abilities,eRtitle him TO the SITUATION ne Is APP
pointed to fill in the American army, we
should net knd his advancement SO vehemeae.
w deprecated by persons OF different poi1icai
sentiments. The warmest advocates Oh the
party he has upremittingiy supported tor MAJ
nv years, with all his abilities and influence,
execrate his exaltation--with one voice they
condemn the man, whose life presents such
vivid scenes. of atrocity and Wickedness--
whose seditious pen has sought no other ayo-
cation, than the dissemination OF faisehooa--
whose malevolent heart was capable OF spefs-.
ing the character of our lllustnous Washihg-
ton-whose prolific mind could lind terms OF
reproach for so pure, so hallowed NAH
and whose character is equally notorious IN
whatever country he may have degraded oy
his presence, or disgraced by ms Actions
1t has been asserted, and believe proven 10
: .he satisfaction of every unbiased mind, that,
having violated the Iaws of is~sstendes he Sc
scretly made MS escape to the Eastsindicx
and having become in short time as oenox-
ious there, as he formerly had been IN King
land, he was again constrained to lily from that
punishment which his crimes SO Justly merit
ed. After this last repuise, America was usl-
fortunately destined to be the theatre on which
this eemocratical hero was to display, In full
perfection, that scdi,ious and restless charac-
ter which had procured him emincnce and re-
nown in another country. And indeed, under.
such form OF government as ours, ne found
an extensive field Gor the exhibition of his VI
cious qualities. Men who possess medic
Gritty Of talents, generally glide peaccably
through life, without exciting jealousy, or,to-
mentng discerd /; but those who verge to the
extreme ofeither vice or virtue, particularly
attract cur attention--ald, as this eloquent and
vahaat Colonel has demonstrated, to the con-
victiea of every impartial man, that vice is
peculiarly Congenial te his Rature, we ought
strenuoasis 10 resent the unparalleled insult
offered to tie natioA by his promotion. Shall
we, fellow-cltizens of America, tacitly admit
the legality OF his appointment by permitting
him to dominrer over US Shall he command,
our Youth, and tutor them In his ihsidlous
arts Snail he usurp post which should De
occupied by some experienced veteran, whe
gallartiy defended our liberties and privileges
sluring the revolutionary war and VINO, to the
spirit of an American soldier, adds an unble-
mished character? Does America boast OF
no such charactcr-none who BY having en-
\ ioyed, knows how to, appreciate liberty -
Alas! she boasts of many, though neglected
worthless of '76. will ask any honest man
who feels for the honor of his country, il this
appointments is nat preiudicial to our dearest
interests, and impolitic in the extremes?--
The character OF the man, and his conduct,
subsequent to his unfortunate emigration to
this country, are sufficient to convince US OF
the irrepayable injury done to the service of
our country by his promotlon--and every ofil-
Ger in the army, in whose mind the nice prin-
ciples of military honor have their proper
weight, should be as prompt and secure in re-
senting an insult of this nature, offered to the
service, as in defending his own honor when
maliciously tradsced. He should consider the
man, who has detained the character OF the
I" greatest and the best of men," who has
advocated the most ruinous and destructive
measures, who has attacked and violated the
constitution, unworthy Of hissconiidence. He
who, to the character of. an EagAsA Oas4aau,
unites that of an American LibeAer, should
receive the supercilioas treatment which his
baseness merits.
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