Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-21
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
Ffoin ne Baltimore .dmerieaa.
TIMOTHY PICKERING.

TIMOTHY PICKERING.
This gentleman has. a; length, made
his appeal to the people 70 decide up
on the merits of his public services.
La doing this he assumes the character
Of judge, attorney and witnesa. Five
short numbers have appeared in Quick
succession, wherein he selects :, few
prominent f.cts to bear evidenc. of
the disinteres,ed patriotism OF his pub.
tic lille, and to screen him from iha,
odium, while under the load OF con.
tempt, which is furrying him OH to tas
graye.~ There are many facts which,
10y The interposition of his options.
Timothy fondly hopes will be lost in
thtEchlivieus current of time. Ego
t,sm is said TO be foiblc Of old ape.
Paine was charged with it as a crime.
aud can Timothy hope to escape cen.
sure? In courts Of law, no man is al
lowed to be evidence in his own case.
How then can he nope 30 be admitted
AS evidence to the bar before ,hat We
ry public whom in his appeal to decide
IN favor o. his patriotism, he most ir-
reverently reyiles pickering's servi-
ces 10 the American public are before
the world--his good deeds will be
weighed with the bad, and imperial
postc. - will decide which scale pre.
Pondera,es. 1t remains for the histo.
rian to narrate faithfully, ana the pro-
per tribunal will say whether his pagri-
otto atulor will be escutcheonsd With
the blaze of Tiffany, or whether his 70.
reign attachment shall receive the Inn,
Mortal meed of applause.
We are not disposed to crrest the
old man in his career. 1t must how
ever, be remarked that he writes like 4
man In pasaion--the result of cha
grin and disappointment. This pas.
sion resembles the paroxysm Of insa.
nity, evidenced in radman 4 few
moments before his dissolution his
|delirlum encreases with bis disorder
un,ii he expires beneath the weight OF
linbecIiiiy, the maniac at the same time
exciting the several emotions of bu.
manly 10 he breasts of his beholJers.
Whoever attempts 10 estimate the
character of Mr.. Pickering by all his
actions, must seek fur other testimony
than what his sketches are likely to fur.
nish, Tor 20 man is preposteIous ENOUGH
to furnish evidence knowingly for his
own condemnation. twill, certainly.
be no crime 10 refresh the old mans
memory upon facts which took place
at different periods, which he seems TO
have buried in the grave of foreetfuI-
ness. Not upmindiul of the various
oflees which ne filed, he forgets 10 tell
ns how lie executed them. Az To his
bravery and fidelity TO The American
cause, they are sufficiently evidenced
in the revolutionary page of our histo-
ry, az least by those histoijsns whose
labols are adorned with the charac-
ter OF impartialiiy. AS to his ser.
ices Ia the cabinet, If no other evil
denee were wanting of their deIe.s-
lions character, his DISMISSAL alone fur
nishes mostample testimony. FORGET
iulness - balm to the wouns}ed cpnsc;
ence. Villains would pay millionsfo
ihe restoration of that peace OF mind
OF which they robbed themselves. bv
their crimss and hich can alone he
hoPed for by atonemert. Let il hat
De said that MIR. Pickuing's WRITING
discover thst serenity of .h6nqI,t which
- evidenced By man who wfites Win
an snfroving conscience for his mum.
5efs alone bear testimony Of the fllsit,
of such an assertion. If a man is .
coward in the field, trencherons II
council, and f..lse to his colntry, can
he be called patriot? Ii so, there
arc more Arnolds than one who strive
20 rob the patriot Of his Iaurels and
place them on unworthy brows. Ar.
uold was brave man, and so WIS Du-
morier; bot all Arnold's and Du.
moriers arc not brave. Cowarlice is
IN impulse Of the mind which the heart
cannot resist, add in whatever bodV
'.is impulse tax s refuge, il alike
claims tie good mans ply aud the
'Ftve mans contempt.