Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-07
ELoouE 7 EULoGIyM.

.-iru Law. the veheraDie name OF Ed
N md Burke. was not anireqaent'y use
IN IrreyeIcnce py se,ersl 1t the mem
lbe,s of the house Mr.. Randolph, !,
one Of his eloquent & dessitory speeches
diverted to the circumstance, and pro
iouiiced, without preparation, the t"liow
I,ng beautiful eulogiun TN the iliu.trt"u
Iman whose name aud character had bee
profaned:
a great name has been introduced
into this debate-the name OF Edmunt
Burke. and not more to my surprise thar
! to my regret, it has been treated by some
gentlemen with unwarrantable freedom
Sir, this great man has been mentioned
as it he were some miserable hireling
somt Peter Porcupine, no longer knows
under that appcllation, but new become
l..Mr. Cobbctt," and as such referred t.
and quoted as high authcrIty-the hIshes
,jacobinic authority cited beyond the Al
lantic, surprising even in weight. that
Of his noble pupil, the member from West
minister, himself.
Sir, the name o. Burke excites in me
the same train Of ideas. as To government
that Newton :i0es in relation to Physics
and Locke in regard TO the human mind
aud l look up9n every man who calls IN
question the political principles OF Burke
las | should regard him who shculd at
tempt to build up the old, or construct
some new theory of PhiloroPhy, upon the
ruins of the Newtonian system. Sir
with respect to the principles OF Burke.
there is now no longer room tor iii pute =
Ittey arc settled as iReontesiibly as he
principles of Sir l@ac Ne@toa-dhss
are now AM nu.t brewer be tie prlncl'
pies Of every sagacl'us statesman, they
are the p1aciples Of the honorable gen
tleman, from S0a'h Carolina Nr. Cal
hopnlif | understood him the other day;
and may be comprised l. tour shor,
Words .'faa as he is, ii conradistinc.
Il a. dream, and .tncies oi g"vernias
Ian as he is not an! u'N nerer be. and
las we'll Il msTt ae1r;sts br In.'utIns
i" matter some imaginary quality which
does not and neyer can Uelon,. to u'-uh-
lees il shout. pi axe Him who made Il ~
change lis ature-hOpe 10 overthrow the
system of @ aviation, as TO comba; tn.
doctrines OF Burke. Sir, Edmund Burke
was cot impirlc, lie did no. presest
the world win the istaiibie phi, u the
iniaIiible drop, which was Ia cure every
disease Incident to nan, .uitcs +" every
copsttut'on, and aye, and sex, AID habit.
and circumstance, anG season. n" III.
he said, ''let me see the patent let me
hear the case "-Apd in this 81 consists
the diffe, ence, net IN medicine only, but
i'll politics, and in every profession aud
ealing IN life. between the regular ryac-
titioner and t1e quack.
Sir, it is with reluctance, that With
every other light that ca oc thrown w.
on TIE case, the physician viii prescribe
without seeing the patient: never where
acces. to him is practicable, and "ts'
shall ~ taiak of the trentess iH.pe,ter
who for all ages, sexes. habits asd dlscaes
has bu, one prSse -iptlon and one nos'.am
WHO wishes mol 10 zee the patlen', no.
TO know even the aature Of the complaint,
nut is prepared. beforehand, with a mode
VI trGatmest at whatever hazard OF health
Of happiness, OF HE; AID trust me, SIR.
millions aid tens Of millions have beer
sacrificed Dy this empiriclsm Ia politics,
as we'll as iii medicine. For do You be-
lieve that this complicated machine called
government. ard all the multfariaus dis
orders AID distempers 10 which II is la
ole require less Jslsnent aid kill in The
treatment than are necessary in an ufdi
nary case of bodily di.eases What sir.
will you stimulate and deplete with the
same nostruIa; shall we pu 20 the gene.
ra. veal, and cleanse the public blood.
with less knowledge OF The patient or the
science ihan would set up country
|apO'hecsryS VIII you trust the impestcr
who tells y u, although ysur blood were
as leprsus as "the buried majesty of Den
mark" poisoned throush his ears, take
that and You shall be whole and smoot
and iar as healthy infant" 1t was
against tins whole tribe Of political char
iaians that Burke entered the lists, and
me- we're no more.
sir, | have been hurried away from the
question b, the meme Of Edmund Burke.
u pow ertul spell. Tor l hal not the uost
ehi"Ie thought Of him when rose, or Of
subject OF Instructions. Let ME. how
ever susees' TIC my honorable colleague
he will Pa;don the liberty, for have
known him tom his childhoud, and have
been in the habits OF personal aud pui,t!-
cal intimacy with his father before him
let Inc Su ,gest to hiIo, who ha. spoken
somewhat lightly, not to say irreverentiy
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