Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-17
From the ~. Y. National .4,!rocafe.
COMMODORE STEWART


Several reports unfavorable TO the character
and principles of Commodore Stewart have
peen Tor some tire past in circ,1.;n1 one NJ
"hich was that he had concealed rovaiist Cen
era on board the .FraDkiin arc cerfrj,fcj h;,,
10 land to the evident injury of the reDubIicay
cause IN South Amerca-others thar he had
been trading in merchandise, &c. &c NO
nave given no currency 70 these run,ours ne.
cause we hold it to be due tc Justice ana. o,,,o-
rosity never to condemn public officerwiIbort
d hearing and fully aware that We are too prone
10 censure those who are not mmediately .nre.
pared to defend themselves. This boyvcvor ,v,
may ne permitted to say, we cannot believe that
any .7mer9cdn, much less gallant officer who
mas done the state some service Womb he an,
act aid the cause of royalty In a conntry ST.
Cling to he free. Without turtle remarks We
publish the following letter from FREUD, a pub
NC ol'icer, VINO hasethe opportunities of know
ing the facts Of the case -
WASHINGTON, Aug 9Th. 1894
MY Dear Sir-1he absent are aIwavs in tbo
wrong, and she who attacks an absedt fried
or who does not defend him when shaken n -
by another, is black character do rn, - p' u
mans (said Horace) beware ofhirn.p am o,la,f
10 ma by your letter of the 3Oth nit; that yo,,
are DESTROYS fseeing the Repatriation OF Cur o.,
unable friends, Commodore anl Mrs. Ste,y,rf
defended against those infanou, caJupIn;.
which our specializing SeIIow citizens in foreirn
countries SO readily set OH float acains; all tle
officers OF our government, who will NOT lond
their aud 10 forward those avaricious schemes
Tor which we are SO notorious abroad What
you have stated is an old story we had months
ago, or at least that this government had bnt
now they are new vanished and sent forth h.,
envy, hd'lfu ana malice. The very worst con
structIon that can be put upon il is this
a Royailst Officer, pursued bv his enem,
was IL is SAID sccretcd on board the Franklin r.
ITO If. q
stewart, who was enraged when ne discovored
him and arrested his First lieutenant. who sI.n
IT Is SAID knew nothing oft. 1T was then sid
tirs. Stewart had secreted him in some rart NJ
the ship and sent him things TO stibsist ON from,
the CABIN. If she did this il was from humane
motives and no other--tbere couId axis; no OIL
er IN her BOSOM Some say she took ire hia,ne
OF I. 10 screen Young officer from punishment.
winch can readily believe knowing the ,,,rity
and generosity other heart Others n,,,.c ,,ict
e"' say she did IT to get her husband out of tho
scape, who hid the officer himself lie 1. tr;
Ihng Incident, OF no moment-a humane art
10 save the life Of an Northumberland o,,
onsu did so often, and so much to HE I'LL
!d''dge I'D 1919 IN bordeaux, when the royaJ
'sts were in pursuit of distinguished irnpcri,l;s,
he could moi stand by & see sIcl, eminent nor,
butchered when he had the power TO save and
the very men who then CCnsu.eI him nov an
prove his conduct. But the enemies or Cur
stewart and his seperiOr wife who has been nj
Inhnite use to her countrymen in the Pacific
from her perfect knowledge Of the language and
her charming manners, which caused her In bc
beloved ~ all South america, made story out
OF TINS noble act which attn astoHjshed any res
pcctah'e or sensible person slouJd l;sfen 70
gu know what our coI1trynen are abroad
other nations cling together and support ono am
other IN foreign countries like a Scotch clan
but our people seem 10 take delight in caJu,nri.
ating each other. There arc a number of ,vor-
thy respectable Americans in S1uih America
but generally speaking, our country never be-
fore sent so many wretched adventures a. have
thronged there. They cannot conscious of
their own iniquitv) respect themselves. and "a.
surfing other peoples wheat bv Their WIN brsbsI
they rsssset no one, and rrse aubIushingiy the