Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-29


Z rescue Gen. Greene, from " hat an ignoran
$ reader might think degradation from hi
rahR--his acceptance Ofthe office of Quarter
, master GENERAL ut the Continental army h
, informs us, that
Military men are compef-n, to appreciate The i'm
Pot'"nce OF The duties Of "a tluariet. Master Gene
tat Inc iact rs, Il gives lite aId mo.iou to he ar
NY. lhe Coa,m-slry .G .:1er A must purcllnsr
but the Qna,te,-M. ser. General mus, transuo,
every asticle OF The FIST necessity 10 the can,y Tn,
army may hr ordered 20 move, hut he only can tnr
nist HE Indispensable means to set il in n,utnn
aha may lie ordered to halt, bur he must provd,
, .Ha as h-Ii"s 10 comfort 10 fact, although, b.
~"cs mo, now ano anomaf"n he irerres the ietOt
".'c''"Srg and ,ctnds AZ up for motion Up. lgi.
oe". Greene was in fact, 1 beIieve-in hi.
own opinion, Certainiv-s land-red and i'll
treated IA his Office of Quarter Master Gene.
raj; AND ne resigned il. Judge johnson clio.
SEES MS account OF that passage of his military
ii", WIN The following psragrapl--
h'rr a,i, pertaps Grrene's great misfortune was
:" IN" he had made enemy" Esnarience only
ca" show Tie b,neinI conscu ,e.c-s of such a m,.
ioriu"e II - ,Iniy The iea,en that Ieayereth \
gf-a, mass. Beware how you drspse an enemy"
l,Sliy he added, &c Beware how ynu mike On. !,
mere Is, perhaps, lao human being so Insignificant
:" "o 10 hr nnir, Il constantly under the wakefu,
~" ia"ee OF V'na'c"vnness, 10 find some meaus OF
"""" "S 'h inJhry. Bnt when posses sine the nd.
'ahfEes OF personal resprct ablhy, aud an exfend-
eu intercourse wHh soc,e y, h's means OF annoy.
s"ce "e 'ru'y iotmiddhle. The vrnomous spitl-t
does not exend ais shares for his v,c,im with more
sssidn''y or mar" fatal Consequences than yiu,. &C.
| uveness. !. a. .S7.
Again, Judge johnson is careful 10 let us
KNOW, that even the Republican form If 20.
''fnmeht, like all else human, is not wholly
exempt from in.i,erltc,ions-
Indeed, wuh all he high aud ins. pret.nsio.. oi
rein'hi''anism, II will ever I've a question wbe,hcr
! t"a' state of things winch ,enpt, all 10 amitou,
pursuits, ai'ho"gh II deve!opcs the powers of man
mi AZ. hlN IA
| !" he exchanged Tor life or happiness ether does
| nov e"'rench much npnn that tranquility OF mind,
without winch nuch niay he POSSESSED, but .iuIe en-
| 'J",ed' Up. 255.
| Speaking Of Mr.. Locke's constitution for
| ihe Colony of n. Carolina las to which. by
me way, ~ intima'es Il strong doubt whether
twas Locke's VI Lord Shuftsb,ry's work. he
says
IL is easy to conceive, and the world has unror.
c nu' roo much cause {" know, ,ia' the pro-
: "praci'cai ppI'rcian' !. y, 225
ne SEXES the only opportunity that occurs.
10 warn as against the intoxicatun of prospe.
rty and power, by assuring as of thu yicissi
tudrs of life
i'e' no. ara, WHEN in the snnshne or rrnsp.rity
r ne ptnie 81 power, indulge hi.nsc!r IN ih- yr.
hci''oD OF hang Illness, capI ice OR crucl,, Al an,
""d frequent are the vicissundrs of ham IN f,r
tunes. II who is low'y, bound. and powerIess to
"', may, ny 'nH caSnI,,'es OF war, become ,e,iJi.
| iwai incumhtr your columns with only an
other sprcitnen-
j. is, in1eed fortunate for III. supnor, Of b,m..
"''ue, nat The good @an with confIcncs .osk
oMari 10 the lime; 'shs bc sect els af all heart
s"tl De rsve,ird." Were IL moi for the aa,,,y af
another, Hiis life wnnld bat 100 often dsyns those
VINO add most 10 lite 0rnaa,ent aud happiness c.,
iumny Is the grea, evil of The human STATE ,,
most wary Cannot wholly escape from ~, and ,Ioae
VINO ieas' merit impuation are 100 commDp,y IN.
,eas' guarded against ITS attacks They npprehend 4
,"no oi course are Indifferent abou, collecting o,
preserving Tie evidence necessary avert IL, Eun.
he"ce - TIE iavoTic target for shafts for E,,
Souls are ever intent 10 draw down The more clr-
vteu TO their own miserable Icvet. "I canro,
oeni that lie shon,d no called Just" IS re,sun of
tener acted upon than owned 4, has indsrJ nee,
correctly sad, Thai good life is the unfsnp re.
mehy against this evil. Bur ihe poison crcnIa,e.
with ra;dy, whist the aniidoe oDera az Inn, si,v
w. Far and wi'is dues caumny often c;rcnI.t. h.
tere II reaches the ears of its vicin As mere
topE o' conversation, II passes rapidly among Ihs
i"o'nrre"', whilst envy and male ornce urgr il.
speed through too large pori,on OF the ord AID
ihe unw iiirgness Of friends TO disturb the trauouI
| NY oi "s o'yec, by communicating what they dis
'heiievc aud desI,ise, produces backw o.,
49, H. ~
| q wish Judge Juhnson bad horne all this in
mind, throughout his work He had not ,heo
revived all the idle talss To the prejudice nj
Col. Lees military reputafioB, which envy
Invented and paIevulence propig atcd and foIIy
believed. lie would have spared those re-
breaches ags'osi him and his legion At Gull
ford and Entaw. He would have shared
himself the effort Of those blows, which have
zee" n','i"ess 10 Lees reputation, and -
dreadful in the rebound,)
There are thousands of re1eci;oos equally
new, profound and opposite, as those above
quo'ee, scattered In rich profosop all over
these sketches, to the unspeak., l3e advance
Fnent OF military, historical political, moral
and reiigious knowledge!
This ,loquent writer abonnds in metaphor.
of which, II our mparja, n. York Reviewer
! mad only opened tbs book, he could mt have
failed to find punbPrless such beautiful spe
cmens rs The following
Let poltIcal expediency Disguise IL, al 4, m,v
still the character Of soldier canaot bo blenJsJ
with fhat OF spy, wihos soiag the ratre sr,ius Of
tie former l. p. 209.
Washington was not consulted on that or.
caslon. Gates star was then in the ascendant
ana us o'1fhdncy had thrown even Washing
tons into shade. ]. p. 21s.
A Geld Of battle he calls a Panoro,,o III :,
% and an army an outomnfon, moved by mn
chneTy ,0oHnd up by the Quarter Mastrr.Ge.
neral q p. 1917 Who does not perceive
that his imagination was filed with the battles
ne mad seen at The puppet show between
Punch and the Devil?
lie sometimes deals in another 6rure IN
which Il is his misfortune 10 BIO more success
ful. The Muse Of History, not very toleraot
Of figures Of speech Of any kind. absolu,.I,
interdcts the hype6ofe
'Ebe movement Of this officer (Col Ian.
rens) was that Of light, and his actions mar.
took Of its purity II. p 2f9.
At That Instant. when Col Howard was
about 10 charge with his bayonets II tbe
! 'Co"Pens) Pickens showed himself above the
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