Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-11-15
GINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1895.

toi'uh"c connexions had plunged her. They did
KNOW these thiEg and to those yrlo looked cody and
closely into the subject II was farther evident thar they
regarded the gcnus which they courtcd as an instru-
m,eht wlch would be somewhat dangerous in the
mere was anu continued for considerable time,
disposition To consider Mr.. Canning engaged rather
tlan as associated, one no was to be used rather
Juan one who was 10 be trus;cd they and felt from
me beginning, that he had an eve which would not be
ciosed and they felt upon few occasions and feared in
many more THAI lie had tongue which would not re-
n"in s'lert-tlat in short has love OF Office even sun
posing that he had that love. not a love of the
mere connection reward of Office but love of the
very highest honor that Office Notwithstanding
IN the foremost place. and standing there in lis own
streno th.
put while those feelings of inorior;tv t,ase lille
tVitchcs oi envy ',ich though they cnbolv the thing.
sei', are yet all too meek for assuming lis nane-osc
appTchensoHs, lest he should stick avelin in some
mug which ihey considered very sacred, carry light
lntH some c"Thcf which they tlougt and which they
wished 10 be perfectly snug and clap the can and bells
upon something which they had felt disposed to vene-
rate rs the owl Of wisdom itsel-wie these and MANY
others which need not mention we're behind the right
uohoaDie gentleman, quietly aud cautiously stretching
our thc itte hands, II not 10 pull him back cas; 10
keep him at the same easy logging race with then,
scYes-ticy upon the other side were hurting against
MS lace every word of the Vocabulary which was more
marsh IN sound, and more hateful in sense than another
rs ese dealers in the vocabulary knew less of the real
Character aud real talents Of Mir. CauniI.. than The
Others and AS their anger was up and the glory of their
party at stake, they were, perhaps, less to be blamcd
developed itself since he could unfettered might
read to those who deal in political ytuperation, very
Wholesome lesson of caution. The event has shown
tat The view which he took, if specous TO rant
and decaim about, has been taken in as profound
knowledge o the state of society, and with say the
least Oi 1t, rs advantageous bearing upon the happi-
ness oil Hl2hhind Furthermore il turns out that the
inan who if he had believed hcn was rcaiv to socri
lice every thing for office, and ready TO do every work
po'!aed he were paid for II, determined in
his opinions ana more sensitive in his honor than av
OF themselves; and even they need be told that the
man VINO @gain and again, goes ont Of office, for the
sake OF ms princpes stands far higher than those who
Ct en- Tor the sake o their principles never could get in
IL one were 10 concede the premises, and admit that
"Te IS something corrr sting in the very nature of Of
ice, ami something pure and patriotic IN the nature of
opposition then IT follows that upon the treasury
oeuch IS thFice as immaculate saint upon the other
SIDE OF the house. If has never been i'm the way
OF temptation nobody knows whether he could hold fast
his integrity not; but if he have SO been and so
hcl FAST then the case is proved, and judgment is re-
corded
That sach is the situation OF MIR. Coming, no man
VIII deny; and every man must see, that considering
thc jealousy and misrepresentation through which
has worked his way nothing but the most unaaunted
spiit, ana the most Implicit confidence in lis own
strength, could have supported him. That he is either
the H!os profound, The laborous man of his
Tune, nobody viii assert; but long since Englan!
had, tor any length Of time minister better calculated
Tor Winning the appreciation of the people at home or
supporting the character Of tie nation i'm the general
politics OF the world That lie into Office. al the
time that he did has 6ecI productive OK inconside-
rabe advantages for considering the then aspect of at
fairs is probable that he'd England been too forward
to declare herself the side Of either the ore or the
other OF the then scowIing parties the energies which
are now so pleasantly and so proitabsy employed in Ia
King o.! the shackles Of commerce, might have been
demanded Tor less agreeable ayocaiionsn