The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-10

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.~licve, also act we'll. So thought the Aihr-
snians. wben they conided To the conduct
of their i%a,oiitr orator, the war against
7 Philip: surprising, that he Who had tri-.
t.umph-d in the assemblies # the people,
would doubtless prove victorious in the
field. Thus far, sir. you had doue nothing.
10 wraksn this rresump,ien, in your favor.
fThe waywardness OF temper, and the &C.
Ecentriciiy Of spirit, which we discovered in'
Ayour eHusions were, indeed, by sone til0'tI
iio BIZ incompatible with iha, GOODNESS of
I Judgment, and soundnrss of discretion, oe-|
!. cessary to constitute d safe statesman. Bat
sby most. the effervescence of patty ZEAL
Laud of n heated spirit. WAS mistaken for thrl
. sacred glow Of patriotism and the Prolne-
k,hean warmth of eloqnenc.. II vas not,|
ksir, until a subsequent period, when sonr|
secret cause, acting on y mind too EASILY
unhinged, betrayed you into fnctuationsl
ef opinion and antiquities Of course, that
9the public began to distrust the favorable
4 estimate ii had formed of your chatacter.'
II was then discovered that you were def
Bcieni in that strength of mind that firm
Bness Of principle, aud that st,adlncss of,
Epurpose; without which, you could neither
$become a safe depository Of power your
self, nor a trns'y counsellor TO advise its ex-
kercis", in the hands If others.
The rapidity Nth which you have since,
assumed your various metaniorphoses the
ssuddenn.ss # your mutations OF opiuion /;
4 and the quitkn's- of your transitions, from
dogma t" dogma, aud from party to par
rty. have scarcely l-t room in The public
mind for the exercise ~ charity. They
j appear 10 be in,xp'icable, without an i'm
3pu,ation on your heart, or what Perhaps
you would AZ little like. an inpu,ation on
syouf understanding. Without some such
| solution. your character must forever rel
main Il riddle, Or Your conduct an enigma
4StiIl however, s,r, the possession Of supe-I
Erior talents was not denied you, although
4thrse talents were peculiar were, sui gen.
Eeris; aud could not be cla-spd-their spleen
bdoHr was received as some apology forl
ftl'eir inu'll'iy and yonr country, thought
Hcon,inc.d that she could not cOnfide tU|
BNour keeping, her interests nor To your
Eeuidance her steps, was still wiling 10 see
Eyou IN her Hall of Legislation and to lis
ktcn To your voice, though sometimes sound
Ering strangely as well as sweetly.
tshh ybhI Iillliihl tp'IS " UtfD lfIIliiih~
ted II twelve month since, the world might
have been contsnt 10 remember you as a.
star brilliant indeed, but useless: belonging
TO no system, and hostile TO all systen,s,
carrying confusion, and threatening danger
10 every thing it approached, 10 its wild
aud irregular wandering shedding Il light
To blind and dazZlr, but no ray TO guide
and enlighten. Unfortunately, sir, your
political life has been continued beyond the
period at which. for your fame, it should
hav. concluded. We have seen you re-
Gently exh blted IN every character, but
that in which your friends could have,
wished you TO appear. Now, AZ the ban
dog ofn party yelping in concert with the
packard nov, as professcd misan-]
'hrope, wsging an indiscriminatp warfare;
against al mankind, and puuliog out the
4bitter Ovei1"wings Of a splenrtic humour,
upon every thing, and upon every hody.-j
We look IN vain into your recent product
,ions for the marks of your former genius 7
There is M stretch Of thought no hlghtl
of fancy no felicity of exprrssion no outI
single nffusion, hearing the indubitable im-l
press Of ii superior mind. We find for thrl
wit, which once charmed, and made ns|
forget. in its hrilliancy, its occasional in!
justice, II species Of vulgar abuse, the srv.-
rlty Of y hich is forgotten in lis grossness.-
The strange and incongruous asseinbldge of
images aud IDEAS, exhibited IN your spesch-|
rs " the bald DISCOUNTED chat - the child |
ish concrits, and the idle vagaries Of fame, |
in which they abound, Indicate s%trongl,
either the pu%srility Of dotage. or the inco-|
herence OF insanity. Your iatterers, slr.I
for you have fatterers. and among then
grey headed men, your 6atterers may tel
ynu, that the Vulgar mistake the inspiration;
Of genius, for the ra.ing of insanity. The, !
may tell you, that like The Trojan Prof.
phetsss, the god, when he inspired, touch;
I'd with his tongue your lips, and that yourI
predictions, however true, are fated neveri
TO be believed. For my own part, sir, II
believe that. like the Danish Prince. you'll
are only mad north west, and that whenI
the wind blows south, you know hawkI
from a hand -saw But If there be 40 dis-I
ass of the head, there must be some loulI
: disorder AT the heart.
In truth sir, the novel and extraordinar, |
features of mind, which. as a Senator oil
tim United States. you have exhibited ID
the world, greatly increases the difficult, |
growing out of yonr previous eccentricl-I
ties, ofcomPrehending your true chalscter,I
The succeeding age, should the rrcen, prof.
auctions of your mind be rescued by their
'slngularlty from AN earlier oblivion, will
wonder how a mao breathing a spirit sol
anti social, came to be acting with and a..
mong men. Its astonishment will be- in-i
creased when it learns, that these dis,em-E
pered illusions were not breaihed by thc1
misan,hrope in his cave. or the cynic in hi,
cell but were uttered IN d d,Iiberative as-I
sembly ofthe Representatives OF sovereign
States. Even your contemporaries, sir, wtL
who are lockers on we who have i near
view Of the scene, are lost in amazement \;
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