Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-05-13

have exposed an inferior man to a very reasonable
share of condemnation. There is that, however,
about MIR. Canning, which redeems all those little
lapses, and which, in spite Of that Jealousy and per-
~secution to which all truly great men, not firmly
rooted in party or connexion, are exposed, renders
every additional vigorola display Of his oratory IA
higher step in the lad public usefulness and
public appreciation.
Brougham and Canning, have, as | have limited,
both been the architects Of their own fortunes; and,
in their progress toward that elevation which they
now hold, they have often been compelled to make
the bricks Of those buildings without straw. Each
of them started as a literary man, and sought place;
If, indeed, they did seek place, and place did not seek
them-not by fawning upon and bending to those iE
power-nor by Offering themselves in the humble
capacity of hewers OF wood or drawers of water To
the political priests and Levi'es of the time, but by
declaring, each IN his particular path, that intellect
was his idol-an idol of which no consideration
would make him forego the worship.
"CanninS, who came first into play, anne at a
time when the arrows of the adverse party, shot
keen and pointed, were sticking all over the flesh
of those in power and it was because the juvenile
sallies of this parsonage took away the smart of
these. and turned the public attention to them, that
he was decidedly brought into notice. At that time,
it is plain that his own party, or rather the party
which he assisted, knew nothing of the better sub
stratum Of his character which those glitt ring
qualities concealed. They did not know that the
man who was Tapping the buzzing flies of pretended
patriotism all over the world, had the flame Of genu-
inc liberty warmly cherished in his own breast
they did not know that he who, in those days, con-
tented himself with a smart epigram or a sparkling
song would be the man who should DE, if not solely,
yet mainly Instrumental in bringing England out of
that gall of bitterness into which untoward times
and unfortunate connexions had plunge ed her. They
did not know these things; aud to those who looked
co0lly and closely into the subject, it was farther
evident, that they regarded the genius which they
courted, as an instrument which would be some
what dangerous in the use. There Was, and it con-
tinued for a considerable time, a disposition to con-
slider Mr.. Canning us engaged rather than assocla-
tcd-as one who was to be used, rather than trust
ed they saw and felt from the beginning, that he
had an eye which would not be closed, and they felt
upon a few occasions, and iearedin many more, that
he had a tongue which would not remain silent
that, in short, his love Of Office, even surprising that
he had that love, was not a love of the mere con-
nexion or reward OF office, but II love OF the very
highest honour that Office can Notwithstanding in
the foremost place, and standing there in his own
strength.
But while those feelings Of inferiority, those lit
tie witches of envy, which, though they embody
the thing ITSELF are yet all too meek for assuming its
nanie-those apprehensions, lest he should stick a
javelin III something which they considered very
SsS Sdt'y u iEht lhNo DIut W Ultn tlP
thought and which they wished to he perfectly snug,
and clap the cap and bells upon something which
they hau iet disposed % Nenerate as the owl OF
wisdom itself-while these, and many others which
| need not mention, were behind the right honora-
bic gentleman, quietly and cautiously stretching
out their hands if not to pull him back, at least 10
keep him at the same easy jogging pace with them
selves they upon the other side were hurting
against his face every word of the vocabulary which
was more harsh in sound AMI more hateful N sense
than another. As these dealers in The vocabulary
knew less of the real character and real talents of
Mr.. Canning than the others, and as their anger
was up and the glory of their party at stake, they
were, perhaps less to he blamed but still the whole
political conduct Of the man. as it has developed
itself since he could act untettered, might read to
those who deal in political vituperation a very
wholesome lesson Of caution. The event has shown
that the view which he took, if not go specious to
rant and declaim about, has been taken in as pro-
found a kowledga of the state of society, and with,
to say the least Of it, as advantageous a bearing
upon the happiness Of mankind. Furthermore, it
turns out that the man who, If he had believed
them, was ready to sacrifice every thing for
office, and ready to do every work, provided he
were paid for it, was more determined in his
opinions and more sensitive in his honour, than any
of themselves; aud even they need not be told that
the man, who again and again goes out of office for
the sake Of his principles, stands far higher than
those who even for the sake of their principles,
never could get in. If one were to concede the
premises, and to admit that there is something cor
ruptins in the very nature of office, and something
pure and patriotic in the nature Of opposition, then
it follows, that a saint upon the Treasury-bench is
thrice as immaculate as a saint apon the other side
Of the house. fla man has never been in the way
Of temptation, nobody knows whether he could hold
fast his integrity or not; but if he have so been, and
so held fast, then the case is proved and judgment
is recorded.
"That such is the situation Of Mr.. Canning, no
man will deny and every man must see, that, con-
sidering the Jealousy and misrepresentation through
which he has worked his way, nothing but the most
TN Haunted spirit, and the most implicit confidence
in his own s%trens,l, could have supported him.
That he is either the most profound, or the most la
borious man Of his time, nobody will assert; but it
is long since England had, for any length of time, a
Minister better calculated for winning the approba-
ton ofthe people at home, or supporting the charac-
ter Of the nation in the general politics Of the world.
That he came into Office at the time that he did, has
been productive of no inconsiderablc advantages
for, considering the then aspect Of affairs, it is prob
able that had England been too forward to declare
herselfo on the side Of either the one or the other of
the then scowling parties, the energies which are
now so pleasantly and so proftably employed in
shaking of the shackles Of commerce, might have
been demanded for less agreeable avocations."