Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-05-12

accommodation between this country and
Great Britain relative to our differences, con-
ce,ning the Colonial trade, and the many ci-
vfitics and attentions showed to him by Mr..
Canning, on his arrival at London, proved
t,iAt those hopes and expectations were not
OF his illness. and his consequent inability, TO
attend to the duties Of his station, deprived
him Of tho power Of negotiating; and hence,
he was compelled to leave England without
accomplishing the ends he had in view, and
which he most sincerity hoped TO consummate.
On his return to this country he was assail-
ed by the whole phalanx of the opsositon
pre- sos; his private affairs were prycd into, and
from Maine TO Louisiana, he was charged with
ha.ing accepted OF mission, which he knew
lm comid not attend to, merely for the sake Of
bringing one of his sons into notice, and for
the sake of the emolumens it offered to the
incumbent. aid even on the very day Of his
death, when he was surveying the prospects
beyond the grave, he was openly assalcd by
venal presses, who sought to injurc his reputa-
ton, and to bring the administration into un-
merited disrepute.
But he has left a world Of sorrow and perse-
cuion, for that happy region, where the rude
blasts Of his enemies will not be felt, and
where political dssensions and animosties will
never enter. There let him rest: and whilst
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errors be forgotten
In his person, Mr.. King was preposscssing,
and failed not to excite the re ect Of all who
beheld him and when engaged in debate, his
manner, personal appearance, and digniiied ac-
ton, went almost as far in carrying conviction to
the minds OF his hearers, as his rapid and ve-
bement eloquence. In his earlier days, his
speeches were distinguished by the soundness
of the arguments they urged, and the cogent
manner in which he enforced them upon the
minds Of the hearer as we'll as for their lofty
fl gifts Of fancy and imagery. But in his late,
days, as dotage approached, he became care
less, diiuse and declamatory; and often re-
sorted 10 vehement defamation, to make up
the deficiencies observable in his arguments.
Although he was at one time at the head of
the federal party, and received all the hon.
ors and encomiuns which they could lavish
not initiate his vanity, or lead him to treat with
arrogance the lesser members of the party, or
those who were opposed to him.
Although somewhat auainted with aristo-
cratical notions and dogmas, acquired whilst
a resident at a foreign Count, he was pure
republican at hear, and was one of the most
devout and sincere worshppers of Republican
institutions.
In private life he was admired by all who
knew him, and in the interchanges OF courte-
ses and civilnics, he paid no distinction to
parties, or persons; but throwing politics aside,
enjoyed with others, the ncstimablc pleasures
ofthe private gentleman and plain republican
citizen. II has been said Of him, that at
tine when the party which introduced him to
the notice Of the world, and bestowed upon
MIN ite iliOst Stoou III Hccu VI seTFi-
ccs he deserted il, for the sake Of winning ia
vor with a party, then gaining ground, at the
expense of the popularity of its opposers. AL
though it is true, that Mr. X dd, soon after the
breaking out Of the war Of 1912, and after hav-
in, exerted himself, to prevent contest with
Great Britain, join the war party, the fact
should not, and cannot be adduccd to prove,
that he was disposed to desert the interests Of
the federal policy. He was opposed to the
war from principle, and from belief that it
was inexpedent to wage a combat with
po Xerfil nation, at that particular juncture,
but when hQ found that the people were de-
termined upon having contest with our op-
pressor, and arrogant foe, he freely participa-
ted in the struggle, and loaned his enegies to
bring it to sIccessful issue. In doing this, he
a cted as every real lover of his country should
at, and if the federal party had followed his
,X,mple, and assisted the administration, in
ST. ID Of struggling to embarass it, the war
" aid have been much sooner concluded.
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