Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-07-25

! Hon. GEORGE MCDUFFIE.-On the fourth
instant, Mr.. McDuffie must have had pccu.
| Early hard time, and if his lungs were not
made Of brass, or cast-stecl, they certainly
would have been exhausted. The anniversary
of our Independence, was celebrated at the
town Of Hamburg, by two distinct classes OF
society, by the Mechanics, ,and the Planters and
Merchants, and to the meetings Of both par
ties, Mr.. McDuf1ie was u spectator, and made
two long windod speeches which occupy six
columns each, and which have very kindly
been forwarded to us by friend residing in
Georgia. We have read them with that inter-
est, which is always elected by the productions
Of Mr.. McDune. They are distinguished by
that warmth of feeling and animation, which
ever charactcrzes his speeches, and by all that
extravaganza Of defamation and rant, for
which he is so remarkable, and which by the
way, tends, in no small degree to detract from
the influence his parliamentary speeches would
otherwise have, if they were tempered with a
little more mldness and discretion. What is
singular, in neither ofthe speeches, he makes
the most distant allusion to the Vice President,
his old and sincere patron, from which circun-
stance, we are led to believe that there is some
truth in the late whisperings, that Mr. Cal
houn, is not to be a candidate for office at the
next presidential election
ho nft ha IN, fha l,l
Of these speeches. was employed in casting
spite and venom at the devoted heads of Mr.
Adams and Mr.. Clay; and more viruent ebu-
litions of malice, than he uttered, were rarely
ever emitted from the lips of man. He de-
Tended General Jackson, in all his acts, and
went to every length to influence the minds of
the mob in his favour; and to attain some new
ends, advanced doctrines and positions which,
to say the least of them, were novel, and en-
cecdingly unique. When speaking Of General
Jackson, he attempted to prove by historical
illustration, that military men, are the best
men to entrust the affairs Of nation to;
and expressed himself TO the following effect
ga very brief recurrence to the history of
military usurpers will satisfy you that such an
objection would be better suited to the decla-
nations of school boy, than to the grave
discussion Of statesman. The three principal
military usurpers who have figured in the his
tory Of the world, are Caesar, Cromwell and
Buonaparte /; and invite your particular at
tention to the condition of Rome, England
and France at the period of their respective
usurpations, and to the causes which paved the
way for their ascendency. In each of these
remarkable instances, the country Of the mill
tary usurpers was notoriously SINK to the very
lowest depths of wretchedness, and involved in
the destructive anarchy Of civil war by the uni
persal corruption and oppressive despotsm of
the civil government. Who, if he had been a
ion Of Cesar, to that ofthe profgate and cor
rupt factionsts who were put down by him |?
Who, if an Englishman, would not have pre-
ferred the dominion of Cromwell, who carried
the glory Of England to the extremities of the
earth, to the profligate tyranny of the Stew
arts, who became the degraded pensioners OF
France, in order to enslave their own subjects
Who if he we're a Frenchnan, would not pre-
fer even the military despotism of Buonaparte
either to the civil tyranny and civil corruption
of the Bourbons, or to the bloody despo'ism OF
| such monsters as Robespierre, Marat and Dam
ton, who assumed the name Of liberty only TO
stain her altars with the blood Of her most pat
| riotic citizens,
| In fact it may be broadly laid down as a
general political truth and defy any one to
produce a single exception in the history OF
civilized nations that no military chieftan''
ever has ,rurped, or in the nature of things
even can usurp the civil government of coun-
try, but in a state Of civil war growing out of
civil despofism or eiril corruption. And in
every instance it will be found that the militia
ry usurper so far from destroying the public
liberty has partially saved the country from
that anarchy, whose throne had been previous
ly erected upon the ruins of that liberty
The arguments urged BY Mr.. McDufTie, in
favour Of military despots, are far from being
satisfactory to us, and we doubt exceedingly il
they will be attentively listened to, by the
American people.-They we're urged howev-
er, because they suited his purposes, but are
in open hostility with what we believe to be
the convictions Of his mind
Whilst he was engaged in speaking, some
one Of the crowd, pronounced the name Of
AMBRIsrER, evidently with the view of see-
ing how the Orator would excuse General
Jackson, for putting that man to death, when
he halted, and changing The range orhs dis
course, broke forth in the following strain:
which il il may not be ranked among the
specimens of the eloquent, certainly ranks
among the specimens Of the fiery.
81 hear a voice exclaim Ambristerl As
presume it is from constituent, 1t shall receive
the most respectful attention. thank you
sir, for that word, for il furnishes inc with ar
occasion 10 vindicate General jackson apains,