Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-11-22
Tbs Constitutional 2ysbi0.
MAJOR HAMILTON!


some other equally Legitimate mode Distinguished,
he Is determined 70 re and Is nature hi ienea him
ne gifts w;-cA vo':.a ,;asy h.1. to 1ecosra ssaft
II The temple c? E.5c Happiness, Lc & .coyed in
ic spirit Of l.assa;l, ove.t,.go the fabric itself
If he can.
We vcong noted the little gentlemar's course in
Congress with disgust. With tclerablc acquan-
tauce with the surface fittings some prightlness Of
i.Cpcy, dcuge OF words, and most ovurwconing ar
sogance, he set himself enact the second edition
OF the knight of Roanoke. Like most imitatols he
successfully copied all the faults of his original With
out catching the jcac SIT quoi, which, in some degree
excuses his eccenricitcs and rcdeens the brutality
Ct his sarcasm. We behold in the s. Caroline copy
iS of MIR. Randolph, all his venom without the pded
cdVcring-a his imPudcnce without the grace OF long
experience and general learnmg-all his cgoan with
ont his excuse for its ndulgencc-and nj his deterni-
Haton to be witty and pgert, without his ability to
execute it. The Major is said to bea gallant man.
dud to wear his hoour at tie mouth of his Pistol
and we dare say he is all that yet DO his ideas OF in
what gaiiantry consists, appear to u.s. of the
Ghevalier Bayard school His galIantry i'll the field
we believe, has been tested in his countrys service
aud we, therefore, the regret that in dclcra
tiye Assembly, 1t sIiond have degencrated into dis
11ston for incorporate abuse and shrcwish scold-
ing There seemed to US: little true galantrv in lis
exhibition ofthe scandal of Washington against
Emo. w. Taylor, to the nation; man whom he yroba-
bly, knew would not call him account--and still less
III his puny and repeated insults to Henry Clay q man
-vlfom he knows will call him to q reckoning Not
yrhstanding these sad mistakes of what was bccom-
Hs, md what he Was competent to perform Major
Hamilton Is q man of honour and of good feeling in
the MINI The misfortune is that his thirst of dis
tction bears too great dsproporton to biz abilities
and obscnrcs the virtues of his heart He is one of
that unhappy class who have ell i'm gnabo desire of
distinction without the possession of corresponding
,neans attain It. lie would be dangerous man to
tho tranquility ofthis country if nature in giving him
en- ambition es stupendous that Of the celebrated
Dwarf of Charles the end, had not kindly to the peo-
pie, withheld the abilities which would have rendered
Il formidable.
With this sketch the Mayors character, or what
ss believe it to be, call the readers attention TO
few passages of late speech delivered by him in S.
Carolina. This speech has been rc-pubished by the
consistent gentleman IN this city, who acknowledges
that it deserves decided remoustrance. But does he
make it, On the contrary he compliments the speech
. as the Chef dOuvre of that brilliant orator." This
SPEECH recommending in express terms, the formal
Resistance Of law Of the U. States, and Astounding
with examples ofmalighant passion unworthy chris
-ia., ;v, .r-r:'2ss ApQsate celebrates the most
splendid of the day! We would ask the ivader who
9;noys tire Editor fthc Enquirer to imagine to him
s.I what his language would have been had this pp.
ricidal speech of Hamilton been delivered by Mr..
Webster at Boston, IF the War of 1912, was the
neasnre of Reproduction instead of the Tariff Fla
1yfIIiIH o1 no n 90
bic in S. CaroTna-if Mr.. Webster instead of Major
Hamilton, called upon his State to rcsist--n what
terms would this consistent Editor have denounced
tire orator and the speech? Would lie have mildly
said, the speech deserves decided remonstrancen
%llc he lauded the Orator with eZtravagant fatteryo
40. The war being popular, and Mr.. Webster IN
popular, the gentleman would have seized the occa-
sion to recommend himself by proper reprobation of
the speaker and his speech. Where are the execra-
tons that Ire bestowed upon the Hartford Convention
Yet will any man have the .effonery to pretend, that
his speech of Maj Hamilton does not more distinctly
INVITE Acknowledgement, thar the measures Of that body
ofen' Surely, thorough time server never spec
,ilated upon the vicIssitudes Of Politics.
But to get back to the speech OF the Orators
Qualifications u Political Economist take The fol-
lowing specimen: There is (be sGys) no man in the
South, whose expenditure amounts to $1,000 pr
no docs not pay IL the smallest calculation $1,000 in
jle shape Of dear tax to the Government and the
ronopoliss, which they divide in pretty equal proper
TONS between them" The bare statement of this
astounding proposition, is sufficient for the Virginia
r!adcr but what must he think of the intelligence of
the Majors constituents among whom presume,
It passed for gospel
Specializing upon the chances Of repeal Of the
Tariff, the Orator Says "Do not LAY the hettcring
unctson TO your souls "a favoritc quotation of Dir.
Ritchicl that &c can find any refuge in the stern
integrity, ind in1exfblc justice Of that venerable
patriot (Gan. ~ on whom grateful and indignant
peop'c are about to besow the highest mark of their
condolences. Hc cannot rept1t q law." Even the
Hero, them cannot bring relief to the Major! lie
acknowledges that 1t is not Mr.. Adams and Clay,
who have brought the Tariff upon S. Carolina, but ga