The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-18


all tenderness towards tue feelings Of o.her'
he was ronsiiinfionally dead. The tnau
sient courtesy thai he was enforced 10 eoun
ferfeit, could not mask from careful ohserya
lion. the brooJing devil that turhed within
Ills bald lattery, laid nj the feet OF birth ant
station, the proof which propensity IN hin
vas, on a subsequent occasion, echoed iron
The mobs oil liverpool 10 our shores. confirm
ed still more the most uniavorabe snspl
aions of him He niger esi hnuc tn Ro
Dlape capeto. Possessing NJ attribute Of be
nignfv to eoneiiale or o. grace 10 WI 1
monopnlist or mute when conversailar
went its rounds by turns Il mlsanlhfope
aud mcrry-Andrew afflicted by envy "a
his race, destitute oI all epdearing ssmpa
| thies destitute OF the desire 10 peasesa
nnwiilineness 10 offend, that lie at the loun-
datiop OF good breeding every where.--aha
place was there for him n society whose
maxims had no recipient in any qualify OF
| his own nature, or any paft OF his own con
duel For one whose captlous and snarline
humonr had ever supplied his titles To 500
eial eelai whose reGuemenis were IN hi
! p,rtre, not in his manners.
| He was thus, by the primary laws Of his
! xisiencp, aud the distinctive pecniiariile-
| II his 'rarcfr untitled for the circles thai
overlooked mol the SLIGHTEST deviations IN
| their votarics, much less trespnsses so egrp-
| gions and appalling as his Upon The order
and beauty of private ile--np6n hiss harmo-
uious enioyments--its emhellished scenes
! lie broke in rs a spolrr, and was shunned
| ms an intruder. lis tranquil atmosphere it
! suhined and guarded tones aud sentiments
is oasy, respectful emulons politeness--iis
eir 81 mutuM reliance aud esieem--all took
- the sign oil coming blight the entrance
Of one whose frst object and inclination
we're, Ia criticiae and TO wound who look
ed only in sneers, aud spoke only in sar-
casms The stately honesof England knew
when 10 throw open their Gorgeous portals !;
hut their hospitality slowly given nj al
times--beGlicd not such q guest. lis allure to
reach The privileged rocesses ofa system upon
The confines Of which he had mounted ior a
moment by storm. produced an inward eKaspe-
Patton. the expression of winch IL Is the wary
office OF his pride to reprcos.
Driven back from this project of his ftans-
Atlantic ambition, what rrmainelt to he said of
him How WIS ne 10 % defended INA cenmu-
nifty where he VS. regarded without fear and
Judged by an enlightened cntny To whai
pan OF his whole beng was ms abdshrd apolo-
gst 10 fu,n Coming 10 the virtues Of the
hpart that elevate aud IuriiY the human chatac
ter II was conceded as fundamental ~ al dis
cussion about hun. thot he was an outcast Of
them vitality llstlG so often Appearing tn sink
Ia his Imperfect frame, seemed chiefly To be
sustained hy Iii. vmdic,iveness aud ,aoconr.
Inese kindlpd ia him cllng, the rtaplma-
ting lmpulso of which cnabied him to struggle
against dissolution a. state faughi with incteas-
cduofroT 10 ms contemplation, as withdrawing
hun nom hI, VOID ot dsttaelioa and revenge
lis bad passions which We're his motses ior
living, became IN ms mpuner, the means Of
strengthening hi- hold upOn lie, by ihcis stimu-
latinp efficacy unon the morbid mass within
him. HIS passport, go fame wor, hence clearly
to be made out. II u all, on other grounds Than
those of the Virtues. What were they On
looking Al his intellect II was obvious tint q
had been Scaihed ~ the same stroke that had
blasted his heart aud lbs BODY. There WIS no
thas direct in his mind, nothing natural. noih-
mg supple nothing that admitted the presepce
or the possibility 81 real greatness. Al vas
suspicious ins,d,5as, accusatory all affected
| plainness and systematic Juggling pretended
uniformity aod iuoessauJ contradiction. koie-
suits therefore came iloio his mind, but such as
were m,sshapen II Indignant II aaI ~ pow
er 81 connected Ih5pg0t o. ds0su, add, mpe1Fa
I Gus 10 all bpnrvolent OF kindly "a phiiabtlnl 80
! pic - clipmenI, could be reused only bY such
as exploded n testness and >earrilily h Wis
worked upon both by presumption and impa-
! uence the former debsrrmg II itum the cpncrp-
tion the latter hom tie acneEmert OF excel
! ence, IN any thing His osientaHous cannto q
/ certain incorporating honesty and stiffness
/ Of prlnoiple. winch llkc Il bragghti bc was fond
/ If throwing ont. vas but the more mcoaeln
| ous rom the iucapacty oil ms mud 10 Iofm
! any principles whatever I hosr who night =
| ven deny this caniduor help admitting that all
the principles which he mad aid AZ The meny
OF his antlpathles aud spIte against men, aud
we're put on aud OH accordingly.
II followed BY irresistible deduction, lhai q
mud ~ fundamentally wraus in its texture.
was as devoid O all elegance. rs Il was oi depth
and strength True scholarship repealed ms
preiensions Tried b, chasiened stsndards
they came under the sentence which his bur
lesque obtrusions OF tHcm provoked. II was
,ignlhed--in ieers. Neibr, MS Laiinlty nor
his English could pass. fitS synlaN nay his
very orthoepy, was remarked to be as deieahfe
az his heterogeneous Ottnc canons oitastr wer-
perpetual; and twas HARD 10 determine ~he
Their, ia MS ltfor Hngto nature or ltiscian got
most blows from him. Quoters of Latin Ike
hims FL were common in England, bat NOT in
GOOD company since the ridieple cast upon them
by Smollct and Fielding onAroRY asked II
her art IN America mad sunk 10 mere Rabble
She grayrly demanded il il consisted OF speech
, names applied le all persons On examination,
It was perceived that th,s vs. u succln ezpla-
ustion ofhi, speeches; and Int 40 other snited
tIem so we'll GENIUS advanced With her en-
quiry--GENits viii piercing eve, aud rabed
IN spirndor.-- She held w,caths IN her palm,
and her ornaments had the solility az well as
the iasre Of gold. Her presence swcd whilst
1t daz2ied. The questions which she propounded
were listened To with Eager and deep attention.
Being told tint he had been thirty years in pub
lie lite, size dcfisaatp De az md, yhptnemori-
ais he had raised op Of himself IN the American
nation what avs he had introduced what
measures ne had carried forward y hat schemes
Of public advantages be hid recommended
what WORKS he hHd founded, useful or muniG-
cent; What act b. had do0e. what ldca he bad
orig mated. that was 20 attest TO after times hi
Wisdom, has ntell-cnce, or ms paillotsm
II nothing of himself had ne been iellow-worl
az with others IN rearing up any of those esiab-
sshments Of policy or Legislation which, in
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