Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-29

TO what say Only according 10 lis iht'i"" 1t
plic alton and force. Twill strive TO uiscf'ml'
nate and sum DIP his character, after Inc man
rrr Of Sallust or Of Hume; and alt ough: ~ fA,
ecu,ion, msst needssfall immeasuraoiy pehiho
sucb illus,rious models, mean al least TO ann
at being the historian rather Than ihe painter
With an eye sleadfast to the original before me-
proceed 10 the duty havesassigned 70 my
self
When he got to London he was se'ztu WIN
an ambition, which took directions as oo'u a""
as sly as the passion in him was ai'erna..Y
keen and fdge,ty, 10 throw himself ih'o u'''i"
eushed circles. His inbred and long
sel6shness, ia conjunction with me irraseioe
cas-, Ct his feelings and foulness Of his Tongue
had rooted into his entire corporeai ana 'h.e'-
leclual existence, invincible barriers 10 !ne SUE
cess OF this ambition. To the sensibilities, 10
the restraints. bodily and of mind-to the null
tiplied obligations and habiudes, 10 all 'h'
anxious and assiduous cultivation, that go 10
make up the een,eman's drmeanour, ne was d
Stranger Hi, irregular and undisciplined
temper, was the parent Of ruGeness IN hi'n' ana
his vanity hurried him into offences against
good sense and decorum. he bland spiti'
and reciprocal forbearance of polished inter-
course, seemed to be altogether inc ompreheh>
sible 10 his perceptions 1t is certain ina. 'hey
were remote from his practice. true ais"''y
| frowned him from her presence. Her sahe'u-
arv was peolaned at his fantastic app oae"'
True urbanity could never impart lis cnarmS
10 the actions Of one whose physical idi"syh-
| cIasy prevented his being ai peace WIN Nuns
self. and the perverseness of whose NORA ma
lure placed him at war with others. oo",e
hing there was in his coun,enance, whir oe-
smoke the bitter consciousness he had OF MS
doom upon earth, Of the secret tormfh's uhner
which he wrilhed, Of the matches deiishts
from which he was excluded To all tender
ness towards the feelings Of others, he was con
sl,utionally dead. The transient courtesy
TIA, he was enforced 10 counterfeit, oou'd no'
mask from areful observation, the orooaihe
devil that lnrked within. His bald hatteiy, 'a'a
at the feet Of birth and station, the PROOF OF
which propensity in him was, on sunseque",
occasion, echoed from the mobs oil Li'erpoo'
to our shores, confirmed still more ne most un-
favorable suspicious OF him. Hic niger es'
hume tn Romane cureio Possessing no attribute
of benign,,y to concilia'e or 'oi grace 10 win:
monopolisl or mute when oonvcrsa' ION weh'
its rounds; by turns misanthro2e ard mer-
.y.Andr,w; afflicted by envy OF his race, des'i,
tutr Of all ndearing sympa HES, destitute OF
he desire to please and an unwiIiingness 10 OIL
frnd, that lie al the foundation OF good breeding
every VIII. re,-whar place was there tor HIN IN
| a society whose maxinis had 10 recipient ~
any Quality Of his own nature, or any part OF
his own conduct? For one whose captrsus ana
sna ling humour had ever supplied his titles to
social &C lat: W ose rthnemens were In his ma
lice, not IN his manners.
He was thus, by Tie primary laws OF hIsex-
rs'enrr q the distinctive peculiarilies "l MS ca
'eer'unhtled iorihe circles that he sought. hose
sss 80 rs4ssi thnf sa ss n
the order and beauty OF pri,aIe life, upon lis
harmonious snj oymen,s, its tmbell,hed scenes
he broke in i spoIer, and was Stunned as an
intruder. Its tranquil atmosphere, its subdu.
ed and Guarded tones and sentiments, its easy,
| respectful, emulous poHteness, its air of mutual
! reliance and esteem-al took as the sign of a
coming blight the entrance Of one hose e. s.,
ohJrct an inolina. ion were, to cri'icise and 10
wound; WHO looked only in sneers, and spoke
only in carcasms. The stately homes of Eng
land know when to throw open tn. ir gorgeous
portals; bu, their hospitality, as kind as it is
magnificent, above all, their confidence-sIowy
given al all times-beh,led not such guest
His failure 10 reach the privileged recrsses Of
system upon The confines of which he had
mounted Tor momen, by storm, produced an
inward exasprration the expression Of which it
is the wary Office Of his pride to rrprrss.
Driven back from hi, project Of his lyans-
Atlantic ambition, what remained to be said Of
him? How was he 10 be defended in com.
munitv where I've was REGARDED withour fear, &
Judged by an enlightened scrutiny? To what
part OF his whole being was his abashed apol-
og'st to turn? Coming To the virtues If the
heart, that elevate and parity The human char>
acter, it was conceded, as fundamental to all
,I oh L..
ofihem. Vitality itself, so often appearing to
sink in bis impe,frc, frame, seemed chiefly to
be usained by his ,indirtiyenes, and rancour
These kindltd in him a feeling. III reanimat
ing impulse Of which enabled him to strupple |
against dissolution, a state frauehr with in
creased horror To hi, contemplation-as with.
drawing him from his work of derracticn and |
r. vrnge. Iii, BID ,ass,ons. which were his
for living, hecamr in this manner re
means OF strengthening his bold upon life, bv
their stimulate effi"acy upon the morbid mass
wi h'n him. HIS passports 10 fame were hence
lea'lr 10 be made out, If al all, on orh,r
prOuudS than those "A Z Tho V;rtua, IVL..