Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-07

SAID TOOLS yet sharpen tem w so WV al e",e -
to cut their own fingers with these implements OF
their trade. Sir. Thomas Beckett was as brave
man as Henry the Second, and, indeed, drawer
man-lcss ntrm of purpose. And who were the
Hdebrands, ami the rest of the Fapal Freebooers'
who achieved vctory after victory over the proud
est Monatchs and States of Europe These men
we're brought % in cloister, perhaps, but they
we're endowed with that highest OF all the gifts oi
Heaven, the capacity to lead men, whether 10 me
Senate or the field. Sir. it is one and the same
faculty, and its successful display has always
received, and ever will receive, the highest hohois
that man can bestow and this will be the case do
what you will, cant what you may, about military
chieft,ns and military domination. SO long as
man i, man. the victorious defender OF lis coun
try will and ought to receive that c0untrys sui
frage for all that the forms Of her Government al
low her to hestow
Sit. friend said to me, not long since, 6 Why
Gen Jackson can't write''--'' admit de- GRAY.
iii. can sou tell me any one that Cal W tie: Ton
Il protest. know nobody that can.) Thea turn
ihg to INV Trend | said. It is most true that Gen
Jackson cannot write. not that he eau wiite ~
name or a letter. &c.) becar,e he has never been
taught But his competitor cannot write because
HE was antrachabIe for lie has had every adsah-
taae of education aud study sir, the luke OF
la borough. the greatest captain and neeo'latoro
his a4e-vhich wa,th age Of l.ouis AlN.- anu VINO
NAV rank Wit, the greatest men OF any aye; whose
ire sstlble manners and address triumphed over
ever, obstacle ia council. rs his military proves
and conduct did in the teld--slr, thus great man
could not even spell, and was notorinusiy snolan
of all that an under 4,atluac must know; but
which it j. not necessa,, for mar at tue mead q
affairs tu know at all. Would you have supcrsc
ded HIM by some Scotch scho0lmaster Sis gen.
tcmen forget that 1t j, an able hrlmsnan We want
for the ship Of State and not Pr0icsser OF na,l-
cation Or astronomy.
Sir among the vulgar errors that ought to 90 in
To Sir Thomas Browns book. tins ought not to be
an'ted that Learning and wisdom are synnny
nous, Of at all equivalent Know edge and wis
dom. one II our most ishiul poets sings
"Knoale ledge and Msdom, far from being one,
Have oft times no connexion-kne@iedse duells
IN heads rcpelc with thoughts Of other men
Wisd m, minds entive to their own
Knowledge proud thai he has learned so much;
l,ddm is humble that he knows A mnrs
Books are iUt se'duu talisina aid spells
-, which TIL, mage art OF >hrea de- wits
Hold The nnthnkng multitude enchaned"
And not book only. speeches are not less
dec ptise. Slt. not only consider the want Of
what i called learning not 70 be disqualification
for the cuminan, in chrl IN civil or military Tile.
bnt do consider tue po>seSslon OF too much lear
liHg 70 be OF most nl>chievOus consequence 10
>ach cha, actet whn il 10 draw from the cabinet
nt hi own sagaciOus mind and to make the Learn
in oi other, or whatever other qualities they ma,
possess, -nhservent to his more enlarged and Slg-
ufDu- siews. -uch man was Cromwell a
man was Washington Not learned but WISE
fheir untle standings were not clouded or cramp-
ed, but had fair play. Their errors were the er-
rors OF men, not Of scho0lbovs and pedauts. Sir,
q tar from the want Of what is called education
BONG very strong objection to man at the head
nt affairs, generalization, constitutes still sron.
grr objection. In the case Of lady it is fatal.
Heaven defend me from an over-educated, accom-.
pllshed lady. Yes, sir, accomplished indeed. ior
she is fnished {, all the duties Of a wife or moth.
er, Or mi>tres, Of a family. Sir, we hear much of
military usurpatlon Of military despCtism--of the
sword OF aconqueror-of Ciesar--and Cromwell
and Bonaparte. What little know Of Roman his
tory has been gathered chiefly from the surviving
etters OF the great men of that day--of Cicero
pecially-a ! freely confess 20 YOU, that, II
had then lived, aud been compelled to take sides,
must. though very reluctantly, have sided with
Caesar, rather than take pompev for my master
Sir, II was the interest Of the house OF Stuart-and
they were long enough in power to do ito black
en- the character Of CromwsIl--tha great. and,
must add. bad man.-Bnt, sir, the devil himself is
not So black as he is sometimes painted. But who
would not rather have obeyed Cromwell, than
that self styled Parliament, which obtained title
too indecent tor me to name but by which it is ia
miliarly known and mentioned in all the histoil-
ans from that day to this. Sir, Cromwell fell un-
der temptation, perhaps too strong for the nature
OF man to resist at he was an angel Of light to
either OF the Stuart,-the one whom he brought to
the block F; or his son. vet worse man, the black
est and fpuest OF miscteants that ever polluted a
throne It has been the policy Of the honse Of
Stuart and their successuts--It il the pocy Of
klngs-te Willy and blacken the memory and
character Of Cromwell. But the cloud is rolling
away. We no longer consider Hume as deserving
Of the sliah;e.t credit Cromwell was "gniltless
Of his country ! blood'' fIs was bloodess usur
patton. 10 doub, his sincerity at the onset. from