Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-11
Volume L.

ling You might well attempt to iatten and
strengthen man by stulng him with every varia
ETY. and the greatest quantity of food. After all,
the Chief must draw upon his subaiterns for much
that he does not know and cannot perform himself
Sir, my friend WIN. r. Johnson has many groom
that can clean and dress race horse. and ride
him too, better than he can. But what Of that
Sir. we are. in the European sense Of the term,
not a military people. We have no business for
All rmv-t hangs as dead weight upon the ma
ton--oficers and all. Sir, WIN rescued Bradock
when he was fighting. secundum artem and his
men were dropping around him on every 81 ee 1t
was a Virginia Militia Major. He asserted in
that crisis the place which properly belonged to
him. and which he afterwards filled in the manner
we all know.
Sir, may without any mock modesty, acknow-
ledge what feel, that have made an unsuccess~
fu reply to the gentleman from Massachusetts,
There are some subjects which could have wish
ed to have touched upon before sit down now
and forever | had the materials in my possess
sion when came to the House this morning, but
am dragged down by physical weakness from the
most advantageous use OF them.
Sir what shall say to gentleman. in this
House or out o! it, occupying prominent station,
aud filling large space in the eyes of his native
State. who should. with all the adro,tness of prac~
tsed advocate, 9 oss the acknowledged
croachments of the men in power. upon the fair
StuluHUi tic tlltH pTtSeHt UIe
paling picture garng and faming. in his deepest
colors. Of bloody military tylant-a head
and bloody boues-so that we cannot sleep in our
beds,-wEo could cOnjure up all the images thai
can scare children, or flishten old w0nen-I mean
very old women, Strand who offers this WI tch-
ed carcaturc, this vile daub, where brick dust
stands for blood, like Peter Porcupine's BLOODY
BuoyY, as a reason fer his and support in
Virginia, of man in whom he has no confidence,
whom he damns NTH fart praise-and who more-
over tell it notin Gath! had zealousiy. and elab-
orately, q cannot say abiy) justified every one Of
these very atrocious and bloody ieeds--yes, sir,
on paper-nOt in the heat OF debate, in the trans.
ports OF a speech, but-as the author of the Rich
mond Anathemc full we'll knew--and knew that
we, too, knew-dcliberatey and officially. Sir, if
we did not know that Lawyers see but one side of
The casc--that on which they retained, and
that they icndly hope that the Jury will see
with their cyes---what would we say Of such a
man? His Client having no character, he attacks
Defendants character, upon string OF charges
in every one Of which (supposing them to be truey
his client was self-avowed particeps criminis-hae
wing defended, adopted, and made each and every
one of them his own. Sir, such man may be
great Lawyer, (although this is but poor specis
men Of his skill in that lIne) or great Mathema-
.,c;tn. or Chemist but of a man guilty of such
gari,is absurdity, it may be fearlessly pronounced
that, IN the management OF his own concerns, and
In the HIldTS Vi men, llC Has IOL TlSNt SOOu conn
mon sense And here sir, we come to that
great and all important distinction. which the pro-
fame vulgar---whether they be the great vulgar or
the smail-too often overlook and which have,
lamely fear, endeavored to press upon the House
IL mean the distinction between knowledge and
learning, on the one hand, and sense and judg-
ment on the other. And there, sir, lies the great
defect Of the gentleman in question. Sir, have
heard it said Of him, by those who know and love
him well, 81 that he can argue either side OF the
"queston, whether Of law, of policy, or of con-
:. stitutonal construction, with great ingenuity and
force but he wants that sagacity in political afs
:. fairs, which first diseerns the proper end, and
g then adaps tie most appropriate means: and he
. is deficient III that Knowledge of mankind, which
.woud enable another (,nuch his inlerior) to per-
ceiye that lis honest d,interestedness is played
- upon by those who are conscious that he brides
s himself upon it. II is the lerer By uhich he is
on all occasions to be mored. 1t is his pride-an
.shonest and honorable pride, which makes him
delight to throw himself into miuorites, because
:. he enjoys more self qualification from manifest.
ING his independence OF popular opnion-than
he could derive from any thing in the gift of the
People. Ills late production--the Adams con
vention manifesto is the feeblest production Of
the day. The reason is, has head and heart did
g not go tcgether.'
Sir. this picture is drawn by the hand of friend.
As we have had billiard tables and chess boards in
troduced into this debate, hope may be allowed to
borrow an illustration from this last game. Sir, one
Of these arguing machines reminds me OF the bishop
at chess The black or white bishop CT the
term not in reference to the color Of the piece, but
Of that Of the square he stands upon) is servicea
BILE piece enough in his way but he Iabors under
this defect; that moving in the diagonal only, he
can never get off his original color He can scour
, away all over Just one half of the board; but his
adversary may be on the next square, and perfecta
ly safe from his attack. To be safe from the bsh-