Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-19
PROVIDENCE.
WILLIAM COBEETT.

American Rov.ew, the annexed article relative
TO The celebrated William Cobbeit. a man who
as a political %.rler, has never had an equal.
In his career, Cobbeit has dis!aneed every
competitor, and, though now well advanced in
years, and poverty-s;ricken, stands unrivalled
among the writer's of any age, Doctor John
son, Junius. Horne Tooke, and Sir william
Jones rot excepted:
W look upon Goblet az one Of the remark
able n.en OF The presrnt tine, and as Afford NJ
4 singnl,r ex II pie of tho extent OF no iorieiy
to wh Oh an no s,Iual may ATTAIN III England,
Hnder all poss BILE disadvantages Of BARN and
rdGrai . 80. the tsere r..cCt otiaiens aud N
dustr; and "a showing on tie otrer hand how
tput;le GlY / G fruits of these vatuah'e quail
I IS ma, hr lost, for want Of a SMALL intus!oD
Of r~0"sni0n no estv. This We take 10 be the
zeal defect in the character OF tobbetf. Asa
prose wrner, he has &c ~ super.ors, N the Lam
| gage. Thougu familiar and popular, hc is
| generally pure and Direct, and AT tines c!e-
.iut; town! aud ersy but nevertheless hef
vans, rn,nttd. and s.gHiy"nf, aud abo'e All.
Thoroughly T. g'ish II is 10" s~oneHhrre
about ihrriy ,e.rs since, under the name OF
Peter PR aTiue, he first kniled ts Rash
,'a.,h, ,ta, -. ID. .t'1,,,;, U,,,, ,,,t,
he Jaco in! (iLe ,, that is uoA r4.sed
against h,") wss Len ms DAN ~atcnword; as
:" io'.' ~ s'".o '"r wv "
IN. s,,oe v, W. t,c nIh:c,ron of , week.,
| paper, entitled 1ae .4ni~Ja,pjia. iarErg'a
rcul ','rnt vas. perhaps .nici'or 10 ihs' "i
80 .. n,i oa.L 40, No y.r,,o,, ~,
uoral stn.hlty no keon. t.,an that of Other
person; and his poli r"l 'on-'s'enoy BY 10
~ - .''.''' ~ 'a1 a,a,'a. -.
rose req ~, 10 ;Ee tr., p!,ces N tie queen
nlcni, and finally I" he highest ut all. "tie
.',, a @ - nv ","a,.Js
of volumes of tle best and mos, popular com-
position N IT,. language. !nds hlsef atss,
|s.'S "9'' p'r'''''l "'o."" Wv =
| wi,hnu, a ,.nny;,'
Altlor,b H., er.r,ct r,om the Nor,b .mcr-
| icsns. q suite en,'y ,inrtured with censure and
rcuroach. i, bes.oSs n compliment on Goblet,
WI, c., il well mar,ed. aud which. AAou!d it cv-
er arrest his attention, cannot bu, be grateful
10 his pride. his vanity and his f,r!ines.
! Though We have had good reaso $ for aepre-
Gazing and dslkirg ma,.Y of the VIKINGS OF
Cobbc,t, we have alwa,s admi-ed lbs talents,
honoured lis ponias, and applauded his midas.
,rv For o,ra.Ives. We will saw. that we new.
or. believed Goblet deficient of common
hoaes,p," and have always ascribed his vasci-
lations, and political alterations, to that &C.
centric disposition, which is SO prominent, and
50 consp;chons!y observable, IN the characters
| Of men Of extraordinary geni.is. Goblet. al
wnys p,eant well, and ALWAYS wss a devoted
friend 10 universal Liberty: a STEADY and An IN
sparing opposor to tyranny, ard for this he has
ever deserved we'll or Lis country ard ,bc
world. Il is TO be Lm.rted. ,aa, he has mo-,
,J.oys d,y,,,od bius,lr IN ~. :, oo,reo ~,
consistency. for had h.. done 60. La m,gb, hoy.
produced incajcuIable bcneG,, for the world
Bat always VARYING. "evor new" he has all
ed 70 accomplish n thous,ud ,hinps he has
aimed at. and lost the confidence Of tbs world
p,t with all his f,ul,s. Mr. C,bhs,t nosssss.
&c MANY virtues: he IS a friend TO the DISTRESS
ed and the su;T,r;cg. and in him tbs ,ersecut-
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