Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-10-25

they attempted to vindicste. I believe, bOx-
ever. that public opinion Is not long uujn-' aud
that nj last it generally correc,s i,soif. They |
do not mention the names of Tie tao great
personages and thu-, perhaps. leave ~ ~ or
vanity To designate theta. IL night lie fau
enough, therefore, f,r you and me 10 Clam"
this distinction. ir II we're not too Obvious iha
some little pi ful tricks had been prscined 10
create u. Orthoso knos We are both inca
pable; nu9 AN biead, therefore, for your
Iaks and M o9o. 10 rcnoancc or claims To
ihis monopoy Of prblic npplaurc. II ~ PITY,
indeed, that the pJblc should lie de ei,rd on
tl,.s occasion: nh 80 muc'i becitfo hs error ~
nnriou. 10 ~, ~ this wo,.ld p0fh ps he an
evll nj vefy limited extent; bal bseanse II gwb
false and frtiious iDpon,noc 10 o,ter',
which may 30 abuse IN their race for Popular-
~ 10 unrigh'cous purposes IN which tho "bole
nation ~ concerned.
eff therefore, the person who has fppnd u
somsN what difficult TO support tho rcpu'auon
Of great iaion's by the production of anJ ihiap
gren, IN The department which ho has adminis-
iorod who shfunh from tho duties Of that de-
p,rmoni on The first approach Of diiiculiy
whose political iiunness and integrity are nj
least epnivocnl and whose origin proscTbcs
him IN the homes, prcdwdlccs of the nation,
should in despair of exercising directly himself
tho powers of tn, Chief MngisiraGy seek Tor
some convenient individual 10 I'll that station,
whom l.o might maLsgo and control and move
rs shonman his puppets at PRS. IL tho in
iviJnal hus sought siould be- kind Of labo-
rions pcdln,, without judgment enough 10 be
useful, or taste sufficient TO bo admired; who
- suspc c,cd Of forgetting his country IN the
pursuit Of li'lo personal or family interests;
md who is known frequently TO forget him
self IN plroSisn ri uuin1nageabo passion.
" ho h,q had tho yIfiue 10 mask his pattici.
p,iion IN the reseut'ncnis Of his father, un
dor ihc nficc'ilion Of patriotism, and tho pa
'riotisn 20 deseI' rs party when II bad lost
"a power; who adopts tho most oXlrayaglni
opinions IN The hectic Of the moment, aud
defends them with obsiinacy aud vchemcDce
vhl'e tho fever lasts, and thus reduces him.
sclf to tho miscr1bc alternative Of bong
constantly absurd or ridiculously inconsistent: :
WHO has neither dignity 10 command, nor
addiess 10 pcrsundo, and IL therefore as uD-
qualified 10 rule Others, a3 be IL TO govern
hnnsc.f; who believes tho national prosperity
10 consist IN the prospery Of deirict. and
ciicunocribcs his lows Of country within tho
confines Of the sia'c IN which he wns born;
"ho would batter tho patriotic blooh Of Tie
West fpr b'uhbcf, and exchange ultra ALE.
ghany sca'rs for coGffh, who inhcrts "
vanity without bound, ana a Jealousy that
| dscolouts ovcry thing who---Bpi enough!
7 -ay If al tbs should he ,o--aGd these two
| mcn should have formed a fclonious conspir-
acy 70 cheat ihomsolve- iiio public favour
| by liichng from their colleagues their well
GAINED proportion of fame ought wo not .
| how liilo soeyor GO may valGe the stolen
! goods. - drag the thieves TO Justice, and 10
| prnscn' ,hcm converting our property 10 the
! purchase Of dangerous and unmorhcd nlu-
/ cncc,
ttvt
/ ginco of tIcsD mcn, I am not at all surpris-
/ cd At their exclusive professions. Tho one
! appeared 10 conaider hiInself as a kind Of
! ,rinerin member of The Cabinet. and to bear
| about hma ponl0n Of the sovereign power
| IIo frequently conducted as If ho ielt rather
! .he right Df giving Instructions, than the OBJ
! legation of obcyIug ihemi and his colleagues
| found !, necessary on more than one Occa
! SION 10 remind hin of their equality, aud to
| rcriran him within the bounds Of his duty
| rho other, either from alphabetical priority,
| or accident, having been hrst named IN the
| commission instIdouslJ claimed rank on every
J occasion. iIc was as ambitious of the hon
| ora nf the dinner Table, "a he was Of thosn
! II the council board and undcyIa'ingly plared
lnnscr a. the head of both. He not only
| assumed the right Of being the organ Of our
| oral communications, 10 which si,uliIon more
| than once blusbod for him and for Ourselves;
| bu' he t',imod and iorcibly kept against
. vote Of the comm sson the possession Of its
| Official archives
! notwithstanding however, tho charn ctcris,ic
pr.supp'lo which betrayed iiself IN their cx-
| elusive prctcr IIona, The pratcnsions thcrnscves
! arc not The less nnfDUDdcd and inadmissiblc
| what would have become of tho rights and
! honor Of tho country, # they had depended
alone on the narrow aud irno serving policy
of n man who sought fpr peace as a financial
cxpeden. and appeared s,Il 10 lrcmblc at the
| hollow groans Of the Treasury, which, in It's
! distress he had abandoned. a man who al
ways inclining 70 the side Of cOnccgsion was
| absolutely borne through the negotiation by
| lhc lrmncys of his colleagues; who sought to
Oh am the possible bu, paltfy difference bo-
| tween specie and current money, N Tho lqui-
! daio1 of advances which might hnvo been
made for The maint,innncr Of prisoners, with
more zeal than ho bad resisted the most cx
travng,n, demands asscried by The enemy; aud
VINO after having explicitly ayowcd that tho
| contested liberty Of the fisheries was no equiv
aleni for The free Navigation of The Mississippi
not only insisted ihn, the latter should bd Of
! ferod ~ consideration Of the forul-r. but oc'u-
ally hlonsclfmade this offer 20 tho British Com
! pigqloncfs, IN n manner unexpected and unnu-
ihotzcd by at least a una orty Of his collca-
! gucs. Peace, st my rate, was hrs object (;
and taking counsel of his nerves. be appeared
TO be prepared to pay for II in any thing OK
| ccp' specie.
"And what would have become of the peace
itself, thus nordnnfoly sought for by ono Of
J these mon, had II been nrus'ed 10 tho Wild
eecen'ricily md inlenpcroio caprice of tho
other THIS last had 30 pfeciptnicly made up
! his judgement on tho existing circumstances,
! That he not only pronounced peace 10 bc in,-
/ practicable, bu', on leaving Stockholm, inli-
mated tho uncertainty nf his proceeding flr,h
or than Goiicnbutg, ~ he acknowledged nci-
! ther the utility or obligation Of ncquicscIng in
! tho locniIon Of Tho Cnngreas nt Ghcni. If tho