Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-04


cause IS called or till another Court siis--ll the
bystandcrs and jury have had time TO forget both
argument and conclusion and they will make YOU
just as good an argument the other side. and ar
rive with the same complacency at directly cppo-
size conclusion, and triunphantly demand YOUR as
sent TO this new truth Sir il is their business
do not blame them. only say that such habit
OF mind units men for action, for decision They
want client TO decide for them which side to
take; and the really great man performs that Of
lice. This habit units them for government in
the first degree. The talent for government lies
IN these two things-sagacity 10 perceive, and de-
ciSion toact. Genuine statesmen were never made
such by mere training; 0dScuatttr non Gunf--
education will form good business men. The
maxim (poScifur non FD Is as true of statesmen
a 1t Is OF poets. Let house be on fire, YOU will
soon see IN that confusion who has the talent to
command. Leta ship be in danger at sea- and or
binary subordination destroyed, and you will i'm
mediatcly make the same discovery. The ascen-
dancy OF mind and OF character exists and rises rs
naturally and as inevitably, where there is free
play for II, as material bodies find their level bv
grarita;ion Thus great logcian, like certain
animal, oscill0ting between the hav on diHereu,
sides oi hun, wants some power from without be-
I fore he can decide from which bundle TO make
1 trial. Who believes that Washington could write
I as good book or report as Jefferson OF. make as
/ able speech a. Hamilton? Who is there that hc-
lieves that Cromwell would have made as good a
Judge as Lord Hale? No, sir; these learned and
accomplished men IND their proper place under
those who are fitted 10 command, and 10 command
them among the rest Such man as WASHINGTON
VIII say 10 Jefferson, do you become nv Score
tary oil State; to Hamilton, do you take charge of
my purse, or that of the nation, which is the same
thing; anu TO Knox, do you be my master of the
horse All history shows this: but great lopicians
anu great scholars are for that very reason unfit to
be rulers. Would Hannibal have crossed the Aims
when there were no roads-Tth elephants-in the
| lace oil the warlike and hardy northumberland
have carried terrour to the very gates of Rome,
| II his youth had been spent in porting over books,
| Would he have been able to maintain himself On
the resources OF his own genius for sixteen wears
IN Italy, IN spite of faction and treachery in the
Senate OF Carthage, if he had been deep in comic
sections and fiuXions, and the differentia calculus
! 10 say nothing oil botany, and mineralogy, a nd
chemistry? Are you not ashamed said a NH
! loSophcr TO one who was born TO rule are Won
not ashamed TO play so we'll upon the flute?'' Sir
1 twas well put. There is much which il becomes
secondary man 10 know-much that ii is neces-
sary Tor him to know, that first rate man ought TO
DC ashamed 10 know: NO head was clear and
sound that was stuifd with book learning You
might as well attempt to iatten and strengthen a
man by stufng him with every variety and tho
greatest quantity of food. After ALL the Chief
must draw upon his subalterns for much that he
uoes not know, and cannot perform himself NV
friend VIM. II. 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 military
people. we have no business for an arny-it hangs
as dead weight upon the nation-officers and
| all. Sir, all that we hear of ii is through nam
pnietS indicating spirit that, if was at the head
oil affairs; should very speedily put down. A
state OF things that never could have GROWN IN
under man of decision of character at the head nf
the State, or the Department.; a man possessing
me spirit Of command; that truest of ali tests of
Gmet, whether military civil. Who rescued
BraddoclS, when he was fighting scc,t1H,t, l,r,s,,
and his men dropping around him on every
| side: 1t was Virginia Militia Major He as
serted In that crisis the place which nroperlv he
ionged TO him, and which he afterwards filled in
! the manner we all know.
Sir, may, without any noel. rnodcst,-. ac,,,ovy,
| ledge what feel, that have made an unsuccess
~ reply 10 the gentleman from Massachusetts
| Ihere are some subjects which could have wish
led 10 have touched upon before I sit down ,o,,,
and for ever. had the materials in INV possssson
when came to the House this morning. but I
am disabled by physical weakness from the most
afyantag eous use Of them.
What shall we say to gentleman, in this House
OF, out OF H. occupying a prominent station, and
ming large space in the eye of his native State
VINO should, with all the adrotness of a practised
| advocate, gloss over the acknowledged encroacb
ieN1s OF the men In power upon the fair construc-
uon OF the constitution, and then present the an
LPalhng picture, giaring and flaming, in his deen
est colours, of bloody military tyrant-a rae,
head and bloody bones-so that we cannot sIeer In
our peas; VINO should conlurc up all the images
Iiat can scare children, or brighton old women
mean very old women, Strand who offers tl,is
Wretched.caricature-this vile daub-vhere brick
dust stands for blood, like Peter PorcupineAs 100
DY BUOY, as reason for his and our support in
virginia, OF man in whom he has no confidence
whom he daDins NTH failt Jyaise-and ,vIo
moreover-tell 1t not in CATH had zealoislv and
deliberately, q cannot say aby) justified every one
oil these very atrocious and bloody deeds? Yes
oir on papeT-not in the heat ofdebatc in fine trans
ports OF a Speech but-as the author of the Rich
mond Anathema full well knew-and knew that
we, too. knew-deliberatey and officially Who
instituted the festival OF Santa Victoria, on the st
oil january, IN honour Of General Jackson and of
Mrs. jackson too? The present incumhent-when
MF. Crawford was the great object of dread IfI
we ud not know that lawyers never see buf one |
SIDE OF case--that on which thew are retained
and that they iondly hope that the Jury will see
WIN their eyes--what should we say OF such n !
man: His client having no character ne attack |
Delendants character upon string OF charge i'm |
every one OF which (supposing them to be tr,,e)
us client was seit-avowed pdrticeps cyi,uinieZ !
having defended, adopted, and made each and ev |
cry one oi tiiem iiis own. Sir suc, man NAV, /
DC great lawyer, (athough this is but moor
specimen oi ms skill in that line or great Mabe
i"''. idil' OF Chems,j but OF man guilty of such
caring dOSufdity II may be fearessly pronounced |
that, in the management of his own concer,,s ND
III tie aairs OF men, he has not " right cool com
mon sense And here, Sir, we come TO that great
and all-important distinction, which the nr0c,ne
vuigar-whether they be the great vulgar or the
smali-'9o often overlook and which have lame
~ rear, endeayoured 70 press upon the House
i Ileah 'nc uishncton between knowledge and I
learning, on the one hand, and sense and i,dgtnen
on tile other. And there lies the great defect ~
tle gentleman in question l have heard II cid
oil MN, by those who know and love him we'll |
" that he can argue either side of a question ,,bo
" thef OF law OF policy, or Of constitutional con-
s'Fuciion' with great ingenuity and force; but he
wants mat sagaciiy in political affairs which first
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