Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-29

men. and we're put on and pu, off accordingly
Il followed by irresistible deduction, that
mind so fundamentally vicious In It's texture,
was as dey old Of all elegance as II was oil depth
and strength. True scholarship replied MS
pretrnsions. Tried by chastepec stahdtas
thew tame under the sentence which MS our
Iesoue ob,rusions Of them provoked. ~ was
s;pni6ed-in ieers. Neither his Latinitg nor
his English could pass. His syntax, nav hrs
very orthoepy, was remarked to be as defective
az his irrringements Of the canons OF taste were
nernetual; and i, was hard to determ' ne whe,h'
er. in his Juror lingus, nature or PrlscIan got
most blows from him. Qun,rrs Of Latin IKE
himself were common in England, but not III
GOOD company since The ridicuIe cast upon
Them BY SmoIl,t and Fielding, ORAToRY ask
ed if her art in America had sunk 10 mere GAP,
bile. She gravely demanded if il consisted OF
speeches eked out by tumble of all things,
with hard names applied to all persons. On
sxamir.,ion it was perceived, that this was
succinct explanation Of his speeches; and that
m other suited them SO well. GENUS advanc-
ed with her inqury; ENlUs with piercing ey,,
| and robed in splendour. She held wreaths IN
| her nalm. and her ornaments had The sohdity
&c well as the lus,re Of gold. Her presence aw.
en- whilst it dazzled. The questions which she
nropounded were listened TO with eager deep
attention. Being told tina, he had been thirty
years in publir life, she desired 10 be ini"rm.a'
what memorials he had rais' d up of himself III
| the American nation; what laws he had INTRO
duced: what measures he had carried forward,
what schemes Of pubic advantage he had re-
| commended; what works he had founded, use
full or muni6c ent; what act he had done, what
idea he had originated, that was to attest 10 al
Ter times his wisdom, his intelligence, or his
patriotism? If nohing of himself, had he been
fellow worker with others in rearing ur aHy OF
those establishments OF policy or legislation
which, in peace as in war; had enhanced the
sober rerown, or lighted up The glory OF the
Republic? The inquiries were frulless. They
produced nothing. Opportunities The most
! ample had been lost upon him. Spacious as
had been The frld and fer,lizing the elements,
foi him there was no harvest. Al, all, was
sreri!iy, as if under his barren STAR here could
b. 10 offspring JUDGMENT, who stood by with
her balance was aghast! Sine surrendered him
I'D in am azement. The finn was removed. y
inst, al Of The heavenly body is whose giitering
beams he had been affecting to shoot, nothing
was seen, but Iack-anern. And is this the
person, the exclamation went round, who has
ranked men Of abilities among his admirers!
Is this the person whose audaciousness has oeeh
exalted into genius, whose impudeuce has been
COMPOUNDED with briItia"cy? Is this the indi-
: ,idual whose literary and personal buffnonerles
have been hailed with plaudiis? Impossible !!
there is 100 much good sense, TOO much good
feeling in III, UEiteG States. The whole must
have been irony, pure irony Surprising him
TO be rescued from this conclusion, IL was With
one accord declared, that the only way OF &C
counting for any talents in him was by refer
ring them 10 his depraviiy, which was ever
snce, The hrSt iisIngs 6f wKfth rK5ntgT Toyfaf TO
his bosom, other men would stife- There are
among manking those who, wanting strength
and swit:ness 10 run ahead of thei, fellow men
In the noble race of sc hievment and dstinc ton.
seek notoriety by running awry, in strides Of
moral and mental ohliquily To this class EN-.
pha'icaily belonged, il was also declared, the
Individual in question.
Ills claims 10 oil genuine superiority had evi.
DENLY fallen In q"ick succession TO The ground
On The most deliberate estimate which right
reason and critical Justice could form of his
qualities under strict bu, fair review of them
all, the decision passed against him as gentle,
man, scholar, orator, statesman and man of ge.
mus. 1t became hopeless, on the book Of his
| life being o1ened and sc AIMED, to deck him in
the honors OF any ore Of those characters, any
more than to make HIM our an amiable or good
man HIS title TO each was instantaneousy
Partially, no recollection Of his advenlitious
fame, none OF the empty exaegeralions and.
thoughrless praises,hy which it he'd been pulled
out; there was n" ingenuity Of fancy or force of
ogick could save him. 1t might be shock
to preJudices sprnging from such sources as
these, and which time had made almost invet.
erat suddenly and otay TO give him up; bu,
there was no resisting the convictions which
made il iuevi'a able. Still the contes, was not
over Candour required the admission, that
there was one other character in whkh he had
long Hourished in his own country, and aour
'sbrd IN supremacv:--THE CHARACTER OF A GA
LuMNIhToR This was the exclusive test to
which his claims at last came. Nothing else
was left upon which 10 build The least hope Of
reputation for his mental faculties. Blu: here
be was great Here, thought I, he will bear the
bell. shall have the victory now True. there
will be something ignoble in il, but everthrless,
II will be victory. There is nothing can match
him In this linesurely. John Randolph against
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