The Arkansas advocate., 1830-05-12

iifoeilei pul ioie5 pcloTe II was their extraordinary fortune to die on the sana day, the anniversary of their country,s independence, each had yielded to fbs other credit for his motives, and tbes had become fast friends. Why shopIa that state of repose between the veneras ble patriarchs have been disturbed2 What good could have resulted from. ]. gathering and publication ofaIl the hard things they might have said against ons another, in years long past? And wit, respect to WASHINGTON, as wei as these and other venerable fathers in .fbe Irepubiic,) his general characteris a vaSf and valuable property of generations yet to come: his devotion, fidelity and service, are above all price in their ex. ample, to say nothing of tic substantial benefits that flow from the integrity and zeal with which the business of the re- volution was prosecuted. The resigna. ton of his commission and command n Annapolis, of itself, was an act sufficient to have redeemed all the political eg- TOTS he made in his whole lifei and tha opinions even of MT. Jefferson. as to some of these real or supposed errors, though they mighthave been properly expressed at tbe tiae q tSeir action, can now have
 effect only to weaken the force of his
 remarks on other subjects, which the
 people would wish to regard as estab. lished principles.
 I We are the more surprised at the
 publication of Mir. Jefferson's religions j opinions, expressed in familiar letters to some of his friends, because that he him.
 self deemed some of them unfit for the public eye. Among the extracts pub lished, is one saying that he had request. ed of the family of Dr. Rush the return of a certain paper, s'lest the inquisition ] of the public should get hold of it.9- Ought not this to have afforded a hint to his grandson and editor? If the much loved patriot had pleased to have set ! himself up for a reiormer of religion
 hi lle iyss, his his fiastt to tt dc so would not have been contested in this land of lib- erty, whatever of success or defeat had attended his efforts: but as he did not
 think 1t proper to encounter the respon- sibilitY of matter so important-it ! would appear that the things which he. : supposed should not meet @the inquisi- ton of the public. though he was pre- sent to defend them, ought not to have 1 been published after his death, even if 2 preserved; and certainly a separation of them from the rest of his papers was ! imperiously required, that the greatest 2. good might follow spreading of his political writings.
 The National Intelligeneer, speaking
 of the determination of the presidento of the United States, to strike from the Re- gisterofthe Navy the names of aI1 those
 concerned ill the late duel at Philadei- phia, says
 "The determination of the Executive
 announced in the above paragraph, is one of great consequence, 10 which VIC
 are disposed to award the credit of the
 best motives. and, for any thing we can.
 see, of a wise and proyident exercise of
 the only Prerogatiye( save one )of the Ex-.
 ecutive of the United States.
 Il "'Fhe greatness of it's consequences
 lies in it's being precedent, which prob-
 ably will settle the question, forever,
 that no duel, or challenge of defiance to
 q duel, will be tolerated on the part of
 the officers of the navy or army, with
 persons in the private walks of life, if,
 under any circumstances whatever be-
 tween themselves.
 ]" We feel sorry fer the seconds iii the
 late duel who have thus been made the
 first objects of a just regard to the gen.
 erai sentiment of the people, on this oc-
 casion outraged. We compassionate
 the situation of even the surviving pria-
 eipal. But the decision, if stern in jus
 tice, is stern in right. The people will
 approve 1t. Instead of yielding to the
 impulse of blind passions, the youth in
 the service ef their country, understand ing the conditions on which they enter
 the public service, wifi submit them
 selves tothemilitary law, which is hence-
 forth 10 hesubmitted for thearbitrament
 of the pistol and the sword, in which
 chance as often decides for the wrong as
 for the right. The error of educationin
 afalse code of honor, has produced the
 fatal catastrophe. The decision of the
 President, in regard to it followed up as
 1t must be rigidly, in every case, tears
 up the error by the roots"
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