Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-30

THE INTRIGUER.

81 have known (says Burk) rchants with the SEN
timents and abilities Of Statosmen and have seen
tions and characters of pedfers. Indeed my obscr-
walton has furnished me with nothing that is to he
foundin any habits of life education, which tends
wholly to disqualify for the functions of Gov
eminent. but that by which the power of exercising
those functions is very frequently obtained-I mean
spiri and habit Of ioto cabai and intrigue; ioich
haue never IN one instance united toh capacity
for sound and manly policy" NJ
Every age and country have furnished the originals
Of the great Philosophers delineation our own time
presents the example Of one who might have sat for
the picture. In 1914 the present Secretary of State
was an obscure village lawyer in the State of New
York; in incredibly short space of time, he has
contnved to advance himself to the second and now
boldly reaches out his grasp the first honour
within the gift and the supreme rule twelve
millions of people. In tracing his lie. the enquirer
discover e,inent services reddered the Repub-
lilo, no benefcent policy of which he the author,
no evidence of rom arkabe abilities, which many 9th
have not clearly exhibited-to account for his
sudden and soaring elevation. AS lawyer, his rep
utation to the height of many cotempora-
: ries of his native State; influential politician in
the Legislature of New York, his efforts were prin-
cipay directed to humble the ascendency of De Witt
Clinton, and organize for party trumphs, the uume-
Commonwealth: pretend to no minute acquaintance
with HIS the history of the legislation and internal
affairs cf that State, during the period of his party
ascendency but if he proposed achieved aught for
the common good. that argues extraordinary sagacity
expansion, or benevoence, the fame Of it has
reached our ears a Governor a single common place
and electioneerng message is the only monument of
bis service. His career in the Senate of the United
Etata~ 10 H. T. al.
body he vas for many years Chairman ofthe Judicial
ry Committee, one or the least Importance. In that
capacity ignorant of any thing that proceeded
from his pen of general nature, calculated either to
enhance his reputation, to advance the jurispru-
deuce Of the country As Senator, single speech
on the Panama Mission neither the abest nor the
most admired. is the principal basis of his fame
Statesman What he has done as Secretary of State
in the shape of instructions those to whom is dele
gated the duty Of managing foreign relations, is
not yet developed either by results the publication
Of the instructions themselves. "In the name of al
the Gods at once upon what meat has this Ce.
sar fed, that he hath grown so great
In his works, we End sufficient explanation
Of smans unprecedentediy rapid rise. Intrinsi.
-, his sentiments tame and common place
compared with the abilities displayed by Others their
conceptions of policy, and power fadvocacy his may
without the suspicion prejudice, be deemed mean &
altogether inferior. This comparative and intrinsic in
ferory would be than balanced by the discovery
of his recognition of and inexible adherence to right
principles. On the contrary, his life has been sue
cesson of summersetts. A Fedora list, Chntonian
Bucktail, lattudnaran, a Unitarian; he has triet
them all, and held fast just long and no longer.
it was personally convenient. The prospect of one
day reaching the Presidency opened nnnn Li- fi tne
first time, w aiding MT. Crawford in " York
he either presumed or was told, that the favor would
DO gratefully remembered. His own State would be
ready to support candidate of her own, and the
operating gratitude of the South with incidental aid
which opportunity might secure, would be sufcien,
for success The origin Of these ambitious ospira-
tions in the mind of the Secretary, distinctly mark
cd by numerous circumstances. His pilgrimage to
Vwinia his pompous visit of friendship to Mr. Craw.
ford, the Inccssant aduation which from that time
forward, his mouth pieces at Albany and New York
lavished upon Virginia and every thing south Of tbs
Potomac to an extent nauseous to the very objects
of the hattery--these and many minor indications
sufficiently established the nature Of his views, the
time when he first conceived them, and the means
through which he sought success. Now too, we frsf
begin to hear Of his zeal for State Rights zeal sngu
larry deficient in good toorks, for while the Senator
from New York endeavorcd TO proptate the strict
constructoniss by professions Of attachment to their
principles, and declarations Of his purpose to aid in
recovering "the lost rights Of the States" he contn
ucd to the last, to vote for those of I'm
provement, by which those "lost rights" were ina
gined to DO chiefly endangered
Such is a candid review. the best Of our belief
Of this mans public life the evidence of his talents
services, and attachment to principles; and the clnm:
which he offers for the most responsible station in the
nation. Detective IN detail it may be--dcfectve in
delineation OF character and claim, do not believe
it to be-defectve in candor, VIC know it not to be-
Whstcvcr surprise may feel at bis rise so ON
common for its suddonrcsy go dsprOportiOncd to th'