Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-29
VIRGINIA ADVOCATE.

under the old confederation he was se-
lected by Washington as the first Chief
Justice Of the u. S. under the new con.
| need not speak Of the talents with
which he discharged the duties of hi,
latter station. His early education and
regular industry had made him a
learned technical lawyer; and after a
long suspension of these studies. h.
returned to the law with a mind invi.
gorated by constant and laborious en-
ployment. enlarged by variety of OBJ
servation and knowledge, and habi,ua-
ted to the investigation and exposition
of the first principles of right, of liber-
~ and of government.
AS the character of Hamilton pre-.
sents, in its soldier-like frankness and
daring, beautiful example of the spi.
rit of chiva!ry applied to the pursuits of
the statesman, so IN that of Jay, pure
and holy justice seemed to be embodi.
ed. lie lived as one
Sent forth of the Oninipotent, to run
The great career of justice.
He was endowed above most men
with steadiness of purpnse and self
command. He had early sought out
for himself, and firmly established in
his mind, the grand truths, religious,
moral or political, which were to regu.
late his conduct, and they were all en-
bodied in his daily life. Hence Lis ad.
mraole consistency seemed to recon-
c,le aud unite apparently opposite quail
tiles. Ihatgraye prudence, which, in
common men, would have swayed eve.
ny action TO the side of ,imid caution
was in him combined with invincibIe
energy. So too in his opinions. No
man was more deeply penetrated with
the doctrines or the sentiment of reli-
gion ; no man more conscien,iously
exact in its ebservances whilst no
man could look with more jealousy on
any Intermlxture of the religious with
the temporal authority; no man more
dreaded or watched with more vigilant
caution, every invasion, however slisht
upon the rights of private conscience.
Alter lung and uninterrupted series
OF the highest civil employments in the
most difficult times. he suddenly retired
from their tolls and digni,ies. m the
irll vigor of MIND and body, and at al
age when, IN most statesmen, the OBJ
jects OF ambition show as gorgeouslv
/ aud It's aspirations are as s,lrriDp as
ever. He looked upon himself as hav.
ing fully discharged his debt ofservice
to his country and satisfied with the
ample share of gratitude he had receiv
ed, he retired with cheerful content.
without ever once casting reluctant
eye towards the dignities he had left.
For the last thirty years of his life, he
was known to US only by the occasion.
fal appearance of his name, or the en-
Ployment OF his pen in the service O,
Piety orPhilanthropy. A halo of vene.
ration seemed to eDcircle him, as one
belonging to another world, though We,
lingering amongst us. When. DURING
the last year, the tidings Of his deatI
came to us, they were received through
the nation, not with sorrow or mourn
ing: but with solemn awe, like tha
with which we read the mysterious
passage of ancient scripture" Ant
Enoch walked with God, and he wa
not, for God took him"
The New York American says "pri
Vate letters recently received in thi
city from Paris, speak ola disposition
having been clearly manifested by tn
existing Government of France, to sa
tisty the reasonable demands of the u
nited States"
A rare occurrence took place fe,
days ago in PeekskiIl, N. Y. which re
suited in the death of an individual
An elderly man was crossing field,
horse came up to him, as i'm want O
salt, when he suddenly wheeled an,
kicked him violently in the bowels, q
which h. died.