The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-02-24

ooIQ<or %; Post, NO ocQnkueSuVou Hnou'o n@vv I,
i,lduc6d him TO have deserted them; if they !
we're of 10 higher importance than 10 have
rendered Il cafe that ikey should be confidod
to the captain Of an ordinary merchant vessel,
then they should have gone through this chan
mel, and Mr.. Pioasants ought nor 10 have been
appointed.
Sir, Daniel r. Cook was pursued by tho
gentleman, because he was dead; John II
Peasants wasin like manner pursued, because
he was alive.
The case Of Mr.. Brooks is another on this'|
record. He was Clerk in the Office Of the
TroAsufy. Grown eld and becoming cNfec,
bIcd, his follow clerks with a gesososityt of
purpose pecuIisr 10 themselves, performed his
duties in tho hours OF recess, or by extra labor,
and permitted this aged and destitute man to
receive one halfof tho salary. This instance
Of redoubled diligence and charitable rrovis.
ion for a supera rannuated fellow Iaborcr in these
generous mon, 10 set down in tho gentleman's
diary, abuses, and the Executive IL censured,
because this aged man, with his family, was
not thrown out to perish in The streets.
The case OF Anthony Morris is another. He
10 a clerk in thu Registers Office Mr.. Nor.
ris is an old man, Is one Of those few veterans
Of the Revolution and old Congress now alive,
who by their employment and memory con.
meet the present with the past Government.
Ho Is literary man, the only ono, says Mr..
Michael Noursc, In the Office What Of than
In consideration Of his advanced age, infirm
health, and that al his daughter, he mighlbe
absent from the service three months in the
year lone month more than the ordinary nj.
lowance to all the clerks.
| This case, sir. ls by the magnanimity ofthe
! gentlsmais, marked down among the instances
Of gross Executive abuse. What can the gen
teman reply to these exploits Of his rnagnan-
unity? y
leave il 10 the nation TO compare Rufus
King with John Randoph; and the mission Of
one to England with that OF the other TO Rus
sia. Let them also compare the recess ofMr
| Brown, Minister tu France, after years Of ser.
vice, and after sending homo his rrsignation
let them say, run the parallel between this
recess Of mr., Brown for a few days to the
south Of France, or the Lako of Qencva, aud
the liegira Of John Randolph, after teu days
| visit, from ST. Pctersburgh to some place, no
one can to!. whore, in England. The people
will do justice in all these casos
| The gentleman from New York has thrown
his ponderosity into the scale Of panegyrc,
thereby to render the weight Of euIogy on the
Russian Minister overwhelming -scrap iron
increases the weight, not the value OF gold.
! Hc does admit some sort of talent in speaking
tothe parliamentary rivals Of himsrlfm elo
! qucnce--to Lowndcs, to Clay, and To Web
1
7 on some part OF his face; and doubtless many
a coxconb has believed himself to be an ora-
tor, because, like Cicero, he had wart on his
nose. Somebody has said that 'sMan, of all
the animal creation al me, is endowed with
vanity" Who cvor saw the Cock Sparrow
,ncasuring his wing in fight with Tho Falcons
lbeicve there arc gentlemen in this House
who could give. US good reasons whythe elo-
qucnce of the Orator Of Roanoke plantation
has better reasons 10 rcmcmbsr iho sloqnencc
of the oversccr. Much as that eccentric man
loved his joke and his sarcasm, l,c Ioved his
fame more; and he would have spared The lash
on that occasion, could lie have suspected il
might bring him into tho poor condition of en-
during praise al the hands Of tho gcntIe,nan
from New York. Such revenge for such n
| cause, is said to DO peculiar TO that gcntlen,au,
and ono species Of one other rare among US.
u-- -.I----..s'oe~rrtury ~ orState, that he
thinks II slanderous to associate tho name
ofthat Politician with any other acciden,
Children, in these scientific times. who
have advanced somewhat into the n,yste.
lies OF chemistry do, after beating ,,p eoap
and water together in basin, amuse them
selves with a clean pipe In blowin0 nm
bubbles and sending them OFF from ,he
bowl inflated. and gliitcring, to sail awav n
moment, and then burst and vanish into
their original nothingness. For snobt T
know, the Secretary may be amusing him.
sell by the samo innocent experiment.
Who would interrupt the sentimental mar.
mony OF political friendship (? u For ali
which he 70 distinguished, the character of
the Secretary is fixed; il cannot be eiepafed
oy any sabors OF the protege4-it cannot ba
!o,re,sd by the efforts of others. God for
old that should throw a straw in the wav
OF any mans advancement. Their friends
are daily carrying and Iaying at the gatc
Of the treasury, those who have ereru THING
TO recommend them erctpt the piefv and
good tcorks Of the bcggar in the paroble.
and who, all uIke, desire 10 be fed from
the crumbs which fall from the tables Of |
those feasting within. slope deferred y
we find, does mot make every heurt sick -
Gentlemen, doubtless, have assurances
that each political Lazarus shall be served
in his tnrn.--rhe next basket Of brokrn
meat brought out, may be sent 10 New
York, and IMPLY satisfy the anpet;ts
sharpened oy atwo years want Of II. i
The gentleman accuses mo of depart.
ure from the question TO bring into the de-.
bate our late treaty with the Sublime Porte.
SIR, every thing rendering our Russian re-. Il
|ations important comes into any question
them. 10 not our new rela-
lion: with the great European rival Of Rus.
s'a demonstrate more strongly our need Of h
an ehc'ent mission at the Court Of 81. I
petersburghP The Secretary has told us
IN the Message, that the Black Sea has
been opened TO US by our treaty with the
Sublime Porte. The gentleman does
Know full well, that the swords of our