Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-10-24
PORTRAIT OF A DEAfAGOGUE.

N!r Hugh s. Legare, the DISTINGUISHED
conservative OF South Carolina, late member
Of Congress from the Charleston district, be-
ing in Syracuse during tie sitting of the Con.
scr1ativc Convention, on his way to the Nj
agara Falls, was Invited TO attend and address
the meeting. The editor of the Albany Even
ing journal was present, and reports the fol-
lowing passage of his speech from memory.
1t IS sketch from life, for which every coun-
ty In our State could furnish man who would
pass for the original:
"Some OF these demagogues set I'D for ey-
elusive friends OF the poor man; and what did
they do to promote his welfarea Did tbev
teach him to trust in Providence, to ccnciIiate
the sympathy and esteem of his feliow-mcn.
or to put his own shoulder to the wheeI2 Did
they dWeil, Ter his encouragement upon the
unSpeakable blessings with which he was
surrounded in this counrv-emphatica the
country the Pcor manl Did they point to
the glorious results with which it was COW
cred all oVer-ot industry, stimulated by pow
erty, and relying, under heaven only. on an
honest heart and a coed right arm! Did thew
tell him that this mighty State. of whose
beauty and grandeur he (Nlr Legarel he'd.
untli lew days past. but a very INADEQUATE
conception, was one vast monument OF what
poverty and labor, with good morals. conld
achleyelnaiew generations? Did they speak
to hi!n OF the Astors and Girards, who, hepin.
mag Iii condition as humble as his, had n
sen TO be mere than The princes of the earthq
y" NO The language they held to him
was III lar different strain--it was the lar
g9age which 1.-THE tenpter ere the DESTROYER.
OF mankind" addressed 10 Ills yictips---tha
.liS;,nguage OF pride, envy, despite ard despair.
hty DID, Indeed, uniCck the strong boxes Of
inc Iich, but not with view to awake in hin,
tne generous and comforting emulation which
the1f example was so well fitted to inspire.
they pap speak 10 him Of the Astors and
nirards--but they did not tell him that these
colossal fortunes were the natural fruit ard
the appropriate reward Of long years Of "a
tent: hdttatigabie industry, Of sagacious en-
/ FPrlze, OF sober self denial Of ays.tchiuc- ,nf
ot anxious days, Of perseverance amid dis
cnaragei!ent' OF courage and constancy NJ
DER misfortune ard ditIicuIty-tl.ey did not
,gh am MIS- ard then 9ay go and do thou
likc'NlsS, tor tacU cars!." They t.tt,5bs min
TO SIT down and field his arms in repi,,ip-
GnfruioGs !istessncss end indclencc---to hate
all business BAT Dc'!l:cs. cnd 10 lock upc1 ths.
eoilii'' nNe1:ih Is his apoil---.o revolt quai.st
MS destiny without making enc cffo.t to bet
Ger ms condl'ioi!--tJ bIaspheiae the Cod who
had cast his lct in this 1acat blessed { ali
ldHds-to CURSE his brother whose crime yras
met he had set him an example Of qucccSsfui
'ndrStry--to find t-uii. and virtually to rebel
against the institutions OF his country, wl,ici.
i'ad protected iia. in every ri.eht, ard offered
MIN inducements tu tie exercise of every tall
ems AID capacity.
Instead Of PUttinginto his hands Tia plough
or the spade, the axe and The plane, instead
OF pointing hin %. tnc snip or counting-hcusc.
they armed him with the torch Of the inccndi-
airy, ard II not with the dagger Of the assassin,
yee with the far more unSyaring sword Of re-
voiutionary yengeance--and whom they had
thus completely corrupted and debauched him:
perverted his understanding with tic sorhis-
try of he'll, filed his heart with the e4il Of
bitterness, daFkened and pcFplcxod all his
views Ct his own condition AID OF the cosdi-
ton Of society--when they he'd driqrn mir, +,
Pdron9y and desperation, and made hin. fl
only for the cell of the maniac OF the fclon.
they capped thc climax oftheir offsnceo arainst
secretly by a Still greater crine--by thaf iros-
Iiic@oIc crime Ct which The Jaco5ins ofFrance
mad been said 70 ba gJiity-the crime cf rem
dcT!ng liberty itself odicus. They blaspI1ern-
CD ana prcsttGted the very namc---the sacred
non5--ct popular government, and they cal
led The desperate, tho dupc and tic victim If
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