The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-11

fight that controversy now; but, II an oath Oh ae
glance worth straw, Il Is Impossible 10 re-
| concie Washington's conduct with honor. lie was
| undoubtedly very able man, and very successful
one but, that he had the right ON his side thai he
justified in his revolt, that he was any thing
beyond the slave of demonstrations ambition IN
his own person, and the instrument OF corrupt ana
unprincipled revolt in that of others facts give The
most unanswerable testimony lie was " immortal,
in no other than any lucky ransgressor I'M
mortal and this the Colonel ought 10 have known.
Life round of gaIees. In the evening
he was taken 10 ball given by Mesdames ] aurence
and Shore. He does not explain the partnership
| There every thing wan festive. There was dancing
on the lawn; in the dining room was the moe sub
stantal enjoyment OF long table groanng under az
good things grapes, ices, pine apples Jellles &c lie
| was presented toevrry renowned man" and besuu-
ful woman and after all this had to go TO party at
Mrs. Quincys He met, in the course ofthis day Of
delight, General Sumner, who talked TO HIM " en-
thusia slicay about England" General Dearborne,
warm in his expressions of good feeling towards US,
"who touched on the sympahzers, and their desmca-
BILE deeds in late border euds, and on Tue lrehu-
ship existing between General Scott the American
commander) aud Sir John Harvey. "All, both male
| and female secured anxious to make out pedigree
| connecting them with cd England, TOWARDS which
they universally expressed the warmest regard and at
| tachment.
| The coloncI's M xt exhibition was the anniversary
| of Harvard College in which he heard discourse
delivered by Mr.. Woods, on the union OF science
| and religion which he considered a very eloquent
| performance, though Two hours and twenty minutes
!! long But he does not praise every thing. An ua-
lucky poet, who had been a senator, and, as ne as
rich nghi be entitled to go his road to ruin, read
hi. pc, try, which had the not improbable effect OF
| clearing the benches The party then adjourned to
the dinner, where they as happy as possible =
The colonel was first called and placed on the right
Of the Governor of Massachusetts, and the honorable
Marcus Morton, whom he finds remarkably taeiurn
| man, which in common parance, might imply very
| stupid fellow. But The colonel follows It with
| ID have no doubt, a very talented man This is
couleur dc rose in perfection
Story, an old Judge, talked much, and the colonel
says hat he was "buoyant brilliant and so FORTH but
when he TO particulars, the general nature oil
| this brilliancy becomes rather doubtful
THE iudgr, who at all in The rng, and mas
ter of epery subject, would not let religious matters
| remain undscusscd, and something having brought
the subject on the ,apis be gave us an animated dis
| seriation upon it," We have no hesitation
whatever in saying that any man who, at pubic
dinner in Of universities, attempted disser-
tation of that order would be set down as closely APP
| preaching TO confirmed twaddler. But the spirit OF
his remarks still indicative of the state OF
things in this favored country. Ills argument was,
that lawyers and not ccrgymen, should be the pro-
FOUNDERS of the Scriptures and more especially ofthe
laws Of Moses and here the learned Judge had It all
his own way no one venufing to contradict nm.
1t will be perceived, from these extracts, that Col.
| Maxwell is abused for not abusing the Yankees