The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-08-02

consistent The burden Of many Of the hest, and
msst carefully el1b0rnted Of his philippics ~ the
Scotch eharacter.-.- Vide his oddreeo 10 The King
and letter. TO Lord Mansfield. = q
Maelean was the defender of the ministry Ju-
l769 20. when. Junius was daily launching, his
thuBdesboin, Msoean wssi in very sea of difficnl.
ties. afs1ng from his gambling In India Stock. In
lzg4 whsn Juniu. was writing in London, Maclean
Philadelphia. Bprwhas 10 most
feln1skable Of all, Junius himself- efIsctuaily
auaslses the pretensions Of his quondom rival. In
Of his Acknowledged miscellaneous letters, lie,
Under the name of vindex, thus refers to Maclear,
The subject Of discussion. at the time being the
treaty with Spain respecting the Falkland lslands
Tended the ministry: aIggttE A
"Prsy tsll M. iaushlin Maclsan that---in spite
Of h dsinterested, unbsoken, melodioua eloquepce,
i'll 4 melancholy truth that the crown Of England
was meyer 20 insuited, never 10 shamefuily de-
graded q by this declaration, with which the best
OF soveegna assures his people he ID perfectly, en-
tirely completely satsfed.y - .35f .t-s .
Is not this sufficient? Sir David was spparsst-
ly unaware Of the existence Of this letter, Of he.
would never have afforded us so striking an illus
tration Of Labor in Vain,s Is il his attempt to
prove Maelean to- have been Junius. Bidding q
final adieu to Mr.. M, we now come to the last Of
the list, Lord Geo Sackville.
or his Losdship little need be said "a man Of talent
he undoubtedly was, but a writer, no more Of 4
Juniys than NJ a soldier he was Napoleon.
Could he have welded the pen Of Junius, he would
have slain his dastardly assailaats that writer
did Grafton and Mansfield. From the time Of the
battle Of Minden till the day Of his death, he
smarted uader'the stigma Of cowardice, affixed to
him BY men as craven snd mean as he was brave
and generous ;.bht with; the exception Of one calm
dgnAed denial Of the charge, he preferred to suffer
injustice in silence, rather than vindicate himself
with his pen. Would Jnnius have done SO As
suredly not his proud, impetuous spirit would me-
yer hAve brooked the insult. He would have hunt
public ridicuie and aversion, and finally have cast
them, like so much carrion, upon the dunghll, q
food for the WORMS Of tcontempt. II there, m the
face Of this, could be yet any doubt, Junius him
sell, as in the case OF Maclean, sweeps it away,
for. in vol II, p. 1873, be writes Of his LoSdship
thus:s
"Ibelieve the best thing can do will be to con-
suit with my Lord 0.Sackville. His character is
known and respected in Ireland as much az it is
here; and Ik,,oo hs loves to be stationed in the
rear as soeH as mysstf."
After this, his Lordships friends must either re-
tire from the contest, or construct new pedestal
for their hero 10 stand upon.
There is yet another and more recent candidate
than either Of the foregoing, whom il may be as
we'll here to notice: This is the late hero Of the
points Of similarity between his and Junius's styie
but there his pretensions end. He had neither the
means Of information requisite for the composition
OF the letters, have his friends been able to ad.
vance any testimony as to his ability being sde-
quate to them as whole. He was fierce parti-
san and an unscrupulous writer very Jeffries in
politics, and had he been Junius, the whole king
dom would soon have known it, for it was not in
his nature to lose the least credit really due to him.
nor was there in latter days (whatever there mgh
have been at firse any reason why he should not
have claimed the honor, ii that honor belonged to
him. With this we pass him by.
Thus then, the last of the motley crowd of
claimants, mobiles, statesmen, priests, authors and
paebeians, are dismissed to the shades. They have
each one been tried, and eack found wanting.
I Ihe one man alone Notwithstanding, >. now as
ever, on the highest pinnacle, above and overlook
ing all his fellows-cold, stern, digniHed and i'm
passive as a statue; neither by word asserting to
or denying the charge brought against him, but
pointing to those never-dying words-Rt inscrip-
tion for his political tomb-"I am the sole deposit
tory Of my own secret, and it shall perish with
men :
Sir Philip Francis was man of no common or.
der and in his life exhibited all those qualifications
that we intuitvely feel Junius, must have pos
sessed. The first scholar at St. Pauls, highly ed
ucated in every respect, clerk in the War Office,
Latin Secretary to Lord Chatham, and mixing
from his very boyhoed with statesmen and writers,
he early imbibed a taste for politics, and what was
OF more importance, acquired that prudence and dis
ereton OF language and demeanor, wanting which,
the politician almost inevitably sinks into the dem
agogue. Of great natural and acquired talent, and
conscious OF it, as the humble clerk his proud
spirit was, cribbed, cabined and confined" and
painted to burst the ngorious letters that bound it,
But what was he to do To resign his situation
would have been madness, would have bereft him
OF the friends he already had, without giving him
others in their stead. .sy .~,rs
We can well imagine Francis's feelings at This
period Of his life. His bosom u very chaos Of ex-
eitement and ambition; proud, impe tuous and nm
patient OF restraint, he was confined to his Office
his red tape and his books. OF consunimate abii.
ity and great genius, be had the daily modification
Of seeing men far inferior to himself in everything
put rank, assuming that place and. position for
which has spirit told him he was the man. Whist
situaton could be more CALLING 1t was the one
of all others fitted to give birth to a Juvenal or /
Philip. or to him who rivaled and surpassed both,
Jalsaius.
But genius, though it may for . time be repressed
and confined, can never be stied. Sooner o. later
must hnd development; If the ordinary channels
are closed TO it, it will make others for itself 40 in
fsancs case, it cut path for itself in the columns
Of the Daily Advertiser. =
From the time the advent Of his rvs,.,;o,,. oo,.
respondent z. first startled the printer 10 the date
oI MS oisappeafance, was Eve long veafs lt il at
once interesting and instructive to trace his career
curing this tlme We have not space here to do so,
put recommend our readers to get the veurnes for
themselves suffice it, he is always the same sterI.
intrepid, and uncompromisingin in all his denuncia.
tion Of all wrong. Whether as C.. Lucims Vsts.
ran, Nemesis, or Brutps, his pen is always unmis-
takehby evident, his presence papable. With a
crowd of imitators at his HEELS YOU MAYER fail tn
distinguish him. The young eaeIet is NOT to he
mistaken for the sparrow. hawk At length. hav.
ing tried and proved his strength under various
MONS de pusne he became anxious for more lofty.
more sustained flight. Having gazed at earth so
long, he twoud now fainnscend sunwards Az tho
gaetilld, he would war no longer, but meet the foe
% the plain in pitched battle, with the war-cry of
'IGod and the PEOPLE," :, -
As Junius, his appearance at once astounded the
government and electrified the nation Sparing
nelther high nor low, he attached grim majesty
iRsf from him nothing could be hidden, no SCI ret
kept ~ negotiation was entered into, no treaty
made, no measure discussed, no bribe offered, no
ofiee sold, but what he was cognizant of! On
every side the question was heard "Who can
Jlnius be =" but echo alone answered, !" Who .
its name was on every lip, it was heard in the
halls of the legislature, in the coffee. houses. and
IN the streets. Ministers trembled, the Monarch
rayed; and men grew pale with terror at the wri-
efs daring, at the same time that they cheered on
ms attack. And where was Junius! FtJ Z
Behold him: Sitting on his stool IN little room
IN the Warofce, is Philip Francis. Young, calm.
and determined, smile on his lip, he quietly goes
through the routine of his duty, though ever and
anon ms eye flashes, his nosiril expanda. as he
ihrnks OF the terror and dsmay his last Onslaught
u eahslng IN the camp OF the enemy.
Outside the Office are heard the shrll no.es Of
the news boys, rs they shout Heye's the Daily
Advertiser. with another Junius!O Crowds yrsh
to buy among them, Francis, friend and fellow
| clerk DVyley who. reenterng. sits beside him