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A Remarkable Book

| UH'f hIcNuHucr llamlltOn, the leader Of the
Federal party but that he was also the real
George Washington who guided the Rcvou-
ton OF the Colonies to Il successful issue. and
presided over the infant Republic for the first
eight years of its existence m other words.
| MIR. John e. Hamilton undertakes to show
that 1T is great mistake to suppose that len
George Washington did any thing of nimse4
for the United States, but that ali his public
acts connected with the trials and triumphs
OF the Union wore originated by Alexander
Hamilton, who uscd him as a very convenient
puppet for the accomplishment of the grand
and patriotic ends which Alexander IInmil-
ton had conceived The chicfcvidcncc relied
upon to prove this startling fact is that the
bulk of Washington's military and other of
iiclol correspondence is in the handwriting of
Hamilton and, proceeding on so small n prc,
mise, the new writer ofhistory concludes that
every letter, paper, dispatch, draught of in
/ Structions, &C., &c, which is to be found with
WaShlnGtoh's signature appended to Hamil-
ION penmanshlp, was really the lattcr's pro-
ductlon IN thought and purpose. OF course
such an assumption must involve Mr.. John
=. Hamilton III numbcrlcss absurditics but
he cares nothing for this. and goes on to tho
end OF ilc chapter magnifying the powcr be-
hind the throne, till the throne itself is en-
tirely oyershadowcd. In ono place. where
Washington had delegated Hamilton to per
form certain specific duties, VIC are gravely
informed that Hamilton in the place of Wash
ington,) addressed to himself particular in
Structions defining his limo of action having
previously chosen himself ton Washington's
behalt,) for the honorable service. and tho
transaction to be complete, ought to have ter.
minated in letter written by Hamilton to
Hamilton, thanking himself for the zeal and
ability with which the duties were DISCHARGED
IhIs Is surely a new way of writing histo-
i9etoint4a ignition, as we all know, was Wash
and was afterrtWSFY for a considerable period,
the correspondence of y, Cabinet, and that
during this period, have been in 4p should,
handwriting, is by no means remarkablG,l-s-
TO argue thcrefrom thattthc secretary should
have all the credit which has attached to-thc
principal, is absolutely to insult the undcr
standing of the world. All biography must
be rewritten, all history must be revised and
corrected, to suit such n theory. The credit
of Napoleon's campaigns would thus be taken
from the great Corsican, and divided among
score u individuals who wrote at his dicta-
ton; while the laurels which oncircled the
brow of Sir Walter Scott would be torn into
many fragmcntary chaplcts for the undistin-
guishcd amanucnscs who committed his i'm
mortal works to paper.
In the case before us, there was indeed no
occasion to assert SO monstrous doctrine to
ilton needs no such service at the hands of
his son to fix his reputation upon an impcr-
ishable basis. lie was man of great and
original powers; he assisted very materially
in the cause of the Revolution; he participa-
ted in the glories of Yorktown, and he i'm
pressed his ideas of Government upon the
country as few men have ever done since his
time. The Fcderalist is monument of the
vigor and acuteness of his intellect. In an
age of extraordinary men, illustrated in both
hemisphercs by conspicuous examples of
mental and moral grcatness-the ago of Vol
taire and Frederick, of Turgot and Lafryettu,
of Chatham and Burkc-ho stands out as a
great independent, representative man, and
the attempt to add a cubit to his stature, at
the expense of the first man Of ,ll time, can.
not dctract from his proportions, though il
"rust unquestionably convince the world that
II intellectual development Mr.. John G.. Ham
ton is very unworthy SON of such a sire.
In the matter Of the Farewell Address,
which is claimed for Hamilton, upon grounds
more plausible than are set up in other cases
of disputed authorship, it is time, VIC think,
that the true facts should be brought out by
our Historical Society. We have heard that
IN the hands of q member of the Washington
family, arc all the documents connected with
tho affair, which are ample to remove every
doubt that has been raised by the Hamitoni-
an claim. Perhaps Mr.. Irving will seek ac-
cess to them, with the view of settling tho
controversy forever in the fifth volume OF his
| Life of Washington. At all events, Justice
demands that the documents should be pub.
lished, and we hope the history of the Fare
well Address will soon be written by thoir
light Fefer,L.yg Eapress.
| THE ADMINISTRATIONS ON THE ARREST
OF Cen. WALKER. IF the articles of the
Washington Union are to be accepted as
indications of the opinions of the President,
there is reason to apprchcnd that the adj
ministratIon intend to sustain Commodore
Paulding operations in Nicaragua, The
general tenor of an elaborate editorial in
Fridays Gniou bctrays an emphatic oppo-
sition to Walkers enterprise and a disposi-
tion to justify his arrest Here is an cx-
tract:
Tho country will still recognize and ap-
preciate the grieyous injury which lawlcss
expeditions, like thatof Walker, must tend
to inhict upon all our national interests,
commercial and political, in Central Amor.
lea, and the popular Judgment will, doubt
less, also determine foi'itsclf what smbstan-
tial advantages may inurc to oWS national
character and lawful objects in that quar-.
s.eg franl Captain Paaldipg's recent act
THAT officer acknowledges thas he assumed
grave responsibility in taking the step he
did, and throws himself upon. the &dplin.
istration, Congress and the country for his
justification. II isabold and frank appeal
and will be met, we have no doubt, in q
proper spirit,
RICHMOND, Va, Jan 4.---The excite.