Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-26

On Thursday nigE last, Hon. Rufus
choate delivered aeture before the
Mercantile Library nociation in Bos.
ton, on BUR-, and II hilton. The Hall
was crowd8 70 it, ofnoet capacity
From an ab>(7sct ef lecture, pub.
Iished in the Travslsr> snake the fol
lowing extract
Mr.. choat's 6rst wo> y a{ser his intro
duction were "The Nonb of Washing
ton" Washington, q I'D, WAS mover
the founder, leader ~ ~ Yer OF apar-
Ity. From the hour ~ be stood 90
nobly on the banks o< kl]sxhany.
till he died 30 grsndtf nf qernop
s:.s.' :: ss' ss.s ss'assi.y 's ssy s:!.'. s: 5
men. He lived ~ as1Sd end fell
asleep before our ~ 7 ls hisloryy bi.
ogrsphy, all the records OF Ms day gave
him TO our monory only - our father,
Il was his to do such national things
only, ~ we ell UNDERSTOOD appreciate,
honor TO tho last There might have
been q few who were glad when be
died, but bis survivors spoke for all
men, when they thanked God that he
laid his pure and white frame whore
misfortune could not harmit, or caium-
ny tsruish II. On the day thst be
died, our age Of PARTY began.
Aud Among tho partisans whom We
would consider was Aaron Burr. Burr
in tour years, ending with 1873, rose TO
the command Of his regiment in the
revolutionary war, cvreywhcre equal to
himself, everywhere unsleeping, skill
full and brave. And this was all that
remained to US Of him. All the rest Of
his life was as nothing TO US
In 1901, party through the unpopu-
larity OF Schuyler, and partly from
other causes, he was elected to the SEN
ate of the United States, was chCsen
vice president in 1900, aud in an evil
hour competed with Jefferson tor the
Presidency, by which he was ruined In
1901. His duel with Hamilton In 1904
complcted bis ruin. After 1879, there
fore, ne n public man in the service OF
America, he appeared before us no
more.
Where was he In tho dark unrest Of
eight years, where was he when the
people were called on to vote on the
vrandcst and hardest question that ever
exercised the heart Of man Jefferson
was in France, John Adams In Holland
In the diplomatic service, and might be
silent; but Burr was here, and what
said he ordid he 70 help form the gath
ering opinion of America In that day 2
In him Of the lover, the guide of Amer
ca, Of the people there was nothing
Ha was silent while the Constitution
was being formed. Cold aud polished
he stood aloof, admired only himself,
and Jet these kis fsie24 20 es ~ hun.
sell, ircgardcd as Che best daysveH MS
life Ile inspired the discerning with
dis,rus.. He won mon 'hs masses ne
Doubtless he loved his daughter dear.
W, possibly some warm Friendships ho
acknowledged. An extraordinary pow.
or Of impressing others he had aud he
exercised IL; venera,ion no had not Tor
his Creator, for humanity, for any 40.
lcmnity Of life. Hc spared not man in
his passion, woman Ia his lust, nor the
Union Ia his ambition.
But from him wc would turn fondly
To the public life and services OF linmil.
ton. uamllton's career ended whcn
Federalism went down for the last time.
IIo did woll for his country before the
Revolution, and during tho war, and Ut
tor Il, he was tho frst and foremost OF
great mon.
y After tho Declaration Of Indepcn.
donco, Hamilton and Jefferson Walked
In paths divergent, then finally In hos.
tilo paths. Aitol 1901 Jefferson became
tho iormcr, the champion, the child, oi
tho Democracy. Jefferson bad grown
TO To tho hater Of forms nnd ceremonies,
Of soldiers and OF kings, and lover Of
man and OF America. Hamilton, on
the contrary, had, during tho rcvolu.
tionary war, In the family OF Washing.
ton, obtained q military education. All
tho lessons OF that war ho know By
heart. Mon afterwards called him m
aristocrat, q monarchist, and WAS there
not enough In tho waEof independence
10 make him sog From terrible neces-
sity ho ha learned 70 look upon discip.
line, subordination, obedience TO law,
as tho highest Of the duties OF man.
In the era between tho close of the
Revolution and the adoption OF the
federal Constitution, We found his great
cat services. In that day was formed
the public opinion which gave w tho
Constitution under which We now live.
He first taught us that our cvnsolida.
tion into a single state .Xonld not con.
stitutc the goveriiI kcfF ior y'srich he had
fought aud which we wanted. Sooner
than any other he discovered that n
division between tho State and the ma
tion was practicable, and u him u great
deal moro than 10 any other man was IL
due that the Convention at Annapolis
rose above the mere office of amendlng
an old form of government, and took
the rcspons bility OF submitting u Con-
stitution entirely now. Like our own
Webster, hc was unaccustomcd to fiat
ter the people, and -hte him be was ac-
customed to servo thom.
In that age werc sown tho seeds oil
our party lives, but who dared now to
raise hand against the system OF gov
crnment then originatedy Who dared
Is say that the arch Ut empire raised by
the fathers should not continue TO span
the continent?
We might compare Hamilton with
him whom he most esembled-Thom-
as Jefferson. We did not seek to dis
tinguish them till 1895, for up to that
hour, though OF different ages and tam
psra nsuts, they bad, without knowing
IL, worked togctber. Bstore snd during