The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-18
Indian ,hsn by an .he rhetorical -re works of ,he speakers.

pamphlets appeared attacking our cause. written by two of .he most acute and subtitle reasoners ln the ministerial party
 and while the patriots were valniy search .ns for some one able enough 10 reply. this youth. not eighteen years of age. answered them. The tories reloiced. Hamilton. undaun,ed. issued a second pamphlet of about seven,y-eigh; pages. IL me, with instan, success. The patriots were encouraged and attributed the authorship of the tracts 10 their ablesi writers l, was no ineonsiderable feat for a lad of his age to cope successfully with such determined combatants. The very a,iemp; shows not only his remarkable precocity but also that never-yielding courage and yigor which afterwards dis ,inguished him. During the following winter oi =, he continued writing agalns, England n the newspapers and in pamphlets. The time quickly passed away. and the grea; revolution began. in which for while the writer Is merged in ,he soldier. During Hanil,on's oonnee- ten with the army. beth n his regimen, and as member of Washng,on's staff
 there Is only one production of his winch deserves our especial mention namely
 his account oi the .reaeaery ot Arnold and the capture and deata oi Anirc
 Mos: of Hami.;ons qaa. ;ie> lasY.re us ~.;h respect, wi:h ven.ra; on yea wlth ave bai in those pathetic letters ,o Miss Se hay ter. by his .enGei p..y for Mrs
 A;ne.d and poor Anate. ne touches ;he hoid II sympathy Ill eaf own hear:s and makes !; t!bra;e in unison with h,s ovn. Haml'lons genius was ONnaplan. and betore II we bow but < was aefaase ai h.s slnd humanity, na; his .n,e.lect. that we .ove him. aihos was | pgominen; feature of hiS character. and. though we do not often discover |, in his writings, because the subjects which he treated were not of ;ha, nature. yet when Il does ga>h torth the bubhins. seelhins stream Is so abundant that we gre assured iha, the hidden springs from which Il flows are full and perpetual
 Ne are now obliged 10 drop the thread of continued narrative, and pick |; ap again only when We ind Hamilton occa- pied n :he practice of his profession Nh;ie ensasea n ms he galned most note~ er;hy ;r.lmpk n he courts.
 |, twas a zAse under inc 'Tfespass \ ], t tt peoDe sNmpa,hi ed with the unfortunate woman. au, Hamilton. With inc d.sre- Sarl II popUlat Cltmor. defended ,ke iaSA.ss, I : argument MAS vigorous aad e.osaen; he lmplefed he iu3ees :o re- main unuioyed by the ou;ere G of he pnpulaee and to v4ntiIea;e the honor and pulty If the benth. His iog.e was unan- swetAble. h.s appeal for right and ius.ice irres ls;ible. He Vas successful and by his success was raised 10 the highest po- sl,ion m ais profession. Hamiliors in- iiuenee increased. and With Il hls enemies. Wha, | tribute was paid 10 his genius when some of them, unable to conquer him n argument, planned to cnuce him into a duel, lis often thus. when men are defeated in debate they resort To brute force to silence their antagonists. However. these individuals feared his pistol quite as much as his pen at eas, no challenge ever reached him.
 But let us hasten on 10 describe those grand forensic Combats in the Cons,itu- ;ional and the New York conventions. In i-s6 the state of affairs Tn this country had reached poin, nearly as low IS a, any subsequent period. The currency was utterly worthless ;hc teots were aB- pad anl eler increasing treaties were .iolated Wf ff H the power of inalgid- ual states ha! assumed enormuus and dangerous proportions the cenitAi lu- ,hotlty AAs sGntsea .Hd weak. sha3 : rehelAoH severely shoUN up .ac tT, ha = of this tseerepl, Can,eacrasy. au me a- abi,,y oi he people ,o .eiend ;hemseiye against internal shock made ;heta 3aofe clearly see the deSpi able impo,enty I their form of government and the ne es- si,y for Il change. Hamilton by his an- tiring excr,ions m the legislature. earned through ;riumphantly a resolution for the appointment, of delegates 10 the eons;i,u- ;ional convention He IS selected is i, member oi ,his deles sstlon. and on the c5th of May. I7s7. he meets with hIs col leagues al Philadelphia. Hamilton s conception of m ideal republic had been much changed by his experience m the degenerate and ncryeless congress oi t76, He had once believed sena;es dangerously aris,ocratic - he now be- leved the most danger lay in too much democracy. His opinions on the sabJec, of government were far more definite and vigorous than those of hls colleagues. IL was useless for him 10 contest every point in the struggle. therefore he reserved all his strength and resources for one grand effort This he made m a speech of about six hours in length. He unfolded 10 his hearers his plan for constitution he laid before them the result of all hls years of thought and study; he elaborated upon the science of government, wishing 10 in- vigoraie his auditors and If, them 10 a higher plane of though, and action. To da ;his he strained every nerve. He de- livered his address in all the warmth of his passionate. glowing manner. Gouv- erneur Morris desenoes II as the ables, and mos; impressive tha, he ever heard. He deeply moved he convention. but he could not rouse Ii to ,ha, pitch where Ii would agree with his radical proposals. The conies, had been a severe one bat d severer ore was 10 follow the struggle n the Ncx York convention. And ihis we will next consider, leaving our review of the {. Eederztis' v ,iuftI izYer 1, xas fra-