f- C/^ iflMBRsaBomi rmmsmnrtstitrmmf > ? Fwn I'.n ^^ A 'iLETTEPi. to BOBErvT SMITH, ESQ* ^LCRLLTAUY OF 'tifE UNITED STATLS. i> ' i '-"M-. " VESSELS L\RGE MAV VENTURE MORE; JUT LITTLE BOATS SHOULD KEEP N E.V II SIIO R E.' THE appearance and publication of tv/o laft'-hn /: ipiccct, (ths «ne in the Virginia Argus, (jver the fii^nature of J' Caniillu:i,"the other i.'theformuf a pamphlet, ii^ied"Numa,")ahnoftuniverri'Ilj- believetl to have been fabricaieclfl///?tTi;//r/ o/"5/.G'/7<'j-V, under yoiu' aufpices, 3e »t your particular iuitance, occafion me thus to addrefs you ; and I conjure ycu, to grmt me your attention to a few obfervatior.s, liaf- tily thrown together, but of importance to yourfelf and to tb.e gene- ral interefts of this nation. Whilll unawed by the debafing dread cf the frowns or choler of nitn in p-^nver I curforily examine the virtues, the vices, the prudence and inprudence oi thofe, who are or have been intruded witli the meafurcs of our government, cither in theprefent or prccedii'g adminiflration. I beg you not to mif- take my motives, or afcribe to me the characfler (generally given to thofe you ca 1 your political opponents) of a federallft. I aflure you, ^though I ever was averfe to unneccflary egotifin,) I am a demorratf but '* cf the old fihool" ; and have ever been fo from my earllelt ■youth— that I have uniformly fupported tl e c.iufe of democracy, jiot only at the expenfc of thoufuids, but by my public writings and exertions, and at the rifque of perfonal fafety alfo — hnve had a prominent hand in the difplacing from o!fice,and ilifappoint'ng tlie vii'wsof a number of noxious federaliils ; and in ele<^ing many de- mocrats — was the warm and active friend of Mr. JefTerfop's elecf^i- on to the prefidency, as alfo comparatively friendly to that of Mr. ^'adifon ; but not o> your appointment as Secretary of State — never 4'eceived one cent of public money iu iny life i and as you will fiad •i Jn t^r Tequrl, rn"' n rrt've / r^ericar, vlp Tt'rr'rpfl if e cor{11iuno% ol n y ci'iitury far rr cr'/ thrr 1 1 c n.tr. trnmeSf tiiLi or i^lca t ior "I is inconsi-ii-nt with a Ucv born spirit, To side witl (till\ or injure im ni. If, fir, in this adJrcis i toiiionn (o the genius of the age, and t# t7ii..i iCLtii.^ lo .iaiim..j.y aaaptcil to your talte, and deliver iny un- tinit-nis in rhat iooic but caudui rnauner, which niy co-ieinpjranc« ;;j>pL-,;r fo fonJ of, (and you efpeciaily to appr^jvc oi,) you will im- pute it to t.Kir wile example ; or ac ie.dl euiilidcr u, as cuiiipiiinea- X..i\ oi ^onx ti.\\:\i\.<.yfu iLjfthy of iinitatijn. i Ui.mid never luve eon- fidcred either ♦' C"ainiIlu6"'o)r «' iSuniu" eutiticu to pubiie notice (aft.r l>Mi;iU!!j^ wiiO \\\\, the writer) had there not txilted tiic llrong- cll reafuns ro believe, indeed to evince that luch urii«.r was nu l.ii than the Barber's block for the delicate touches and mauiyjirokes ol the Secretary of States' erudition t and, fir, as " qui lacit per aliuni, li- cit pi*r i^," you will permit me to throw your d piUuwu jii loe out of tl e fc ipe, (^oiily uling liim ;is y ;u d «, a> oecalijn niiy require) .in4. adcirCis mylell to y u pcno lany j allowuig iiim, iioiwuliltajiuiug t.iC honor, «* as long as lie is in the Fox's fervice to hold up his tau."-— 1 h rough your y/v/zw/^er of »/A;.7/rv, yoiULommenced your miuriat© stiack on Mr. John Randolph, with »• b.rivdry bare-faced, that poor pretence to v>it" the lafl r fource of mean, malicious impute.ice, uhich degrades the man of parts into a defigning fophiiter, and tl e gentleman hcneath the level of an o fter -lujinan. Here, (ir, yw|| difpl.iy no argument, Icfs reafon, tlie want of mental rehnement, .^id a total tlifiiuallhcation for the ll.itesman. A.i author who thinks to add convicflon nnd weight to his arguments oy fcurrility and nhufe, refembles the infane man, who wallowed in tiie mud in order to make himfelf fine. By a coneatiiiated feries of faife rea- ("oiiings, you have bewildered yourfelf, by natural eonfequences, into a labyrinth of correfpon<*ing abfurdities. You iirlt repreient iVir. Randclph as a pcrfon of no confequence in fociety--mean, Ui nillucatial and illiterate ; and in tlie very fame breath Jay to lii» charge all tlie hoflilities of the dcmocratical p.uty, to t!ic prefent adminiflration — Hence, in the poet's language is verified, that •« Tools rufh in where angels fear to tread." — But, fir, chrilli..a charity may palliate and exeufe you, becnule the agit.iteil mind fee* ro alternative; aiul in its perturbation throw« down the barriers of every nice fenfation and refledion. — Senfible of the precarioufiiefs c i the tenure by wliicli you hold your prefent political Itation, you >ie ior aiiplymg your mercilefs dagger to the hearts ot all fuch, ng Will not oder incenfe at your ariftocracicaj altar — Whenever dcfpo- tic ra^c ^ f^fcUuulucii iccik i¥ uwiUo^' any mcaurc, oi i« ituuw* (• r n ahleH: fubniilT.on^fucTi ns t^iink and act in a manner clifTerent, ihcy nJvcT fail to enforce Uicii g oble anil ficnu-like tondutl, (lo inle- par.ibly co:inc(fii\1 with t[iv,ir principles) as tiicir htailcn iniagitm'ion may prompt tliem to conceive, is conimenfurate to the undertak- ing. The intellecftual foul of feme creatures, inftead of expanding the be.iificeiit rays of focial harmony and good, fink, into the enve- nomed lake of degeneracy j and in tniu;i':gbt nvcriesy ll.dk fi.rth in firpintine gu'ilcy the harpiei and yrt///rr;v of mankind- Unlike your hired pane^yrilt towards you, (or rather you towards yourfeli,) I (hall nt)t attempt to advocate Mr. Randolph through thick ai d thin. The moit elc\ated and exalted minds are naturally fubjecl to foniL^ imperfecflions and blenililies j and even their p; rltclions, and firtues may be fo reprefented by calumny and a captious tnalniert-AS to obnubilare the merit and luflre of fuch qualities — That (liaic of merit or demerit, that mull fall to each menibcr of fcciety, is but fmall i the operation of opinion b( ing in the inverie ratio to the number of thofe who poflefs the former. May I not alk, fir, how long it has been fince Mr. Randclpli was the tckvfnller zwA non-pa" raUcl of you and the democralical party ; and f ( r what lie has been denounced and piofcribed ? Is it becaufe I'C iiu'ependi-ntly j urlues the V rtuous didbites of his own mine', and with his country's gcc4 in view, Iteers for the haven of national divinity, notwitldlanding fuch pcUiiidl pilots as yourfelf ? Or is he not lulhcicntly pliable and d..clile for_)'5«r p trpofes ? A convertibility of chara^er, froni perloii.il confider..tions alone, difcovers a heart devoid of every particle of principle ! No man fliould be decried for purfuing what he tiiiiiks right, in a f.iir and honorable w;iy— every one has this privi- lege — it is his birth ric.ht, the fruits of his labours and he ought to enjoy it. Beware, fir, that in fome of your aecufations againd ]Mr. Randolph, you are not attacking very many of the wnrmcft democrats in the nation — men who are and ever have been, truly devoted to their country's gO(-d, and the caufe you nJfLSl fo mucli to admire ! The energetic fyllcin of pnjfive obtditnic, long fujferir.gy ttnbargoy non-intercourfe, i^c i^c has never been tolerated, or approv- ed of by numbers of enlightened and ingenuous djnicerats, as fer- vently attached to ihe publi weal, as fome who are unconscuuiiou ly and I \\\-:\sfrom perfonal m tiv j, making a "hue and cry" of execu'ive infallibility. It mult be admitted, that, in many inftances. the conduct of our late adminiltration, to redrefs our national grievances, was likc^hfuking zu none ^ni\ fever into a galloping con fum^Aion ; and the prefeiit adminiflration, (with you, Mr. Secretary, in the cabinet,) to compl te the dim tx of injudicioufnefs ami error, aity ; and palfively luhmit to our rij^lits bcin i tlep'^ednted upon, for fear of the expence of defend- ing them. V/e may hr.il the morning dawn of liberty, as yet, with •" tt// iL'-ir : and whilft F.uK^pe, (as the troubled t^eean in time o( a le'^ipefl.) is fonminif with agit.uion — whillt her once fmooth fur- f.ice o!" tra:?quirity is (haken into convuHions \ ami with rapid llriilea her pride a'>d elory are haltening to diiiuknion, we may yet exclaiin, *■■•'• /ire iiit.rnallyi free, tio ftroit i iyra/if, no hiiut;;ht,' d~f()Ot luih over uS v:th rrpriri IIS l'-ivti^. Hut, have the infatuation of liberty and nail- 'onal pride — has our infulalrd htuatioy, far dillant from thofe fcenes o ''un ill mifery — have a few years of peace and imlepcntlence, >V'iee ! fro 1 <"jr reolle-li >'i, th if, bat a Ihort time fince. many of th.- power, -if coMtinent.il I'aivo-ie, now pro,.ning muler tliraldorn ai;a tom.noiion, iaf more weu/why, moic powerful aad jjopuluua tfian OTirfclvc.i, alio boailrd of tlieir li'oTty, tlieir luppinefs and fe- curity ? The decline of the greateft empires his ^ciier;illy been nt the time when they conceived thcmfelves the molt powcrt'ul ; and their vifionary fecurity prepared the precipice of their li-jllruclion* Nations, liice individuals, to preferve refpe<^"lahiliry, mult rcfprcl themfclves ; and to avoid iiifiilts be ready to avenge them. By re- ftridions of natural privileges, and noxious fy(tems of embargo, non-intercourfe, &c. &c. and the vain ollentation of neutrality — by fubmitting to be infulted within our own territory, and even to the murder of cur own citizens — to the imprefsment d thoufands of Dative Americans into the fervice of foreign tyrants, to the inhu- man incarceration of the freemen of our land, the iiulifcriminatc coiififeations of their eifecls Sc the burning of their veflels, and tv the pillage and deflrudion of our property — even on nature's high- way, our government has become relaxed, and enervated in all its members, and our liberties fettered. To ad^ thus, iir, is to extin- guilh in the hearts of our citizens all confiilence in the rcflitude of government— all zeal for the honor and welfare of their C(.untry— all emulation for glory — all defire to diflingufll themfelves, whicli are the great fources and principles of almoll all the aiflion^ of life. Experiments may anfwer in philofophy •, but government, like the apple of the eye, is an unfit fubjed for quackery. Liberty ij a plant of fuch delicate texture, and all its parts of fuch fymetiy, that experimental ingraftings and pruuirgs endanger its very exiltence. It is ni.t enough for the prefent adoiiniftration to fay, "things are asthe* found them — that their's is in unifon and conformity with the late adminiftrntion." This may anfwer private popular purpofes, but can never fatisfy men of difintereflednefs and underllanding — men, who value tJKir liberties and appreciate the conllitution, ancV that therefore the prefent adminiflration " defcrves weli" — to, well aiight we juilify the a£l oi finings hicatcfc- cur progt-nitor jUjm f^i.-il. I fliall readily admit, that the power to declare war, and the powers in. oident, are veftetl in congrefs — to provide and mjiirrt lin a navy — to make rules for its government — to grant letters of ma;qu^and repri. lal — to make \v.\c; concerning captures — to raife r.nd fj.j^port armlet -I— toelliblifli rules for their regulation — to provide fcr organizing, arming and difeiplining t!>e militia, and for calling them forth in the Service of our country, are alio powers belonging to congrefs. But it is eviilent at the fame time, that in a popular government like ours, the necediiy and expediency of fuch mcafures, always emanate from the chief magiflrate or executive, in his report to the legiHa- tive body of the (lute of the nation, and advices or recorrmendati- •ns of tlie JieccHary and eificieut mean* of fitfety and defence. il3 tft tlie prndu'cm ^Ka^ gives t*" 'ion ani! viVT'*'*^. to n?t'ona! a^encj and atlivitv ; n;iH.\vhcn ho is inert and motionlefs, tlie coir.po* rent p.irts of the hody politic, lofc: their intended to.ie and functi(ii)3. AVhen the her.d is difordercd, eitlicr by paralyticjlnkes from politicid jugglers ; the influx oi preiertuituia! v:Jitat'tonSy or the empirical cata- plaj'iu oi defigmng pedagjgues^ the whole fy fie m is involved in pertur« bation and confufion. The ligiflative and executive powers ought in nil popular and el d^ive j:overnments, to be kept fepcrate and dif- tiiid, ill their various exercifcs and duties; but that this axiom of principle is not fo well maintained, and preferved in theconltitutioa of the United iStites, as its nature requires, is obvious; and henc^ the executive {<:) frequently impofe a partial ftupor, on the legisla- tive. Were the power to appoint to oilice delegated to the legifla- ture ; and inflead of the n-jm-rxation of officers being the indifpenfi- ble and exclufive prcrequifite of the Prefuient, to originate from the immediate reprefen'atives of the people, we need not tear fo much the having a Lord North in our cabinet, or a JelF.-ries on our bench. The frequent exercife of the eleo[ls ot' oiice, luch pcriong ^% ihc^f" in know will be ready Inftruments to do every tiling for the ngrrsnc^ife- meiitand promotion of the hitter without regard to the ititereft of the former. It is juftificd by experience, that the morethe p;iiru>ii$ and inchnations of fome men are indulged, the k-fs concern they have for the intereft fc pofperity of the pubhcj as thtir minds become cfF-'minatcand inert, by the Hcentious efflux of premature palhons, and they regardlefs of every thing but what tends to the gratificaiioii' of their incefiant and infatiablc demands. It will puzzle the imagi- nation to determine whether the (tupefaOion which now pervades the people in the prefent crifis of affairs, has been brought on and" occafioned by a depreifionof thatcfTential fervor for their conltitution, or by tne experimental llimulants, which defign and artifice have applied to hli/^er them into the fenfation. The nmor patrnr being debilitated to inartivity, the fyftem fecms as wlI! prepared for a hemloc as a cordial. Still it is wonderful (at lead to me) that the noble and ir.valuable caufc of liberty which or.ce roufed us to indig-' nation and to arms, does not with a like zeal and enthufiaTm i.ifplrc us, totenacioufiy fofter and maintain the ccl\ly aiquirement. It wc have loil that magnanimous fenfe of loving our country more ar-'* dently than our perfons •, yet it might be hoped that the natural glow of refentment would, in fomewife, fubilitutc patriotilm, and' impel us to a£i:s of m.mhood and of duty, again'l foreign h.tro«.ity and infult. A ^F«/ T^-Z^r, in the ruder age of defpotifm and unre- fined policy and government — when juftice and law, were tributary ■ to no other votary but arbitrary exertion and power, knew how to afTjrt a nght, and revenge an injury. I muft alk pardon, Or, for this digreflion, pirticularly as you are ambiihus of perfinal h)mi^e ; but P.S- an atonement, I will now again turn my attention to your flcr'.d pieces of impotence " Camil'us" and ** Numa." Infatuation and irrationrd pride, are generally the forerunners of fome great misfor- tune ; forbad you but fuJered the transports of your unexpedl.-d promotion to the flation you now fill, to have abated, and not b^en led by the inebriating fumes of the fudd.'n j iy, into prolV.gaeir^s that mufl envelope in darknefs the merelt glimmerings of pru lence, you might have enjoyed, at leaft, a kind of negative v/ifdom a id refpicl. The uifoundc^d declamations — t.\\z fulfane idolatry o{ C^- miltus and Numa, (and the fourcc from whence they em.'rge bu*i i^ well known,) expofes the tenure by which fome of the prefent ai'mi- niflration, and their nobles expeci to hold x\\c\r perch r.nce powers j and evince them, if not the ableft: ftatesmen, the mcfl tmrivnUd am* h'tdtxtirs, in duplicity and finefTe. If our adminiftration is fo impo* Verifhed in talents and merit, ns to \nvAe ihc r/rd cf/rirf/injrs and dcp.ri- ^fUSfXQ defend $r sJJ felebrity t$ their cjnduci, h change is .♦* dcvc>utl/ ta br wnisl". TrutS anc! Innoccacc can liive no occifion to c^U r.. i .1, isii:h h-)d .11-1 evi:! m to th;lr defc icj — V\\^ u litj I pri icipl^i, n: candour and,virtu:: ar-j the trai induclimis of th-^ir alleviation— .Sti I !v aiT.-i hoMoral)le actions beget a reputation, a:id that alone will pr • u're conlide ice. Yet, lir, I cannot but adiiire your wifdom in the choice ol: a chara:ler to anfwer the purpofcs of your ambition a-id difi.^ns-^lie has t ile its eminently calcuLited ior your purpofes j f.)r \K\tri he cannot ju lify an^l refute, he ardently labours (with your unexampled alBliance) to divert the attention of his readers, by clouds of hfier:i(lox and random fit ^hts of ojl^jquy. It is impoTible tJ f )!h)W your matchl.fs fcu'ptor of abfurdities, pas a pas, throUj^h all his lu'-.'iMnjrs & paniihxes — fuch an employment would better fult a m id-hnule than me ; bat the lavifli and ui.ikiiful manner in which you have authorited liim to polilh you with fpurious eulogif.n, whilll it excites commileralion, u lavciil ibly provokes indignation and dif* gal. In this, iir, you have acted with A/Vw as the Pjpe docS iv'.th the JJ^vil, -Wji-n ke caiijuizcs a Saint — his holinefs appoints Satan a aun/A and th'-n commands him what to fay. So deep a drain of hyp^icriff ufually difovers the crime it labours to conceal, and only increale« the jn I horror the world ge icrally entertain for tliofe who have committed it. Unwilling, fir, to do pootl, (if you ever did any) and lathe world applaud you, your vain-glory anticipating, fromconfeiou* Jittlenefs, neglect, you found the holloiu t umpct of your own fame, by an enumeration of nominations 3c appointments, whichwealth, party inOucnce and intrigue alone induced, and you were never qua- lified for — Thus, you impru.lently rufhed into the cave of the Cy./'^pr fir f, me HI i>ral'/e tatUrSy you left there — Cut when your elev.-:! hiw^ d-^d.ind i ft ; d liars per aiviwn piiH'Tyrill v/as preparing his :njii:id) rfyour expiiing char .cler, why did you fuKer him to mention your Jrntsy as Secretary of State? Defilt, fir! For Heaven's fake defiilf To fall a felo dc se, forifhiy v.v\ inco.ifiderately. ch illenros h.^tli pitf anuaions3nd c6T)rr!v r- rt'/W them from Mr. Erfkinc ? H ;ve you not fediiloufy. aiiH i i- tri;jruiiigl}r l.'.bourcd to m .ke yourfcir confpic u-sus and popular, by .writing 10 your friends in the dliR rent ftaL^s, to introiucc into thtit- (late legiflui'.res, \!r. Giles's n/V/.'/.v •//, on the fu'ojt*<'l of the i'ji»l negotiation and iSIr. Jackfon's difniiu".!! ? Did you nrt cncloft; to a tertain perfon in Rirhmond, t!ie brief or fonn of-fuch rcfolmions, as you wiilied the legifintursof Virgini.j to adopt on thiit cccafjcn ? in lact, have you nrt, either directly cr indirectly, in theie and va?- ry other inTiances, been difrTacefulfy inr.Iguing, to derogate and JelTen the nrspulir fl.mdlng of Mr. Madifon,' ?,nd to build up your own fame on its ruins, againft tlic next prendential election? — • Dcprendi' r-iferumefl ! If you fIer.d''rot guilty/'I am furetocoii- tins -, but when they ir.ect with a morhid carcc.fs^ tley fin-'; tie veiy devil : and as you, Hr, have a great in. my /ore jlmes about you, C •withmy/iV/j m-xy not gripe you f: rely .' Not content in the mertilefs ::ttempt to aflafiinate tiic reputation of Mr. Randolph, yru fall on Mr. Gallatin, (that patriot and statefman,) with pau'an cruelty, as if ambition and licentioufnefs knew no bounds. Knvy and icricnfyr are fatal difcafes — the former is n malady, that feldom adrrits of a cure, and is generally aggravated by the remedies adminillered to it. — the latter extinguifhes all prudent refieclions, and is not to be cured by reafon alone — Hence, fir, you are at prcfcnt, in the parox- ifm of complicated diilcmpcrs, that mull level your political coloflur [ ^^ ] to th? ^ro'v-.-^. Fi-Jt from uliencs coin^'j y^w: frar, "tTit'f.T. GaUatin w.il aJilvMy t\\z roptitat'nn oi Mr. ?«1 1 lifoii" ? If Mr. 1\I i* t'ifjn'a priiicipii^j ave fo immaculare, ?.'.\d liis coiidaclfa iMf.i!!:t)lc n| puyujita wl{]i to rcpreftnt, it is qaitc ufuieLcfHry to b: to fcn't'iit i-.iici klitltcus uLout the i5cprees, to which t'lcy Inou'tl be poliflicd, f)r the fervor by wliii^li they llioultl be protecVed.— No means crji rr.(ir«: effedlu.'.lly ^uiiruntei; tlieir puiiiy, ov impart to them a mcrlrLii l'-;!crc, thr.n {o inv'te iLi fic;tl »m of puMic icruiiny, arc! inqiiirr. V.'v a\c p.iiticlp.'.r.ts in ihe bi^uhen of cxpeiifo^ qiut events of gnir» Crtr»tut, .md have the right to nule invtllmenti into the meaiurci iiecelTiry ta i^ive it A^c ir.ut'.t) .1. One ahal>i or ftretdi of povi-c/, g'lVts bUCiij^tlj ■x.\C>. example to another, 'till prcccilent makes rig!\t, and it becomes irrefjilible. Tliat equality or rit^ht, ami excmprion fjw.ii the iloinijatioa of any clher, is caUcd liberty; of which no p »e can bt. deprived, iir.kls by his own confeiit, or i)y li>vcc. Ail »).i power-, ot the c'licf ni.ij.-ilirate arc tleilvtd iVoni lire people •, aal ^h'-y u'ho !iAve ;!ic vif^ht of lU i) t'lCiiisel/es, can receive nothiilt f..jin liin, '.vhj hji no more llun aay oiic of ihiin, 'till t!i:y invetl hiai with it — When that iruft a.ul co ifjdonee, tlius conicreti, arc iii any manner r.iifapphwii or abufed, the rivjlii of complaint, and to difphice fach truike, imine>li itcly comir.ences — it is r\ iHpulation Ceccfiarily impheil in the grant. Cujus eil inilituere, ejus eft a^v- rogara. If, therefore, the people iiiiciiuto, tiu*y may nbror.Uf— - the\ arc the juiIlI^s of i!)e perionnnice of the ends- of the inlli'.ati*>n. Ilr! M idiiou is bound by the will of trii'fe, who coiifired on hiit th; niagl.lr.uical p.)vv-i- i and tlie i.wwz law, th..t gives po^'cr, prr* Scribes til.' ruL"5 and ri.nitati.).is by which it is to be enforced. Ih-crs cannot exifb a fer'.oas fe ir, that Mr. Galiati 1, that or«ir<;K\l an<' in. flexibi- r.-pabli^an, w 11 ever a:ten»pt to i.ijure ths prcfuleu ; but it b much t3 bJ df.'a.h: I, that certain pjHi'iail caam!'j/i, no.r ha\rni ig liim, win cither contaminate hill witli t^icir /.rr^/tes, or dej:ive hiiQ fcv their futaui.ii} jliJilil'-'us. It is <>hf*rveil by an nblc hiftorian:, */t!iat (i!ic of the greicei^ bleiTm^s tha{ can be biluvweit o!i ciiief nti^illratcs, is to d diver them from thvMon^ue:? of llaitcry,anJ th^. filtface ofgjo I m::i." It is p»inful to fee Mr. Madifon cuuiten.uic*- in ' a^iJ puron'.zi.i^ mcnh-^iViic to repu'.)lie inif 11, and poiitinlly hi>- Oppoie.Ui — .uen, qu'ilis ex hi.-i.-;}}, n:i!tj e'} f^is. Th.ey appear, to- have united, with i./.^;/, to pcrvsrt.if pilublCjth^e.icrgyanu ilrcngtfili Oif his nitUi-.il aiFetlioiJ for denucratical prirvclples — If he ha* ar •weak Gde, :in u ifortifivd refolucion, an ear to flittcry, a lurt unri U-HJnJiJ, th\.y will pain tlie p.ihn in triiunyh. ihls i;no fpecu-^ lation of, faiicv— -yhoever has explored tUi: fjeUb of c;;.implc, vxi. Uccomi .;enTwrfant vfi^li tii^ decluie of ijover.ne.its, muil lacct cwiv [ ''■ ] hecJ.iMot iland firni— at all event*', he Icics ilic confidence of the pMplc". My coiiclufion then is, iKiit a chief irnr>J(t rate iljuse>por- td to fjplii'.liy, inj^euuity, muchiiiation and fuile, is in exircme »i.\ngtr of beiiig covvupicd ; uii'.cfi he i^ crcumvalhued, and de- fsivled by mnn than human naliire. Like a fair, aiui beautiful vir- gin, aii are fjlic'.t'jus fo become her ai'.yeiiturera and aihnircrSj and a!th3U';h too impotent to lord thi his lliip to a perriin, who liad rather vreek her on .'Syila or Chaiibdis, llian waft htr i.ito a pert O) I'afety. 'i'he evil of co'hi/iJ/ing, and advancing to oifice from pcifonai refpe^?, fci-jir OT popu/nri'Vy certain characters dii'-.f+'rcted to cur governmenr, wiii be found dan^er»>us in the extreme ; w^en.it i-^ confid^ved, that theoiJi:crs of lUte, (however puifne fon-.e tray be) are cf fuch iJU'.nbev, pt)wor and inilae'ice, ?.s to be abie to corrtipt the popihice; Vfhen tlviy theml'eives are dii.ii?:c\ed. 'Ihe good management, of atl i.ivil aiiairs, nccefTirlly depends on- good order i and it is not vrithin human power, to r-.^f'-rm ahutes p itronizvd by ihofe in au- tVioril'y, nor to pre-veiU the evils tlierelVom avifinp,, or enfuing. Yen, ft. are tlic fi,.iO)ed Lord Granby, in the dU'.rihinion cf ycur favors —Your own family, or dependants exclude from ycur (•onrider::ilijn every clainvof merit, and talents — a harrnor.y of fn^U, neeti fc?v no private ItJdrrifigs ; hence, you favour thoie, who will bfftferve youvpurpofes, and make yaxxr correfp^ndcKce and focitty, a means gf ^V^i^"'■'? every tnlng to yourfelf. •''Your condu«>,-with rcfperl to the nerrociuion with Mr. Ern.::-.; - — your fubtle .irtlfjeci to echo abrp'ad rVj;.t .trriD'-rtion, ^nrbi-it arr» K! f, tpiu?tren\\'ih\QX.o^ur\^hj^/iir)>^t. bfctlii ; m^re harm in a (late, than for cuttnirg v.cti to pafg for ivi/'f o.i^j ; iud y<iaatlo.ii> or of ecllpfii^ your p'gmy tnieuts, Albert Gallatin, fir, is greatly your fuperior in all uiatu'r* where f.d'-liry aod abl.irles ai« required, ar.d his ferviets will be mentioned wnh admit anon aad gratitude, when your name is. blotted out u and the public — it is in fa«i^ a perfcift en:ollnnt when coupared with the /;i.\//V/;/i? that is now in an a«Slive flate of prCj-a- i-'.riou for v nir f'^tfitivc fah.te. R enounce therefore, sir, that f jr- diii:x'fs of foul, tint puts you to the contemptible fiiift cjf raiuii^ uj* hirelings, to tradure merit — it is a gradation of fplendid difgrace, that carries deftruclion in its own bofom. You have already bc- cnm- a new anjhUathn /'/; /^^ z^y/./^r of political profligacy. Your prefeiit politic il career, is now i.i the arms ofdeath ; ami although i.^ your agotiizi»i2 llrugcles for exiftence, you may maim, or dellroy thofc around you, your final exit will meet the univerfal vahdiciorf of I'Jtult.it'nii. You are more tlian certain, fir, of going off the _ft<.n{f, \iMth dilVm^injlji'd ft'':!