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^ an gw y iobga CME2SEES! PHCENIX, AN® INMANS’ ADVOCATE. PRINTED UNDER THE PATRONAGE, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHEKOKfiE NA'^ONAND DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF INDIANS. ==S% E. SOUBI VOTT, Editor. NEW ECIIOTA, « K Si X BSD At^lAlK'M 11,1829. V Os . . ***.., f • , _ 2p PRINTED WEEKLY BY JMO. F. WHEELER, At $2 50 if paid in advance, $3 in six months, or $3 50 if paid at the end of the year. To subscribers who can read only the Cherokee language the price will be 02,00 in a Ivance, or 02,50 to be paid within th • ?pear. Every subscription will be considered as continued unless subscribers give notice to the contrary before the commencement of a new year. \ny person procuring six subscribers, and becoming responsible for the payment, ■shall receive a seventh gratis. 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Jambs Campbell, Reaufort, S. C William Moultrie Reid, Charleston, ; S. C. ■ Col, George Smith, Statesville, W, T. William M. Combs, Nashville Ten. Rev. Bennet Roberts—Powal Me. Mr. Trtos. R. Gold, (an itinerant Gen tleman.) Jeremiah Acstil, Mobile Ala. .BETJ^ZOmT. ttJE ALGEBR\IST. \Translated from the “IEstories Para- boles of P. Bona< e.Aturc.'" A philosopher accustomed to alge braic calculations, hr.ving heard a ser- luon upon eternity, was dissatislied with the suppositions and examples proposed by tlie preacher; and return ing home, and retiring to liis study, he set himself to think upon the subject, and threw Ids thoughts together upon paper as they arose, in the following manner. 1. Finite, or what has an cad, com pared with infinite, or what has no «nd, is nothing. A hundred millions of years, compared with eternity, are -nothing. 2. There is more proportion be tween the least finite & greatestfinit, than there is between the greatest fin- itc&infinite.. There is more dispropor tion between an hour. & a 100,000.000 N of yeAr%, than there is between a 100, 000,000 of years&eternity;beeause the least finite makes part of the greatest, whereas the greatest finite makes no part of infinite. An hour makes a S art of a hundred millions of years, eeause a hundred millions of years are only an hour repeated a certain aaumber of times; whereas a hundred millions of years make no part of eter nity; and eternity is not a hundred millions repeated a certain number of times. 3. With regard to infinite, the least or the greatest are the same thing: with regard to eternity, an hour or a hundred millions of years are the earns thing: the duration of the life of man, or the duration of the world are the seme thing, because both of them »re nothing, and nothing admits not of more pr less. All this being evident and granted, I now suppose Got^to grant you who t?oad {his buta quarter of an hour to BIOGRAPHICAL. From the Washington City Chronicle. TO THE EDITORS. Gentlemen: The sketch of Henry Brougham, whteh I have extract! d in part, from (he Athenaeum is calcu lated to ailne nis'i American statesmen to beware of devoti . their talents to party purposes The author, who ever he is, writes m< re like a sound citizen than a regal subject. First, he shows the evil of party politic s. Sec ondly, the excellent tendency of dif fused education. Thirdly, the great superiority of moral to mere intellect ual culture. Las'ly, he points out the paths of glory—fora lawyer, states man, orator. So that, under the garb of a biographical notice, great lessons are insinuated. Yours. Sic. J. B.C. MEMOIR OF HENRY BROUGH AM. Abridged for the W. C. Chronicle. The great misfortune of Mr. R rough am is.that he has uniformlybeen a partisan. It is at intervals only that he has labored in other public jpaths.- live, wherein to secure an eternity of iiappiuess, and avoid an eternity o, misery; and, at the same time, to re veal to you that the woild itseli should come to an end an hour after your death; I ask, upon this supposi tion, what a. count you would make ol the world and its judgment? W hat account would you make of its pains or pleasures during your lives:—- With vvhal care would you not think yourseltes obliged to employ your selves Ioi God, and every moment ot your lives to prepare yourselves toi death! U loots that y e are! do ye noi perceive with respect to uod, w ith respect to eltrniiy, the supposition 1 have just made is indeed a relative, that tho duration ol your lives, com- pareu with eiejm.j/, is Rss ihan qn, i- ler of an hour; atiu the duration of tin. universe less than an hour? r aiso make another supposition;— If you liiiu a hundred years to live, ami, for your support the whole oi this period, must only have what you could carry elf in the space of an hour, from a treasury oi gold and sil ver coin, the entrance to w nidi shou u be left open during that hour; I ask, in whaf would you employ the hour/ In sleeping, walking, feasting, or di version? Doubtlesslnot; but in amass ing riches, and in loading yourselves with gold in preference to silver. O fools that y e are! we must exist to all eternity, and during this eternity we should have the reward secured in time, and during the short space of our lives; and yet vve employ not ail our time in endeavpuring to obtain a great reward. But you will say to me, during our lives it is necessary to sleep, to drink, and to eat, and to lake some recrea tion. I gtant it: but what hinders, but like ht. Paul you may do all tor the love oi' God, and thereby obtain recompense ior-all? It must be con fessed, that the passions are so lively, and opportunity so seducing, that it is a wonder there should be one right eous man upon earth: nevertheless there are such; and it is the effect of the mercy of God, and the grace of he Redeemer. On the other hand, death, judgment, and eternity, are truths so terrible that it is astonishing there s-io dd be one sinner upon earth: such however, there are: this is (he effect of these great truths being for gotten Let us then meditate, watch, an’d pray, that w ( e m; y he of the num ber of the righteous in lime and in e- lernity. Such was the sermon our philoso pher made for himself, and with which he was so satisfied that he read it ev ery day—he did more, lie profited by it, and led a holy life, conformable to the great truth lie had continually be fore his eyes. By lending to a faction his powerful name and extraordinary talents, to gether with all the well merited in fluence of his genuine public services, he has done far more than any oue liv ing to invigorate the spirit o. party— the spirit which makes men anxious for names and not for things, lor men, and not for truths, for accidents and not for principles, lor pretences and not lor realities. & not only has he done much to strengthen the principle of party, but he has exhibited in his own per son a striking instance of its evils.— For w ho, in reference to the history ot the last twenty years, and compar ing what has been cone by Mr. ijroug- h..m with the v„st questions that bate • ■eon disputed during his life, can uoubl that, but lor the party by whkb iie has so long been displayed in tri umphs. a mamu led captive, he would have u(\ ompiislitd immensely more guod than almost anj uti,*., .... i, nab , nad, m our day, the oppoi tunity oi a- cliH.vmg. But this is a painful mat ter, and one from which, at least to. the present, we will turn away. 1 be queen s trial scarcely involved any of the great political principles at stake among mankind. But it was cei la in ly satisfactory to sec Mr. Brougham s abilities employed in defence of a wo man, who, whether guilty or innocent, was certainly .Jar Ike least guilty oj the / tip. least moral and the least sublime as sembles in tne world. Tin wonderful energy of his mind has alio sh ua itself in a very amica ble aid beuefaeenl tight witq regard to West India slavery. '1 hat dis graceful plague-spit in our empire is preserved from everypurilying- touch by a barrier of iuerested power which it is dangerousand almost hope less to assail. The slain proposition, ••that mtluug cun gif one mi n u com plete anil indefeasible right ovei tne tali of another,' is met with such a com plex hostility ofaicient prejudice, and desperate self interest, that, the man who ajjersto prof-vie In e worship rf the monslro/s Idol set by these uebusers oj 'hu manity deserves lo be protected ana cu- coureged by tne applause of all good me* Honor and praise be to those ybo use the talents God has given them in working charity to his crea- X u r* v! Nor unworthy of being mentioned together with these things tue the ex ertions of Mr. Brougham for education. b’irst came the plan of a national sys tem of instruction: then the mechanics’ Institutes; then (he Loudon University, J lien the Societ./ for Useful Know tea ge. We diller on many points with Mr. Brougham as to the best mode of edu cation, but who can want esteem, vve had almost said affection, lor the man 1.13 I umru iii,< s ,ep. two parties. Mr. Brougham's speech-] who under a constant violence of eppo- es vve re incomparably the ablest that sition, has attempted all this and realized me occasion drew lorth. \et the so much of it. Mr. Brougham, by these excess ol the public interest on that [various endeavors, has sought to clear trial overpowered even his abilities, lawny the clouds and thick darkness llis eloquence, acute and splendid as j which have so long rested on the land, much as it was, c]<d not equal an ex- and to make knowledge an inheritance peetation that knew no indifference,&. j common as the air, to all, instead of paused at no limits. Assembled Greece jits being a precious influence confined which crowded around Demosthenes, to the selected few'. Happy indeed at the contest for the crown, must would be the oppressors of mankind, probably been disappointed, even by | il they could monopolize mental ae- tliat magnificent oration, which still ‘ remains to feed our delight, and com mand our astonishment. Mr. B rougham s conduct respecting the Roman Catholic question has been consistent and admirable; and his great and undeniable popularity is a decisive refutation of the statement that emancipation, and all its support ers, are regarded n ith horror by the middle classes of England.' Still it is scarcely a thing to be dwelt upon to Ids praise, that he is averse to civil ine qualities on account of religion; for it may he taken for granted by every man, net a clergyman, who is at all su perior in social wisdom to the mass of mankind. Vet, though we do not mention it to his praise, it is agreeable to contemplate another addition lo the throng of illustrious names which may be inscribed on the banners of eman cipation. Grattan, Burke, Fox, Plun- ket. Canning, and we are delighted to be able to add, Chalmers—are men with whom even Mr. Brougham need not be ashamed to ally himself. His opposition to the orders in council ouching American commerce, is a- uother of the bright honors in Mr. Brougham’s career. On this subject he displayed some of the highest qual ities of eloquence; and his speeches may he recollected with the more satisfaction, because the talents they exhibited were put forth in opposition to a stupid and mischievous monopo- ! y- His disposition to concern himself heartily for the good of the people has been especially displayed in his puo- posals for reform in the laws. In their long oration which has lately been delivered, though the evil is not sought for nearly deep enough; yet the wish to examine and amend is so clear ly displayed, and the general abstin ence of a great rhetorician from all needless rhetorical display, is sc marked and praiseworthy, that it de serves to be estimated as one of the most valuable speeches ever spoken in the House of Commons. The con clusion, too, of this speech may he noted ns an impressive example of el oquence, and one in which the moral sublime of the sentiment was carried as far at. would be tolerated in one of is around him, ;>iui impresses lumst 11 upon it. But he never attempts lo withdraw from the turbulent 'and eagre jmsent into ti»ose. regions of purer and more abstract feeling, to which the best and wisest natuics hab itually journey. Nevertheless, if w e rank him either among lawyers or statesmen, he stands foith ii m ih e crow d, with a loftiness of statute and brightness oj glory, which m cur day and laud have belonged to uont beside, Bdoie vve conclude tins brief sketch, it may be worth while to i on- Sider, by what qualities, and n what circumstances, lie has attained present eminence. The ordina.y subject of marvel •nth reference to Mr. Broughams, is the variety of his powers anu ; t>* taiiimcnts: and he is undoubtly entitled to be considered as an orator, an eemo- mist, and person of scientific inf rma- tion, as u ell as a luwyer and a slaus- nutn. The min.i that has th itself actively into those various of exert ion, and has earned a just station in most of them, though it need not be a mind of the highest character, must obviously be om of no common stature; and in truth Mr. Brougham is distinguished by sev.-ial very remarkable qualifications. His class ot powers is neither that distiu-, guished by reason, nor by imagination,, His great peculiarity is era.geticfeel ing. ' But as bis mind is far more dis* cursive then Creative, his feeling!} habitually display themstlves in ~a dress ol logic. He is fherefoie espe. rally fited to excel as an orator; and unquestionably the most extraordina-s ry efforts of his talents are rhetorical* 1 e is deficient in no one of the wlfiji • lies necessary to eloquent e, ami pcs- sesoss many of them in the highest per fection. He has of wit abundance, •: { quirements like food, or privileges, or fancy enough, botlu'wgenuity a no , n>ct titles, and leave the mass of men stu- oi argumentation, ann u quickness fid as they are unprotected, arid as strength of sarcasm overpowering at.d narrowed in thought as they are le j tremendous. Ilis giealest cufict is stnetedin action, but the mind, thank merely of style. In the present ; gc, God, is free and open, even though it is extremely difficult to selccT a the hands be chained; & if the evils of phraseology for oraioiy; as ihe rieli our social system have degraded the and masculine language of our early great mass of the peoj le of this eoun- tiy, it has been Mr. Brougham s ue- sire lo elevate their intellects from the dust, and to npurish them into strength by instruction. The Me- ehani s’ Institutes and the Society for useful knowledge, are .admirable in struments of so exalted a design.— The London University attempts n- nnther hind of good, and must appa rently succeed in accomplishing it.— In sustaining such a project he has done a good to bis country, which e- , literature has fallen into neglect, am] ! is scarcely intelligible to the nn ny, and the meagerness ol cur prestlit diplion is utterly insufficient for large purposes or powerful elicits. Mr. Brougham lias at templed to it mei y this penury, partly by drawing tkq materials oi Iiis style fiom the giea{ 1 authors of the U/th con u:y, hi t chief, ly by recurring to Greek ai.d Roman writers, from whom he has dot.mr] no small variety of [ lirast—sinewy, indeed, and impressive, but not very ven England could not repay. One of ! well harmonizing with the other eie^ the most permanent evils of our con dition is the aristocratic and ecclesi astic monopoly of opinion. The only recognized and fashionable means of education among us arc in the hand of those who have-on interest in teaching aristocracy rather than politics and a creed rather than a religion. Many errors may be taught in the new Uni versity—though probably not so many as in institutions which are, at least to a certain extent, found to stand still while the world is moving forward. And this is, in truth, the great point, that there shall be nothing to shackle, noth ing to detain; that, if we donot draw on the age, at least vve may not hold it <lack; and if we are not masters, we may in all events, be servants to time, 't is well to embody know ledge in in stitutions; but it is well also to remem ber that 4in improving and expanding soul must he united forever to a body, which cannot improve or grow, and that if the material portion of man were eternal, it would become a dun geon to the perfected spirit. The errors of Mr. Brougham's sys tem of education connect themselves close with the general character of liis mind. The domain of his affec tions is the outward; the study of his life has been the positive. His days have been divided between the re searches of science and the contentions of law and government. He secs what ments pi his language, or sounding very native to"English ears. It is an error, however, "into which he has been driven, in company with many of the greatest orators of our count ty. Chatham imitated, and sometimes plundered; Barrow Burke colic, ted and heaped up liis brilliance from ai* most every accessible stoiehouse: Irom elder poetry and modern seie-: nee—from the libraries of Ac ad< me, and the workshop of Sheffield: and Grattan, whose style belongs more peculiarly to this age, was obliged to enrich the barrenness of the 18th t t n* tury with exuberant metaphor, and to point outfeebleuesswith redundant am' titheses. There is even a moie stilling siiw gularily in Mr. Brougha-m’s eloquence than the words lie employs, nanu !v, the sentences into which .lie ens s them. They are distinguished by a rugged and broken involution a care less complication of clauses which separates them from Ihe periods of every one else vve remember He seems so full of liis subject that w 1 cn he has got hold of the frame work of a sentence, rattler (linn waste time iij making another to contain a rew’ por tion of meaning, he goes on filling and piling up the first with argument crj argument, and image on image, till b« makes the whole a mass resi milling q heap of stones andJlov^, frq||j«}