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SELEC TED
j Don Quixote’s instructions to Sancho Pansa
before he set out for his government , with
other well weighed incidents.
The duke and duchess were so well pleas
ed with the diverting and happy success of
the adventure of the afflicted duenna, that
they resolved to proceed with the jest, see
’ ing what a proper subject they had to.; make
it pass for earnest. Having, therefore, com
municated their scheme and instructions to
j their servants and vassals, touching their be
haviour to Sancho in his government of the j
( promised island, on the day succeeding the
flight ofClavileno, the duke desired him to
prepare and make himself ready to set out
for liis government, as the islanders already
•loogr/i for him as much as for May flowers.
Sancho, buying made his obeisance, “Since
my descent from heaven,”said he, ‘‘and since
from itslofty summit 1 have viewed the earth, \
and found it of such small extent, my desire !
of being a governor is much moderated: for I
what grandeur can there be in'reigning over
a grain of mustard seed? or what dignity and
empire in governing half a dozen of mortals |
no bigger than filberts? for the whole earth i
se •tiled to contain nothing more. If your
lordship would be pleased to bestow upon j
me a small trifling space in heaven, though i
it should not be above half a league, I Would i
more gladly receive it than the best island in !
the world.” You must consider, friend San- j
cho,” replied the duke, “that l have it not in
my power to give away any pait of heaven;
no, not a nail’s breadth: these favors and be- i
ne.fiis are in the gif> of God alone. What is
in my power, 1 freely give you; namely, a
good island, right and tight, round and well i
proportioned, above measure fertile, and so I
abounding with'all good things, that if you
mind your hits, you may with the riches of
earth purchase the opulence of heaven.”—
“Well then,” cried Sancho, “lei this island
be forthcoming, and 1 will struggle hard, but
?I shall be such a governor, that lit spite of
knaves, I mat go to heaven; and take notice,
it is not from avarice that 1 desire to quit my
cottage, and raise myself to a footing with 1
my betters; but solely to taste and try what
it is to be a governor.” “Nay, if you once
taste it,” said the duke, “you will be ready
to eat your fingers after the government; for
nothing sso deliciousas to command and be
obeyed; certain I am, that when your mas
ter shall come to be an emperor, as will
doubtless be the case; considering the cur
rent of his affairs, it will not be in the power
any person upon earth to tear it from him, and
•he will sorely grieve anti heartily rue the time
he haslost before his advancement to such an
imperial station.” “Indeed, my lord,” re
plied Sancho, “1 imagine it must be a very
pleasant thing to govern, even though it
should be but a flock of sheep.” “May Ibe
buried with you, Sancho, but you know eve
rything!” answered the duke: “1 hope you
will turn out such a governor as your judg
ment and sagacity seem to promise; but here
let ihat matter rost-, and take notice, that to
morrow’ morning you must set out for the
government of the island; and this evening
you shall be accommodated with a conveni
ent dress, and all other necessaries for your
departure,” “They may dress me as they
will,” said the squire: “but be that as it may,
1 shall still be Sancho Panza.” “True,” re
plied the duke: “hut the garb ought always
to be suited to the dignity and function of the
profession: for it would be a great impropri
ety iira lawyer to appear in the dress of a sol
dier, or in a soldier to wear canonicals: you,
Sancho, must-.wear a habit that shall partly
bespeak the gown and partly the'sword: for
in the island which I havebestowed upon you,
letters and arms are both necessary.” “As
for letters,” answered Sancho, “I am but in
differently stored, as I am even ignorant of
the a, b, c; but, provided 1 remember my
Christcross, I shall be sufficiently qualified
for a good governor; with regard to,arms, I
shall use those that may be put into my hand,
until I can stand no longer, and God be my
shield.” “With such an excellent memory,”
said the duke, “Sancho can never fall into the
least mistake.”
DARIEN, (GEORGIA,) <£qualant> <£jcatt Sfiu&tce. -TUESDAY, AUGUST B, 1824.
Here they were joined by Don Quixote,
who understanding the subject of their con
versation, and the short space allotted to
Sancho to prepare for his departure, took
the squire by the hand, with the duke’s per
mission, and led him to his apartment, in or
der to instruct him how to behave in his office
Having entered the chamber, he locked the
door, and obliging Sancho to sit down by him
spoke to this effect, in a grave and solemn
tone: *
“I return infinite thanks to heaven, friend
Sancho, for having ordained, that, before I
myself have met with the least success, good
fortune hath gone forth to bid thee welcome,
t, who had balanced the remuneration of thy
service in my own prosperity, find myself in
the very rudiments of promotion; while thou,
before thy time, and contrary to all the laws
of reasonable progression, findest thy desire
accomplished: otht r people bribe, solicit, im
portune, attend levees, entreat, and perse- j
vere, without obtaining their suit; & another j
comes, who without knowing why or where- \
fore, finds himself in possession of that office ;
to which so many people laid claim: and here j
the old saying is aptly introduced, A pound
of good luck is worth a ton of merit. Thou
who, in comparison to me, art doubtless an
ignorant dunce, without rising early, or sit
ting up late, or indeed exerting the least in
dustry; without any pretension, more or less,
•han that of being breathed uponby night-er
rantry, seest thyself created governor of an
island, as if it was a matter of moonshine.—
All this 1 observe, O “>anclio, that thou mayst
not attribute thy success to thy own deserts;
but give thanks to heaven so. having dispos
ed matters so beneficially in thy behalf, and
then make thy acknowledgements to that
grandeur which centres in the profession of
night-errantry. Thy heart being thus pre
disposed to believe what I have said, be at
tentive, O my son, to me, who am thy Cato,
thy counsellor, thy north pole, and guide, to
conduct thee into a secure harbour, from the
tempestuous sea into which thou art going
to be ingulfed; for great posts and offices of
state are no other than a profound gulf of
confusion.
“In the first place, O my son, you are to
fear God: the fear of God is the beginning of
wisdom; and if you are wise you cannot err.
“Secondly, You miist always remember
who you are, and endeavour to know your
self; a study of all others to most difficult.—
This self knowledge will hinder you
blowing yourself up like the frog, in order to
rival the size of ttie ox: if, therefore, you
succeed in this learning, the consideration of
thy having been a swme-herd will, like the
peacock’s ugly feet, be a check upon thy
folly and pride.” “1 owoi I once kept hogs
when 1 was a boy,” said Sancho; “but after
1 grew up, I quitted that employment and
took care of but I apprehend that
matter is not of great consequence, for all
governors are not descended from the king
ly race.” “No, sure,” answered the knight;
“and for that reason, those who are not of
noble extraction, ought to sweeten the gra
vity of their function with mildness and affa
bility; which being prudently conducted,
will screen them from those .malicious mur
mers that no station can escape. Rejoice,
Sancho, in the lowness of your pedigree, and
make no scruple of owning yourself descend
ed from peasants: for nobody will endeavour
to make you blush for that of which they see
you are not ashamed; and value yourself
more upon being a virtuous man of low de
gree, than upon being a proud sinner of no
ble birth: innumerable are those w’ho, from
an humble stock, have risen to the pontifical
and imperatorial dignity; a truth #hich l
could prove by so many examples, that you
would not have patience to hear them.
“Take notice, Sancho, if you choose vir
tue for your medium, and pique yourself up
on performing worthy actions, you will have
no cause to envy noblemen and princes; for
blood is hereditary, but virtue is acquired,
consequently, this last has an intrinsic value
which the other does not possess.
*’ This being the case, as undoubtedly it is,
if peradvehture any one of your relations
should come to visit you in your island, you
must not discountenance and affront him,
but, on the contrary, let him be kindly re
ceivcd and entertained; and in so doing you
will act conformably to the will of heaven,
which is displeased at seeing its own handy
work despised; and perform your duty to the
well concerted rights of nature.
“If you send for your wife, and indeed
those who are concerned in governing ought
not to be long without their helpmates, take
pains in teaching, improving, and civilizing
her: for all that a sagacious governor can ac
quire, s very often lost and squandered by a
ioobsh rustic wife.
‘lf, perchance, you should become a wi
dower (a circumstance that may possibly
happen) and have it in your power to make a
more advantageous match, you must not
choose such a yoke fellow as will serve for
an angling hook, fishing rod or equivocating
hood;* for verily I say unto thee, all that a
judge’s wife receives must be accounted lor,
at the general clearance, by the husband, who
will repay fourfold after death what he made
no reckoning of during life.
“Never conduct yourself by the law of your
own arbitrary opinion, which is generally the
case with those ignorant people who pre
sume upon their own self sufficiency.
“Let the tears of the poor find more com
passion in thy breast, though not more jus
tice, than the informations of the rich.
“Endeavor to investigate the truth from a
mong the promises and presents of the opu
lent, as well as from the sighs and importu.
nities of the needy.
“When equity can,and ought to take place,
inflict not the whole rigour of the law upon
•The phrase, No quiero de tu capilla, al
ludes to the practice of friars, who, when
charity is offered, hold out their hoods to re
ceive it, while they pronounce a refusal with
their tongues,
the delinquent —for severity is not more
respected than compassion, in the character
of a judge.
“If ever you suffer the rod of justice to be
bent a little, let it not be warped by the
weight of corruption but the bowels of mer
cy.
“If ever you should have an opportunity
to judge the process of your enemy, recall
thy att :ntion from the injury you have re-’
ceived and fix it wholly upon the truth of
the case.
“In another man’s cause, be not blinded
by private affection—for the errors thus com
mitted are generally incurable—or, if they
admit of remedy, it will be greatly at the ex
pens*. of your fortune and credit.
V fa beautiful woman should come to de
mand justice, withdraw your eyes from her
tears nd your hearing from her sighs, and !
delib rate at a distance upon the substance of;
her demand, unless you have a mind that j
your reason should be overwhelmed by her j
complaint, and your virtue buried in her j
sighs.
“Abuse not him in word whom you are re- J
solved to chastise in deed—for to such a ]
wretch, the pain of tne punishment will be ;
sufficio.it, without the addition of reproach, j
“In judging the delinquents who shall tail;
under jour jurisdiction, consider the misera
ble object man, subject to the infirmities of
our depravei nature: and, as much as lies in
your power, without injury to the contrary
parly, display your clemency and compassion:
for although all the attributes of God are
equally excellent, that of mercy has a betier
effect in our eye, and strikes with greater
lustre than justice.
“If you observe and conduct yourself by
these rules and precepts, Sancho, your days
will be long upon the face of the earth: your
fame will be eternal, your reward complete,
and your felicity unutterable: your children
will be married according to your wish—
they and their descendants will enjoy titles
—y ju shall live in peace and friendship with
all mankind: when your course of life is run,
dernb will overtake you in a happy and ma
ture old age, and your eyes will be shut by
the tender and delicate hands of your poste
rity, in the third or fourth generation.
("To be continued J
FROM* THE FRANKLIN GAZETTE.
Mr. CRJIVFORD—Lord MEL VILLE.
The cast of Lord Melville, better known
as Henry Duntlas, in England has been apt
ly compared to that of Mr. Crawford. It is
.omewhat remarkable that a British House
of Commons should have treated a misap
propriation of the public money with great
er severity than an American Congress.
,'ron July 1783 to April 178 J, Mr. Dun
das acted as treasurer of the navy, and dur
ing the lat:ter year, upon the elevation of
the celebrated William Pitt, to be prime
minister of England, he was re-appointed to
and remained in that station until the year
1801. He continued a firm and invariable
supporter of the measures of Mr. Pitt’s ad
ministration, and was, in return, rewarded
with honors and emoluments. While acting
as treasurer of the navy, Mr. Dundas allow
ed a portion of the funds committed to his
official care and management to be draw n
out of the Ifctnk of England, and to be de
posited with a private banker named Corts,
in violation of an act of Parliament. This lie
did principally through the agency of Alex
ander Trotter, Ins subordinate clerk,by whom
the money was used for the purposes of
speculation and emolument.
Parliament detected this system of illegal
ity and corruption, in the year 1805, and at
their meeting in the spring, Mr. Whitbread
took the lead in directing invest iga
tion towards it, and in conducting the
impeachment to which it gave rise. It may
be useful to extract from the printed report
of the trial the sentiments expressed by the
great statesmen of the time, when the sub
ject was started; they will be refreshing to
those who have lately witnessed glaring de- i
parturesfrom public virtue, in order to j
accommodate personal friendship or party j
feeling.
Mr. Whitbread said, that “when any per-!
son had been incontestibly proved to have j
flagrantly violated the. law himself, and to ,
have connived at the violation of it in oth-j
ers; when In addition, he was opposed to the ,
strongest suspicion of being an accomplice j
in the guilt and a participator in the gain 9
of such inferior culprits; if the House did
their duty, they should at least arraign and
censure him, and by so doing confer the I
greatest benefit on their country. In the
present exhausted state of our finances, it’
would show the people that the House of
Commons were determined that the
revenues should be frugally administered;
that they should keep a watchful eye over
those entrusted with the disposal of them, ,
and tiiat no man, however high his rank, or i
however sanctified bv the public confidence
for many years, should be suffered to in- ;
fringe the laws enacted for their regulation, i
with greater impunity than what would at
tend the meaneat depredator in existence.
Should the House, however not come to a
decision on the subject; or should they, in
defiance of the clearest evidence that could
possibly be adduced of the guilt of an indi
vidual. agree to find him not guilty, what
would be the opinion of the people on their
conduct? Would they not say, and say jut
ly, ‘it is for the emoluments of your situations
that you contend for themandfor those alone;
regardless of justice, honor, orpublic virtue,
you wish for the places of those wh are accu
sed before you, merely that you may reap the
same iniquitous advantages; not from the
laudable ambition of serving your country,
I but for the base and sorded expectation of
I gain?” “Mr. Trotter confesses he did lodge
! large sums of money at Coutt’s; because he
: says, it was more convenient, and more se
cure; and notwithstanding all the acts of
Parliament which expressly contradicts his
opinion, he thinks it was always intended
that this should be permitted. 1 hat such a
man as Mr. Trotter should make so weak,
so absurd a defence, was not surprising, but
that Lord Mellville should imitate bin;, was
really wonderful. After having himself in
troduced the acts, and the regulation be
before alluded to, how was it possible that
the noble Lord could have the face to say,
that in a private banker’s hands tile
public money was more convenient or
more secure? It is much easier, he says, to
give a draft on a private banker than ofi the
Bank of England. Why? Is not one as vai
lid,and attended with as little difficulty,as the
other? As to security, it was a most extra
ordinary plan to seek security by going
from a place w here alone security could he
found. If the Bank, of England had tailed,
no responsibility would have been incurred
by Lord Melville, because he was justified
in placing the money there; but the >•. .iment
he weiv even to the most respectable pri
vate bankers, ins responsibility commenced.
Events might happen, not possible to he an
ticipated; the money might be lost, and
then Lord Melville and Mr. Trotter would he
overwhelmed with destruction’ It was in
famous that the pittance wrung from the
necessities ot tile poor should be sported
with in the hazardous game of stockjobbing.’*
Lord Henry Petty observed, that “a very
material fact was, that Lord Melville had al
lowed he had violated the act of parliament
by permitting Mr- Trotter to withdraw
large sums from the bank of England before
they were actually wanted, and to keep
them al his private banker’s. It the money
were once allowed to be drawn, it night
be allowed to private as well as to public
purposes—anil if the door was once open,
it was impossible to set limits to the abuse
it might let in. The speculations oi Mr.
Trotter had not failed, but that was no rea
son for putting the public money to so un
warrantable a risk. ‘The principle intention
of the resolutions passed in 1787 was to reg
ulate the disposal of tlie public money, and
to prevent public officers from borrowing
public treasures. Lord Melville must have
known that these regulations were by him
regularly and systematically violated for
ten years. If such a statement was true,
why should the house not come to a resolu
tion, declaring such persons unfit for any
’office of trust? He confessed he saw no rea
son why they should act otherwise than
any private individual would do to his agent,
who had been guilty of such gross malversa
tion.” “It would, indeed, be fortunate if abu
ses were never detected, rather than that it
shouldappearthat when Ministers violated the
most express and immediate laws for proven*
ting abuses in their departments, Parliament
should come in between law and its viola
tion, and screen the delinquent from justire.
This was the worst precedent that could be
established in the country.
Charles .lames Fox said, “it was strange to
hear it asserted, that the accused was not
guilty, because no loss occtired from this
scandalous transaction. To those to whom
the loss of honor was nothing, perhaps it
might be said that no loss had arisen. But
what was tbe loss of honor to'hat govern
ment which, after such a palpable instance of
delinquency, should preserve its connexion
witli the delinquent? And what is the loss
of character and honor to that house, should
it attempt by its vote to screen such a delin
quent? Infinitely more than any sum ot mo
ney could amount to.” The guilt consisted
in the vioalation of the law, and it never
could be pretended that any such violation
could he innocent. There were, indeed,
many cases in which the most severe punish
ments attached to offences, to which the
charge of moral turpitude did not apply, hut
which were criminal in consequence of the
precept of the law.,’
Mr. Wilberforce remaked, that “if the
house were once to suffer a minister to say he
had connived at a breach of a law, by his de
puty, a confidentialdeputy, a confidential ser
vant, constantly, for a number of years, and
the superior was to be allowed to pass un
censured, because no personal corruption
had been proved against himself; if that was
once to be admitted as a principle by which
the conduct of the house of commons was to
be directed, there was no security remain
ing for the faithful discharge of any public
trust.”
Mr. Whitbread.—“The principal cause of
the suspicion impressed upon my mind, that
lord Melville did participate with Trotier in
his illicit gains, arises, as I before mentioned,
from the fond attachment with which the no
ble lord so long, and under the various chan
ges of circumstances, clung to the office of
Treasurer of the Navy', and it is remarkable
that not one of liis friends has attempted to
account for this attachment, or to remove
the impression it is naturally calculated to
produce.”
l That the strong analogy between the cas
es of lord Melville and Mr. Crawford may be
distinctly seen, let it be remembered, first,
that the sixth paragraph of the 9th section of
the first article of the constitution of the
United States runs thus: “No money shall
be drawn from the treasury but in conse
quence of appropriations made by law: and
a regular statement and account of the re
ceipts and expenditures of all public money
shall he published from time to time”—se
condly, that Mr. Crawford has for years been
in the habit of loaning the public money to
the banks in the District of Columbia, with
out authority of law, and without venturing
to commanicate to Congress “a statement
i and account” of such an unwarranted dispo-
I tion of the people’s treasure—thirdly, that
; the positive direction of a resolution of Con
gress as to depositing the revenue in the
bank of the United States, or its branches,
I has been knowingly disregarded—and,
j fourthly, that Mr. Crawford has clung to the
: office of Secretary of the Treasury, not
withstanding the notorious fact of his
I being, in every other respect, an alien to
j the cabinet.
M. 29.