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it the customary rules. Li tters on business,
in ill eases, must be tost I’Ain.
“ tin abiml, end burst the boiler.”
[Mi.'SiS.uppi boatman a Ullage.
This significant though homely saying
may truly he applied to the policy ot
those politicians, who would squander
th : substance of the nation in apeing ihe
ollicirvl pomp and extravagance of Euro
pean nations. We may shortly expert
to hear from their lips that they claim
licitr.niTARY r.iorx, that they may enjoy
pi in a ,m I [■•■tiAions hy family succes
sion. A- - (o the ndministiation of the
government, on pure constitutional prin
ciples, it is the last thing they think of;
honest democracy and the policy of Jef
ferson is scouted at; for the man best
qualified in preside at the helm of go-
v eminent is in their view, the pro-
foundest adept of tho Mar.hiavrlian
school ; or a politician that graduated at
the court of St. James or tho court ot St.
Cloud—a diploma from the former al-
v, ays to he preferred ; and the closer
lv adheres to the celebrated doctrine of
Walpole the In ttcr ; to wit, “ that every
ciau has his price.” But in order to res
cue the country from the profligate pow
er of such rulers, we would suggest
some points of character that ought to
distinguish the successor of Col. Mon
roe to the presidential chair, and which
we are certain many nf the candidates
for that high office do not possess—
1. !fe should bo a Christian, without bigot-
try to any sect
2. Me should possess a strong mind, and nn
elevated intelb rt. wi ll versed in the poli
tical and statistical history. not only of his
own country, hut of every other in the
fu n ly of nations
3. He should be resoluie in the defence of
right, and possess firmneas to withstand
the importunities of parasites or favorites,
and of his mvo family, when they demand
undeserved and unmerited patronage.
-J He should observe as n f mdinnrnUil rulo,
in all appointment#to office: that industry
nnd talent ought to have a preference to
personal attachment which shim d also be
accompanied by a devotion to the public
good.
3 lie should, in relation to parly, and Ihe
friends of a republican administration, ob
serve an obvious distinction, but at the same
time, be just to bis political opposers.
3. llesh 'iilil persevere in establishing n ri-
g d system of economy nnd retrenchment,
in every branch of I ho public disburse
ment! ; so a<to bring l{ie national expendi
ture within Us income.
y. He should enforce tho strictest scrutiny
into tho conduct of public officers, nnd act
upon the determinations of his own jud
uient, independent of tho representations
of departmental ollircrs.
th In short, lie ought to discharge his official
duties, Willi an eye to the national wel
fare, regardless of his kindred or the gra
tification of favorites.
By observing these, or similar rules,
bis administration will bo honorable and
advantageous to the country, and there
will be no danger of impairing the re
sources of the nation by that profligate
policy, with which we are threatened by
certain would lie-statesmen, who, il they
are ever permiited to rule this country,
would outi ival the prodigality of Pericles,
and leave us nothing but tho broken
fragments of the constitution to remind
us of the proportions and the principles
of a ruined republic and violated consti
tution.— Hash. City Gas.
CALUMNY ANT) PERSECUTION.
When we see one of the first officers
of the republic, the head of a depart
ment of the government, and the consti
tutional counsellor of the executive, de
liberately charged with crimes of deep
est dye, it is time for the public to pause.
It is trine to consider whether this lati
tude of accusation be the right of free
discussion—whether it be not the licen
tiousness," rather than the liberty of the
press— and whether it must he 1 he con
stant attendant of distinguished station
and elevated character.
The national reputation of this coun
try is a just subject of pride and gratula-
lion to every American citizen, Hi
feels his share in this dearest and best
of national property, and indignantly re
pels the injury inflicted on it, when a
fellow-citizen, ennobled by his virtues
and elevated hy his talents, honored with
the confidence of his country and invest
ed with her authoiitv, is wantonly and
ftiuly slandered. The patriot reseats
this general, like an individual, injury ;
h is levelled its peculiar animosity at the
Secretary of (lie Treasury, accusing him
el the vilest crimes in tho foulest lan
guage, thus showing at once the princi
ples and the taste of the new school in
which the editors of that paper have
been educated. But Mr. Crawford lias
nothing to fear from such assaults. The
violence of the attack defeats itself. It
can only create a re-action which will
come homo with dismay and disgrace
upon these artificers ot slander, these
propagandists of faction, the hireling her
alds of civil war. No. The noble struc
ture of his reputation, which Mr. Craw
ford has been sedulously laboring to e-
rcct l>y many a year of useful nnd emi
nent public services, by a constant de
votion to his official duties, hy indefati
gable industry, and a long-tried, utiim-
peaohed integrity, cannot he roatldy
demolished. The storm may beat on it,
but it cannot bn shaken.
The man, whom the confidence nf his
own state had placed in the national Se
nate, whereby hi* vii'ies he conciliat
ed the affections, and bj his talents com
mantled the respect of that body, the
distinction of partv, with regard t' 1 him,
being lost in ntt admiration of his char
acter—who was commissioned, under
the administration of Mr. M idisnn, to
represent the sovereignty of this nation
at cne of the must distinguished Courts
in Europe, where he executed the du
ties of his embassy with equal honor to
himself and to the government—who
was thence recalled to take charge of
Department of War, which he regulated
with great skill an I judgement, and to
the entire satisfaction of the army—w ho,
from the increasing confidence of the
public in his capacity, was invited by Mr.
Monroe to take part in his administra
tion and preside over the Treasury,
hy (his affectionate request, that I or
dered it to be given to him. This hoy
wag Eugene Beauharuois. On seeing
the sword, he burst into tcare. I felt so
much affected hy his conduct, that I no
ticed and praised him much. A few
days afterwards, his mother came to re
turn me a visit of thanks. I was ranch
struck with her appearance, and still
more with her esprit. This first impres
sion was daily strengthened, and mar
riage was not long in following.”
And again—"Josephine was subject
to nervous attacks when in affliction.—
She was really an amiable woman—ele
gant, charming and affable. Era la dam i
la pin grazinca di Francia. She was the
goddess of the toilet ; all the fashions
originated with her; every thing she
put on appeared elegant ; and she was
-n kind, so human—-he was the bo»t wo
man in France.” In another place lie
says of her—"Josephine died worth a-
liont 18 millions of francs. She was the
greatest patroness of the fine arts that
had been known in France, for a series
of years. She had frequently little dis
putes with Denon and even with mvself,
as she wanted to procure tine statues and
pictures fur her own gallery instead of
the Museum. Now i always acted to
please the people : and whenever I ob
tained a fine statue or a valuable picture
I sent it there for the benefit of the na
tion. Josephine was personified.—li
very thing she did was with a peculiar
grace and delicacy. 1 never saw her
act inelegantly during the whole time we
lived together. She h id grace even cn
sc. couchant. II-r toilet was a perfect
arsenal, and site effectually defended
herself against the assaults of time.”
Of Maria Louisa also he seems to have
been very fond. The author relates
that he made him read to him three se-
sequeiitly having closed his life fighting
against his country will ever disgrace his
memory. As a general, Moreau was in
finitely inferior to Desaix, or to Kleber.
or even to Soult. Of all the generals I
ever had tinder me, Desaix and Kleber
possessed thegreatent talents ; especial
ly Desaix, as Kleber only loved glory
in isrnuch as it tvas tile means of procur
ing him riches and pleasures, whereas
Desaix loved glory for itself and des
pised every thing else. Desaix was
wholly wrapt up in war and glory. To
him riches ami pleasures were valueless,
nor did he give them a moments thought'
He was a little black looking man, about
an inch shorter than i am, always badly
dressed, sometimes oven ragged ; anil
despising comfort or convenience.-r-
When in Egypt, I made him a present ol
a complete, field-equipage several times,
tut he always lost it. Wrapt up iu
a cloak, Desaix threw himself under a
gun, and slept as contentedly as if he
were in a palace. For him luxury had
no charms. Upright and honest in all
wa«
you have read, to hreckfast with me, as
I took a pleasure in his conversation, and
conversed very freely with him. Now
all the intriguers and speculators paid
their court to Denon, with a view of in
ducing him to mention their projects or
themselves in the course of his conver
sations w itli me, thinking that even being
mentioned by such a man us Denon, far
whom 1 Imd a great esteem, might rn i-
terially serve them. Talleyrand, who
was a great speculator, invited Denon
where his financial ability has been most ! v - er;l | times, out pt the Observer newspa-
nilvantageouslv exhibited, and the cor- pcr , an account of her hat ing fallen off
redness of his calculations, as may be
demonstrated from his Reports, is shown
to be not inferior to that of any of his
predecessors—who, six years ago, in
the Congressional Caucus that determin
ed (he election of Mr. Monroe, had a
decided majority nf firm and fast friends,
both personal and political ; but, from
motives of delicacy, and a disinterested
regard for the harmony and unity of the
republican party, declined standing a
candidate—who, from that period to the.
present, by tin- vigorous exerci-o of his
powerful talents, and the faithful devo
tion of them to the public interest, by
the calm, sternly, anil silent course he
has pursued in the unremitted discharge
of his official duties, has been rapidly,
extensively, and permanently increasing
his influence—who, from his past and
present policy, his republican habits
anil principles, his plain deportment,
his sound, discriminating mind, and cool,
praclical judgment, Ins established a
character dear to republicans, honorable
to his country, and with which the cha
racter and interests ol tlie country, but
that imbecile Metiou attacked you on
your landing with twenty thousand men,
as he might have done instead of the di
vision Lanusse, your army would have
been only a meal for them. Your army
was seventeen or eighteen thousand
strong without cavalry.”
I asked his opinion of Clarke, lie
replied, " He is a man of talent, hut lie
is laborious and u-eful in the bureau.—
He is, moreover, incorruptible, and sav
ing of tho public money, which he ne
ver has appropriated to Ins own use.—
He is an excellent redaclcur. He is not
a soldier, however, nor do 1 believe that
her horse into the Bo and narrowly es-j ke ever saw a shot tired in bis life. He
caped drowning ; an accident by which G infatuated with his nobility. He pre
asked him diverse questions about In
man Friday 1 Denon, astonished, did
ins proceedings he was called hy the j not know what to think at first, but at
Arabs the just Sultan. lie was intended length discovered hy her questions that
by nature for a great general. Kleber | she really imagined him to lie Robinson
aid D -saix were a loss irreparable to j Crusoe. Hts astonishment and that of
France. Had Kleber lived your army j the company cannot be discribed, nor the
dgypt would have perished. Had | peal# of laughter which it excited in Par-
(ha story flew like
scene or event, generally in a simple and
touching manner.
We have rarely met with a work
which unites such high-toned inoral sen
timent, with so much literary talent and
fine sensibility.
FROM THE Nr.W VORR /IStTRIC'.I.N.
By tile recent arrivals iv« have received
the list English periodical publications, a-
mnng which is the. i;ltl number of tile Quar
terly Review, containing an article on this
country, replete with tho vulgar abuse, impu-
to dinner. \Vhen lie went home to his j dent arrogance of superiority, and shameless
wife, he said, "my dear, I have invited falsehood, which have hitherto chanuti riz-
Denon to dine. He is a great traveller, | ,; d t,1P efftsions of jealous malignity with
and you must say something handsome i 1 ''"‘‘l*' v; " rk minister, to the appetite of
about his travels', as he maybe useful I l! ’ r n Bnl,s '! . ri \° article » a review
. ,i *1 r . . of several travels in this country, alinin'?
to us will, the emperor. His wife being j „ hu .|, ,, , he book of .Miss Wright, on which
nKtrcinelv ignorant, nn«! probably never (the following remarks arc mu dr, which may
having read any other hook of travels be taken a, a fair specimen of the whole:—
than that ot Robinson Crusoe, concluded j “ The fourth and last article i, an impu-
lliat Denon could be nobody else than J dent attempt, we conceive, to fust into pub
Robinson. Wishing to be very civil
with him, she, before a large company,
he appeared much affected. U'e have
already seen that her own picture and
that of her son decorated liis mantle-
piece : he had subsequently received
from Europe a bust of young Napoleon,
upon which lit: used to gaze at times with
the most tender expression of affection.
Napoleon seemed fully impressed with
an opinion that his affection for Maria
Louisa was returned to the last ; and it
the story w hich he relates he true, it i«
indeed highly to her honor.”
" I have, (continued ho) hern twice
married. Political motives induced me
tends that he is descended from the an
cient Kings nf Scotland or Ireland, am!
constantly vaunts of his noble descent
A good cleik. 1 sent him to Florence
as ambassador, where he employed him
self in nothing but turning over the old
musty records of the place, in search ol
proofs of the nobility of my family, f»r
you must know that they came from
Florence. Ho plagued tno with letters
upon (hi, subject, which caused mo to
write to him to attend to the husine-s
fur which lie had been sent to Flor
ence, and not to trouble his head or
more especially of the republican party, , , , ,
. . 1 , ■ , 1 , , lamented her cruel separation, avowing
are intimate v associated and identified , , , , ,
„ , -. , ., , , her ardent desires to torn me in my ox-
—Such a man is not to he proscribed by i. j J J
calumny ; lie is not to he run down hy a
to divorce my first w ife, whom I tender-1 '‘‘""j h , is non-enre about nobility;
ly loved. She, poor woman, fortunately j ,h .’‘ 1 ,v: ’, s ihe / trsi ot m - v , ' un,l >’-
for herself, died in time to prevent her] ,V1 !" Il! ^. , . r 11 '
witnessing the last oi my misfortunes.— I ' ru P llr,es ' ’ 1
Let Maria Louisa be asked with what
tenderness anil affection I always treated
her. Alter her forcible separation from
me, she avowed in the most feeling term-
to f *■*■** her ardent desire In jinn
me, extolled with many tears both iuy-
sell' and my conduct to her, and bitterly
line and cry ; lie is not to he siirrcmier-
ed a sacrifice to faction ; he cannot be
supplanted by intrigue—nor overthrown
hy violence. No. lie is grappl T to
the hearts of his countrymen, and his
hold on their affections cannot be loosen- »>'>™ ofa masculine Ilian a feminine n«- i
pi). Ho has grown, and will continue I ll,re > proud and high-minded. Sheis|
to grow, in strength and popularity, not
withstanding the machinations of his ene
mies, the. aspersions of malice, or the
jealousy ofrivalship.—lb.
LITERARY SELECTIONS.
FRO91 THE TONPON MWIAZINr. FOR JCLV.
A VOICE I'KO.d ST. HELENA.
(Uy It £■ O'Meara, late Surgeon to the Empe
ror -Ynpoleon )
This work, from which our readers
will recollect, some extracts were given
in our last, is on the eve of publication,
but has not yet made its appearance.—
We avail ourselves therefore of the co
py in our possession to lay before our
readers a further selection from its con
tents. The work purports to be a com
pilation of Napoleon’s private observa
tions during the first three years of his
captivilv at St. Helena, taken down up
on the spot each day, immediately after
the narrator parted from his company.—
It is a simple unadorned narrative of
he still continued hi
returned from Elba
he offered his services to me but I sent
him word that I would not employ any
traitors, anil ordered hi-n to his estate
I asked ifthonght that Clarke would h ive
served him faithfully. “ Yes,” replied
the Emperor, “ as long as 1 was tin
strongest like great many others ”
The following is his discretion of Car
not :
“ A mm laborious and sincere, bu'
liable lo the influence of intiagues and
ea-tly deceived tie had directed tin
operations nf war, without having merit
ed the eulogiums which were pronounc
ed upon him, as he had neither the ex
perience nor the habitude of war.—
When minister of war ho showed hut
, . little talent, and had many quarrels with
capable ot selling everything, even to lhe lnilli „ er of finance and treasury ; in
her chemise lor me. 1 alloweu her a a ll of which he was wrong. He left the
million a year, besides a palace, and giv- ministry, convinced that he could not
ing her many presents. 1 o the manner I his sUli „ n f or want of money, lie
m which she tormed me at an early age, ..(terwards voted again!# the establish
ment of the empire, hut as his conduct
was always upright, he never gave any
umbrage to the government. Daring
Of his own family, nnd particularly ol
the females, lie appears to have been
fond ot indulging (he recollection :
“ My excellent mother, (said he) is a
woman ot courage and of great talent,
is, as the story flew like wild fire
through the city, and even TalleytanJ
himself was ashamed of it.”
“ At one ti ne 1 had appointed Talley
rand,” said he, " to proceed on a tnis-
sion to Warsaw, in order to arrange and
organize the best method of accomplish
ing the separation of Boland from Rus
sia. He had several conferences with
me respecting this mission, which was
a great surprize to the ministers, as Tal
leyrand had no olli lal character at the
tune. H iving married one of his rela
tions to the Duchess of Courland, Tal
leyrand was very anxious to receive the
ippoiht.ment. in order t) revive the
hums of the Duchess’family. Howe
ver, some money transactions of his were
discovered at Vienna, which convinced
me that he was carrying on his old game,
and determined me not to employ him on
tho intended mission. I had designed at
one time to have m ule him a cardinal,
with which lie refused to comply. Ma
dame Grand threw herself twice upon
her knees before tne in order to obtain
permission to mtrry him, which 1 refus
ed ; biit through tho entreaties of Jose
phine she succeeded on the second ap
plication. 1 afterwards forbade her the
court, when I discovered the Genoa af
fair, of which 1 told you before. “ Lat
terly,” continued he, “ Talleyrand sunk
into contempt.”
[from the Portsmouth, .V II Journal, .lug. 21.]
Lights and Shadows of Scotish Life.—
What i-i tlie cause of that deep interest
which is left towards the Scotish charac
ter and m mners, and even local scenery.
lie notice, under a spurious title, in .i*ly,
tint of an Englishwoman, a must ridiculous
and extravagant panegyric on the govern
ment and people of tile U lited States ; ac
companied by tile grossest anil m nt dele l-
nlde i-alu nniea against this country, that fol
ly and malignity ever invented. An Eng
lishwoman. with the proper spirit and feel
ing' attached to that proud title, would blush
to be thought tile author of such a work.—-
We will not, we cannot possibly, believe
that one so lost to sham • cxi-ts among us t
and arc rather disposed therefore, to attri
bute it to one of those w retch d hirelings
wit ', under the assumed names T “ travel
lers,” “ residents in France,” "I aly,” Sic.
supply the r nlical press with the means of
mischief. Our first conjecture, indeed, on
opening t ie correspond' lice, was that u i
were ini-tiled for it the consistent Mr. Wal-l
who, fi cling til it his former work bad ui.t !e
n-i converts on tills side the A lanlic, (nit
the exception of our northern brethren, to
whom the subject endeared it,) had attempt
ed to revive it under a inure taking title. \
regard to justice, however, compels us to
ad l, that the perusal of a very few p ,gos
convinced u.s that the calumnies are too stu
pidly outrageous to come from him ; and,
to say a hold word, we know of no other
American that could Justify even a guess.—
Such, however, as (he correspondence is. u p
must proceed with it. We ran smile at the.
bloated vanity which proclaim a Solon and
Lyc ii'gus to be mere simpletons in legis'ati*
nu co nparetl with a Jefferso i. a id II inni-
bal a bungler by the side of a Gen. Jackson,
whose most glorious achievement, we bee
have, (before tiis unparalleled campaign in
the Florid is,) was t tint of tile murder of two
unarmed Englishmen; tuy, we can hear
without much impatience, that tne Ameri
can government is tile perfection of all hu
man institutions ; that justice is cheaply
dealt out w itli such an even hand to high
and low, that slavery even cases to be a
corse—that n spirit of universal In nevolence
pervades all classes of society—that poverty
is nn!-.n iwn, oppression uiilell, and disho'i-
osty unpractised—but when we are told,
“ that tile people of the United States are
far superior to the English in nil intellectu
al endowments; in the decencies of life;
and in their general roudurt towards each
other and to strangers—'hat they have n it,
j like ns, disgraced themselves with an est.ib-
| lished church, supported by penal laws, the
work of statecraft and priestcraft”—in short
resembling in a slight degree, that feel- ,|,it “ relief from all the mils which tho
5 scholar Ills towards the j old governments of Europe have indicted
I principally ntvc my subsequent elev
lion. [My opinion is, that the future
good or had conduct of a child depends
entirely upon the mother.] She is very ( | 10
tic.h. Most of my family considered that . lske j f.Vr'any'thing'r but'after the'’ rais
ing which the
classic scenes of antiquity ?
The inquiry would not be uninteres
ting, hilt our limits forbid our pursuing
it to its proper extent. Its solution i-
pat'tly to he found in the peculiar insti
tutions and in the sensibility an I in mt.il
energy which have always predominated
in the Scotti-li character.
d’li.'re is something emin n nt’y poeti
cal in the early institutions of this coun
try. Tho whole nation was divided into
distant tribes or principalities, each
bearing its peculiar name, all its indi
viduals connected hy the lies of kindred;
and all, from the chieftain to the kern
feeling a deep and common interest in
the welfare and honor nf their clan. No
one has ever rea 1 the history of Scot
ian I without being impressed with the
sperity of the empire.' lie never and attachment oftliese clansmen
1 might die, that accidents might happen,
and consequently took care to secure
something. They have preserved a
great part of their property.” Of Jo
seph tie thus speaks :—His virtues
and talents are those of a private charac
ter ; and for such nature intended him ;
he is too good to he a groat man. He
has no ambition. He is very like mo in
person, but handsomer. I lu is extreme
ly well informed, hut his learning is not
that which is fitted for a king ; nor is he
capable of commanding an army.”
The following are (Ascriptions of some
th8 conversations of Napoleon, not spoil- of his generals and ministers ;—■
or brought into suspicion by any at
tempt at finery—it i* the Boswelliana of
and cannot patiently submit that the fair i Bonaparte, unalloyed hy the (certainly a-
fanie and unsullied honors of his cotin-1 musing) egotism ol the northern hiogra-
try shall be despoiled by tho unhallow- j pher. The following are soma ot hi
ed hand of the calumniator. If Keen-1 opinions of the person to whom perhaps
1 iu the world lie was most attached, the
Empress Josephine ;
"Had some conversation with him
relative to the Empress Josephine, ol
whom he spoke in terms the most affec
tionate. Hu first acquaintance with
that amiable lining commenced after the
disarming of the sections in Baris, sub
sequently to the Uth ot \ etidemi tri\
17Uo. "A boy of BJ or 13 years old
presented himself to me,” continued
linns abuse of public worth be tolerated
the national character, which is our
Strongest bond of union, will be frittered
away to nothing; and we become the
scorn of our enemies, the pity of our
friends,—a hiss and bye-word among the
nations.
The ‘t Columbian Observer” of Phila
delphia, a journal more distinguished for
virulence of invective than tor sound
ness of argument or power of reasoning,
indiscriminate in its censures and lav ish
of abuse on all those who most honor,
and are mpst honored by their country,
Moreau,” said he, " was an excel
lent general of division, but not lit to
command a large army. With a hundred
thousand men, Moreau would divide his
army in different positions, covering
t oads, and would not do more than if he
had only thirty thousand. Lie did not
know how to profit either by the number
of his troops or by their positions. Ve
ry calm und cool in Ihe field, ho was
more collected nnd better able to coni
tnnnd in the heat of an action then to
make dispositions prior to it. He was
often seen smoking his pipe in battle.—
Moreau was not naturally a man of a bad
heart; Un bon vivant, rnais il n'avait
pas beattcoup dc caracterc. He was led
fortunes of Russia he demanded employ
ment, nnd got tlie command of Antwerp,
where he acquitted him-elf vrrv well
After Nnploeon’s return from Elba, he
was minister of tho interior; and the em
peror had every reason to he satisfied
with his conduct. He was f iitlilul, a
man of truth and probity, and laborious
in his exertions. Alter this abdication,
he was named one of the provisional go
vernment, but he was jouc hy the in
triguers by which was surrounded.
qie
upon the poor and industrious is only to
be found io America”—it becomes a 'Rlv
to rise op and expose the fallacies, in order
to check i'io ruinous consequences which
they are hut tno well calculated to entail
upon t'in-e credulous |i“"p ! e whu are liable
to be deludi d by them ”
from Titr. rnic. vori.rm v national c. \zf.tte.
AN ENGLISHMAN 3 IDEA OK AMERICA.
“ Two Years Residence in the Settle
ment of the English Prairie in tho Illinois
County, United States. With an Ac
count ol’its Animal an l Vegetable B o-
dnclions. Agriculture, &c. Arc. A Des
cription of the principal Towns, Vil-
I 'g-’“, &e. with the II (bits and Customs 1 f
Back Woodsmen. By John Woods."
This is the title page of a volume of
about 300 pages printed two or thre.e
months ago in London, which we have
read within the few days past. It pro-
ini-es more th m is furnished, but on the
whole, the bunk bears a character of in
geniousness, good sense and homely rec
titude, w hich pleases doubly hy tho ef
fect of rarity and contrast. When an A-
merican opens an English volume of tra
vels in the United States, ivithoutjhaving
been apprized of its tenor, he always
expects to find effusions of spleen, or ex-
of their superiors the ill-fitted son of, prejudice, It is quite an agreeable sur-
lie, ” and intreated that his lather’s sword iw.iy by his wife anil another intriguing
(who had been a general of the republic) Creole. His having joined Pichegru
should be returned. I was so touched'and Georges in the coaspiarcy, and sub-
tow,ards each other—the reverence
which is felt towards tho chieftain by Ins
subjects, which is not the timid awe of
servants to n master, but the filial affec
tionate respect which tho head of a fa
mily receives from its members—and the
corresponding love and confidence re
posed hy tho chieftain in his followers.
The Scotch are a very intellectual
people. Steadiness, fortitude Si thought-
tulness nre the chief traits in their na-1 nggernted representations, seasoneJ with
tional character, and they have always | vulgar wit are malignant sarcasm, ami
been lamed for the most unsparing self- manifold evidences of ignorance, ia-
had passed for" mi original amongst his devotion for the sake of their country or gratitude, and national arrogance and
companions when he was young. He
hated the nobles, nnd on that account
had several quarrels with Robespierre,
who latterly protected many of them.—
lie was member of the committee of
public safety, along with Robespierre,
Conthon, St. Just, and the other butch
ers, and the only one who wu* no; de
nounced. He afterwards demanded to
he included in the denunciation, and to
be tried for bis conduct, a« well ns the
others, which was refused : hut his hav
ing made the demand to share the fate ol
the rest gained him great credit.”
The characters of Foticlve and Talley
rand are strongly &. unfavorably drawn.
The following anecdote, if not probable,
is at least amusing :
" Mnd ime Talleyrand was n very fine
woman, English or East Indian, but.
sotte and grossly ignorant, l sometimes
asked Denon, whoso works I suppose
tines i'd threw himself upon these well
known feelings of his Highland subjects,
and the plains of Culloden testify that his
confidence was well founded.
But ihe fine genius and the amor pc.
trig of the Scotch writers, h ive dove
more than any thing else to'interest our
feelings in the history and fortunes of
their country : it is the writings of
Roberson and Burns and Scott and Ihe
mysterious Author of VVaverly, to call
no inferior names, which have shed such
charms about tho scene* and institutions
of Scotland ; and which time will never
efface until it wears away the fast ar.*
prise nnd n ref esliing recreation to
meet with pages from the London I’ress,
ii co of these ingredients, and imbued
w itli the principles and sentiments which
we would willingly ascribe to Ihe mass
of the honest British yenmanry. Of this
class, Mr. Woods appears to be ;—a
plain, tin opliisticated English farmer,
who emigrated, in 1820, from Killing-
hurst in England, to English Prairie, in
the State ut Illinois, here " settled down”
with his family ; and, at the expiration
of two years, transmitted his journal to
his friends ori the other side of tho At
lantic, ns n general reply to their ear
nest questions concerning his expei ienre
chored island.
The “ Lights and Shadows if Scottish land views of things in America, and hi#
life," is designed to illustrate the habits particular situation in his new residence,
and character of the midding and lower In what he has written, there is no symp-
rlassea of society in late times ;—it con- tom of a id in to promote his own in'e-
sist3 of short stones relating some single • rests, or to attract followers, from bis na-