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Volume V.]
LyA Character ce “ ‘ \ ,
JAMES MADISON.
. . SECJii;Tjj!£ os State.
(From the Independent Gazetteer.)
IF <wal merit gives a decided- fu
jpeno: i;y to human character., y, u .
here lee an an who poOlfihs nu or
dinary .c], .tn tQ luch pre-eminence. • ■
Wi.ln-ut the artificial title to grtat
, mty. which gives dignity in other
.countries, he is the Noble of Nature ’
lisnd derives his pure lineage front
,£mple w:prfh.’. ... i
Per haps there is-no fetter evid- --
ercei that this pan of the portrait
j.- n-.fi’y drawnj ‘than* tKst Mr.
•fdacifen 1 as_ spent a ulhn.l ‘
: #i;hci/t -uqdtfe a fettle ferny.’
H*i ffSwoff cxrraoiOini/v ;’he-- -
cause it has been, prirdfftaly ftevot- f
oi ±\£ c oft:, try, in
fcer.^ ; of xliffiriilty r.ftd Wtopife,
where pi ff;yn lb - -
fcqu&ftly <Mto<fpGth£ belifciS cto
jr.pJtfty end moxkration,. 4.
Aotocr enlb rare, 7$ tofoomto be
Iten ill efty cofcnny-: burrtVuch
■lds- e^trfddtSTppbraßC’e 1 haYc /bmto
fx'toic. 1 iii f\:r.erica*’” Ytt, here,’ |
party Ijjivif, be- !
j i tn vi r cvK: Ava)\ xlie hifnible aivd 1
tie ekvhtccF have’ iiUii-c ; imare]y *
oak* ■
ft 1. Mautoft braved ■’
the ton;Lift* Fr>m his oolhical^
* . ** * * *■ * 1 •’
rrrr,.:;, nr- received that.
tofteff leh'vt s ferlitre un
touched, are; hi* dignity. unimpair
ed. ‘lHu.uyfUrelyJ exhibits an iiluf
tsiple of tl: a poverty c-f
. \toct ho making Prejudice trihu
t-'vy to its ;u;d of. Fearing
> tiro Tcoul away.. captive, lagainfi our ,
k/ Aftto to i.totow 4
, t pio3, f v*’ ; ‘ y > . v.. X 5
Mr, tobifon, like his noble j
fneiFt f,e Prtfidcnf, v.as born in
an age of great everts. ( CengeM
ihtyHf edueaticn, of fenthiu fits •
Foe ILi hut,- Fad fit red theft great -
‘Wn f 0 fFd rfe in th e 1 h he ft I j h ere
to geiioru a mid ft ihofe brilliant ;
seem, -v*h?-ch untimely unfold the :
; nf£ralitlcd genius and'dignity of
■rir'vti ebartoftr. It is to !
- ]
*Frr iour.orial honor, that they
| to#Fever for a moment, deviated
1 In nbeFtih* other ir: political cpin
fei and frigne fhlp ; for great men
|* r sto 1 i\vay ? he wihjernefs
I*xe miirds,” arid should never
e e fepa rated,—Whilft the “one de
, ycteq-Lis tintt to; a variety of fub
"]‘;hU in literature and phiiofophy,
• tUe oi he r principally made rhe fei
cyce sis Lcgifir.tion, theefkidy of ,
to life, Let it not be unde 1 flood ?
. torever, that Mr.- Madison is de- |
in any of that variegated j
dge, whxh should be ac- j
the statesman, the philo- j
ylHvr grid the, His j
intimate ac- j
cuamtance with hiftory.and jurii- |
bis;-writings bear ,
n to.cf Betides these
accoßQpliflnneKts, J
a correft dlchcivvlecige of vvhat j
eomniohl'v called the dead* j
4 Mr. Madifbn speaks }
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_______ ‘ ) R ' NTED Weeki -y for Sarah Huamoihs.
PPl'Ucal character of L”
Wj,h
. u.irt tfa e annals of this cm
f: . P'l ciples uniuliLJ bv
■e picjuatccs Oi pa. V !r':riteim:v
----m Jinuur L u-j;iL cf auon : are
VW'iM 9&priug
. ,aud ; ga intelka that c,n- ;
braces wuh Wonderful pvrfpicui v
iu perofiou Hie v?Mc fauge of
roJiQcal besnee an I the true-eon- i
§?. of ii| s rebunnys ;
t (> pviiidphis fie. seems to i
j-yo altered, a must all the rtvo- i
Idimns of pftny, whir that calm 1
undevigtiiig ipirit, which could cn*d
r??, ifldS toft. c urdciaug^ko^Jt y I
a.u and .undc rftundi ng Convidrd bv r
.iwalOin .> 4 .. ‘ “ •--<*!
i>... bfadifpn- hke his iiluftjrous !
if lend, was called ea< ly into the
of political !ifL V/e fee
himxtpon t’v- £1 : >r or th e Virgin-: 1
la ( oxiycptivti, with tL ie models-;
,i>f elocudon, Meiny, Lee, ;lhrF
oiph and G |g was* thut.
tnoft auguft*body of colietkd wif.
d'Uii, .the had ever fecit;
.The .luojeO’ of convoc '.tim,
was the molt If. ituc and ihterell
ing that ever jattention
} J>U dtnberative aHettiuly. It was
to decide t>ie ekminy of a yuan ■
mpireFthO - ; 1.0,4 dL, ? U
•g Lroilpc the.
Kew t&orid; to open an everlj’.ft
ing returat to ife OIL . The
fpee-hes of hlr. Aladifou in tm;:
aii- so my, aim u.n: >n uyjt cccairt ii,
will iviiiain the durable memorLis
~of a great mind unfbkbng itielf
and preparing the w ay* for the dif
tinguhhed figure which history
ft.ill assign to him iu the annals t f
tpis empire.
In. deliberative aiTernbiLs, there
is surely no man more truly ref- ,
p--chil:lj than Mr. Madilon. lie
conveys to rhe world a kff< n that
\vifto:ri auu r odemuon a-e con- 1
genial plants that delight t-) fl jur- j
ifh in tne neighborhood of each 0-
xher, and fhoull mver be fcpasat- i
e.i. As si cool, pointed reaiooer,
he isr-among she Ih it orators of the
age to captivate the u iderftanding
by convincing* ir.-^Vhen he ant*
to deliver his opinions, a uiiiverftl
ft left ce evinces the aLention which
his auditor arc will rig to oetlow
upon rhe orator. Yet Mr* iviadi
fon is not one of those boillcrous
dec!aimer* whofc vehco ence ex
torts the ftlence of admiration. nc*
docs he. hke Pitt & Murray com
mand attention from the exception
| o f a mere amusement. On the
‘ contrary, in of thii
! rrentle-n.-ui, there is no glares no
■ jupafSuned theatrical cant to en
| chain our c-yes on the,orator ; no
: voice ’ of any great itrenph ro
[charm by the mFody of its terns
j or the variety of its inoJuiaia-.
i ij[s rr.a‘nner has the air o*, •
| from-aftckly oonftfiutw® wop, N
r,. *Ah \“r F
•lnp’icr.tion. h ou. neither m tnc.
’ falling tear of Govfcrnmir Morns
i to inlbirc your fynifathy, ano -p
iSs *ss“ “ f “ n “" d B “ rkt 1
SATURDAY, JANUARY .5, 1806.
m rage before you, eye*, m *
us? r.-.s indignation of
—Yet he ,s inu-refting; and h. - u -•;
‘<>, because you expect front him
that pro found c!u
gj a that lucid
ntatvi that c; iy motfe of „• I
‘he uTidcrft: and the .C’-
>, n UFli hti, that we arc wF’iin
- toi become wife at the x'xpcnf
?[ aa^ 1
tc : -e v reftnil.!es the pfbfnunS no
to v ‘dftch k xps thc even tenor of
Us \vay, wit. <*ut noTc or b an,
Perhaps tnere iy f>o man in A
; r * lfct ! ca x y >ofe principles, attd whi ;"e
tnde of res toning bom then 4ie
• L.orc iuihiCuu to a r *n- kua i ■
| ft®*,. tV*n !’ f; ,
are phi|.*fc.phic l)f!e;if} beda.uie
- fme^vc wsWft'* eniirhtpntd
Jcratmsairvh of c* ( f
cufon ntid morJ , ‘r. ni .n,t p c j
Ivfccnmenfs ‘lYcmife- corrupt
*?>f th;?*!ci ; g, and b^’ cHcfc,* 1 ’
ftheir ir*u fftoiyA
iBTiLC!pIt:S. v T ■y. hiift ift’ J re
pchlic, we fee Mae;fi n as a ftsttf
u.'!) ano ippeafing to the:
p <;:d, ti> ccmhat errer, and to cn
fi.trce iwftif, v/c na’is-tr.ri-s hear the
4 inufic of the i\>hc\c*’ Ir ora the fti
tb lull -pur.;.
y;n; fiippoFtittg’ .:4iig
prcfhgufc pnnefths and ..
- mh .iftraditm. * k 1 • .
< wAuld mvkf k'kble to produce a
f revolt;tibit wfibre alb the fpnr.gs of
r-gt.t re.do:s have been'completely
i were out* a‘d i icrlficed to the c-F
I xervtdct nee of the palHons—He
) w’ouki hot be a hie to appease die
| ftbrms rnd confulftons of ftaie r.y
* . , j
• the tiled of mere teafti ing; as an
j orator; because in this cad the
. voice, ci rcaihri is He
; is better prepared to t
paili.JrA of men from their beer, tie i
t wanoorums and deviations fox a
; It it e of crderly” f clety, to h ral the j
[ wounds of a fitldy con ft it! rife. !
garni to cftrbiift the empire of 1
~ .. J XCf:.-. ,4’ .rj
son, upon a firm basts. This poi; t j
once gained, he doubtless pcftftf i
that superlative capacity whicjl cm :
maintain its exHierce in lecuftty, *
by the combination of great abhi y
. and moderari >n.
Had Mr. Madison ken more .;
l oquert, it is probable thaHie wauU!
, have brer, bfs prok uod, xld ol
’ -camfe, kfs ufcful as.an American
; ft ate ft lan. Ft r all hoop:- .1 -cm ion
and found l ode r.r
incompatible with each other, -as
i iiutlkaual atiainments, yet they
are ft Idem united m the lame per-,
son. Few wen have appeared hi
the world where they licive been
: emftemly blended in ihe umc ,
! mind.
| -1 Eloquence depends mnftly npr-n. J
: native genius ivft.t en j
: and logical afrangbu i.t mid Jo
liverv, upcm ca]>ati!)% rcquirAF by
intense apphea-. n, ’ , j
the tfftet of an expanueu maw i
grncc, slowly ded,; nr:., .e- j
ing and combimn,,’ the erntpo- J
went puV-c>les'of f to pro- j
duce a whole. *1 be one appeal* I
T Pumhl* h > / * m Km
L / *-♦ * • % |,f / iF'fcJf ff
♦ rm *• #Jf #
, Stick in r.r:,',; ; : ,•.
1 trrous Ji FFtRsoM to ft udmirili
- raricn tea giv. n a dghe. ..fd/vi.
* * to he Ameri .un bhar: ftvT,
whicl> ft had never Dei arc attain
ed. i‘V s *
No man, perhaps, ever Fad a
n > e\.f!ted opinion r.j another,
.. J v aaCi lon €U>et tarCl'i f(iT t|j§
I Lis wkhln the pdc and dpmtf-
I tic reu/f-mcnL fhft rhe fi uld I a
| g'to in an lift, s ul it pjcul
fomf cdnlpsfti-fl,” fr> m nauve
oi he-irfi—Wife, moral,
and rifhd it *1 hi-:!.!:,
too imrenul to let a fetgk tr
ill rt ot (wire cr tonic *pi to
and *yimrr you ire
m the prrfc: ce of Ma a
JilojK irJ you roc ha j-y. S >
pies ting ac * nd>li aii m *A ■ i
qunfovs. Ci?tdd only hrW re&luJ
from a c o^pn : >tntic core ; to*.!
arc rh * and a whi^h
Clufh .field tifitt piffr&d.
We ht re !• ave ft e fu! j *5
r. I h laid h*. i* t*> bz
Itiu iufcd&'r of bts il!tflr*a
frk-nd, in .he P.riidcsia On*, -
} I.ir'r.v c ‘it’ in ! ti V’ ur hr cr. r t
H en*,‘, ih M§ ,\i * ,fc
to the piafik hard of Mr*< ti’ n,
the gkiieos wc*fc which Jctitr*
■ n |;a lx run.
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('fail kinds ft: Talc at this
tjfiice*
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