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*f- + '•[BK IV A. .]GEORGETOWN C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 183-1.[\lt;L. XA r. NO. 10IProm tho Spirit and M mu'w of the Ago.STANZAS.I sought him—in th«- sunny bowerWhere I had seen him last:Tn ’ i nn *hono brilliantly, a* fhon,neglect, liko solitary flowers on a desolatewaste, it is nevertheless true, that, on thejudgment, vigilance and enlightened affectionofthoso to whom we are indebeted for ex :s.fence, our subsequent usefulness and disti .ction must mainly depend. It was the peculiargood fortune of Mr. Turnbull to be blessedNo cloud a shadow ca«t;Th* flow’r«'te shed their perfume still,The roses worn a* fair,with parents, whose virtues gave, by example, the highest authority to those preceptswhich their wisdom afforded for hia lustruuc-V i»ny ! ''•light him in tho bowerII i w is not \u ./tion.1* ought him whlt; r tho city's om,..*And temples prou !ly ri«e,♦A- o?tg the busy ’m a n throngThe grave, the g v. tho wise.J noil ght ’mong all their varied browaOf mirth or nxions care;V inly T -o ight him a’. *^0 town-*Hu w m no there!r I is father, the late highly esteemed Dr. Andrbw Turnbull, was emphatically amat] of genius, of deep and varied acquirements in his profession, imbued with anadventurous entcrprize of spirit, and with an hrdent and comprehensive philanthrophy. After completing his education, in thefirst classical schools in Europe, he visitedGreece, aud resided at Smyrna, where hiscelibritv as a Physician became so exfensiv*son, a gentleman so long known in this community for his worth and benevolence, lie was indebted for tbe transfer of s. voral mostweaving this beautiful chaplet. To this pa- j the great cause of resistance to oppres. Jthe ri*rlit of iudsirlt;«■ of theriot, and to the late Mr. William Robert- sion. 0After the appearanoe of The Crisi.t, it was imoossible to alter the destiny otV.r.Turnbull.ucrativo foreign agencies, which laid the foundation of his fortune at the, Bar.It inayhowever, bo readily conceived, that this business, so profitable in its results was calculated to allure him from the more brilliantHis station was assigned bimHe was atf ure«•■e s ad »p. 'f. afi.by his own commanding talent, once p'aced prommently among the foremes' of those who wer*- leading public opinion, an ■ was looked up to as a man, wisf in histhat wetie is but a shallow reaaoneron human nfgener uion, An fitted for the anxious conjunoiepartmcnts of his profession; and, occupi- ! tore, which thick coming events were br iged in adjusting, with rate skill, and the most irig on our country.scrupulous fidelity, claims of a complicatedcharacter and to a vast amount, he neither I fairs, who loes nol Jcnow that t‘ 0 poliira’sought nor had time for tfyi^£ occasions of j opinions of men g oforensic display, for which, trom bis subso- ciples, which blong to the 'henry and adnin-i istra'ions of the government, under wlirhThesee\»entpowers, thus rese ved? If rhis cl-n. ted, we may go home and tell our ter all ihc to Is and blood Ot lUvoluti n,ave changed one master for a V u-sa ■! i) rants, whom his pemiciou pn .cn»Io wi.l make h! od »bi: sty and corrupt; becauseirresponsible power is always b j dand corrupt.” Yet, fellow.citizut of the public p in-mr-tye 1 he due*trines of our opponents have this extent, and involve 'his monstrous absurdity.But the advantage i, obvious a? •' ey maybe, are as dust in the balance, in cowith the fninently qualified.qucnt efforts of popular oratory, he was cm-He was -emphatically a thnv happen to live. 1 nese opinions are business man, and the very model of a bus-1 moulded by the very genius and polity of hat i.ieSH lawyer at the Bar. 7/e seemed to re- I governme it. It is Hie diet ite both of ciarexample we have give*, of i and conserve jve effir icy lt;T u, rent has smoothed the wav *0 th .tHi 4Hamined fount*,VVhar# 1.1p *t© meonliofhtJfe to git end dream a way— %7 he » ;or+ —short summor night.Th • ahWed as hefor\» wmilted to his 8eraglio.that ho marriedTho oon still beamed as fair;y [ nought him by the founts, If vaa not there!1 sought him—hy hia kindly hearth.that he was employed by the Pacha and adit was at Smyrna 1 Grecian Lady of singular beauty, and not tho less distinguished lorher virtues and accomplishments. Our de. ceased friend was the third son by this mar-gar-4 the Lacy as one of the exact» •government.sciences; j ity and good tense, to suppose that in thethand of en most uecesrtr. of liurnaresistance t. oppr ssion. L na* * oppressor one sso i, it will go m m more, and save to Unio 1, if anarisone atIt4c orf-t,v ec 9me- nge par, -discovery and Demonstration of truth, Hence his iorensic efforts were reLiberty an U ion arethe‘arkuble for their of all.a age. We surely may be acquitted of thecharge of indulging in a romantic and groundless speculation, when we venture to refer this classic origin, not only the Gr ci c mould in which his fine form wthat the objects of public justice, which this I conflict of opinions which belongs to science , was contnyed !o promote, was the 1 ties which have arisen under our governrvnT,common qijec «I, _ ... In this controversy, we a o witli jsrvigorous coiideds itiou ami close adaption to J to concede to our opponents, vvnat w* claim the subject matter in which he was employ- | far ourselves. But for the security and pro. ed.— Engaged, during the sunshine, in r**ap- * motion of these objects, in the very r gin ing the golden tiurvast, he left the garlands j and dev* lopement of our political svsiern, a of eloquence to be gatnercd by tho more amcatiwhicn itsave 1 , ti; toe 1 w ty dwity.ucates .1 p 1uEhe t-)ke s, iiowever. o;—, -lot tn (♦ ,1,,;.*uc-) 1 '-e t . ochyU C 1,1! )1SIbilious of public distinct 1021. Neverthelessare 101 To iv ii.'.-uk** . ]vc ii'S, *St,!‘c i. ei*f^slt;iion wi } Jas tlic yalindium orln-wholv Soutn, and I Will venture, r.a reo.ver, 1 pre h'*t, = if h wi I wi’f »e the i of- -•IaJI ^ Llibertiors and sateredofla is own 0aiet hom';lb h’« 8fn®Il *t t fv %*k re he oft.In t-nentaldr * re vonHroam*Ano her now was in hi« place,H.nqai t henrth to share;at fad i nedbu; likewise his innate love for liberty, ami*the fire of that genius, which blazed with A-thenian intensity in hi? bosom. Before how.] huve ncard one individual, who knew himwell, and possessed the best means of observing his career at the Bar, say, that it wasTainly I sought him at that h*mo-^He was not th re*$ found him—where T nought him na«t, In his 1. a t narrow cell:Tho villas churchy rd now xeld allOf him I love so well:.^le jfr owy mound, tho humble etona,Told 1 sa1 t d« of r re;J lingered—i* w a hut te weopTo find tii 0 t! ereever, the birtb of Mr. Turnbull, tiis father left Greece and returning to England, he formei with Lord Hillsborough, the sanguine scheme of settling a Grecian Goloi»\ in Florida, in which despite of his energy.he was destined to he lis ippointed hv the ulterior failure of this philanthropic project, i' was during the prosecution of this ent*rprts th Robert J. Turnbull was born at Newmpossible mat thlt; bug u light that burnt in-. , .T 1* • - 1 • , • , |u*’hc 0 titTVqv. iithis Sta.e, in favo n *ihra lica! liiffcrenoenfopini -a hasnrism,« l«,cli | „» vali-jr. cfficae, „i .h.s - v. has re suit dm the existence oi two great jparties; who, whatever may be the objects ' |}i c;,3* i«» nreseu* *Ithat thevma* have in cotnmon;e a otatea, u x mi', \wardly 111 his bos un could be entirehceaied; 'hat at tunes its beamcon-would shineforth 111 spite of his mode Ay and the dialec.uc restraints tie had imposed on his owngenius.To you feiow-eiazenr!, wr.o arc *0 well*iutbrme l of the incidents of a life, passed among yourselves, it will ,e unnecessary ia' variance as to the means them.Hrf% widejyof promotingi1iWe belong, and our deceased friend helonged, to that party, who believed t a the Union lt;»f these Abates wi I be best secured.hv a strict an ! faithful ati mrenc.- t » the v-».Smyrna, in the province of East Florida. 11J mttarv 1775 As Dr. Turn-lt;ullslioul t any longer dfell on liese details withw as «*ptaii'ieh M’hig dtiring the Revolution* an*warrnlv estoused tiie American side o doIFr«:n tho Cotumhi 1 Tol«3Copr.H \MILTON’SEULOGY ON TCRNBTTLL.ofqu(»Ktion, ho forfeited Ids Eng’ish grao*s m Florida, and after a time removed to this.1•itv, wnon: he became as highly esteemed for his virtues as he was valued for his cmin-that minuteness which h- longs rather to bi-ograpmcal uarraiive. It is enough for mv/hat Ins inflexible(We proceed to execute our promise ,Ihs? week, in present ing to bur readers, the 'on* professional skdlpresent purpose to say, in egrity and hit pre-emui* nt^iktli, as a man ol buamess, were at ie g? * rewarded by a large fortune; and thvu, iu 1810, by ihc purchase i a vahi .0 luided properiv in-this*S.a»e Ac nt*e\(^le » theMiss:ssiopi,he be-* *os' enlightened succes-• (iitry. Such was therv t‘'r:ns and limitations of thVwiiicii create! the Union itself.compact.HBin a*ways lining assumed as a cardii al, »• th lie and imperishable axiom, thi* the Cons uu-tion ol the United S'aies ts a Com act b• *tween Sovereign States, write 1 have clt;*ntraded one vvitti the other, to exorlt;*i8e a *aTI*anal10Soi’their Sovereignty throng a co n non :.gt* t —that within tho trust thus j 1 \ del* ga'.edthis agent is supreme; bu\ 1. co* of heassumption of powers not r»us 1 *1 gateds its acts are utterly null and void;, and by virtu-'\*IIof the soveroignt v ol eaei* parcame oa • oiamplest choice of passages, from this highlv-Anter sting production that our space will'permit.The impossibility, hownver of spreading before the oublic the entire Eulogy, ci mp«*ls . Us^o direct our selection of passages r ithcjfPerceiving at an early period of his boy-1 tu; planters in our c iOd. the fine capacity and attractive quali- j Hind of sound judgment aud practical gio I tit.8 of our lamented friend, be sent him toright both to declare and m k• cm■;) 1 :S ahem null andinvoid, widiiu their respectiv ■ iunits.VbjOSsense he brougnt to boar on every subject .0On the otiier hand, ur opuonen a conteitd that the Coastituion• -ttLnglati for his education; and at tho cele.1 which lie dedicated tiie energies of his mind,compactnet we- nbrat -d academy of Kensington, was laid thefou »dation of that admirable knowledge oithe States hh States lt;; soteroigathat success invariably crowned his etforts.d ties; hu‘ a futKiam* tal la v.1ommuni-; b - itelie presented in ais character, the rare union 1 People of the cCahis own laugur-go and the auxilliarv branch- Jof genius, w ith a high tacultv for business. I paciiy, creating» tnvir aggr«--;aC vi v r me *ill HP:lt;P\to lurh a§ otfor information of the personal «*« of tb^ which aubaequenflv so pro-1 Ita etherial fires epUghtcned but did not lead 1 government, through it *wa ex* c 1On the deat h i him astrayhistory (hitherto Hut little known) of the il iustriou? subject of the discourse, thantoerninen’lv distinguishod hint, of his father ho retumod to Charleston, »md»* *such nar'a of the composition, as do honor tot). Mste or the eloquence of the orator.commenced the study of the Law, fir?t withhis brother-in-law, the venerable an i learn-From tfie period he left the Bar, until 1824 wo riud him devoted to Agriculture and 10*.;e enjoyment of the aflectio»s, duties an icharitities of domestic life. With ub no*isirtuvc and judicial funct tuaries, 1 ,ueO10 lland exclusive judge of its own pow!’s it nei - gs to tao government, us ..rea udetermine alone wheth.r its laws txted,I IThese though frequent, und made still more ed Sonior Associate Judge of this State, andafterwards under the guidance of the the :distinguished, Attornov-General, Mr- JohnJulius Pringle. After completing his pro ;| Utiie knew tne extent of those energi -s whichWarmly attractive, by the fervor of personal atT cho and the high enthusiasm of state at-tachmec , which they breathe—in delighting the p'lblK more, would teach them Jess, thanreputation for talent »hat tie had acquired bv a successful career at the Bar his countrynmdf in pur uance of the-Constitution or noti ie»^ laws are, and m ist be sueremo, until!those pwsages, which we thought it best toparatorv professional course, and obtainingofferT uvelegance and philosophic sweet-however cf the following sentences,whle'a highly honorable admission to the Bar, hewere slumbering in the comparative repose of a retirement which invariably seemedrepeated by t -c powe e acting ihemThe ptniisophy of g « «.e timent liasr ve4l. ed to us but iwo priuc«pies fort tegoverrii g »t' men—the sword, a id ;h an h .rit* eulu-iwent to Phild^delphia, where he pursued hisstudies tor a year; during which, in visiting r rodure the narrative of Mr. Turn- j tho Penitentiary, he became so deeply impressed with the benignity and policy of that systemof penal justice, that, at twentv-three T ere is a holy and cherished instruction years of age, he wrote ,a Treatise on themost congenial toihe modestv of his nature In 1824, however, the rapid strides whic»f written or oral compacts, ot grc.i; tradi-Ldtlbull’s cn hnrlife, arc too touching to be pass61 wetEd. 7'elescope.)the General Government appeared to hu m x-King in accumulaimg in its owii hands the powers clearly reserved to the States—theional 9anctitv. The noment however, you practically a lmit the supn n t v of the law*1*Srtmaking power over the an horny of Co sti-1 u.ious, uid decide tuat a numerical nai« ii%alarm which was soun led boih in Congress | must goverti, 11 ug ivernment of a federativewhich speaks from the graves of those who huve honoured and served their country. I1is t us that the lessons of virtue arftineulca-Pennsylvania Penitentiary; which may now la id at the outposts—-eemed. to strike Niid-which aref Jed through those impressions;00 the Benees, and ’enth itself enforces1he rs ferred to, no’ only as furnishing fhe un-equiuocal tokens of his future distinction, butdecide tieidy upon the sensibilities o*inhis anxiouswh'ch, at tfiat time, attracted veryHismoral which life is oft«n incapable ofteaching. There is a deep philosophy whichlies of the bottom of t :is instinctive and uni-versal proneness in man, *o place over the remains of those he has loved, some token,however fa iing and fugitive. The xemmenjitself embodies a wisdom remo«e from theVain instruction of t* o schools, which thenotice ai d pplause in Europe- itm view011 ibis subject, are made the basis ot mstriking reflections of the celebrated DParr, in the work which he dedicated to th* the genius and memory of nia friend Mr.Fox.patriodsm. In occasional fugitive piecesfrom the public press, m striking reflections hrowu out in the course of conversations,uwas quite obvious that the future author ofv.uar icter, you resolve both at last, into amere government of the sword Apply tms principle to our owu cou pry; can \on perceive, 111 taia case, tho smallest differencerhqtbiween lt;mr government and ina* of [he j j AUiocrat ot all the Russias? Discrc 10a isBrutus* was beginning “like the strong man the measure of the powers o. bottiarouse himself from hia sleep, and was misera do raockerv of a written Cons ittiuon t bout to shake his invincible locks.” j trampled under foot, so far from be mg a so-At length in 1827, when tho waters of bit- security, only adds lusult to our hum h t *n.u‘Jct11On Mr Turnbull’s return to Charlesto it r-ioss tppcared to bo ram Hv ascending tohe was devtmed to passthrough, at least rkuman heart itself 'caches The simoleportion of that tedious probation peculiar!But a stum ne-ie britn, he spddenly flu.ig before the public he numbers of fhe Crisis-r-an event whichstone, placed by the hand of the savage war-nor at the rude tomh of his chuff—tho foresttree that is planted to wave in the verv *uh itude of grief over some ^eluded grave of those we have loved—* he vernal flowp»-sincident to his profession. ce8flifv,thc best of all human teachers, h.m thrown him on his own exertions alone forforms an era in the poluical hismrry of ourLet us suppose that there h id been add* d lt;0 the Constitution of the United S.tehff1Ifollowing clause: “That nothing, in the i nitruons hereby made to too powers thus deState, not alone from the reaiarkable abilityegated to the President, Cong re s and ihe j 1-diciarv, shall be construed 10 extend tothese Essays displayed, but from the striking support; and to this necessity there came I impression they produced. The instantan-[not being the exclusive and final judges,eir£we have flung on its sod, in sympathy to diin; are equally as imoress've illustrations th# force lt;*f this sentiment, as “'he storied** through whichthe stimulus to provide for the comfort a»d;] * ous change they wrought in public opinion 1 what laws ma le, ©morce i or construed bis almost witnout parallel. They shot acrossthe political horizon with the suddenness impossible, however, in the then condition of land brilliancy of a Comet. Thev flashedhappiness of an amiable woman, who had united her destines with his own. It wasW *u.d t o1nd monumental urngenius feeks to confer and re *♦ iv«* iminor-ot th#1 prosperity of this city, that, with a faculty tor iHisioes the most admirable, and hab-truth afier truth, on the public mind, with antheir auiuoritv, are enac-ed or - \ » u id.d 1*1 pursuance of the Gonstitution such * clause have boen a virtua repeal of all t e limitations 111 tho (’oust! uti mi? M'ouldtalitv.The materials for the Eulogvof our friend•re, however, to ho found in the um'xaggor-ated recital or his virtues, and of his effortsand service# in the glorious stmrrgle to whichhe d ‘voted all the energies of his capacioussoul. He has stamped his name on one ofthe prou lest pag^s of the history of Southits of industry the most disciplined,united toa knowledge of his profession as a science, both comprehensive and precise, he shoulditlong remain unnoticed and unrewarded.intensity and v he me ace of popular discus, sion, winch aroused the lethargic to a sense of tho public peril, and to a fiitl mg of the mighty argument, by which thatSouth 3it navo iieen necessary in forming '!stitution, with this Clause, to have u lt;understand© u.yVthing more than to have provided f r tne e ee tion of 1 President and Congress, theap'arolina, withis an incident of peculiar interest in the history of Mr. Turnbull, that his earliest most Cordial and efficient patron was Mr. R w.peril was unfolded, a?l her confiding and generous patriotism, hml hitherto been essentially national, in herpolitics. She bad been slow even :o pofCarolina But, before I speak of this era,we must rocurto a pe*iod of his life, whenthe germs of bis character were in the coursefe.of a developement, which ftted him for the high vocation to which he was afterwardsLowndes; to whose prophetic view oflceiv© the dangers which threatened her pub.bu-.es to which the (institution of lh- ic liberty. 8he was brought, with great re-LINSthe abuUnited Statespoi ttncn of a judiciary, ami to huve tef1 tbe “comm m defeme1' aud “general tcrlj-.tre ’ of the people to their discretion.Suppose any man, say some wise Sir Rohurt Filnier, had risen 111 the Convention, h«*m«nd illumined by tliut anticipated Hood otwas inevitably liable, Mr. JI icumce, b, the firs' instance, even to regard light, which has been poured in upou us b\Turnbull, in the ull vigour of his intellect,wa* destined to add the impressive illustra4)f thisas plausible arguments, those great conservative truths, which she now recogn.zesxasa modem philosophy in more modern imes,and pressed this as an amendment to »htions of his genius and research.•ummonedffthere nro some exceptions to he foundin the almost uniform truth of the observationthat our destany in life results essentiallyof oaren'al nurture and instern aud uncompromising patriot, he “wavsspoke, with an affection and gratitude partaking of filial reverence. He bas emb dm-the cardinal principles of her politic il freedom. But it was the hand of Brutus thatrent the veil asundef; and it is to the o,umed his memory, in the very aroma ol' hs-* owngomus, in one of the most 8?rikmg passagesfrom©truction, in the occasion d success of those^lifted npuifp wfio rts* and flourieh mrudatoiMris writing*; in which 1 is impossible io*to perceive, that perso «.»’ntuI•ad evena larger agency than political sympathy, inbers of The Crisis we mus? refer that enlightenment of the public mind, which notConstitution? Wt.y, the most servile a i lola;rous worshippers of a more mag lificei national government would not have da.ethis tnischijvous naridox. Bonlygave us a just knowledge of our rights, Hutto sustain what would the vsiurab « G.►ct?in their soul otirrmg appeals to our patriot-U«im r^e and s*-ns^ f honor, propar*' ! ushave said on tins p» •] exclaiintMl. “n lt;a' aall IM•HOEd lt;e\1?iit* -\vReaervefor tbat ftfuggle* wbioh has canonized againpOW’rp,- - ot * gStates; and m tha same breach *^«uy ikam• •%S uta ( 'o11 * * r cites, t .1 w'mnrumt! ' fir\ Tvi Mi bULL FrIda:rLi•0“Vi V'.—- ——...
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