"of the woods? to delegate to the merciless "Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to

wage the horrors of his barbarous war against "our brethren? My lords, these enormities cry "aloud for redress and punishment. But, my "lords, this barbarous measure has been defended, not only on the principles of policy "and necessity, but also on those of morality; ""for it is perfectly allowable,' says lord Suffolk, "to use all the means, which God and Nature "have put into our hands!' I am astonished, "I am shocked to hear such principles confessed, "to hear them avowed in this house, or this "country. My lords, I did not intend to en"croach so much on your attention; but I can"not repress my indignation-I feel myself "impelled to speak. My lords, we are called

upon as members of this house, as men, as "Christians, to protest against such horrible " barbarity—' that God and Nature have put into "our hands!' What ideas of God and Nature that "noble lord may entertain, I know not; but "I know that such detestable principles are

equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. "What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God "and Nature to the massacres of the Indian "scalping-knife! to the cannibal savage, tor

turing, murdering, devouring, drinking the "blood of his mangled victims! Such notions "shock every precept of morality, every feeling "of humanity, every sentiment of honour. These "abominable principles, and this more abo

"minable avowal of them, demand the most "decisive indignation. I call upon that right "reverend, and this most learned bench, to "vindicate the religion of their God, to support "the justice of their country. I call upon the bishops to interpose the sanctity of their lawn, upon the judges to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence "the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call I call upon the spirit and humanity "of my country to vindicate the national cha"racter. I invoke the Genius of the Constitution. "From the tapestry, that adorn these walls, the "immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns "with indignation at the disgrace of his country. "In vain did he defend the liberty, and establish "the religion of Britain, against the tyranny of "Rome, if these worse than popish cruelties and

inquisitorial practices are endured among us. "To send forth the merciless cannibal, thirsting "for blood! against whom? your protestant bre"thren? To lay waste their country, to desolate "their dwellings, and extirpate their race and "name by the aid and instrumentality of these "horrible hell-hounds of war! Spain can no

longer boast pre-eminence in barbarity. She "armed herself with blood-hounds to extirpate "the wretched natives of Mexico; we, more ruthless, loose these dogs of war against our countrymen in America, endeared to us by

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every tie, that can sanctify humanity. I solemnly call upon your lordships, and upon 66 every order of men in the state, to stamp upon "this infamous procedure the indelible stigma "of public abhorrence. More particularly, I call "upon the holy prelates of our religion to do 66 away this iniquity-let them perform a lustra"tion to purify the country from this deep and

deadly sin. My lords, I am old and weak, "and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong to "have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head

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upon my pillow, without giving vent to my "eternal abhorrence of such enormous and pre"posterous principles."

They

In private intercourse, lord Chatham, though always lofty, was very insinuating. The prince of Wales, the grandfather of our present sovereign, and Mr. Pitt were once walking in the garden at Stow, apart from the general company, who followed them at some distance. seemed to be engaged in earnest conversation; lord Cobham expressed to Mr. Belson, from whom the writer received this anecdote, an apprehension of Mr. Pitt's drawing the prince into some measures which his lordship disapproved. Mr. Belson observed to his lordship that the tête-à-tête could not be of long duration. "Sir," said his lordship with eagerness, you don't "know Mr. Pitt's talent of insinuation; in a very

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"short quarter of an hour he can persuade any one of any thing."

As a companion in festive moments Mr. Pitt was enchanting. Mr. Wilkes closed a humourous comparison, after Plutarch's manner, of Mr. Pitt, with Mr. Rigby, by the following words:" In their more private characters both "Mr. Pitt and Mr. Rigby have generosity and 'spirit: in other things they differ; Mr. Pitt "is abstemious, temperate and regular. Mr.

Rigby indulges more in convivial pleasure, "is an excellent bon vivant, amiable and en'gaging. Mr. Pitt, by the most manly sense, "and the fine sallies of a warm and sportive

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imagination, can charm the whole day, and, "as the Greek said, his entertainments please "even the day after they are given. Mr. Rigby "has all the gibes and gambols, and flashes of "merriment, which set the table in a roar; but "-the day after, a cruel headach at least fre"quently succeeds.-In short, I wish to spend "all my days with Mr. Pitt, but I am afraid "that at night, I should often skulk to Mr. Rigby " and his friends."

Through life, Mr. Pitt cultivated the muses. Mr. Seward's Anecdotes contain an imitation by him of the ode of Horace, "Tyrrhena regum progenies," which shows a very classical mind. He also translated the speech of Pericles, inserted in Smith's version of Thucydides: this, through one

*North Briton, No. xxxi.

person only, came to the writer of these pages from the late Mr. Pitt.

His acceptance of a peerage would have been defensible, if it had not had the fatal effect of lessening the belief of public virtue, already shaken by the apostacy of Pulteney*. His insisting on the retention of Canada,—which might have proved an effectual check on the rebellious projects of the American colonists,-in preference to the islands, which France was willing to cede to us, was, at the time, a matter of surprise to many M. de Vergennes used to mention it, as one of the greatest political errors that had ever been committed.

We have two characters of lord Chatham; one is attributed to Grattan; the other was certainly written by Mr. Wilkes.

A VERY expressive word in our language, which describes an assemblage of many real virtues, of many qualities approaching nearly to virtue, and an union of manners at once pleasing and commanding respect,--the word gentleman," was never applied to any person

* This produced Doctor Akenside's Epistle to Curio; a successful effort of his muse; but, like the general style of his strains, rather eloquence in metre, than poetry.