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54 He was certainly a man eminently endowed with strong natural abilities; but his intellectual powers were not expanded by an education founded upon the basis of sound and liberal learning, nor was his mind polished and refined by the embellishments of ornamental literature. His knowledge of mankind was extensive, but to the polite accomplishments of the world, he paid little regard. It is not therefore surprizing, that in the support of his favourite opinions, he was obstinate to excess, and toward those who opposed him, ungracious to a proverb. His temper was violent, but it was always excited for mercy^s sake, and in behalf of those who dared not assert their own rights. His eccentricity was remarkable, but, in the main, it subserved the purposes of utility. His habits, though singular, were in many respects worthy of imitation. Some will allege, and none can doubt, that he occasionally manifested symptoms of derangement; yet all must acknowledge that "oppression will make a wise man mad." That he was pious and benevolent; most will admit. That he was