A charaéler who rendered fuch eminent fer vices to his country, both at home and abroad, in feafons of the greatef't gloominefs and danger, and who poffeffed fuch an extenfive knowledge of po litics and government, did not remain unnoticed by his grateful countrymen. He was called, in 1789, by the choice of his country, to the Vice l'refidency of the United States.