Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-16
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| EDWARD CARRINGTON.
On the basis of an integrity which never
felton, impulse Of guile, the late col. Car
| rington reared character, commanding
universal reverence, and elevating the pride
of his country. Strong however as this ele-
mcnt ef human worth was in his soul, Ii did
not, as is sometimes the case, whe!c it pre-
dominates in such a degree, absorb the sub
ordinate virtues. 1t only stamped upon
them sincerity which conciliated those to
whose wishe he Nigh. not be able alwas to
yield. Through this city, which has lavish
ed her grief upon his grave, let the stranger
follow him in his various walks Of public
duty, private friendship, or general bcnevo-
lence, and he will learn, that with a con-
tempt for afecta:ion and parade, this be-
loved man executed unee asingly what truth
and justice dictated, his personal exertions
could accomplish, or his fortune permitted.
Let those, who stood in need of solid COM
fort be asked, how often and how literally
he has bestowed it, without dehling the
beauty Of his deeds or words with one air OF
superiority or single wound to the most
delicate sensibility. Nay he has been known
TO send to persons in difficulty, TO enquire
with almost the severity OF a creditor, he
Their their distresses were not gre alter than
they had represented the m to be and thus
in great measure placed it in their own
power, to fix the amour: Of the conlrbu
ton.
A heart like his, is natural soil for the
growth OF those manly qualities which were
in him prominet. He commenced his ca
retr at the bar in the country, where he &C
ouired practice, which but for the revou-
tlonary war, would have certainly terminal
ed in great wealth. A, The earliest moment
Of alarm he resolved to embark in the fate
of his country. Through various military
Offices, some of which operated most peou-
liarly upon the destinies Of America, he
passed with honor and with fame, under the
inspection of Washington and Greene. On
the peace, the general assembly recognized
his services by electing him to seat in con.
gress, and for some years he became an ef-
ficient and influential member Of the state
legislature. To detail his public merit
would seem to break it into fragments, The
sacred purpose of biography, is example /;
which may excite emulation. Collect into
focus his numerous titles to genuine dis.
tinction and although he may possess
none the glare which has in too many in.
stances been purchased by crimes, his death
brd pillow was softencd without doubt by a
consciousness, that he had done every pub
lie and private good IN his power, and that
he should not leave widow or an orphan
who would address his memory without
tears, blessings and prayers.
1t is an incense of the sweetest fragrance
to his name, to add, that in every domestic
relation, and especially:n that, in which ty-
ranny frequently efaces the recollection,
that under it, human beings suffer, he con-
Quoted himself not like the celebrated CATO,
unrslentngiy and without remorse, but like
a christian, who classed men of every color
In the same family of mankind.
Indeed the parts of his character were
linked together as members Of one entire