Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-10
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DoiOrc the siltinS Oh the ieSisiatufP,
and on the 9th of June, 1899, this
great statesnan--this unri, allied O.
rator-this friend of liberty and Of
man, loaded with years and lonors,
breathed his last.
"Tbus lived, and thus died (says
our author) the celebrated Patrick
Henry of Virginia /; man who just
" deserves to be ranked among the
highest ornaments. and noblest bene-
factors of his country. Had his lot
been cast in the republics Of Greece
or Rome, his name would have been
enrolled by some immortal pen, "a
mong the expellers of tyrants, and
the champions of liberty (: the proud
est monuments of national gratitude
would have risen to his honor, and
handed down his memory to future
generations. AS it is, his fame as yet
is left to rest upon tradition, and on
that short notice which general his
tory can take of him ;]while no, me-
mortal. no slab even, raised By the
hand ofnationdl gratitude. points us to
his grave, or tells where sleep the
ashes of the patriot and the sage
May we not hope, that this re-
proach upon the state will be soon
wiped away, and that ample atone
ment will be made for our past neg
lcct."
The concluding section of our
authors work, is one Of the most
valuable In it. 1t abounds with
judicious remarks, profound obscr-
vations. & variety of miscellaneous
information, which he had not been
able to communicate before without
breaking upon the unity of his mar
rative. We shall give but one exam
pie in the following paragraph, ex-
tracted from p. 40t-2:
(" Mr. Henry's conversation was re-
markably pure and chaste. He ne
yer swore-hc was never heard 20
take the name ui his Maker in yain.-
He was a sincere christian, though
after form Of his own: for he was
never attached to any particular reli-
gious society, and never, it is believ-
ed, communed with any church. A
friend who visited him not long be-
fore his death, found him engaged in
reading the hible +" here" said he.
holding it up, IS is book worth
more than all the other books that
were ever printed: yet it is my mis-
fortune never to have found time ia
read it, with the proper attention and
feeling, till lately. trust in the
mercy Of heaven. that it is not yet toe
late.' He was much pleased with
Soame Jenyns' view of the internal e.
vidences of the christian religion--so
much so that, about the year 1899,
he had an impression Of, itistruck al
his own expence, and distributed a.
mong the people. His other favo'
rite works on the subject were bod
bridges " Rise and Progress Of Re.
ligion in the SOUL" anb Buffers SO A.
nalugy Of Religion. Natural aud Re-
vealed." This latter work he uset
at one period of his life, to style by
way OF pre-cmincnce, his bible. Th.
selection proves not only the piety o
his temper. but the correctness of hi
taste. and his relish for profound ant
vigorous disquisition,"
The following extract conclude'
the book:
eft has been said Of Mr.. Henry
with inimitable felicity, that he wa
SuAKEsPEARE and GARRICK COM
BINEDw Let the reader then, ina
CINE the wonderful talents of thos
two men, united in the same individu
al, and transferred from scenes 0
fiction to the business of real life, am
he will have formed just conception
Of the powers Of Patrick Henry. i
a word, he was one of those perfec
prodigics of nature, of whom YER
few have been produced since the foun
dations Of the earth were laid an
of HIM, may 1t be said, as truly as Q
any one that ever existed,
"He was man. take him for all in all
Wens'er SHAH took upsa his Ike again.
In the course IF our account of thi
work We have omitted to give seSers
proofs of Mr. Henryss DOiitiCa, fore