Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-19


law He continued Tor two years prey 10 !
disappuin,ment-the child ut sorrow--the
snort of disesse-evcn his ambition seemed 70
leave him. He appeared, the picture OF mis-
fortune approaching the tomb, on whieh II
pazed with melancholy smile OF exnliatioh,
as the only, but sure place ofretuge: his con,
diion is best described in his own beauuioi
language:
"a sense It was that could
My angelica my side
That henceforth my prosperity
Must be falling tide; ss
A strange and omlnous beiief @4e
Tha, in spring time the yellow leaf
Had fallen on my hours;
And that all hope must be most yam,
ut finding my path sSin
Its former vanished flowers"
Some time in lS26, The Professors OF The Oni
versi,y of Maryland, entertaining high OPT
non of his literary attainnen,s, appointed MN
Professor Of Rhetoric and BrlIes-Leitres. ms
Professorship, however, yielded him no emoiu-
ment whatever.
In December 1897, he was unanimously
chosen the Editor of The Mar,lander. In that
capacity, he who proved himself among the
chef OF poets, and possessed qualifications mt
ting him for first rate lawyer, manifested In
no slight degree the talents oil the pol'cian,
and the genius Of the statesman. How he pre-.
sided as The editor Of this press. let the SUBJ
scribcrs Of the Marylander teslify-they were
Witnesses to the digniied and independent
manner IL which he proclaimed truth, the skill
with which he detected error, and he boldnass
with which he exposed wilful falsehood. He
continued in the active exercise Of the duties
Of his new station, until few weeks before
his death. An affection Of the iver-the dis
organization Of all his digestive powers, acting
r., tir r.
ritable frame, wore down at last his nervous
system and threw him upon the bed OF death.
He Fad for years been dying by degrees, and
al last verified in himself his own description.
-'sWe perish slowy-loss of breath
Only completes our piece-meal death"
He bore with forti,ude the violence OF his dis
order. He died with more than courage, with
more Than resignation-he died with acquies
ceuce in the will Of heaven. The light OF his
mind was unllouded as il sunk in the night OF
death-indeed i, seemed to hurn brighter as il
dcscended-he looked upon the king OF terrors
with clear aud steady eye-begged his weep
ing relatives mot TO mourn his loss, tor his
,,e a,h was a blessing,"- then without a
SIGH or a struggle, raid the great debt of nature
! Thus aied EDWARD CooTE PINKNEY a, the
earl; aye # twenty five years and SIX months
t TO describe bis person as it was ucfo,e dis
.
stood erect in the youthful pride of manhood
I would require geniu, like his own; poet who
could make his pen subsrrse the purposes both
OF pen and pencil We have never seen manly
beauty exhibited in such jus, proportions. OF
Fl Hi 81 H men, row rSery sa,ur,
every limb st emed the Master niaea -.>f---.----
| The ampls forehead; the mild yet piercing eye
the happy blendiugs Of colour in his counte-
nanc,; It's plac d, ye, melancholy Sc intelligent
expression, rendered him an object OF interest
/ to every b, holder.
Never did mortal possess in a higher gree
qualities which constitute true herolSm. Scrupu
fously nice wher his own honor was concerned
"feeling a stain like w6und;" he was tender
in the highest degree, of III" reputation Of 9TH
ers. Terrible in the vindicalion Of his honor,
as the reused up hungry lion; he was mild and
gentle as the dove, when that honor was safe
from impeachment. His couragr was the des>
pera,ion of the mailman, with The GOODNESS OF
the stole, and the hrmne SIS Of the veteran war;
ror. He seemed TO have been born after his
time; 20 belong to the age Of ehvaIry; for ne
yer did any one more completely fill up the CHI
various character.
| Would to God. tina, some of the customs Of
chiva!ry which remain, had passed away with
the age in which they originated or that in sul,
might be punished with public ignominy-
that deadly hostility Nigh, be reserved Tor our
national enemies, and that our courageous
youth, instead Of coples'ing the point ofhonor
in private warfare, would contend side by side
torShe prize Of glory in their rountry's ser
vice. But society ha, ordained il otherwise.
Mr.. Pinkney, in more than one instance, fel,
himself compelled TO bow to the ordinance;
this has led his enemies TO accuse him Of a
fondness for quarrel, Of seeking unnecessarily
CAUSES of contest Alas! tha, he should have
been So misunderstood. We challenge hls
enemies 10 produce single instance Of contest,
in which he was in the wrong, as TO tine cause
Of dispute; or in whioh the insult given him
was not such. as gentleman known to have
been educated in the school of honor, was no,
compelled ether To redress, or forfeit alo-
g,iher the respect Of society.
The truth is, while Mr. Pinknry was most
sensi,isely jealous # his own honor, and would
not suff"r The slightest shade Of suspicion 10 BE-
thrown upon ito" any thing in the shape OF
insult tn po upre res Sod. he was mosr , ayec,j