Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-10
PITT, BURKE, NELSON AND YELLING
TON.

The Rev. George CrOly, towards the close Of
his work entitled New Interpretation OF The
Apocalypse adYerts 10 the signal successes
which nave Characterised England during the
late wer, and gives a passing skeich OF each of
the fouF pre- eminent pubtc men by whom the
county has been led to glory.
"ln all he interpretations Of Providence, the
fe wnsss of the instruments is q Distinguishing
feature. In the commencement Of the great
European conflict, a man atnod az he mead OF
English affairs, fitted beyond al his predeces
sors for the ~crisis-gitted with sl tue qualities
essential to the first rank IN the conduct of
en- sire an eloqlsnce s,nguiatl, various, VIVID
and nobisi > tortltude Oh seul that nothing
could shake Or surprise-a vlgor and copioas
ness iaexhaus'ahle. But he had a stil higher
ground OF influence wijh tue nation, M he
uns0iied honor and superiority of all he base
AFFECTS Of public lite-,he utter s,ainiessness of
his min ard condJct-the unqaesu0pabIe
purify Of the zeal which hurnei 10 ms bosom,
IS on 81 altar FOR the glory OF England The
integrity OF Pit gave hIm a mastery over the
nstIonai feeling that could not have been won
by ne most brilliant faculties alone. n those
great financial measures, rendered Necessary BY
the new pressure OF the time, snd on which all
the sensitveness OF q oommereiai people WAS
alive, the nation would have trusted TO no other
msn. But they followed Pitt With the pro
iGlndest reliance. They honored has matchless
uRders ending; bat they honored mere the
ln,ty pria,' ple and pure love OF county, thai
they felt 10 0e incapable OF deception. The
BRUSH minister formed a class by himself
lie was the leader, not oriv OF English course,
but Of European He stood on an eieSa.i ion 10
winch no man before him had sscehded. He
fought ibe W. Id, until The moment when the
S rugsle waste be changed into victor, /; he died
IN the night OF Europe, but II WIS when The
night was on The verge Of dawn. II il could
ever be sad OF a minis .er, that he concentrated
IN himself the mind snd heroic he art OF an EN-
pre-, hat ne was at once the spirit aud he arm
of q mighty people-Pitt wss the man.
"Auothes extraordinary IN elect was sum
moned for a separate purpose, scarcely less
~esseutIsi The Revolutionary Influence bad
made rs way extensive through the country.
A crowd of daring writers, from wEose pens
every drop that tel was the venom ot stle ism
and ANARCHY, were lshorlng to pervert the
public INTO general rebellion; success had made
Them insoient; and the country VAS flied with
almnst The open array of revolt he ceDBex-
ION wi h France was pslpaole: for every hue Of
temfes,. IN thai troubled sky there was s cor
responding TT election in our ewn; We hsd the
tetes, the societiea, and The spirit Of France;
every burst of strange fire from the wild aud
bloody rites that Repaal ca6ism had begun 10
celebrate flashed over cur boriZoh: every voice
Of its fantastic and aerciless reyeiry found an
echo on our own shore.
sBurke arose: his whole life had been az
unconscious preparation for this moment. His
early political connexions had led hin close
enough 10 democracy, TO STE of shat i VAS
made Ike Millions Sin,
NV oman to The waist and fair,
But ending foul IN many q scaly told"
aHis parliamentary life had deeply scquaint.
ed him With the hollowness and grimsce. the
| selfish disinlerestednes and the profigste party
| of faction; armed in psnoply, he took the field
| He moved among the whole muititade OF quer-
| ulous, and malignant authorship, q giant among
nigmies; be smote their Babel into The dust, he
left them without a pros, lite or q name. His
, eloquenee, the hnes, aud most Singular eombi
nation thst the weird has ever seen OF maenIh
cent fancy and profound philosophy yet too
deliberate, too curious in It's deyelopements, for
The rapid demands Of public debate, here found