Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-09

death mssi bave BEEN con 1crrd a. TIE xe..
come VISIT OF iriend. iie could nsI .lesiie 10
live. AMI he could not lear 20 die
We are now ia thke slew ~ him pub
ic man. who bad I'm SO nanv ysiis peru, me
80 itfpniinepi part ia ,ir all, = Of MS great
cohnity.--fie serined born 90 br q statesman
from the beginning Of his career he DID not
mix IN commonplace bnsincs. of life--he had
40 relish Tor those auusements AID occupa-
iioIs which o'heI mcu I,uf sue with zach eager
ness be looked upon lite IN IL GIT bestowed
upon hun, with the cnudii1u that II should all
he desoied 10 the service ut his eon.rirv. TWAS
all devoted, and his tiI-oIdet the effect OF bis
unremIt ing labyufs, proved how thorUug MY
thai dpndtlion had been fulhlsd. lis hfst
speech IA Parliament, at the early age of
twenty-five, gave the promise OF his future
fame. We hrard IT, and We do not forget the
effect IL produced on the House. Madden
speeches are often eloquent, brt seldom display
any great depth oil political knowledge OF aay
powerful grasp of mind But LlgefpooPs first
speech wnsihs sp"fch OF a man who had stu-
died the slate OF Eufope--ibe relations which
each naton bears 10 other nations-the allan
ces which their welfare or their safety require
them 10 make-the checks which II is aecessaty
70 establish, IN order 20 curb the ovef.rrnnr
ambition oi any particular power---and the
policy which the dignity OF this country re-
qulred II 10 pursue att period OF such grea,
and increasing difficulty and Importance.
But Lord LWerpoops rise 10 HE highest off
ces IA the stale was not ,apid len years
| nearly elapsed from h, entrance Into Parlla-
ineni, before he had seat ia tue Cabinet. In
| 1906, upon he nomination Of Mr. Addington to
the post OF Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool was
appointed Secretary OF State for Foreign At
Ia. tal,g aa 1,
! liminarieS of prace with NJ. Otto. Excepting
the short interval between the death OF Mr.
/ Pht. aud the acces ION OF MIR PercivaI Io,d
| Liverpool continued II Cabinet Minister Upan
| he assassination nj M. pereiyal he became
| Pune Munster, IN which eminent station he ne.
| named I'LL The termination OF his political ca
| reer.
What gigantic events 6led TINT space. are too
| vel known To reader II necessary for us 10
dwell upon them. hat any man, Mr. PHI al
| way exc, pied, could have bren seIecled mor.
| equal iO the III ulies Of the crisis wo do no.
| believe. tie combined, Ia An extraordinary
| degree, hfmness with moderation. He DOS.
| sessed an eloqucnce, which, II IL did not reach
me h'ghrst i"mt of excellence, always impress
ed The hearer, win conviction of the sinceri
| ~ md patriotism OF the speaker His men
sures were the r.se OF deep deberation he
wegIe them caielully--bm when he adoored
them, ne pursued ibein with mlleSible rrsolu-
ton. tod knows the vessel OF tins State wns
often involved ~ storms aud temnests and A.
less firm mind might have snnk under the diff
culiies Of the crisis-bui dependency formed
No feature nt his Characteristic never d,~nai,
ed of hi' country aud saved IT, II the snu of
| his car'-er NJ Prime Mini ter rose amids, the
war oil elements, amids, clouds, aud lightning.
and thnnder, II set IN splendour AMI in glory.
In debate he was vehement, hut not neyson
a'.-he did not seem 10 hayt one angry feeling
~ his composition towards his rivals howevei
"anton their aifacksor personal their iusslts Sin
rrr''V was apparent in every m azure he adop
tod, q IN every speech he made tIe never re-
fused 10 others the tribute OF applause which,
he thought they deserved and hlq gentleman
ly department, unrufiled by the coarsest ncr
Sonalines against him, has often d:sar,nPd ms
hcrce.t adversary
Such WIS the Earl Of liverpool. If this he
the language o; panogyric il is also the
language oi sincerity. Il Is the tribute of one.
who knew him long will maintain that
sounder StaesuWn--a lran more thorouphl,
ANXIOUS Tor the prosperity and honor of thr
prople--a more devoted friend 10 the Constitu.
ton of his onniIy, as established in Church
and state, never existed.