Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-13
c,aARLEs DARNLEY-A TALE.


ne pure IN heart shall meet again."
- CHARLES DARNLEY.--A TALE.
a4 BY JAMES HiLDRETH.
what piece Of work is man! how noble
: reasou-hOw infinite in facu'ties--in form
ID moving how express and ad'nirabIe-'n
eetioa how like an angel-in apprehension
~ lie a Codr But alas! alas! with all
= boastcd reason, how brilliant an intel
let NAV wither under the stroke OF single
Eaappoirtment! sTwas SO with Darnley;
noae could have recognized in his premature
"a abject end, the being SO once admired
md beloved. The hand Of nature lav,shcd
q his person her choisest gifts; in his mind
II had stored the classic beauties OF the an
cents, with all the lore Of modern excellence,
and when his own powers were called INTO
actiOp. his arguments were Of that rich. lu-
"a and powerful mould that at once carries
eooviction with them; but alas! his feelings
we're too sensitive to brear up against defeat,
- that weakness caused his ruin. His pro-
f,eion was the bar-'twas the sphere for
which he seemed created. There he met
spirits cOngcnial to his own. and formed
Sftv interchange Of sentiments far above the
vdearism Of common life. There is some
ding IN the society Of such a man, that IN
1escrpbablv draws from US the warnest ieel-
~ Of adulat,on; and when one OF such lof-
" and exalted powers casts aside for time
\ ae superiority Of his station, and decends to
II humble sphere Of life, the halo Of great
sess that enc;rcles HIM places barrier Of
CONSTANT over our actions, and fOrblds tamil
nrity. True greatness consists not IN the
splendid display acknowledges, in the power
fl bursts Of elOquence and the exercise Of
talent but the blending Of the high toned and
lofty sentiments Of virtue, with the warm and
r usnYs tn rrO<D
All this was Darnley. When the business Of
bis station called from him the exercise Of
his splendid powers, the GREATNESS silence Of
The crowd spoke their eagerness to appreciate
his talents, and at once acknowledged his
greatness. When in the private walks Of
6fe, the humble and af1luent alike shared his
society. knew him from Il boy---l had
marked from the early period Of his youth,the
1evelopement Of his great mind; and when,
otter his entrance ON his professional duties
Isaw the high stand he took. there seemed no
sminence he was not destined to attain.
At a period Of the end Of the second year
o. his majority, he married; his choice was
not unworthy Of him, although not from the
hundreds that would have been proud to have
hid their princely fortunes at his feet, but a
lady Of humble and obscure family, and one
altogether unknown to the world, until her
Of Applications that had caused n great cx-
element in the literary world to find out the
author. In the choice Of n wife he had dis
damned all pecuniary considerations; he had
known Eliza Hartley as the playmate of his
youth. the sweetheart Of his schoolboy days.
Even then he admired the dignity Of her per-
son, and the lofty bearing OF her sentiments
he cherished her remembrance, he renew
Cd her society, and won her heart-the ten
O. OF her feelings blendid harmoneously with
bis own.
Each with the other bIe.t,
Stdl babe eternal Elem smile around.'
Twas about a week before the commenced
nent Of the session, and Charles Da.nIey
vas IN that session to bear CONSPICUOUS part.
Ne was an advocate in a case Of great i'm
postancc, and for months he had been en-
royed in framing arguments, searching au-
morities, and rendering his mind familiar
with all the abstruse points and TECHNICAL
Us bearing the slightest alluson to the case.
opposed to him was the celebrated Lord
";and to mind however we'll stored. vet
9 un?ractised as Darnley's. the opposition
o such man was fearful. The court OPEN
ea-every avenue was fiiled-with stern dig
hty sat the judges on the bench-with BUSY
and important faces, the lawyers with folded
ams walked the Hobbies; with powerful autho-l
y did the myrmydon Of justice queIl into
1ence the bursting and eager crowd. The
aai Preliminaries having been gone through,