Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-05-30
Miscellaneous.
From the Columbia Telescope.
=. DIR. COOPER

For the extent dnQ HiultildriouSucSS vi
his knowledge he was indeed very ex-
,raordinary man; He published works on
Law, Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence,
Political Economy, and was an .habitual
writer upon current politics. Hetransla-
ted Justinian and Broussais. He received
an honorary diploma Of doctor of medi-
clue from The University Of Pennsylvania,
and wasaJudge of the Court of Common
Law of that State. He was at one time
Professor of Chemistry in the College OF
Carlisle-was offered the same chair I'D
the University of Virginia by his friend
Mr.. Jefferson, and subsequently filled il in
the College Of South Carolina. Of the
last ne became President, upon the death
of DR.. Maxcy, and by order Of the trus-
trees lecsured OIL Chemistry, Geology, and
Political Economy. To these encyclope-
da requirements and occupations he add
ed large acquaintance with elegant lit
erature:
At the age of eighteen he came from the
University Of Oxford, with its scholarship
and its censures. He at once associated
himself iwiih the natural ardor of bis tem-
per and of his time of lfe) with that party
in Fn,lan which hailed with rapturous
enthusiasm the commencement OF the
French revolution. How few Of his asso-
ciates have, like him, lived to see, after the
gloomy eclipse oftheir hopes for so many
years by the turbulent and bloody events of
that struggle, their final realization in tho
regeneration of Europe! His hopefulness
had never failed. From Is to so, the love
Of liberty never forsook him-nor cheer.
full confidence in its triumpll--nor will
ling labor in its service. Associating him
self with the most excited of the Anglo
GalIican party, he signalized at once his
zeal aud courage in the earliest effort of his
pen. lie entered the lists with MIR. Burke.
whose, prophetic spirit had penetrated into
all the horrors of the storm, but could moi
see through its darkness, the results for
which benign providence permitted a
season of desolation. The same courage
which impelled DR.. Cooper into the con-
froversy with Mr.. Burke, prompted him
TO the more hazardous adventure OF de-
uouncing Robespierre from the tribunal of
the Jacobins, whittier he had been sent as
delegate from Manchester association
The versatility Of his talents was conspicu-
Gus at this early period. Within very
short space of lime he political mis-
sionarvAamember of a committee ofchem
lists to repor, upon the intensity of certain
dye stufs-and stood with MIR. Erskine at
the Assizes as junior council for Mr.. Wal.
her and other gentlemen Of Manchester
charged with treason. When the elo-
quence of Burke, the power Of Pitt, and
the unspeakable atrocities OF the French
revolution, had crushed the Galican party
in England, young Cooper in 1873, fol-
lowed DR.. Pries,ly to this country, whllh-
er'lhe advocates of liberty had turned their
aching sight from the blasted prospects, Of
Europe. Here, ,too,he combined the pursuits
OF science ana literature win an active
Participation in political affairs: He as
sociated with DR.. Priestly in his philoso-
phical investigations, and upon his death
published an elaborate biography of him
in two vols.
In The contests between theFederal and
Republican parties he of course took sides
with the latter, and sigualized his adher
ence to it by the free exercise of his ready
pen. For a spirited animadversion upon
the principles and tendency Of the admins
,ralion Of the elder Adams, lie incurred
the penalties Of the sedition law, by fine
and Imprisonment The pecunary mulct
has not heen restored to him by the tardy
justice OF Congress.
The opinions which he adopted forty
wears since in regard to the relative rights
and powers of the Stale and General gov
ernments, were maintained by him with
perfect consistency throughout his life
He efficiently sustained the administration
of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe-advo-
Gated the election of the great and persecu-
ted Crawford-and opposed J. @. Adams.
When Gen. Jackson abandoned his princi-
ples, DR.. Cooper abandoned him; and see
ing no reason TO approve in his successor
what he had condemned in that exiraordin-
ars man, he continued until his death in
opposition to Mr.Van Buren,. ~
Ia the controversy Of South Carolina
with the General Government, he vindica-
ted the policy of the Stale with signal zeal
and ability. and contributed, with "Brutus
and the rest" to arouse and inform public
opinion. Amidst the high names which
illustrated that bold and patriotic move
ment, his was conspicuous. His facility
decomposition, his readiness to work, his
abundant knowledge, aud The point and
and terseness fhis style, gave him great
influence on public opinion, and properly
entitled him to be classed among The lea
ders in that enterprise.
Nor did his active participation in those
stirring events abstract him from the pur-
suits Of science or philosophy, or interrupt
the most exemplary attention to his pecu-
Liar duties as President and Professor. No
one ever performed those duties with more