Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-14

Tiers written works give similar testimony OF him
ne usIeet OF these speeulations is now grown ob
soiete Tor us; but one still reads them with sing
ar attraction. And indeed the mere srammatica
dlcuon Is still. legible enough. LutheI's merit il
1e'ay history Is OF the greatest his dialect becam,
the language OF all writing. They arc not wei
written, these four. and twenty quaros of his; writ
ten hastily, with quite other than literary objects
pot IN no Books have found more robust, genu
me- iwill say noble faculty ola man, than in these
rugged honesty, LONELINESS. simplicity; a rugged
| sterling sense and strength. lie flashes out um
nation from hun; his shifting idiomatc phrases seen
70 ceave into the very secret Of the matter. Goo,
numour too, nay, tender affection, nobleneSs, ant
depth; this man could have been a Poet too II,
nau' wotk an Epic Poem, not write one. call hin
great Thinker: as indeed his greatness of hear,
already betokens that.
ktcher says OF Luther's words, 'his words are
haf 'battles.' They may be called so. The essen
tiaI quality of him was that he could fight and con-
gue' mat no was right piece OF human Valor.
NO more valiant man, no mortal heart to loo called
drawer, that one has record or ever lived in that
leutonic Kindred, whose character is valor. His
defiance OF the Devils in Worms was no, a mere
BOAST, as The like might be il now spoken. IL was
iath oil l.uther's that there were Devils spiritual
denlzehs OF the Pit continually Lesetting men Ma
ny umes, IN ms writings, this turns up; and most
smai Sheef mas been grounded on II by some. In
the room oil the Wortburg, where he sat translatiny
'he b'o'e' they still show you black spot on the
WALL the strange memorial of one of these conflicts
Luther sat translating one OF ths-Psalms; he was
worn down with long labor, with sickness absti
nehee from food: there before him some hide +.
Gus indehnable Image, which he took for the Evil
One, TO forbid his work: Luther started up. with
henu-denance; flung the inkstand at the spectre,
anu u disappeared The spot still remains there; n
curious monument OF several things Any apothe.
carys apprentice can now tell us what we are TO
'hink OF tins apparition, scientific sense; but the
mans heart that dare rise dc FAINT face to face against
ie' nsei, can give no higher proof OF iesrlessness
inc ihing lie wall quail before exists not on this
Earth or under it.-Fearless enough, They once
spoke about his not being at Leipzig, as il Duke
George mad hin6ered him;a great enemy of his II
was not Tor Duke George, answered he: No; If |
NAG business al Leipzig, would 90, though it rain
Gu Duke Georges Tor nine days running
AT the same time, they err greatly, who imasine
tnat ms mans courage was ferocity, mere coarse,
aisooedent obstinaey and savagcry, as MANY do
r ar from that. There may be an absence of fear
"ch arises from the absence of thought or affection
from the presence OF hatred and stupid fury We
10 not value the courage of the tiger highly! With
uther II was far otherwise no accusation could be
more than this omee ierocous va lor brousht
against HIM. A most gentle heart withal. full of
pl'y ana love, rs indeed the truly valiant heart ev.
er is. The tiger before stronger foe-aies. IN.
Tiger is not That we call valiant, only fierce and
creel, oh Nv things more touching than those
so't oreatSead affection, soft as a child's or a
mothers, savoy lid heart of Luther. So
n 1Ssi, or picking Rsdqy cant; hOmely, rude
Orange Mhs rs1g sS% s The
Of despair and RAPEaor kais saw mT S;a
youth, but the outcome Of Aor VeseE "ueb,fnI
senIeness, affections too keen and fnel Il is the
curse SUCH men as the poor Poet Cowper fell into
Euner, 10 slight observer might have seemed a
lm'u weak man; modesty, affectionate, shrinking
tenderness, the Chief distinction Of him. IL is n no
Ole valor which is reused in heart like this. once
'urred up into defiance; all kinded into heavenly
blaze.
la Luther's Table Talk, a posthumous book of
anecdotes and sayings collected by his friends the
most interesting now of all the Books proce,d;no
rom hum, we have many beautiful unconscious d;s
pays oil the man, and what sort of nature he had
bs behaviour at the deathbed ofhis little DAUGHTER
70 sun SO great and loving, is among the mos, af-
eel's .n'hss. lie Is resigned that his little Mar
shet should die, yet longs ineXpressibIy that she
should 1--we; follows, IN awesruck though the aisb,
d her little soul through those unknown realms
aweStruck most heartfelt we can see and sincere
ior alter all dosmatlc creeds and articles he feels
shat nothing rs that we know, or can know: His
little Margaret shall be with God, as God wills. for
Luther too that is all; Islam is ALL
once he looks out from his solitary 'Patmos' the
artOurs, IN the middle Of the night: The great yan,
d immensely, long flights OF ouds sailing lhIousb !,
.dumb,- huge,-who supports all ihot1
None ever saw tne pillars of yet 1t is supported"
mat God is good; and trust, where we cannot So.
Returning home from Leipzig once, lie is struck Inv
Inc beauty oil the harvest. fields: How IL s,,nds
that golden yellow corn, on It's fair taper stem ne
golden head bent, all rich and waving there.-tbe
meek Firth, al Gods kind bidding has nrodnced 4,
once again; the bread of man! In the Garden =,
W'tenberg one evening at sunset little bird has
perched tor the night: That little bird says Lurb
err above are the stars and deep Heaven Of worlds
ye. mas loIaed It's little wings; gone trustfully to
rest there as IN ITS home: The Maker of il has
gwen II too a home - Neither are mlrtb(ul terms
wanting: there Is great free human heart in tbis
man. The common speech Of him has rugged
nooIehess, automatic, expressive, genuine; CLEANS
here and there with beautiful poetic tnts One fe.le
MIN 10 oe great brother man. His love Of Music
these affections in HIM? Many a wild unutterobiIi
" he spoke forth from him in the tones of his Hr,e
he Devils fled from his flute, he saws Death dc.
nance on the one hand, and such love of music on
The other: could call these two opposite poles of
great SOUL between these TWO all great things had
room. . ~
Luther's face Is to me expressive of him. IN
hranach's best portraits find the true Luther A
rude, pebeIan face; with its huge crap-lke brovs
and bones, the emblem Of rugged energy: Al FIRST,
almost arepulsive face. Yet in the ewes esneciaIIv
there Is wild silent sorrow: an unnameab,e mel
anchoiy, the element Of all gentle and fine affec-.
TONS giving TO the the true stamp of nobleness
Laughter was IN this Luther, we said; bet tears
also were there. Tears also were appointed linn.
tears and hard toll. The basis Of lis life was
Sadness aud Earnesiness. In his latter days after
all trumphs and victories, he expresses himself
heartily weary Of living; he considers that God
alone can and will regulate the course things are
taxing, and that perhaps the Day Of Judgment is
not tar. As for him, he longs for one thing; thai
God would Teiease him from his labor, and lei him
depart and toe al reGt-They understand little Of
The man who cite this in Gscredit Of himl-I will
;lIi this Luther true Great mao; great IN intellect
m courage, affection and integrity; one Of our most
oVelOie and precious men. Great, not as a hewn
'oeliski but as an Alpine mountain,-so simple,
honest, spontaneous, setting up 10 be great at
III; there Tor quite another purpose than being
great An, yes, unsubduable granite, piercing Gar
md vide into the Heavens,-yet in the cleiis Of
ountains, green beautiful valleys with flowers,
A night Spiritual Hero and Prophet; once more.
rue Son OF Nature and Fact, for whom these CEN
n"es, and many that are to come yet will be
thankful TO Heaven.
GREAT BRITAIN Ann TCyao