The Whig standard., 1843-12-18
NUMBER ]! :. 81.

tering glacer. Let Virginia exult that the era
die and the tomb Of earth's greatest belong 10
herself; but let her exult with awe and hottest
reverence for the wide earth shall claim him,
| and his cenoiaph shall be erected in the heart OF
every freeman.
| Let us lay aside the prejudiccs Of party, forget
the animosities engendered BY political excite
ment and look upon the Worthless of Virginia in
their simple greathess--not as popular leaders,
but far-seeing and profound statesmen, true pa
triots Jealous and uncompromising advocates
for the rights Of liberty without license, and re-
publicanism without anarchy and misrule.
JEFFERSON, the sage and the philosopher He
bears in his hands that nohlest Of all documfnts,
not the result Of inspired wisdom, the DeSlara-
iion Of American Independence document
which, whether we regard It as specimen Uf
strong and teryid eloquence, OF manly lea1on-
slrance, or Of deep and solemn AR eal sis tvery
way sustained and wonderful. The wri,erspeaks
as If he felt himself TO be ihe voice Of y great
and outraged people, giving Indignant uiietance
70 iis many wrongs and expressions, and infihe
face Of Heaven, and the whole earth for wit
nesses, declaring they shall be endured no longer
Had Thomas jefferson done nothing more Than
this, had he no other claims upon the adnilra-
ton Of the country. II were glory enoaghsicr
one man. Wherever oppression has plan edshis
foot, The indignant freeman spurns him from the
scil, in the very language which the gifted Jet
ferson adopted for our own aggrieved and insult
ed countfysin . ett Y, aga2E fsss .ssESs tsa2s
JAMES MADsoN--lhe accomplished scholar,ihe
elegant expounder Of the constitution !! MADI-
SON, HAM1LToN. and JAY, noble triumvirate
With what assiduous labor did they bend their
splendid talents to the task Of recommending and
Calculating that constitution prepared tor their
adoption, and that to a people jealous o. their
rights, who had toiled and bled in their deteSee,
and were ever on the alert, lest lhe fevoEtttIon
they had achieved should result only ma change
Of nnasteIs--a people nobly and Fisfuaasly
solved tosee to it. that they did not exchange ne
equally 10 be dreaded tyranny Of aspiring dema-
gogues. Such people would regard the'best
and wisest institutions with distrust and suspi-
! cion and whatever appeared to throw light upon
the proceedings Of those they had delegated 70
llegislate for them, was read with ayidity. Thus
was produced the Fsderalist, q work that Will
bring imperishable rsnown upon the great men
whose patriotism and public spirit called il into
existence. 5s st sp
JAMES MoNRoE-- the upright and modest re-
puhlcanh Others may I'VE been more brilliant,
but no man ever more happily illustratea his
own practice, the simple dignity and sstraigAttor-
ward devotion to public duty, 50 bscomin4 the
Chief Magistrate Of q great Repubiic At ast,
as ifa TO affx the final seal of WorshMesS upon
him, he was suffered TO depart upOn our great
day of national jubilee the day fatal shall we
dare to say, to Presidents and ever oninous tp
tyrants VIZ ~ a'7ssf es-s'' S' 1Tsss Il 81
L PArarcx HEnaY e: schoolboy, sslhe reads
Of Demosthenes and Cicero, and feeat his blood
kindle at their eloquence, instinctively turns 10
the fervid oratory Of our own gifted ecuntrynsn,
and tfiumphantly cites the bold, dating Patrick
Henry, as worthy to conpete svishs The great
Grecian himself Then, .apd bis eye gloMs with
enthusiasm over the splendid diction and selegpnt
imagery of-WIRT, he deems him more than
equal 10 the Roman. Halt in wonder, kalf ID
dread, he pauses over.the keeny cynicsl RAN
noLPH, whose asarcasms were - stipUing ma
| adhesive as the nettle or the burr that annbya
him III his woodland rambles. a ,s.,ss.sa.
JoAN Marshall Who shall wortlilY de-
serbs this most excellent amongst the w tftahies
of Virginia II He who wore 30 meekay IN judiS
cial robe-the upright judge acute, skilGpl, and
profound, Jet his crowning grace be his iDtRgr1ty.
Not a stain hath he feft upon the spotless er-
mine. With no rash hand did he presume to
touch the ark Of our liberties, W0 % him, who
shall dare profane, even With touch, oar hoiest
| of holies; yea, though IL may shake and trem-
BILE amidst the tumults Of popular excitemsnt.l
But we must forbear., It was but reyeients
glance that we wished to take Of the few amidst ,
the many Worthless of Virginia, Let us veil
our faces, for we have been with the great Of
the earth. Rather let us goforth from this inner
temple bearing with us portion Of their spirit
with lips touched as with live coal from the
pure altar Of freedom. ~.
Let Virginia be proud, rs she well may, in
view Of the great men who have risen up III her
midst Lei her exult, in her great glory; but
let her see 10 ii, that her march be still onward
that her rising sons be worthy Of such ia hers.
Let her moi be content with childish Retrospect
lion, 10 Mug back ward for ever upon lie radians
scroll oi t;,lr upon which is hlazoned ehennpSes
,f So many of he great Of the earth wlio c ein 4
her for their parent But le her % OF, puu,, :
ing to those great nnrnes as an inci tmati ID
her onward career, e. rymg nv her iespt7N,it6s
heri aye, yet ever, ", b an Ell ul Us anbis,s
glary is departed. s.. q 4, ~, y
DnUlT AND MAJ HERS Phi TISf.7I 8s4N u
i took and news, always on han.,. an isod q. tAs n
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