Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-07-29

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simply because they are incontrovertible;
and, 10 Dome still nearer home to the In
telllgencer, in alluding TO the course Of
distinguished statesman, whose language
its editors have adopted as their motto,
how often has Mr.. Webster changed his
opinions upon the subject of the currency
and Tree trad within The last quarter of a
century?
We make the following extract, from
communication in the Charleston Courier,
as one of the best written, Of the many no.
ices we have seen, of the death of Mr..
Legare:
In no country under heaven, can con-
summatc genius and virtue reach, other
than an elevated niche in the public esil
nation and, least of all, IN a republic,
whose very soul is virtue, and where,
alone, it is admitted the sole criterion oil
excellence. The lamen,ed LEGARE has
exempIifed this; wherever his fame was
heard wherever his reputation reached,
there was he revered-there is he regret
ted. Courted by public honor, crowned
by pubic confidence, he has mounted up
wards, challenging, by his fate, the I'M
feigned grief OF every bosom, and spread
ing, not alone over Charlston or Washing
ton the mantle of gloom, but over every
section oil a wide republic. Great men are
the property of the nation. Bul how Shall
we improve this great national calamity?
1t has a two,foId action.
FIRST. Upon our Pride. To induce
humility. If man is ever humbled, 1t
must be with an exhibition of his weak.
ness. Speculative admonitions of it, will
not suffice, there must be practical exem-
pifcatons. Speak to mans intellect
nd he hears, address his senses and he
understands you. Death speaks 10 the
senses, but is not always equally impress
siye; when he goes down into the hove
and singles out his victim from It's mire,
there ale few IaureIs won in 50 unequal a
contes, the "pictory" is little needed. But
let him seek out the palace and break It's
bolts and bars, the senate house, the high
seats of authority; let him grapple with the
strong man, and the mighty man, and the
man of genius, and hurl him into eternity,
ah! then man learfulIy trembles at the i'm
pending power and feels that tits indeed
nothing TO be man.
Second Upon our Sympa'hieS.-To
induce emulation. TO do this there must
be motive, and where stronger motive
than the fame of LEGARE2 The nation
that wreaths garland Tor the brow of a
gifted, noble son, will soon have fresh
gar'ands TO wreath. The shouts that as
cend to heaven in welcome of the patriot
and the slge, may die upon the air, but
they are not lost There have been vi
brations produced in the human heart, a
morbid excitement succeeds, the pllsa-
tons do not cease with the removal OF
the. cause, and those shouts are ever at.
ter heard in activity as in solimede, i'm
pelling onward to fame and glory.
The public honors decreed at Athens to
those who become eminent in the service
of the State, accounts for Athenian glory,
and explains what was to VaIerius Maxi,
mus 50 great an anomaly, that after ban
ishng AriS,ides, she could still find one
virtuous or deserving citizen inpenire ali.
quem bonuna, &c. The monument erect.
ed at the ..pass" in Phocia, inscribed by
Simonides, was seen in the heart of Attica.
nerved and inspired at Marathon, conquer
ed at Mantinea.
The games celebrated in honor of the
Phelopenesan dead, and the eloquent eu-
logy of Pericles, reused up in many a bo-
som those dormant but noble energies, and
sent them eager for contest in the high
fields of thought and action.
Let us not in our own country be un-
mindful of Alheniln excellence, we have
emulated Athens in all that she was truly
noble-Let US preserve that spirit of emu
ation.
In times that are passed we have been
called upon TO weep; our own CltoiIna
has decked herself in weeds, and the trl-
butte of her tears is the noble tribute that
she pays 10 genius.
A few years since and gallant son fell
ripe in honors and mature in usefulness.-
And now again is she called upon 10
mourn one of the brightest OF all the bright
stars that glitter in her galaxy. But gen
Jus in her recollection, fond in her graft.
tude, the noble M'DUFFIE responded tc
her call, and touched in immortal colors
the lineaments of HAyNE.
Ever CONSISTENT new summons ha:
gone forth. That other bright son has
been summoned from the interior 10 the
sea board, t. pay the same melancholy Fri
butte to the memo-y of LEGARE. Let hin
come with all his power and eIoquence or
his mission Of piety.
Thrice favored Carolina-you have
lost a HAYNE and a LEGARE--but there