Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1844-03-12

and I'll o. lhesa. ibosga hs might ava
himself q each ol lhc'n aud iois b
ihelf pifis.- lie Vas then he mao 81 ihe
sgc. lie sas be repfe -enlaus ihe "a 2
fecler. ihe eeaas> Of lhal mghl' seacms
81 aIslca ibrt. nith al dtelt srycfa. -
q, liencos. Rere Du incideulai parts
lie eealus ol that az, ghe Z 'uj geo
us 81 ouf country AS not personal he=
roisa or rhiealt mot mefu military
skiH and fenueh, -uui mrie science 90
rhetorical puwer, tat TIE moral die"He
oi ~ aud Ofd,r. The saPfc'oael 81 "a.
form and sable legislation over noo'sa
caprice aud Of steady Iu5ic'a' m'nisaf''oa
oyef wild nrulste natural lutilec' -
submiss ons ~ The Necessary eonce ssiops
AMI conditions ol Rcll ordered sncicia .
IS, sem. self restraint. scll-fcuancia-
non and seifg government. and al these
- ere slnbodied IN Washington, bound ~
IA his belag. displayed n every aci aud
moment ul hls pualc lie, aud were
stamped by lm opou the age,ihe nation
aud the goyefnm nj.
In nm Inc people nv eHemllihed a
the great virtues that best became The
character Of he Nation IN him iheA
saw The majesty and beauty Of Law an1
Orler--ol patriotic iaut. and labofiou-
discharge al day, al disiniefcsteJ re-
Inune.Hliou cd - houur. whoa they ceas
cd 81 be associated with duty they saE :.
t,l they Admired, fe,creJ, iosrd, unlta.
! lcj aud adopted the public virtue shica
+ they saW ihus embodied. Thus ihc car.
acler Of Washington Vas The character
Of the age. As he seemed to absorb aud
cuncentrnre al glfts, eAcrlleaces anI
glorlcs lrsm each individual patriot, 50
hc sermej 10 dflose ihcu a.ain through
the great Inss,--ualh he b~came the
bcart VI the Nation. iac mud Of The az,
The soul - The itme Fer lee vas gwen
aot oalS 10 be a RAIDER anI commander
10 The people, para tcdasfs Ia The PEI,
pic lea rs osn person bc formed the
mode. q. The American ciiiz9a the pat
uoi.c, las LOVING, orderly freemiu
Having Finished the work which was
efea him 10 10. Washington departed
All with ban, The purposes Of that iime
being accomplished, the age departed
The anHy OF that gfcai drama was CON
I'lcies aud the curtain lalls- rise ui'oi
a grca-et scene.
In The Revolutionary age. / What -
nov HISTORY had then been prophecy. |
and Z one had beca eommisaoacd 10 sc !
&c, TIE aiaa 80 shaala "a the mex, eeu-
Grafton come forth to be TIC leader N
The aailoa N he develops ,nent Of So
purp Sc whittier would hc have gone
10 seek han dt-.uacd to b. 3he man OF the /
people aud the man Of The agcl
Perhaps 10 the hall. Of sonle school. +
college Of university, where The l.,ored /
&c" we're acquiring "a s -dious secusion +
he wisdom Of ao'ipai,s and aiming
themselves With The seapols OF science /
and literature lor lhc comiag contests Of
their Time. refhans among those Who'll
by association with other nations. b, /
familiarity sith foreign countries. we're /
earning the world AMI thus approaching 1
~ comparison, The prcuilar excellence +
u our goojiy heritage. snd The peculiar +
,lorlcs Of oaf ofculng dcsiiay. No.nui
here shall he find Tnr NlN. though a
mong these there are some Who shsl. f
hear there nart. AMI siand IN their lot ia
he eai Of tie days" Shall NC SEEK
him then here, growing up amid the &c.
hoemen,s Of associated wealth. surround
ed by the Advantages OF dease. vel or
ganizsd soc,eiy, amoog the sons Of the
rich AMI The hoaoIedi M; no, here
though these infucn ses are developing
mighty masses o. intellect aud mora
power which shall be leil IN their time
and m Their place. Shall Nc seek him
Then among those who arc looking Ia
military service Tor Inc mean. OF adapt-
ing themselves 10 The natural tastes OF a
ration eorn in war aud baptized 40 blood.
whose infancy Was FED On The lnaneled
cafnargc Of thousand baitle-6sld,'
No: NJ! no, ihrre--nol there. thoush
thence shall come those sha shall in
their iurn receive their share Of honor.
aud DO thc't allotted loruon Of good
and evil.
The nation shall, al one time, wor-
snip lhs incarnation Of Molock. the de-
mon OF ia"less tyranny. violence, base
Nnd'cti'eness. murder and rapine. and
al another llme shall bow 10 the dusi b.
lore The golden image OF Mamnon. th,.
200 oil scl!lshuess, coyeiouSness. nyaric.,.
meanness aud fraud - but a, las, these
abomlnable IDOLS shall cranbe and lum.
bic down upon their besolied asoret.
efnshiag WITH lhrtn their own false pro
phe.s who made he people 10 sin.-'nen
% hel'a', who with intrigue and ,ricA
perverted the truth. andlosed and made
me nc which msied The honest and
The SIMPLE
Bai, FAR away from III. scene. Of
''o'enee and crime, and tho monsters
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