The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-11-13

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Argument | had listened only the day before in
the House of Representatives with delight and
pride--delight produced by the ~splendor of his
genius, and one SO young should not only be
able thus to address the assembled Representa-
tives of the nation, but that he should so nobly
vindicate the principles and the beauty of re-
publicanism, and hurl back in trumpet tones up
on Four libellers the scorn of a Justly indignant
and truly patriotic spirit. On that occasion he
was t" the observed of all observers" The gal
%leries were ~thronged with beauty and fashion,
all ranks and ages drank in his strains of elo-
queuce--many envied him his rare talents and
all accorded praise of the warInesi kind. The
effort throughout was mastery. Even his best
friends were astonished as we'll as delighted, and
when he closed with a peroration that thrilled
ike a trumpet through the hearts of his country
men, and brought the blood with a richer glow
to the cheeks of the fair creatures who bent
their eyes upon him, his colleagues hurried a
round him with eager looks and warm express
sions of congratulation. That speech alone was
calculated TO win him a high character as a states
man and an orator; and although his abilities had
before been appreciated by his immediate con-
s%tituents, they would now be made known to the
multitude Of millions throughout this broad re-
public. | remember we'll the feelings of that
hour. All seemed reused, excited and carried
away for the time. The name of the member
from Georgia was in every ones mouth; some of
his finest expressions were on the lips of all who
paid attention to subjects, and, except when the
dark spirit of envy would embitter the heart and
palsy the tongue, his eulogy was universal. |
returned 10 GadSby's that afternoon with a sub
dued opinion of myself. | felt that had been
IL the presence Of one Of the noblest spirits of
the times--of one who possessed a peculiar gift
Of mind--who enjoyed The high faculty of NOV
ing by the magic of his influence the hearts of
thousands of his ellow-creatures
Imagine my feelings then, when | saw this be-
ing before me the subsequent night, unable to
articuiate a single sentence distinctly, paralyzed
in mind and in body--God's noblest work bru-
tal'zed--the soaring principle of genius darken-
ed and degradod--the idol of another" hour now
a scorn and a disgrace TO civilization and human
ity. Never did the horrors of intemperance
appear in colors so viyid--ncyer was the dread
full power of the rum tiend made so distinctly
apparent.
| took the arm of the miserable man, and ask
cd him where he lodged. Some time elapsed,
and in vain | endcavorcd to make out his answer.
He was uLterly lost TO p~ropriety and sense OF
shame, and instead of exhibiting a willingness
10 be taken home, was eagerto return 10 the tav-
|ern. His reason was wholly blinded. His
tongue refused IT'S office. His body seemed fas-
tened by some awkward mechanism to his legs,
and III his efforts to move IN reminded me Of the
wooden toys made TO amuse children during the
Christmas holydlys. II was now near midnight.
md the spectacle was most melancholy. He
could not walk the tavern in which he had pas.
sed the evening was closed; he could not dc.
scribe his place Of residence, and it was impossi.
bic for Inc 10 carry him TO my lodgings. Thus
situated, a servant came by--one of Gadsby's---
who, on being questioned, said that the Hon,
Mr.. Willingford had rooms at the house Of Mr.
Jones, about three squares of, and that hi;
mother also resided there!
ellis mother!" Heavens, what a shock Il
have her son borne home 10 her in such a condi-
ton! Exulting too, as she had no doubt been,
with all the love of a mothers heart, at the tri-
umphant flolt of that son the day before! How
soon was the cup of Joy 10 be dashed from her
ps! With what an agony Of grief would she
note its appearance and condition! He was ''hel
only son, and she a widow" How readily she
would yield up her life 10 know him freed from
that Que infrmity--that dark curse which hover
ed about him like a fend, and touched him as
with a scathing desolation of this lower world,
the glory of his brightest moments! Oh! what
had she not dreamed since his triumph Of yester-
day! How it would stimulate him 10 avoid the
rock on which he had SO often been wrecked.
when he knew that the eyes of his whole coun-
try would be directed towards him---when his
constituents should hear of his master effort
his indulgent constituents, who had so frequently
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felt convinced that he would reform--that he
would avoid the tempting cup--that he would re-
member the dead fathers former name and fame
This mothers unbounded alfection--his own
promising career.
These, and thoughts like these, thronged
through the brain of that delighted mother!
Heaven seemed TO open its brightest hopes be-
fore her, and she fell upon her knees and thank
ed God for such a son, and prayed that he might
for the future avoid the fatal habit which had al
ready weakened his fame and impaired his char
acter! She rose from her bed side, and looked
wilfully and not without some misgivings into
the wide avenue before her window.
"Hark! what sound is hiatt Merciful Heav-
en-what forms are those? Three fgures-one
of them borne in the arms of others. A little
longer support me, Father of mercies-God oil
the fatherless!h
"This way--this way!p and before the strain,
ing and almost maniac gaze of that devoted
mother was laid the unconscious form of her elf
ted but drunkard son! .' 4.
CHAPTER ii.
was detained / in the city of Washington sew.
eral weeks. Claims upon Govenment-appli
cations for office, are not passed upon there with
very great haste in mosI cases. Cabinet mem
bers are sometimes difficult of access, except TO
the favored few, and they soon learn the courier
art Of postponing from day to day every thing
like a definite answer, while they delight--such