Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-23
IL InMUNGCATED.
GLORY AND SHAME OF INTELLECT.

bbOh1 AND StiA W. Of IN BlsBtC
Intellect the Promethean spark without which
society would be pulssss and deficient in the vital
iiy Of an immortal being The intellectual mind $50
with the mighty spirits Of past, reyelz in the
creations OF magininRs With the might aud pow.
Of Mind 10 great Although dismantIed anqoi-
boasts her Carthage and Paimyrn the keen winds Of
adversely may sound through their broken walls but their
magnificent remains attest their former spendor. Human
ny may unfold her scrol may read the Of mind
but does that very ruin speak volumes for the evered
ambition the high aspiration, the revusion Of feeling that
must have been endured in their Tremendous od ere the
principle Of Divinity lett earthly tabernacls The fool.
h SMILE the weak threat. may tell that desolatiun regns
within brain teemng with impIsyo thought and
high action but shall without consolation for
pfostraton Of mind when reflection tells U.s. that the Glib
beung maniac. who VIRTUES in agony soul possess.
the fragments Of material worthy the admiration Of the
wise the srca While the vivid lightning Of returning
intellect CLEANS the darn path OF madness, may we
not catch gmpse Of the Eternity Of Mind which has only
been tossed. not spent, On the shores 81 Tms1
The power Intellect has saved natonJ. When Greece
surrounded by enemies did not her orators rise, and
by their eoquencc quel the dstubance' When uoach-
cry skuked through The streets Of Rome did CiceTOs
srg tpp, as awake tho sleeping energy, end arouse 10
action her military iufcesi
Centuries have rolled by. Arc not tire teachings Of
Homer yet sung by uimirug posteuVl The productions
s yet spesk tho and temples Of Gre. CO.
Poets Of his day gathered around and bowed In homoge
genius even our II song borrow inspiration
from muse, and catch tue impulse Of his burning wCfds
light the shadows n tCir bf,ns end i'm
mortality. Homer. bearing aoft the torch Of biz own gs-
MUS yet ufnes civilized world the flashes Of h mind
ore s s,on through the of thousand years. On
Ergands stored psga read the names O lIampden, Rus
eel, Sidnsy, immortal brotherhood No washinra Of
Tune al ice their shining llsIo. Chatham PIT
FO1-guruu4 names TIC great psge Of the greatest
ZION earth The glow OF genus which veins the i'm
pulses Ol the migIur-t end mpassDnfd " idorn
pGsts, Riry ,nIUsh lr the 18Th century when we re-
the individual WIN cu-h,5 the affections and k the soul
II has been said Of Lord ByfJn ha "dsrtrd the VI
per II his sting, and from ilc poison Of bis fang distilled
the Oi his hspprets" Yet turn not away from
him bitterness Of heart ID there be spectacle IN earth
for which the Angels might weep 10, the pcver-ipn Of
great talent men the iniiut Byron sumb,.d In bic mo-
hers arms, he pure end Rnicl,ss setaph -
There poison drop INTO the fountain hs great
na'ute The effect potent enough 70 cOnvlse into mis-
anlhfopyi The con Of GOfsica-
Who. born o., KIM ma Ie n ,air,ls dfav h,e,"
boz biz sdsfug ght s,vr, ping over tho bleaching bones
Of hs slaughtered millions; hs garments fesktg With the
crimson ie drop of fellow beings bis march
iaIng thrones % tcrufed king. fs signs o. Tho widow,
conquest, h. cruel tmbiton. What he Ist days Of
this new 5csos'fis " voice uss sounding lIutn
o1e lie in the Ats1ur, telling Qorys red cop Of
Slaughter con no moro tempt h.s broken spirit
a bust dsayai. book r-6s.d. en- sb-te
The sleep of n ehY keTt Tie word swaEer
Fasy. u5inzs come Tor the wIdow nd Tie orphan e.
erase their amenig; the mighty Conqasfof had returned
o. The du.t from which hc sIrnIg!
III VINO sOHd ON Rom = ipitOl.ne Ill., with Uni
ve-e chained OF h- feet; h- who m,dtened with
buou's Insane do'c, piscd ycioI1s ihJosh u