Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-12

| 10 panegyrc; and the energy oil language cannol
exnress The gratitude and affection with which
INV heart oyerfows, wien reflect upon The SER
vices of those most excellent men.
When | select the names Of Gal'alin, Livings'
ION and Nicholas, | am not untnihdiuI OF the
merits and talents of many other gentlemen
have selected them because they nave been ex>
posed 10 the most cruel obloquies oil your party.
Mr.. Galain has been prosecuted Win all The de-
leslable rancor oil envy and malice. The accu~
racy of his information, the extet, 4 his know
ledge, the perspcuily OF his style, the moderation
of his temper, and The irresistible energy OF bis
reasoning powers, render him The ablest advo.
cafe that ever appeared in the cause OF truth and
liberty. Patient and pels.vering, temperate and
firm, no error escapes his vigilance, no calumny
pruvokes his passions. To expose The 5iunde!s
ard absurdilies oi his adversaries, is The only re-
veuse which he will condcsceud 10 take Tor their
,nsolent invecliyes. Serene in The midst OF cla-
mors, he exhibits The arguments oi his opponents
in their genuine colors, he divcsis them OF the
lipsel of defamation ard The cobwebs OF sophis
try. he detects the most plausible errors, ne expo
ses The most latent absuTdi'ies, ne holds The
"mirror up" 10 folly, and reasons upon every
suhiec, with The readiness OF intuition, and the
certaiuty OF demonstration. Elevated above
the inlr;sues Of parties and the weaknesses
of The passions, he is never transported into
any excess by The zeal OF his friends, or
the viruence of his enemies Ills object is IL
happiness OF the people; his means economy. IL
berry ami peace; his guide the constitution. The
sympalhes which tascinalc lhe heart and MIS-
lead the understanding, have never aured him
from the arduous pursuit Of ruth through her
mos, intricate mazes. Never animated By the
impeluous and turbulent feelings which asIaie
popular assemblies, he preserves, IN The midst oil
conlending factions that GOODNESS OF temper, and
that accuracy UithOught, which philosophy has
hitherto claimed as The peculiar attribute OF her
closet medilalions He uniles 10 The energy OF
eloqucnce and the confidence OF integrity, The
precision OF mathematics, The method OF logic,
and The treasures OF experience. His opponents
Islander him and admire him; they assail him
with ignorant imperneGce and piiess malice,
and YET they feel that he is The darling oil philo-
sophy the apps lie OF truth, and The IavoriIe yola-
ry Of Liberty. Their haired, like The rebellion oil
satan, proceeds from The impalience oil any su-
perioriiy. "There i:ia daily beauty in his life
which makes them ugly" Instead OF imitaline
his exec lence, they attempt 10 conceal II oy
mass Of obloquy; ins.ead Of reveFenclns his un-
paraeled wisdom and virtue, they sharpen 'ne
dagger OF talsehood, and prepare the poisoned
arrows OF envy. The men who are supported oy
a foreign faction have The efrontery W VI
liiy him because he is foreigner VIZ
tue and genius are not peculiar 10 Anne
RIGA. They have 1ourishcd in every conn.
try and 10 every age. The mcris oil
men are no, TO be ascertancd by geographical
boundaries. The mind has no country but The
universe. Patriotism is not narrow and illi-
be,a,e prejudice in favor Of the soil upon which
We happsIed to be born. 1t is rational and no
Bile attachment 10 the country which gives US
protection and which secures our happiness. IL
is no, incompatible with universal philanthropy;
on Inc contrary. il is o modlfcati n OF benevo-
lence, softened BY society. and strengthened by
gratitude. MIR Gallatin is attached to the con-"
s,itution because it is tree, to the people De-
cause they are generous and amiab!o and 10 the
country because he has found in it an asylum
from oppression and misery.
Are not these ties at least rs binding as the
shackes of prejudice and hobl1 But The con-
duct Of MIR Galialin is his best vindication =
This foreigner has defended The constitution
against the attacks OF native Americans, and
has display ed noble ardor in The defence oil
his adopted country, whilst many OF her sons
repose in inglorious apathy, and whilst others
assail her with detestablc treachery and unnatu.
raj hatred.
ANOTHER EULOGY.
II would have given US great pleasure (says
the Uniou,) 10 lay before ocr readers The eloquent
eulosv which was pronounced 10 New forS on
The evening OF The 81 instant by Luther Bradish
ESQ.,, the first vice president OF The New YORK
Historical Society, Of which Mr.. Galialin had
been president, bul the wan, 81 space iorhids II
| The meeting was also addressed by Ihs Kew. Df
Hawks, and also by Mr.. Bancroft, our lale MN
,sler al London. Mr. BIS. remarks are so happy
and So apposiie TO The distinguish ID character
which be poirays, that we cannot ioreso The op'
porlunily Of giving them mere:
Mr.. Bancroft, said he felt il necessary 10 his
feelings 10 add his public testimony TO what had
been so eli qnrn.ly said by the gentleman who
| had sal dcwn, upon the character and career Of
The deceased. Although The whole OF his pas
life had been passed in review in The pleasing
and able sketch which the president had given o
| him, he would adj The testimony OF his own &C.
l,uainlauce and knowledge 10 the extraordinary
tan, Tor conversation possessed by the deceased
ln a. his mir. B's) lite, he had never mel with
an ina' idual whose conversation had such pow
CT, sae nrno csqce oil expression, joined with 50
.'uJ,s ,s,,r compa"er liz .nr. Gaila'in,
Is cs. IN Mn" cave him Tter~ n;S nGlYsI
O. re ;SSsoksd up 10 as INC NOS so, me remalk9
pom 10 Hsss and private lite, Ioa' missed in con
Die bisand which he GO tha, ever
n- hosy was always aSs.s, 80 nsa,;pe his opiu'o
p o M one ever wea, iSss o' o.snce without
en- NV ms inst, action and d. >s lfcm h. iustlu
lie. , ,;vs and attractive conveA>s n which dis
an , on;sbed him. He [Mr. 81 has.,me alter iii
nj. Sol friends TO see him, VINO w,ess%, psrha
to PARTICULARLY distinguished lo1 as.a,u;rsbut
on. ri s,Iorg sense and good una,, 49, arl'shtsH
by AWAY. found that 'hey CANT ,sa, ,hsy lad re;
'.u impressed We ;n,eIyiew, and tha; The iime
I listening 10 him had ceen I.d kr rmsa man
wife or oblivion He Mr. 3 lne omna au Who ba
5 Of had been in his (Mt g. eom Is u conyeisa
IS been impr, ssed With his p o%e,s conn
ore Another remarkable e ns,,a,;n torcibly 81
nWs with the career Of WI. 0a"a"A