Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-07-30
PERSJNlL SKETCHES.
From the Dublin University Magazine
Thomas MGCrr.


were quite rs remarkable as his fancy and
command of melody. He has been ad
mittcd, hv rare Judges OF personal merit.
10 have been, with The single exception OF
the late Chief Justice BuShc, the most al
tractive of companions. An attempt has,
IN some quarters, we have heard, been
made TO represent Moore rs sacrificing to
society talents meant for gravcr pursuits
than convivial cnjoymcnts; and it has
been inSinualcd that he wanted that man.
" stcrnncss of character, without which
there can be no personal dignity or poltl-
cal consistency. The facts of Moore's
life, overthrow, of themselves, such insln-
nations. 1t would be difficult, indeed, TO
point to any literary character who has,
during the vicissiludrs of an evcntlul age,
more honorablv and stcadfastly adhered
10 the same standard of opiniOn--gUGLS
ub iRcCDi0. His honorable conduct, when
compelled TO pay several thousand pounds,
incurred Ivy the error of his deputy at
bermuda (for whose acts he was trgdHy
rcsponsiblc.) exhibits the manlincss of
his nature. lie determined, by honest
lab0ur, to pay of the vast demand upon
him, even though it made him bcggar
Several of the Whig party came forward
and offered in Il manner most crCdltabe
to them, to effect subscription for the
purpose of paying off the poets debt.
Foremost among them was 4 delicate
Young noblcman, with sumkCn check and
intellectual aspect, who, while travelling
for his health OH the Continent, had met
Moore, with whom he lourneycd for a
considerable time, and from whom he
parted with an intense admiration of the
poets genius and manly character. The
young noblcman--thcn far from being a
rich man--hcadcd the list with eleven
hundred pounds. The fact deserves to
he recorded to the honor of that young
noblcman, who, by slow and sure degrees,
has risen to be prime minister of England
Lord John Russell.
OF the fact of Moorc's stcadfastly re-
Gusing TO accept the subscription offered
TO be raised for him by his aristocralic
Wing friends, there can be no doubt
whatever: and the matter is more cred |
table to- him when the fact is remembered |
that il was not he himself who committed
the error by which he was rendered liza
bic to the judgment given against hun.
lie might also have shclercdhimscli un-
der the example of Charles James Fox,
who consented to aCccpta provision made |
for him by the leaders of his party. But
Moore dctcslcd all clccmosynary aid
He speaks in one of his most vigorous
poems with contempt Of that class OF
"pairi0is" 10 what vile uses can lam
guagc be proIancdY
- Who hawk their country 5 wrongs rs hcSGars
do their sores"
While soiournipg at Paris upon that
occasion, Moore received very remark
able offer. Barnes, the editor of the !
Times, became severely i'll, and was
obliged Ia recruit his health by Il years
Icst, and tho cdilorshp of the Times
was actually offered to Moore, who, in
telling the story to 4 brilliant living Irish
man, said, Il had great difficulty in re-
iusing The offer was so temPung-f0
be the Times for 0hcc'rCntonth" !" The
offering him the cdiorship of" the daily
miracle las Mr. Justice Taltourd called
lO might, however, have been on Y al
rUSe dc gUcrrc OF his aristocratlc and po-
Itical friends to bring him back To Ion"
den, where, for variety of reasons, So
cial and political, his company was then
very desirable.
There is a very interesting circumstance |
connected with the birth of Moore, which
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