Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-25

| From the Indiana State Journal
! BenevOIence.
How many blessings are concentrated in this
precious word. Say not our language is bar
ren. A volume would not unfold all the rich
treasures of this virtue. Nv memory is dwell
ling on the fair hands and bright faces as they
piled their busy needles this evening in works
of charity for the suffering poor 1t is dark and
stormy. The snow falls fast, but this intini-
dates not the female heart i'll the holy purpose
of administering comfort to the afflicted. The
approving whispers Of their conscience makes
| them unmindtul of the storm, and the truth Of
this jcwcled virtue lights their path. They
have withdrawn from the cares of life, and con-
verted few hours into u little Savings Bank,
to be mcted out to the widow, the orphan, and
the destitute How much suffering and sorrow
will be thus allevated How silently VIII ,hc
productions of this evening be conveyed to the
IIestiipte, or the chambers of sickness! How
lls@ soft hand sooth the burning brow, and
5eIe delicate morscl cheer the taintng spirit
! How Will the widows heart sing for Joy AMI
| the orphan be made glad, as they wrap the
warm garments about them, provided by those
benevolent circles What refreshing, pcr>
vadirg influence lave they in cheering the
hearts Of those who mourn, and strengthening
the hands Of those who struggle with adversely
They are precious examples of that charity
which is the purcst ornament of the heart III
the eyes Of men and angels. Evil passions
have no place where true benevUlcnce relgns.
There is an eiiulrence that surrounds this
bright constellation, that impurities shrink from.
u The Scientific American says that man
in Orange County was found, one night,
climbing an overshot wheel in Il fulnT mill.
lie was asked what he doing. He said he
was trying to get up to bed, but somehow or
other, the salrs wouldn't hold still.
! ~ The following Letter, the National IN
hundred dollars towards the erection of the
great WASHINGTON MONUMENT. 1t will be
read wi h glow Of patriotic feeling by every
American. 1t breathes spirit alike honora-
| BILE to the writer and to the GREAT MAN whose
memory it seeks to perpctuate. 1t is just, patri-
otto, and eloQuently written, and will meet with
response in the hearts of all true friends of
the Union. WYNDHAM ROBERTSON is one of
| Nirrinia's best citizens and does honor to the
patriotic feeling and sentiment Of that Ancient
and Honorable, but rather inconsiderate, State.
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY %, 1851.
DEAR SIR: am reminded by the day to dis
charge a grateful duty, which, if had died
without dsclIarging, would have disturbed me
/ in INV grave. Not doubt or Indifference, but,
on TIE contrary, the very hxedness OF my pur-
pose to perform this duty, has authorized me to
wait as have done, on my convenence-for
| had entertained the least fear that any thing
slve sudden death could defeat the fuliilment
of nv design, would have FASTENED TO rescue
! it BY immediate execution, from the dangers of
DELAY. This, which is true of me, is true, |
doubt not of thousands. They do not ook on
this mighty labor OF a nations love and graft
tude as the work OF momenary impulse, or
transient enthusiasm, to be seized on the instant
lest it vanish To heroes ola day, to states
men of the hour, to the master-sprits of an
emergency-the day, the hour, the emergency
raise their fitting and proportioned honors. Let
these pass, and tomorrow turns to new idols,
in whose light the glory of the former dsap-
pears. Thrice fortunate has been, to whom
even a second generation has accorded living
and an active homage.
But to him whose happy lot it was, while
performing the duties required by his day, to
do what is required at the hands OF man in all
tme-while serving his countrymen to serve
mankind-who, in striking for his country's in
dependence struck also for the cause of liberty
throughout the worId-tme, distance, passing
generations of men bring no observation, leave
| no dimness on the disc of his fame. Half Il
century has elapsed since he passed from the
mortal eyes Of men, and who has yet arisen to
intercept, or even pale the luStre OF his glory ?
Where, indeed, is it that the grandeur of his
nature seen through this Augusian interval of
The world or compared with the greatest names
Of our own may, (not barren OF greatness)is
not felt rather to dwarf the statute of The
| highest, to dim the spleud of the brightest in
this vast constellation OF the living and the
dead
| 1t NAV be true that revolutions alone afford
occa ,ions for the arising Of a Washington. Re-
voutions have not been wanting; but where,
save once and here, has there arisen Washing.
ton ! We seek in vain through the pages of
ancient as of modern history tor his type or
peer. There have been men doubtless, as
brave as he-as wise, as Just, as patriotic, as
disinerested; but a man SO wise aud brave. 50
inst and patriotic, and disinterested, the world
has not produced. Others before him have
died doubtless without IA stain on their names
but who, besides him, without charge OF IN
Justice, without suspicion OF :, ih>hneSs with
out a lant of ambition Many have known
how to advance, but who besides him has
known where TO stop--for his country's good,
for his own fame, for an immortal example OF
moderation and dsntercstcdness
Indulge not moments fear Of the failure Of
the monument which the nation is raising in his
honor. From So wide base of love, and graft
tude, and admiration, it may rise slowly, III
deed, from the very vastness of the feeling il
reSls on, but tie depth and sincerity Of that
feeling can be satisfied with nothing short Of