Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-02

and improvement the less great because they usually con-
sisted IN bending the viii disarmng the preudices OF
tneir neroest opponents.
Attacked by BIRTH by character, and by opinion to the
order and the of the British astocracy the Duke
of ellington knew that the power of that race OF
mobiles lies in this age Of the World in their inyiolaoe
attachment TO constitutional principles and their honest
recognition OF popular rights Although his personal re-
solution and his military experience qualified him better
than other be the champion Of resistance to popu
lar turbulence and sedton he showed by his prepare
tons in May 1882, and in April lS4S yet wisdom and
forbearance the handmaidens Of his courage
and while most firmly determined to defend if necessary
the authority Of the State he the first to set an ex
ample Of concaory sacrifice to the reasonable claims OF
the nation. He was the Catulus Of Senate, after
having been our Caesar in the field and if the Common
wealth of England had sauted of her citizens
with the Roman title Of Parens Patr@ that touching
honor would have been added to the peerge and the ba
ton OF Arthur Wellesley by the respectful gratitude and
faith Of the people.
Though sngulary free from every trace of can't his
mind was no stranger to the sublime influence of religious
truth and he assiduous in the obseryances OF the
public ritual of the Church of England At times even
in the extreme period of his age accident would
bety the deep of feeling which he ceased
to entertain towards all that chivarous and benevo
lent His charities transformations, but extensive,
and he bestowed his interest throughout life upon in
credible number of persons and things which claimed his
notice and solicited his aid Every social duty, every
soemnity, every ceremony every merrymaking, found
him ready to take his part in it. He had smile for the
answer to the readiest tongue and lively interest in
every incident Of e which seemed beyond the power
OF age to chill When time had somewhat relaxed the
sterner mould OF his manhood its effects chiefly in
Dictated by undated taste for the Of fash
ionabe society," ncongruous at times with the dignity Of
extreme old age, and the recoectons of vrile
reer But it seemed Of the Dukes character that
every thing that presented itself equally welcome for
he had become part Of every thing and it foreign
to his nature to stand aoof from any which
his presence could contribute. He have
felt the tagging spirit Of the reluctant step of Incidence
ennu or to have recoled from any thing that remain
ed to be DONE and this complete performance of every
duty however small as long life remained was the
same quality which had carried him in triumph through
his campaigns and raised him to be of the chief Minis
tiers of England and arbiter Of the fate of Europe
1t has been said that in the most active and ustrious
lives there at last inevitable hour of melan
choy and Of safety Upon the Duke of Wellington that
hour left no impression, and probably it shed its
influence him for he never rested his former
achievements his length of days. but marched EDWARDS
to the end still heading the youthful generations which
had sprung into life around him. and scarcely less intent
on their pursuits than they themselves 1t a
finely mind to have brayely and well
When in after times shall look back to the annals
OF England for examples of energy and public virtue
among those who have raised this country her station
on the earth, name will remain conspicuous
more unsuied than that of Arthur Wellesley, the great
Duke of Wellington. The actions of his life extra
ordinary but his character equal his actions He
was the very type and model of an Englishman and
though man prone to invest the worthless former
ages with dignity and merit they commonly withhold
from their contemporaries, select from the
long array of our captains and mobiles who taken for
all in ALL claim rivalry with him who is gone from
amongst us, an inheritor of imperishable fame.