Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-10-21

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TIE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
The Home Journal furnishes an editorial
respecting the late Duke Of Wellington, from
which we extract the following:
The honors paid to The Duke, both in his
own and in other countries, extraordinary
and numerous as those honors were, did
not seem 10 unse,lle his equilibrium in any
percep,ible degree. We are inclined to think
that his unpopular measures, when minister,
were dedicated by honesty and patriotism.
He though, the British constitution as peffec'
con.rivance as human wit had ever achiev-
ed, and he sincerely abhored the idea of IN
Producing into it radical change. lie was
well named the Iron Duke. He wss q
hard, tough, persistent, indelaligable man, OF
most upright intentions, Of incorruptible in
! fidelity, and narrow understanding.
II has been said that the Duke of Welling-
ton never wrote despatch in which the
word Duty did not occur, and tha, N apo
leon never wrote despatch to which the
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difference between the two men, and the
two countries TO which they belonged. 1t
was that moral superiority tha. made Well
ineton the final victor. As mere general
the Duke of Wellington was immeasurably
the inferior Of Napoleon. Napoleon dis
played more genius in any one campaign,
than Wellington did in his whole life ; but
The logged man Of Duty triumphed al length
over The brilliant man Of Glory;-so it was
in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.
The Frenchman may laugh at the stolidty
and slupidldily Of the Englishman, bu! so
long as the one race is capable OF believing
in the august and commanding nature oI
Duty, and The other race is not Eng glands
supremacy will be maintained. For every
Napoleon produced by France, Britain will
always be able to find a Wellington.
The Duke was particularly fl.ed 10 COM
mara an English army, as much SO es his
great antagonist is to lead the soldiers oil
france There was no fummery, no clap
trap, no humbug about Wellington. Bret
and plain in speech, vigorous in enforcing
obedience, doing equal justice TO all ranks
a gentleman. and man Of prln.i iple-his
soldiers always knew what 10 expect of him.
and could shape their conduct accordingly.
Other generals have excited more enlhusi-
asm in their men, but none was ever more
respected Gnd relied ON than the Iron Duke
The dedication of Colonel NapieE's ellis
tory of the Peninsular War" expresses hap
PLY the feeling entertaned by The army TO.
warda him. "To Field Marshal, the Duke
Of Wellington. This history dedicate TO
your Grace, because | have served long E.
nough under your command TO know why
The soldiers of the Tenth Legion were al
lsched TO Caesar" This subdued and round
about wav Of expressing fondness and ad-
mira,ion, is characteristic of the English
gentleman, who is al ways holf-ashamed ol
his bes, feelings, and never manifest any
feeling q, all if they can help it. Imagine
the tw generals, Wellington and n spoleon
changing armies. What fish out of water
they would both have been! Those fam.
ing Napoleonic bulletins and hsrrangues
that used to set the French army all in a
blaze of enthusiasm, " ould have been simply
laughed al by the English soldier. Nor
could the solid English have executed these
brilliant inspirations Of Napoleon, by which
forced march Of few weeks sometimes
made whole campaign his own. Yelling
ton, on the other hand, could have done
nothing with French army. Ii would
have ridicu!ed his caution and bluntness o
speech, sunk under his discipline, and run
away fir ON every foe. A FIenchman car
no more fight, than a balloon can ascend
without imitation; and Napoleon was the
where to adjust the bellows. An English
German or an American army must respec
its leader, or its affairs will 60 i'll.
The death of the Duke is, on no account
to be regarded as a misfortune. He wa:
full of years and honors. He had accom-
plished his task, and gained all the reward
Of its faithful execution which the worle
can besow. Yet, old as he was, he wa:
one of the strongest living bulwarks of The
conservative principle-a principle which
as affairs now are in Europe, can perhap:
better spare bulwark than the principle
of progression. His death leaves vacant
number of important posts which may b'
| filled by younger and more enlightened men
and the great party to which he belonged
loses the prestage of his name and counten
ance. His position in Eng land has Ion!
been similar to that Of the grandfather in
il. family, in Difference to whom needful i'm
+, provements are postponed, year after year
But when at last, the old man has beer
borne to final resting place, the bereavet
awaken to new activity, and the mansion
!, soon changes both lis outward aspect ant
its internal character.