Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-15

Of that race of mobiles lies in this age Of the world,
in their inviolabIe attachment to constitutional
pr rnciples, and their honest recognition of popu-
lar rights. Although his personal resolution and
his military experience qualified him better than
; other men to be the champion Of resistance to
popular turbulence and scdition, as lie showed
by his preparations in May, 1882, and in April,
1913, yet wisdom and forOearance were ever the
handmaidcns of his courage, and, while most
firmly determined to defend, if necessarily, the
authority of the State he WIS the first to set an
example Of conciliatory sacrifice to the reasona-
bic claims of the nation. He was the Catulus
Of our Senate after having been our Caesar in
the field; and, if the commonwealth Of Eng land
had ever saluted one of her citizens with the Ro-
man title of Parens PatriH, that touching honor
would have been added to the pceragc and the
baton Of Iirtiinr Wellesley by the respectful
gratitude and faith OF the people.
Though singularly free from every trace of
cant, his mind was no stranger to the sublime
influence Of religious truth, and he was assiduous
in the olscrvanccs ofthe public ritual the church
Of England. At times even in the extreme pc
Rod of his age some accident would betray the
deep current Of feeling which he never ceased to
entertain towards all that was chva!rous and be-
nevolcnt. His charities were unostcntatious but
extensive, and he bestowed his interest through
out life upon an incredible plumber Of persons
and things which claimed his notice and solicited
his aid. Every social duty, every solemnity, eve
rv ceremony, every merry-making, found him
ready to take his part in it. He had his smile
for the Youngest child, L compliment for the
f,nn tp inct
and lively interest in every incident of life which
it seemed beyond the power of age to chilli
When time had somewhat relaxed the sterner
mould of his manhood, its effects were chiefly in
dicatcd by an unabated taste for the amuscments
of fashionable society, incongruous at times with
the dignity of extreme old age, and the recollec
ton Of so yirile n career. But it seemed a part
of the Dukes character that evctything that pre-
scntcd itself was equally welcome, for he had be-
come part of everything, an2 it was foreign to
his nature to stand aloof from any occurrence to
which his presercc could contribute. lie seems
never to have felt the tagging spirit or the re-
luctant step of Incidence or e'nui or to have re-
coilcd from anything that remained to be done;
and this complete performance Of every duty,
however small as long as life remained, was the
S.llnc fllttIIl WHICH iitu St'iiiSu ii IA 1iiFi
through his campiagns, and raised him to be one
of the chief Ministers of England and an arbiter
of the fate of Europe. 1t has been said that in
the most active and illustrous lives there comes
ut last some inevitable hour of melancholy and of
safety. Upon the Duke Of Wellington-that
hour left no impression, and probably it never
shed its influence over him; for he never rested
on his former achievements or his length OF days
but marched onward to the end, still heading
the youthful generations which had sprung into
life around him, and scarcely less intent on their
pursuits than they are themselves. 1t was a fine
" balanced mind to have worn 50 bravelY and
so well. When men in after times shall look
bacl, to the annals of England for examples OF
energy and public virtue among those who have
raised this country to her station on the earth
no name will remain more CONSPICUOUS or more
unsuied than that of Arthur Wellesley, the
great Duke of Wellington. The actions OF his
character was equal to his actions. He was the
very type and model Of an Englishnlan; and,
though men arc prone to invest the worthles OF
former ages with a dignity and merit they COM
monty withhold from their contemporaries, we
can select none from the long array OF our cap
tairs and our mobiles who taken for all in all, can
claim rivalry with him who is gone from among,
us an inhcritor OF impcrlshabe fame.