Litchfield enquirer., 1853-11-10
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1 ID " 4IE1 IlllteS3 I in our eFIsy Etis epfitae lati that lhe Genegels1 1f Ihp hiKlle sasle. iin both IT. lmies. during the rse6lusionary war asssas gSd neasIy lW5 kundsea pounds h weight. Buk MaFip1 wss q xefy sf6SI man. autl ol Aiminniiss proportions ssSfy wdY. ne
 @As net 6nly shcfi bnk remarkably shin. His c5nn. .ellaEce V Mss sWarshy, and grave ! in ils sxpsession. and his eye dafk. sols eIin &nd poetic. ExtFemeig plain in kis dsuss md siilI plainSE Il, lis manners. lie ] aid n0s 6sfikS stsin6Sf vegf t0FciblY. Rssefvsd and tlIsni, he sel0oni pole ex. |eept when necessary. and then expressed ] bie tlopghls iri sI1e ni0aE difeci and sims l pIo lhnguaeo h6 could command. These IpeculIsfilies incre2Ssd tliS mystaFy Shieh his acii0ns thFeu aFcnnd him. hnd doubt. Iless adsled mnch t1 lh6 influence which Ihe hsid oyer hie bend Cool md qiief. 1 hs Ment on thc uausl despefnle mission without excIleme,al ns calmly stotlied through tho tght. ansi tbsn ih ths ns1is Icomposed mannar drew 06 his men lnE IsheiF dalk and lonely encampmens. He ssehasd utterly destitale q passipu Hs posse1aed neither revenge nor lhiSsk for elory. nor love ~ excitement. lsor desire of money or power. He ehoWed no fondness fos the table, bus was ~ absse. mious Fl heEmis. Even the ucniel had no influence over him. And be moved amid tho turbulent scenes around hin 1 like ohe whoss mind is wholly absorbed ! on ore gseat object yet 10 U nceompIish. Cd. Drinking Eis vinegar and water- enough to make any man thin eating his coarse hominy or lice witl llle trees Ifnr lis shelter md lhe svaahp for llis re- treat, he Easfens himself npon onr afEec- iioas and interests with lirmness nosh. ing can shake.
 Living iD lawless times. and among rongi, and boislerous men. lle retained nlI his dslicacy of feeling refined tasses and scrupulous vittues. Moving man orbit of his owD. he. like Washington. was be> y0nd the influence 0f others. and seemed free from the common frailiies of nan, Without pay- without even the hope ofvictosy. hunted from swamp to swamp. and chased tle length aud brsadlh Of shs State. he still struggled on to keep alive the waning fams of palriolisn ip the hearts of the inhahitanis, Wi N leaas
 Binding hia men 10 him by love rather than by commands, he would let lhem slisband with no security bat thein SiagIe promise 10 return. Yet that promise was never brokrn, and the love those stern hearts bore him is oEe of the most iouching incidents of his career.
 As paftizan leader. Marion had no equal. One cannot point out | defeci in him nor suggest . single good quality. which he did not possess. To sleepless |yigiIance he added an energy and perse- |veranca lhat nothing could shake. and 10 bravery which hover daserted him. q pru-l dsnce nnmatsed by single lash aei. Pro
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