The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-03-31
New Member of Congress.

he KnickerJocker alludes to one Of the men,
ber Of the new Congress in the following
! terts g.
ssmong the new representatives of the peo-
| pie rho will enter the House for the first time
| at tie next term of our National Congress, viii
| be Ibn. Michael Walsh, of this city. Some
ideaG his impressive manner may be gathered
| from be following passage taken from an improm-
| tn speech delivered some ten years ago at Tam
many TALL. 1t is illustration of the speak
er's arumert for down-trod man, who lacks
not tn merit but the opportunity to rise
| 'sWhn man is placed in false position,
| the vey traits of his character that would be
virtuois in true one, are looked upon as faults
| or de1junced as vices, by those who attempt to
| form b estimate of his character, without pos
sessiR instruments to take the altitude of his
mind When the temple of Minerva was finish
| ed atAthens, two rival scuiptors of that city
were Employed to decorate its summit with a
statu, of the goddess. Each labored in secret,
and FLOWED the conceptions of his own mind,
with view to the productions of a masterpiece
of art On the day that the merits of the statues
were 10 be decided upon, and the hour for so
doinghad arrived, few of the self-constituted
iudgei gathered in front, while thousands re-
maina behind, who could see nothing Those
in froit passed judgment upon the production,
like the leaders of our party, and the thousands
who Guild see nothing hurrahed and responded to
the decision. One statue was Of the size of life
-fnay sculptured and of most exquisite work
mansiip; the features beautifully chiselled,
until life seemed starting from the marble. The
other was of colossal size, with huge and appa-
rentlyunshapely limbs, and features that looked
to theimmediate observer more like unmeaning
protuferances than anything else. When the
Judges gave a decision in favor of the small but
beautiful statue, it was gradually raised amid
the SHOUTS of the multitude, and became DINNER
and fainter as it receded from their view and
when finally reached the pedestal, it resem-
bled nothing human divine, but seemed to
have dwindled to a mere point The applause
gave way to murmuIo and disaPProbation, and
it was then lowered to make room for its rejec
ted rival which was very reluctantly hoisted in
stead As it receded from the earth, its deform-
tiles lessened, and gave way to an appearance
of symmetry and beauty, which increased with
its distance from the earth and when it finally
reached the pinnacle from which the sculptor,
from his knowledge of perspective and proper
ton, designed it should be viewed, then it look
ed as if the divinity herself, so beautiful was
its aspect, had descended to receive the homage
of her worshippers. So is it with men. God
Almighty moulded the characters of men accord
ing to the station which he intended they should
ultimately fill and when "a man is placed by
circumstances IN position lower than that in
which he was created to move his virtues be-
come vices in the eyes of those whose vision is
too short to view him a whole, and who there
fore reject him as unfit for elevation"
We know not how this may strike others, but
to our sense it is one of the most beautiful and
truly classical SMILES ever encountered, express
sed in language of the utmost purity and sim
plicity.' a