Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-30
NUMBER 25.
RICHMOND WHIC.
GREAT CONvERsATIoNISTs.
NUMBER TWELVE.



was to be sure the proper eOmplemenO Of what have
already told of the active part Of his intellectual
career and would then gladly have added ; bus the
'ear OF saying too much withheld me. the more will
hnsy however, renounced that portion Of his char,ctsr
Nhen considered that Ugh his merits In mere
Letters and great was his passion for them thew were
IN hm the Inferior eKceeuces of genius fit for sin high
er things to which literature itself is but An an.
! iliary, and grace.
oertainiy, have never any one Who loved mer.
Letters with fonder affection That affection ssIf .
heTur DE me earliest passion in such as are forunats
.'ous =. unite genius with opportunity. For in them
'he creative power that is TO be- whle vet Uniformed -,
FURNISHED with it, future material seeks its 6rs, dS,
ana hnds everything that is congenia to ia insnes
but "he they who best born rather to know ,ba
perform stop when simple Leaning and Taste are at
hned and content themselves with possessn The rs.
WhAt great wits have DONE or, most, become eeonnt
sehoaty successful, but not original authors Other.
very few-but prepare themselves in these for nna;o
ng ahu plunge into scholarship, birds do into poo,s
m =, imp ,ne,s wings Tor higher fights. have but
ready made your readers aware that though he -" :,
n't leo on to Learning by the native propensi,v oc ;
@ ~ ye ne came, IN his progress to look upon il as
neIu, NOT an end; and though becoming and even
useful IN ITSELF yet not talent but one n ;,s , ~
may oe sad therefore, TO his literary apart from bs
pohtcal and professional character that he mad a.,
oordinate to these; that he rose from the nGror 49, =,
learning 10 It's wider and more masculine purposes and
@ us oecasloha literary efforts admirable as thew are
'e OUT hterihdes In which he relaxed himself from n
oIer applications of his elegant atainments and so.
rather than eNerted his understanding and ;r ;.s
usually Dent to severer pursuits
so much, indeed, was everytbirg ,b., ,.,,.
e active ana ever useful subsidiary of ia STRENGTH.
u's orations ms peadiugs, bis very State paners & -
'ne'peheuated either with the direct baapt;ss ~ ~
scholarship or with it, hidden beam the, I, - n
me 70 say where, in Legare am to separate tbe s;nsu.
nan Oi Letters from the Orator the Lawyer or the sta,ss
'uAI his haTangues, when extempo-o - =
perfect bad been Li- intellectual discnline =
mere compositions; his legal arguments II the sbict =
self excluded all other beauties never f,feJ -, @
/
and often charmed you, besides with Ine,necfeJ Is
M he pest learning and philosophy ofthe Law: and eve.
SpomAtc dispatches and protocols themselves cess;n 80
De las IN their won't formal and yerbose f;0Ai I
'ooE at ms touch, animation and interes, Ese io; -
seSIhesry' In short no matter what the matter 10 be
Nitu-ne gave II Just the degree of Esrarv ,no-,
which It could with advantage receive His e,;.i
always held las have described In subord;n.,i
ways easy and Opportune; for he hated ali JiI, - AZ
ever, Snu "OuIu nave been saved from the sin or ns.n,
!! ny ms sense, it he had been by his leanin w.
We had IN hm so much, and bright a Tter.tn5a ,h.
cap ABOUT him the cloud of matter wbat snI;, -
would stl break through In this he Was mor,sn =.
oH alter scott says OF the countenance of Lord a.
"a; sa u WIS hAe an aiSbaser vase when the rich Svprss
"l'nout are made visible by light vibip,-or e..
again. the same poet had already said in yerse Cn1
towards the sex, Passionate devotion to some nohI
virtues OF the perfect chevaher NS
-" The brave young knight that has no l,dv Iov.
Is l.ke a lamp unighed: his bright deeds
Ana iis fair work seem then uaeSs sIuIions
"hen the pure ray CLEANS through them
The thought is put into the mouth of s,.t. -, -
Allan SWinton, the ancestor of Iegare and well T r
IN his descendant that general illumination and % ~,
his stronger faculties, which the inward beam OF he -
accomplishments in Elegant Letters lighted ~, us raIe
corning TO SIR Walter, the glory OF the bigbes, b;
i o ou' u'h unti the flame Of Love be kindIed nm
"ithn ~ so must the most noble parts TO- r,Ie W
mances fail OF their due splendor upless ILL., IL f
% H'h Oy he lamp OF Learning and Taste The remarks
-; "a ~ eH a'i the original vgor OF Legares Gaeul-
ues mad been perfected by Art and Attaipns1t - ~,
when ehlehy distinguished him. and would but for Ne -
t'mey DEATH have been seen, all sides TO Give b;
regular, and sure superiority over all his pbc co.i
o "uether al me Bar IN the Senate or from the nonu
lar rostrum For he just that bright and ~
the union Of the highest-with thorough cpvation ~
Wtch Icero speaks: " Gum Gd natnr1D e-iU,io,, 49,
iHgs'reH deeeSSerR ratio g4daD. et COS, ,,r,,,; -
i"1 i'"a "s'eo 2ud PraeiGr sngulare soIere ,rs
Ii seems to me that Of pecessi,v .b -.
rare as was his has been snatched away in its very b
and almost at the outset Of performances wbc5 oLIo
rs they are-serve little than 10 sbov -, s
uhSs ne would have achieved had Fate rerne,s bi-,
in complete the chosen design for which he had 40 d.
itly formed himself the history of such mind l. a ~
interesting and instructive than can be anv ner ,iI
examination Of It's literary remains Befors ,roi =.
the latter, then, indulge in revertnr 10 some J
points OF the former on which would gladly have dwss
more miuutcly, wher was not long ago givng - -
OF the course and character Of bis early stnJiss m -
eal cast OF these, and their particular resuts of
mt' naye ue'Srloed but there details Of netbod
AMI OF taste which are curious and important AZ ,ocb
tie more secret constitution and las NAV call n, tb t
sioogy Of his intellect ~ u" tue Pn-
The old philosophic adage-Nf6l :. ;,yy-, -,
priils iH ssjsl-s STILL in great D,,t ,I 49, -
Acknowledged, people yet admit even In mi. vy ;iy
ualygNeu age, that the are the avenue tbrnh
which, at least all the materials Of kpoWledge rns T.
brought into the mine The cultivation boveSs- - -
sersuous part Of our being is now almost ,nivc,an
Jccied M order that education be thrown 1cI:ive
upon the intellectual part, and all the bodily the i,s
native faculties studiousy repressed stead ofbi
INDUCED and perfected. 50 far A. the v,ii.r ,s
Directs i'e TO tue forming ia the Young the reason and
the iudgiocu in advance OF the Imagination IL an stct
TO thrust nature and possibility OF doors for not oni
are We eeAtures OF me senses before be the creG
power when It arrives will nearly always be found t 10
90 strict proportion 70 the prevors magnatve-s,ren,
OF course, IN certain things mechluici ana mabes,r
u their essence with which the imacinatiop b,s robi,,
to DO, to The consideration Of which Il 4. . bii
Aud so Tar, in the second place a. the new svstsr,
sh-S one great body Of the faculties IN order the better
% develop another E maniiesty gives the lie IN its cvr
boast OF more enlarged method OF institution ,ip m
cultivate pLt one branch ot the intellectual pogers in
siel oi ca','aiig both truly philosophical idea DO
dos1t but uot strictly original. For the bint i obvt
ol.y taken from The works Of that most learned perso
toe unackuowedged source Of many Of the rorept ~,
pFo'tm,- n education and the art Of composition Mart.
uus Stritcrus, who, proposing invicorate man. gh,
ani muscles profoundly remarks the iac the vision r
Aecncr after the loss OF OF the cves the sirevs op
co rer thc privatou Of Of the arms and ,berefe
Sggu-F suggests voluntary sacrifice Of one OF each
p,reous pair uf mcmbcT or the benefit Of Inc otber
Lf91EF happily for hm suffered 10 uis. this aort
OF mHultou. nov grown almost universal To A certain
degree, Dis escape NAV have been due 20 that lone r
Of h childhood, during which he learnt 10 roS5 -b1e
c'trct about on pillow, IN his mothers arms But N
she tenderness of that admirable moter hale tb,, -
SHOULD Aetp hh louudauty supplied with such books AZ
childhood naturally delights in. her igJypeot ro.fJ -,
doHht have pointed 90 She method What il child
bu' Young auin' Of very lively senses and busy i1nag
nauori but Of no judgment rcisouY In place Of r.
poser Of aralyli aud csssiug Ge- he has AZ -, Ii
ih oi petceivug O em instead Of Reason line it ne
nhs AS yct only fancy, he flower from which it sbould
comc-not very ike Be- you may Object, but quite s lie
as other aoWers are 10 the fruits that fov n Btc a.
most m,cccdents are 60 their couseguents: a. Ike AZ
causes are wont to De To- their effects. quite as Ike a.
iuoo"n Democracy 10 the seed that presently ripcns
from it-a Military Despoiism Let your chnds mind
blossom, itcn. oHi utiiaran parent Cut short In
the 'li, With your frosty kItonasm Spoil the gay
and sweet riorcsccnce which, len % ITSELF will pas rhen
% should into a guitage crop, harvest T0u viii kin
or 90 le1st up t n attempting force and al best get
only poor sicklv, shrvc'cd, uspd result which Az
tumu will because Spring has ncveruursed it. teh
Pomona will never mature, because her sister Fia ka.
unN-- nI-.-L-L moon l. m-L L.--u-. I..-h.u. - -