The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-08
NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

The hniCEeTbOcf6r alludes 70 one nl
the members of the new Congress in the
following terms:- tt
"Among the new representatives. Of
The people who will enter the House fo'
the first time al the next term OF our
National Congress, will be Hon. Michael
Walsh, of this city. Some idea Of bis
impressive manner may be gathered from
the following passage, taken from an
impromp,u speech delivered some ten
years ago at Tammany Hall, 1t IS an
illustration Of the speakers argument
for down trodden man, who lacks not
,he merit bu, the opportunity TO 'ise:-
"When man is placed in false posts
tion, The very traits of his character that
would be vir,uuus in true one, are
looked upon as faults, or denounced as
vices, by those who attempt TO firm an
estimate of his character, without possess.
ing instruments to take the altitude OF
his mind When the temple OF Minerva
was finished, at Athens, two rival sculp-
tors of that city we're employed TO deco
rate lis summit with statue OF the god
dess. Each laboured in secret, and iol~
lowed the conceptions of his own mind,
with view to ,he production of mas
,er-picce of art. On the day that the
statues were to be decided upon, and
the hour for so doing had arrived, lew
Of the seIf-consliluled judges gathered in
front, while thousand remained behind,
who could sec nothing. Those in front
prssed judgement upon the produc,'on'
like tho leaders of our party, and the
thousands who could see nothing hur-
rahed and responded TO the decision
One statue was of the size Of lfe-fnely
scuIpluled and Of mos, exquisite work
manshlp; the features beautifully chlse'-
led, until life seemed starting from The
marble. The o!hcr was Of colossal s'z",
with huge and apparently unshape'y
limbs, and features that locked to The
immediate observer more like unm"an'ng
pro,uberances than anything e!se.-
When the judges gave a decision in
favor of The small bin beautiful statue, il
was gradually raised and the shon't OF
,be multitude, and became DINNER and
fainter as i, reccded from their view; and
when il finally reached the pedestal, it
r .semlled nothing hi,man or divine, bui
seemed 10 have dwindIed 10 mere point,
The applause gave way TO murmnis and
disappruba,ion, and il was then lowered,
10 make room for its rejected rival, which
was very reluctantly hoisted in its stead
As i, rcceded from the earth, us de'orm'
tiles lessened, and gave way to an appear
ance of symmetry and beauty, winch
;ucre asnd with It's distance from the earth
and whra i, finelly reached the pinnacle
from which The sculptor, from his knowl,
edge Of perspective and proportion, de-
signed il should be viewed, then it looked
as if ,he divinity herself, so beautiful
was its aspect, had descended to receive
the homage of her worshippers. So is
il with men. God Almighty moulded
,be characters of men occord'ng TO the
station which he intonded they should
ultimately fill; and when man is placed
by circumstances in position lower then
that in which he was created to move,
his virtues become vices IN the eyes OF
those whose vision is too short TO view
him as whole, and who therefore reject
him as unfil for elevation"
We know not how this may strike
others, bu, to our sense II is one OF the
mos, beautiful and truly classical SMILES
we ever encountered, expressed in Ian
guage Of the utmost purity and simple
ity."