Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-22
Hon. MIKE Sya,.y, !,

he khickerbocker ailudcs Is one oftfe members
| 81 the new Congress in the following tetms AZ
ong the new representatives Of the people who will
ehlel sne House for the first time ut the next ses-
SION OF our national Congress will be Hon Michael
walsh, OF this city. Some idea of his irapressiye
manner may be gathered from the following pas
Sage' taken from an inipromptu speech delivered
some years ago at 1ammany Hall. tits an illustra-
tion OF the speakers argument for down trodden
man, who likes not the merit but the opportunity to
rise: SPF s' -
" " hen a man is placed in false position the
very traits of his character that would be virtuous
IN true one are looked upon as faults, or denoun-
ecu as wees, by those who attempt to form an est
mate OF ms character, without possessing instru-
ments to take the altitude of his mind When the
temple OF Minerva was finished at Athens, two ri
val sculptors of that city employed to decorate
ITS summit with statue of the goddess Each la
oored IN secret and followed the conceptions of his
own mind, with view to the production of master
piece OF art On the day that the merits of the sta
tues were to be decided upon. and the hour for so
dong had arrived, few of the Reconstructed judg.
es gathered in front, while thousands remained e.
hind, who could see nothing Those in front PASS
eo Judgment upon the production. like the leaders
ot our party, and the thousands who could see
! nothing hurrahed and responded 10 the de-
csion One statue the size of lfe-fnelv
scnlPtured and OF most exquisite workmanship the
features beautifully chIselled until life seemed start
ing from the marble. The other was of colossal
size. with huge and apparently unshapely limbs,
and features that looked to the immediate observer
more like unmeaning protuberances than anything
else When the judges gave n decision in favour of
the small but beautiful statue, it was gradually
raised amid the shouts of the multitude, and be-
came DINNER and fainter as it receded from their
view and when it finally reached the pedestal, it
reSembled nothing human divine, but seemed to
have dwindled to point. The applause gave
way to murmurs and disapprobation, and it was
then lowered to make room for It's rejected rival
which was very reluctantly hoisted in it's stead As
1t receded from the earth, its deformities lessened
and gave way 10 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 per-
spective and proportion designed it should be view
ed then it looked as if the divinity herself so beau
ttul was its aspect, had descended to receive the
homage of her wcrshipers So is it with men God
Almighty moulded the characters of men according
to the station which he intended they should ult
mately fill and when man is placed by circum.
stances in position lower than that in which he
was created to move, his virtues become vices in the
eyes of those whose vision is too short to view hin
as whole, ard who therefore reject him rs unfit fol
elevation
I'VE know not how this may strike Others, Blu
to our sense it is of the most beautiful and tru
ly classical SMILES we ever encountered, expressed
in language of the utmost purity and smplicity.'"