Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-01


lhearank OF admiral. What was his fauhl
Notiharhe had surrendered without a ban.
tle,fno, thar he had not Tough, at Fort 81.
Phillip. ,butihar he had made a hesiIeiing
Einslead of bold attack. Heissiiried and
condenneds Neither his great name, his
pFjuce fonunee his,honUrableq descent, bis
hong and glorious services, nort', reconn.
mendation ofihe Cour, could save him. He
is shot,! lwalked round the elegant man.
sion backgrounds in %hichihs lvedain com.
pany with, one who reflects the ieelingoi his
counrymep, and found that amopg. Brisops
|thsrs is no rslen!ing coward ihe fallen adhpri-
raj. ,ilIap ~ Ell Yta staatggaassis sil,, Gsi
The EDelish idea Of Millasy excel ence
Iis. embodied INN Nelson-7-R qpms, honored
above all eihers in his sneIiye land, his
[chiseled inJbe, first dock, we say ai Liver
| pool iii looks down ppo9 US, from lhe courl
Ioi .be Liyerpoi Exchange, i, stands highes'
upon the banks Of The Thames, noblest in
the cryp, Of 81. Paul's, and proudest in the
Egrea, naval depot, The haftor Of Portsmouth
| Nor we need wonder at this. "At Water
loo England fought for I victory, 'as Trafal
gar for existence" There rides Nelson's
| flag ship--the Victory. As asaitor rowed ne
in d wheny 10 her side, he said, "We shal
never have another Nelson; no! never
never! never! knowwe shan'l." On The
upper deck Of the vessel is a brass plate in
scfibed with the words, "Here Nelson fell.'
Below you are shown The cold cockpit
where, seated or the floor and Ieaning agaIns
d stahcheon, he breaihed his last Here, In
this vas, hull, lowering above the waters,
amid this ripple battery Of guns, through
whose formidable muzzles Nelson spoke Ic
tho enemy-on these decks which were
once slippery with his blood. the British
train and educate boys into sailors. And
wha, was Nelson's history! lie inherited
delicate constitution, and his health was
well nigh destroyed by repeated attacks oI
ague; The hardships Of a sailors lille, on
which he entered in his youth, were Toe
much for him, and his early sufforings al
sea were intense. Nor were (adgues and
dangers all that he endured; the ignorance
aud blaspheny of The marines were more
Distressing 10 his young heart Than. outward
storms or physical pains. Nor was his gen.
lie spirit unwounded by the fucl iha, he pass
ed eight years before the mast before he at.
luined even The rank of midshipman,-
Scarce had he landed in India before sick
ness seized him, which allowed him no hope
of recovery unless he returned TO Europe
lie was miserable, the subject of anxielies
and ugonies tha, almost crushed him 10 Ihe
dust There be lay upon the deck Of the
vessel that was conveying him home; 10
hi,nsihe sky had los, ils brightness, the earth
its greenness, the sea lis freshness, and even
the, words, fa,her, mother, and home had
| los, their charms. Within himself he says,
"l shall never rise in my profession; ! have
no interest 10 obtain the object OF my ambi.
lion. o, that were drowned!'' Sudden as
flash Of lightning, ligh, broke. in upon his
gloomy soul; the image Of his country rose
before him as his friend; Instantly he is o
new man; the fire Of patriotism is kinded
in his soiril q hero's heart beginsi.s beating
in his breast, and he cries oal, s"Onward
my soul, through every danger" "a radi
ami orb."to use his own words, {" filled bis
minds eye" and led him upward. upward
ill he died. Neither the abuse Of The law
less, nor the perils of The sea, nor the in.
gratitude of his cOunlry, nor The power oil
her foes de,erred him. See him at Baslir
and Culvi shouting his men onward, while
his right eye, mingled with blood flows dowr
4 his face. See him, without either q right eye
or right arm, seeking in the Mediterranean
for the enemy's superior force, and wher
he finds II strongly moored across tie en-
trance Of Aboukir bay, moving forward Il
The auack, crying; IA peersge or a gravel!
Behold him gathering fresh iaurels from ii,
billows Of The Baltic. But mark his las
tEday, and see how the sentiment Of the boz
bears up The man. Nelson sppposes il /,
Ibe 10 him The day at once Of lbaule and o
death. Light breezes, with d long, heav!
swell, are bearing his feet rapidly, steadily
Imajeslically down upon the ehehy's doubl,
and welE.drawn line All isready. Nelson
says one thing IS wanting, the signal; in
fstanlly he gives II: "EngIand expects ev
,Fery man 10 do his dutyv" No Sooner is i
suspended than It's received With, a shcu
from ship 10 ship ,hroughout The heets Of
which he bad breuihed his own great spirit
-ENow is the heat Of battle; The decks ar
slippery with blood, The cockpils arc file,
with tie dying, and, the sails with The dead
I W hat says ,Iie commander? II hank Go
\ for this great opportunity d doing NY duiy!'
ifAnd now he is motlalIy wounded; men ca
do nothing but fan his face, aliay hfs Sdealh
tsjtsl, and receive his dying whisper; an
whats Is il? ~ thank God lhai hare don
my duty" N, !, 'a,,s,,..,i M. ie.
Nor need We wonder ihai Eriiuin shouI
endeavor 10 reproduce ibis spirit In her sons
She considers herself set lorahe, defense Z
liberty and Proiesianlism in The old worId
"backed up only by God and iheseas.r
The civil la,u is rigdly enforced. Judg
\ Lynch does notolien attempt TO hold coul
in England. and when he does his officer
are generally interrupted by The bayone
Now, 0gainst this formidable parsonage d
no. bring any railing accusation; indeed, a
that is necessaryis 10 do his honor jus,ic,
He himself generally does justice; tho onl
trouble is, that he does no, do il judicialll
j and whenjusticeis executed without aulho
} iiy Of government and without The lorms
! -llaw,itss not only prone to exceed du
J measure, but 10 arm every man against b
fellow, TO weaken the bonGs Of society, ar
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