Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-09-05
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'tary toSGoseFnor Wise; We Glib ffom one
OF ours Norther1l charlottesville shows
the high Appreciation entertained in 10Th.
.er States foF his eminent talent and moral
worth. independent Of political considera
st'ons. AOuf space being limited. We ex.
tract "nl y a Fortion ofsthe! article: asz'
zz'i Tbe1oration of Governora Wise deliv-
cred in Lexington. Virginia, on the 4th Of
July, 1856. at the ceremony of placing on
ITS PEDESTAL. II copy in solid bronze OF
Houdon's marble statute Of George WASH
slnSton. was, one Of those mastery prroduc.
lions for which the gifted orator was
famous. Few men in, this sor. any
other country possess the faculty OF con
cenIrating SO many masculine Thoughts in
single oration as Henry A. Wise. Ap.
parently Without any effect or prepara>
tloln, his solid, and at the same time brill
llsnL intellect, transmits to his auditory
Ileas both profound aud beautiful. Flo.
quence dwtlIs upon his lips. and tevels
therein undisturbedi possession But it
i .issnoi! alone in this al adornmentIthat he has
earned " The title of. .greqt. In, belle Ietre ac
complishmenIs he stands almost without
rival. while deeply Schooled in the prac.
tIce OF fstsaesmanship. Who can forget
the 4tilr.Ing apostrOphes which flashed
from his lips during his canvass for Gov
ernor. againststhe knows Nothing organi-
cation Searching nvective and wither-
ing satire scared the very soul of the Se-
Icret Order: and left il blasted and for
saken body ! 10 Henry A. Wise we are
indebted for staying the march of the
monster through the South. As it had
slalked through the North. HIS burning
eIoquence and devoted patriotism aroused
the chivaIric sons OF Virginia to keen
sense OF duty, and with valorUus hearts
and stalwart arms, they beat back the
6end that would have severed this Union.
All honor to the hero, patriot, scholar and
statesman. Henry A. Wise. OF Virginia
In all the speeches und orations OF Vir-
glnia's gifted son, there is always some.
thing both To instruct and please the min /
Of The reader. Often quaint and alwa\ S
beautiful, he clothes his ideas in ttnyua. e
that is sure 10 attract. by it's force anI
prOprIety. No one is like him ia the
country. Confident in tue power of his
own intellect, he scorns the beaten track
OI literature. aud makes a pathway for
himself. The stubbornness Of his virtue,
"nd his known high sense Of honor, serve
to & i've interest TO all he says and does,
while the glowing fervor Of his patriotism
kIndles sympathetic fire in the bosom Of
all whO listen to his el"quence.
We do not wish 10 fall into language
of panegyric because "a lame so solid and
we'll deserved>aS his can need no exLrinsic
assistance to make it lasting, Our only
desire was TO call the attention of our rea.
ders to the noble Grafton delivered by
Gov. Wise. on the recent anniversary
OF our independence. His'theme was the
al Washington. How dear the
sublec to. every American heart, and with
what cousummate ability was it handled.
Well might he exchim in the opening Of
his address =" We come not either to
'buryaorsro praise Cesar-we come not
like the Romans TO soemni2e the apothe~
sis VI an Emperor, or the ,canonizatiou Of
a. STINT: but AS Chrislians--as c;tizrns Of
the United. StAtes-as more than citizens
As children Of the State where he was
born, and'is buried AS sons and tiaugh
ters Of the Liberty his valor and wisdom
won-7to, bow. reverently before the, Virtue
which hallows and ,embalms the memory
OF our country's Father"
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