The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
WHIT Is BEATTY

;. "a thng OF beauty is a Joy forever, &
n wrote the poet, and to this sentiment resnond
,,ie universal heart of humanity. There neyp
= "'eu ana orealhed human being in whose hreas
was nor planted the love Of the beautiful. !,
, "'"r "Ffil, and whose heart did not throb viii
more apid stroke, and whose eve did not fash
W, VIII deeper ire, at the realization ofb;s ideal
her" Is harmony in nature that never fails /,
'ouch a chord IN the bosom of the says5e a.
, wen as the civilized man. AT her great shrin,
5 all are worshppers in her immense arcan;
are scattered myriad idols, inviting the homau.
aud alteration of all the children Of the race
De inmate love of the beautiful is confined tc
+ no peculiar clme-is manifested in M nsc,i;a.
creFd-iS inherent in no distinct racp-but j %
i''TISai ana prrvadng as the ''casing air.
ne 'ohT shepherd, as he watches his Aocl, h.,
"'s"'' looks up TO the great blue vault. frettpd
WIN nl'lilon burning stars, and reading The
'ys,''a' ana Chaldean love of their strange
urP,nS, owns their woEdrous beauty, and is
'n''hFu oy their inspiration. The spa.tossed
,,''''"''' thousand miles away upon the briny
uerP' ne, too, sees the eternal stars above their
Si''ihnerlng glanceS upon the dancing waves
~ a"" owns their soft and gentle swav; hut IA
.'i'h mere Is aSweeter, because more fsarfilI
nSau'y, 10 the wild music ofthe blast screaming
H'iough Inc trembling shrouds, and the roar
ana unrest of the ever swelling waters. Tb4
"ay"ard boy, IN the buoyancy of his yonnu
me- chaseS the many-hued and gauzv WINGED
! butterfly Tor IFS rich and glowing colors ofa
Gay those OF ripper years deem the pursuit idle.
ana ProhtiesS and cruel pastime vet who can
'pll Ont that IN the plastic and unschoolpd mind
o' mat bounding youth, are. even in that chase.
developing and terminating forms and ideals Of
'he beautiful that shall haunt his existence as
spell, and in after years glow upon the paint
ers canvass, or live immortal in the endutino
marble
20 where we list, turn where we will. in
'he depth OF winter, when the earth is matted
WIN the SpotiesS snow, or in the season of flow
'rs' when the air is vocal with the song of birds.
we oPhold forms Of beauty and of lovellnpss
scattered with profusp hand. There is beau
~ on the ipaIden'S lip, in her speaking eye:
ana on the massive brow Of intellectual nan
II IS seen IN the roSe-enamelIed- landscape, and
stamped on the wierd and everlasting Stars
II Is heard IN the roar fthe evpr-heaving ocean.
ana mnrmnrs IN the gentle rivulet. But there
!, Is sun higher type of bee truth. whign IS
thro~, F" nfcn SnIHrs wn~P ol II -.
~ 5l>tne good and the Just
ilii MS IhF lIiV " az ''t'ilS
Of beauty, of which WE have spoken, is inhe-
rent in no particular race, is confined to no Pc
cuiar zone, but has its disciples everywhere,
and forms band of universal brotherhood,
from all races and crerds and conditions Of men:
ever since recorded time began. the world has
been filled with martyrs-m martyrs TO poItIca
opinions, martyrs TO religious crseds, and mar
tvrs on the shrine of love. And can ina
CINE anv grander and nohlpr contemplation for
the student Of history than the study Of those
characters of the past who conrted death for
the vindication of principle, and smiled at the
flames and tortures which their love Of truth
and their hatred of wrong had invoked How
we delight 10 dwell upon the memory and the
deeds of WILLIAM WALLACE, Tell, HoFER.
and upon WAsHINGToN, JEFFERSON, and the
other memorable men of our Revolution; not
so much on account Of themselves as for the
symmetry and the magnitude Of the great truths
they embodied. and TO maintain which they
had stakrd their lives To the enlightened and
mind, before the grandeur and sub
Unity Of such retrospect, all the charms OF
Nature and Of Art, great and muliform as they
are. "palp their Intellectual fires" God grant
that from the Ioins of our Republic, may from
time to time spring up a race of men whose
love oftruth-the highest type OF heanv-shalI
pxalt them above temptation, and shall make
them aIl-powerful for its preservation, honor
and glOry.-PreSS.