The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-08
GOVERNOR GRIMES.

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has reared many sterling men. One cause
Of this is the influence Of her densely wood
ed mountainous scenery. Seneca in one OF
his epistles, afiirmss that 'swhere there is q
lofty and deeply shaded grove, filed with
shut out the face Of heaven, the grandeur of
the wood, the silence of the place, the shade
dense and uniform, infuse into the breast
the notion of . divinity. A pagan, like the
moralist, under such circumstances, en-
thrones in such a place deity like Pan,
while Christian, though only nominally
such, feels the influence Of the Divine One.
High mountains are eloquent with the Ian
guage Of Him who piled them up. The
scenery which surrounded the childhood
home Of Webster infused It's elements into
his nature, and aided in developing his ge-
MUS. His eloquence was firm, like his ma
tive hills, and natural like the rolling of
solemn thundSr among the mountain kissing
clouds. s,
The free-born mountaineers Of Switzer
land are much more vigorous and heroic
rice than the Lombards in the valley below
them. The Foulahs, inhabiting the high
mountains Of Africa, are a much nobler
people than their brethren dwelling ON the
surrounding plains. We must look to hilly
regions, then, for the more general and the
fullest development Of the sturdiest virtues,
and all the true elements Of greatness OF
character. The scenery and the soul COM
bine to aid their growth.
Like Governor Chase, Of Ohio, our
own Governor is a native Of hilly New
Hampshire, he having been borne in Hills
borough county. Reared amidst the intlu-
ences Of the scenery of which We have been
speaking, he did not fail to imbibe its spir
its; hence the sincerity and elevation Of his
character, and the nobility of his nature
With sense too great, parts too solid, and
education too thorough to be vain, he is,
his, political elevation, a
model in modesty and republican simplici-
tY, From no airs, or equlpage, or pompous
display of dress, could stranger ever de-
tect him among the citizens of Burlington.
A man with more ambition than ability
or literary attainments, with more pride
than intellectual power, more vanity than
sense, will seek for popularity BY a studied
adornment Of his person, md excessive po-
liteness and MISUNDERSTANDING to per-
sons Of wealth and influence. Such man
will make fancy Judge, a fancy governor,
or fancy United States Senator; but he
will degrade the position he occupies and
the State he represents, or to whom he owes
his local honors. -. s-r2
To no such modification as this, are the
people of Iowa subjected, by the elevation
Of james w. Grimes to the Executive Chair.
TO solidity and purity Of character in him.
are added mental acquisitions, which have
humbled rather than inflated him, and which
gave steady radiance rather than o tinsel-
like glitte, in his character: 1t is only o
few years since, that We saw him in reci-
tation room in Burlington, looking over a
Greek text book, while class in that Ian
guage, connected with the University, was
passing an examination at the close Of the
term; and from some critical remark which
We accidentally heard hlm make, it is evi-
dent he has not forgotten the days he spent
at Dartmouth, College, nor lost the benefit
of the discipline he there received. His ad-
dress, too, on the fourth Of this month, at
the laying of the corner stone of the Female
Seminary in that city-if we may judge
from a synopsis Of it-showed not only the
marks Of a genuine scholar, but mind
Of great vigor, thoughts Of striking bold
ness, and sympathies flowing freely in the
noblest channels.
Governor Grimes is progressive man,
thoroughly imbued with the spirit Of the
times, rejoicing in, the advancement Of eye-
~ commendable enterprise, and lending a
hand to increase its momentum, whenever
he has an opportunity. He is a genuine
philanthropist; hence his sympathies for the
Oppressed; his Republicanism; his popular
~ nmonU the Intelligent frcemen -of the
State; and the thickening beams OF prom
iise which illuminate the path before him.
Dubuque Times. Nsi.