Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-03-12

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Aad 5SWRsar9, abd Sd8 lFaII l Snd seed e 6as neT
odiY COMPLETED 1tie E6ufses soif one ctIafndls ~
in,s eifcta of exispncs. .Abut abfovidad efbE
the .rs -apPearepeeEof anothers The R61is
ESf him yfh99 planted the geed ssed shall
Hive long alter all traces Of the destroyer
s6ah Bay9 Been lost and forgotten. f,5 IT,
then. dhe9c good which men do be the
charmed sdediof ifeEwhich must increase
and multiply in I the sucoassiSe processes
Iofa continued reproduction, who shall
afix limits TO the growth and existence,of
that which, Washington Planted as deep
as hst foundations of human society liEj
Iself 2a Who idoessnat believe that the seed
which he soYed will continue TO lbeaE the
rich fruits of human happiness and social
progress until man shall have completed
his destiny upon earth? He who be!
! queathes a;great moral Influence to His
/, race, whether it be the, tipauences of pre-,
cept or example, shall, continue ,to }, repeat
| his existence through each succeeding
generation Of man, and its interest viii
live and grow throughout tEie' While
march ofhhe great story ofohumanity..
until the, book Of mans ile,pppon this
earth is closed forever. l..ai4 b.,,,r,.
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s'Immortilc nihil mundi compagp tonetpr,
Nan orbis, non regina hominum, non aurca
| 4 Roma.n ,Ints [a 1sf' .iei sAV II
"Tho cloud olapp5d towers, tie gorgeous palaces.
The solemn temples, the great globe ITSELF; ~ 9
Yea, all shich.it inheritishall dissolve, aid b..
And like tho ,unsubstantial pageant faded, sc,,f
Leave not wrack behind-''
And still surviving all the good which
men have done on earth must live. Il
will live in the eternal consciousness of
the soul from which,it emanated, ..he
seed it may be, of a new life, which is TO
be constantly reproduced in the ascend
ing scale OF a continued succession of
higher developments from the DID, But
| must nos obtrude with profane gazezup.
on mysteries so Infinitely hey ond my ken
1t is enough for me to have proclaimed
that the influence of what is good in the
reputation OF man is alone immortal, and
so much Iwas bound TO say in Justice to
the great memory which wesceiebratei to-
day, For upon this great truth found
the prediction that his example will be
felt beyond thtose of all the princes and
OF every other ruler of the earth. But
Virginia here raises monuments, to more
than one of her children. and as She
bends over that.group of her departed
sons, she may Wen Shed tie mingled
tears OF pride and grief. Amongst these
she will place Lewis, her bold PIONEER.
who wfeslleda withi the red, man fromytheI
waters, of the II Htolston to those of a the
GEeas KanawhEa, and finally made good
,the ofahi4 : stkteS 60 The posses ,pf
The Western wilderness Oh the Bloody
field of Point pleasant, from which her
drove the Indian Peyondbthei Ohio. There
will bbe found Nelson. the patriotic GyyN
ernor Of Virginia, whose generous sacri-,
fees and great GhBic Services called for.
the thanks 81 dWasbingtohnIet at the siege Of
York. Geo. Mason too is to- be placed
there in the tondnesslofa mother pride
he whom history will proclaim as. one OF,
the apostles Of civil liberty. the author OF
the. Bill! Of Rights OF Virginia. HE orator
and the sage, whose vision was SO nearly
prophetic and whose wisdom and patriot
ism made him q great lsadrrain his day.,
John, Marshall is to, constitute. another
figure in that great, group, lie whose
qualities OF head and heart were bestow .
ed by Nature. es'ifasiaei were trying2her
most cunning hand to constitute a. pertGc[
judicial cbaracter. n Upequal ,iu, ,learpIpg
to Coke, or Hale, or Hard %icke, or Mans
field, 6ecausts1 he had lever oopppp OPPORTUNITIES
TO iacd duire ID, lie United HtHs ociiRr dca!r ioi
Hale sAB pi,s gentns' Oft Mansfietdl J and,
found in bis own RESOURCES those means
Of mastery i9F yIhlIfG;R itheY ,Yele s29o large
| ly dependent on The assistance Of others.
Patrick Hehry already stands 'here.
comp ahuing figure ain lIieigFoup, lt6e'
.HomrrO OF ofatorsH whose1n. igkIty,iv6ice,
comes ,ripgipg, down, With the ages . to,
startIe the most liSlless Of human, ears
with those watch ords OF civil revolution
/ and progress, S'Give me liberty or give
me deathr And yohder ec6ntemp plAtive
| figure, ,,who needs to- be told stthat itoisl
Tnomas Jefferson, othe mostn intrePIdl
thinker and the greatest political. genius
OF his day; a man who was capable of
committing himself. SIike Uotdmbds, to
the winds and waves in pursuitsaof s'hisi
own great idea.- and uf -perservering until
be discoveredanew provinces of thought.
and found iLln ground for the human
mind beyond tie uncertain seas which
others had feared to pass before. ''' f''
Still the REPRESENTATION of the 9reyolu
tiohaEy nfamily rofjnVirg mia rs far from
kcoMpIete. sAhe +9kaSus W FAeoI ~ tIE"t t5sI .
Ga GaIks like "a ihf' a. 9f d aBEq,Hs;is d; Rsing Z
and Monroe, ''$qptshtQa Qat5 ord pFtdttt1s" "'
might we'll constitute another group iof
I kindred greatness to'thess: Ma3 al long
succession of such Uhapterse6f monumeh-
tad history continue to teilaof Yirgihia'sI
greatness and glory. ncissss ~ sniblo
aBttI mustGot close thisraddressnwilhs
out one word of afsctionate abjuration'
to thee, Virginiai and bidding you all