The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-23

Lonely taeti.tafioas in che wilderness; bat his mini
could never have been 80 rapt I'm the spirt If that
communion ~ to become the sport OF its own iltG
sions His imagination could never have called up
an kseris from those silent Businesses Of shade and
solitude nor ispers mated what he believed to he
the y0ce ui Nature tpto q creature whexe love in
deed ras human but whose wisdom, was divine
Nashiugtons nature doubtless, grew under sueh
circumstances as provaence provided for IT, but ite
growth was not ON the ideal dc; !; in its
al and intel eegal faculties IN ts love Of virtue and
tvath. IN fogutude. temperance aud wisdom, aud
sssve AL ia that high fseelty Of jadsme in which
wbgrh ,ras cl@arly the pss.ier event with sl.ian
,st could Bot he disturbed either by the false lights
Of selfish desires or the ceonrns OF prejudice or
tsty "a ich others u,ieht seek 60 ciothe the sub.
iect. Ne stood III the midst Of great and strange
events and Il they we're In the range OF his vision
he read taetn with judgment which was too clear
n nc deceived The difficulties Of his position, ap.
paos a. they eitFn were, &c met with a tortitnde
hi. wt.dom rarely TO have been at FAULT In DO.
,is;rg tae true mode " meeting them. In reyari
10 the future coarse 81 affairs. he claimed none Of
thaf pres, iente with which. upon some oceasIens
hunsn genius in its highest fo-fas snems 10 have
tsrn strangely sifcd. faculty which. after all
isY.falv Siyca, and always IN sttnted measure and
5n whth the greatest human tntelcet. have trusted
iN.' t, islI. HIT Warrington looked for the lishts
s.. wtre 60 guide his feet los hiEher source than
q ilc suggestions even Of his own Intellect, he
-usbt them the uaxiyns i0f experience and tha
IaU. 4 virtue. Never did he act upon the prin.
,snle thai the eud moy Justly the means never in
H. greatest military aud civil emergencies did he
,ial1 - the temptation 20 DO evil that good might
come Ell t lie CD not claim TO direct the future /;
feaez! vi-eiy With the events Of each iay was the
st oo,srs II his life. In his opinioa 10 deal Wis
/, vas t. 40 what is right to-day and leave the
.y.nfaf tomorrow 10 Him who rnies the issres Of
hannah sstiny. lie believed thar the La as Of yrtu.
Institute 'hr plan which Providence itself has De.
,s4 -ar hnulau action, and thatis is most expeJi.
nf G.r T!su u iursue it. His greet tafsi vas that
tle .urss mod Of attaining success. IS to deserve
Ers va the secret q his success is was this faith
v.h IL him . a course Of conduct that gave bin
- much influence over men. AID which pro duced
"A T4.,i.,s because it deserved them In this res.
~ his example stands alone and uuarptoachei by
these a"u "a tSEe 80 Ne.He5 ING greatest in
the conduct 81 human ana re- Tor which oi them has
u,, ~ some time thrawn down the barriers of law
ana 3aa restraints o virtue to accomplish objects
vaf,Alhry believed we're not TO be otherwise at
;.JaG en- by whose attachments they have yainly
>,sht - .u>i.y their faults, He never yielded 10
mel temptations 10 any emergency, and yet no man
bss a-tsei more. Faith seems 10 be the necessary
az, gaumeut Of high geulgs perhaps ihero has
1t.s.f CJamyus. II has been said, consisted NOT 80
rns- b IA H., discovery Of America rs In The faith
in lis oHu It,a, with which he prosecuted bis
Y1.a.,. hut much depends poH what that fait
is iuairi. fof wnen united 60 great capacities II
u.ay irai 80 almo.; uuIimiteu zogd or III. wash
usiaI never could nave trusted blindly to his for.
time az dia Cesar when he invoked it to bear him
,a,.a!y through the winds and waves Nor could h..
have stood NSc him irFes1Iute on the tanks of the
kut,cAH, In'2I'htnE upon the consequences Of that
ai.e snort 81. ~ Whi lie halted until his mind
hai lost It's balance IN tossing about the tca of
rs oHn uncertainties Never conld his soul have
blooms 50 much the Ni,tim Of its own great desire
- {. ave conJmed up that phantom. which at one
TIM 'ei his approaches from the other side 81
the river wth TIE strains Of his srial flute and at
sneihsr s-isei the trumpet from his followers t.
b,s~ that uneirty blast which sounded in lie carr
al C.rsAr as a summons Of Fate, and before VII ch
lei. all the BARRIERS OF his country's lava N1r
c,e be- have uIacri has faith like Nanoleon in tn
siar a AusierItz, which eliminating over that
heid ot blood began gradually 20 descend until it
~a1 lot o the fatal days OF Leipsic aud Of Water
~ VAIN Nasqlngions WAS higher faith, nobler
soPe. tor it rested on lii. relief in the strength Of
rot cause, ana the viii Of providence TO protect it,
he FaF;dty ot national revolutions, said he zap
pears no less astonishing than their mas niiude. III
what ih"y viii terminate is known only to the graf
Ruier OF events and c"nhdinR in His wisdom and
goo-ne.s. We may safely trust the issue to Him
ethUur PERI liking ours Ives to seek for that which
Is bes chi hlaan ken; only taking u peril
tile IartS assigned 70 us IN a way that reason and
oar own Consciencas approved" In these word.
siJAe INC Nhoie man teilug the entire moral Of the
strg of his lie moral that to be stui;r
b. all Who have b.eII assigned an important part IN
tht conduct OF human affairs, or who seek 10 i'm
prove their owl characters by lessons drawn from
Tia great example OF others. For il has " I'll bee
said Of ', asheEton by Guzot that Of ali the ,,r.a,
nI-u. he WIS the most yTiuous. aud the most f,Ttu
mate lie might have said further, that Of all thf
great public his i the character most worthy oil
4.itatlon by fnCs5 who are to succeed him Is this
not the hishc- praise which be conf FRED Moon
mathis not Al owe AL Greek k0fsan fame 10 i.
Tim ht ii up as tn character which. of all others is
most worthy to b. rpetu sted III tbs future actions
al Ia. n? Here itia - be remembered that he no:
only attempted great things, but performed them
Whist rs aloue Il the glory CT passing through $
many trials with Scut heOn nu5potted hy crime
Bld uudspned 10y the breath egen of suspiCian
Is Is ne are great not only Tor their individual
qualities and fscuties, hut representatives. q,
Ia .iity movements N human society with Which
their names are lnhis, Hubby associated ice tust
they have IitiSted and dir ctel them. such char
ac,er, t.:t rare lEde.i il human history. There
have U-eA Heu enou IA VINO have founded dy nasfi.s
Bud aicd KING uuts, but 10 initiate usvaien /.
winch impIrt tau onward progress to the wuoit
column OF human society, is the rare achievement,
81 ages. such "a fame WAS perhaps Aexa gders be
ne carried he nights ut Grecian civilization -
far over Asa aud Africa as t. have CIV n "A genera
movement problb!Y 10 human fosiety. such un
dou.iediy Was lame OF Co-ar for he who foun,,
tDr Ko!nan empire and il ,Ituiious iud III drrn
st ti.l utg 1,liy 1,t
OF ait the men whose names have yet been known
But ,uch WAS n5. Enc lame of Hannibal OF FREDERICK
the dfear % even OF Napt"on, The last l. true
dtslTo! "a much, but he created nothing permau
cut IL the way Of social organization. He WAS In.
decd ths great uc lncia.I OF Old systems but wheth
er the tied upon which he operated. When cleared 81
lis ruins, is 70 be spWed with seeds from East OF
the West, aims yet - be seen
The great representative mans in the histCr
Of public men, ohtr thuu religious reforners win
the exception pernai7 ef julius tse sar il that o
Washington reeoud he is 10 him in the order ~
time and in the permanent effects far OF his SIS
teIn Uut not secuud even TO him il may trust 0ul
bres in regard to tho magnitude of the no 1yenl.nt
witch ne c5nucted II the first has been the lloai
usrt!uUat It's cJuSCQU ncts it's perhaps becausr
tlars Il g been nero time for it, deyeopmanf In
tn ga I has elected the cater moral revolution
the two. has enlarged the capacities ola popular
I'm Of government Tor extensive empire beyunt
any thing chat was known bslore it has opened M
nv avenues Erthe pursuit of happiness, and II la
Infused i fresh and mighty hope into the human
Il, arr whose quigkeniug impulse is destined to b,
irlt by ALL for II il 10 pass Al ng the eutire line
march, ami mpaTt a universal progress 10 civilZat
other human agencies tlIis great t9rH ard movemen
i he Singular aud unparalleled glory of Washing
ton. That there MS long course Of PrOvidentia
Urrp4rati0n for this great movement, in which lie
was made the chief instrum mt, is TO be gathered
ir5ul tue whole hiNtory of American discovery, col
OnizItiun and IN teEeRience,
Ii was as 1.-The had bsen warned Of Id in a dream
that ,olumbus embarked fan OF faith anu hops upon
that most wonderful and adventurous Of human en-
tTrprl<cs- VIA 10 chart save his own imagination
with no guide but his own mighty hope, with no
support tut fiith 80 near divine rs TO have impart-
e. him an aim 81 supet human strength. he cad
his sii. IN pursLis f tine " course Of empire which
we.twaId laNes at way, with the noble detetmna-
ton 10 follow until he should discover the unknown
r"lrlhts when lay GRATED q rev AID mighty
hope iJr man and open ny way 10 those hidden
Businesses Of human power through which hs race
liz pIccipIta!o themselves On vast aud nntried
trits ii experiment, III career which should become
the Wude. and delight OF ali who feel an interest in
the progress u humanity Throughout long sue
c,.,ion OF drrary days the mornings opened on the
aune nonotou.us eNpanse, and as the evenings
cius d ia the horizon continued 10 its broad
c3e ia The minll aud siadOwy c0niines Of sea ana
SKY ls intel pose IusC rutdb le barrier between
the human gaze and that great mystery into which
II pr1i4nely sought 10 Intrade, Tae hopes oi al
others I'LL az tbe days continued 10 close under tue
Increasing shadows of repeated disapp0intments,
ami nav uncertainties gathered IN with tie night to
dtTaen with their loom the soul Of man. He alone,
ictu his prp aud true T. his destiny. still held
hts course westward. ever westward nc steered ms
way until the Tires OF san Salvador gave tu1eh OF
the approach to shore, aud she'd tho soft lights
Human haDilafiOn and Of home 10 relieve the gloom
ul souls which were sadleArd ana longing Tor ths
sympathy OF their kiud. Thus closed the noblest et
hort perseverance and the nightiest evidence OF he
power ~ achievement which lies ia human fail that
The world yet has The emblem of the sue
cgz- il which e closed was light. lis mission was
rur If hight. mighty seciet Of human empire
hons t. have been Wiosed as it we're from the re-
iaftaat grasp Of Nature. The genius Of humanity
pansel 10 contemplate the mighty field betora IT,,
eFc !; e!ccei tie affairs Of its civilization aud the
temples Vt ITS 'Isp, or orgapzei the institutions
OF It's Giocip ne and proclaimed the order Of ITS ia
tIro mach. What but Providence could have in
splTeI the though or quick med the faith winch led
- sgch an acheyerl .nt: A new field was 10 be
opened 10 human enter prise. and rev form to be
gwen T. human ID pe!apmeut. Hitherto mans pro
kiuss HAd been mostly confined TO the social side
BIS being, GOYernmeata had directed their efforts
IAiuty 70 SOCIAL Htrl pglh and improvement 80
tirly Wa9 the Whole Of which the Individual was q
part III nc had rights aud power il Was because go
NariA LiI Ni.ii sA.s pinn.nIlH thp