The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-01
xs.nterss Grafton.

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.hoss who hoped that the Hon.
-. -oald DO selected TO deliver the ora
y -. ,,..rurstlon Of the Warrington Mon
- ". shouid have regarded such an sp-
s..s...,, A. su emiuentiy appropriate and grace
=, .r,hut. 20 the Arst statesman and scholar OF
~. south,--at one time, II 10 true, political
,..A.r and the most eminent living man oil his
,,.-,y IA this country, bat never bisotsd nor
nltrs psrtssan, and long since retired nom the po
Nt,oal arena. In his scholarly requirements nj.
,mpr,ssivs and graceful oratory. bis purity anu
Taxation Of p>rsonai character, In mind familiar
Nth the history and indeed With the spirit Of 'ne
.,os,,se Of iiberty, at whose shrinss ne mas wor'
.h.c,sd from childhood, In his vsneraoie years
I'd h,s d,,solusion from the party psiiucs Oh 'ne
A.,. :. hsd thought this statesman, orator ana
80 ths man who would have been called VIE
an. ,fnsent 70 pronounce the Grafton at the inau-
~ur.,,ou Of the Washington Monument. In TINS
re were disappointed and We may express TINS
Acknowledgement without in any degree impeaching
tha motives OF those who had the control Of the
Arrangements for the celebration.
Az the sams time. putting out Of view the
e,~;mx Of this venerable citizen, II would nave
ham dificult to make more Jndieious selection
-. that of Mr. HusfER. In dignity and purity
:. .hsrectsr he stands unsurpassed, and In tue
As.,a.a cnvers and srsees of the statesman, the
scholar and the orator, Do man IN the senate o.
the LATED states 10 his superior. In intellect In
REQUIREMENT.. statssmanship, and personal bear
ms. he would grace any era in the history OF VIZ
-.nia The Eraminsr Justly says OF his address
;. the 2ad. .sIaks everything else from the pen o.
NJ yIr,,rrn. this Grafton bears the marks OF deeI
= ,h.u,st and accurate learning. 1t charms thu
.rn.,Ae,al reader by the grace and beauty OF III
.,omoosi,iou: the periods flowing along with cas-,
.,ooreucs. and the imagination being kept In pls!
nv sconstapt succession Of poetic thoughts. fo
~. r.ver reader 1t possesses still more interest
Ear !. q replets with that phosophic forecastini
81 the future which seeks, in the past and preseh'
,h. rronhetic indications OF things to come Mr.
raurrrs,s mind seems to possess, In peculiar o7
eree. tho high intellectual faculty OF deducins
from mass Of matter, which would out euu'oe'
nv Ia ausntity an ordinary mind, the ma1erian
fruu which he ersets the most besutiini anu s'a'e
IL fabrics Of thought, adorned with aii tine grace
AZ e,oouenoe and learning. The chastenea peau
tss of lie stylsare In keeping with the o.
Mr.. Hurrxa,s mind, and possess Tor the c"'.i'"'e1
hsarer charm Gar beyond that when 10 ahoiaeu
BIZ tbs loose defamation ana unequal nisn.s "
fancy which characterize the pfoou''''N' " -
many Of our public men. ..,ox, =,
ssTb,s pnasterly Grafton Ia q Mt Inauguration u
.h. e,s.. work of art which It commentaries
snA nj secure for Its gifted author an association
v,th the name Of Washington which will amply
ran.v him for the care and study which he has
.Ipended in this nns production"
The address of Mr.. HUNTER deserves to be reao
ana Wondered by the young men Of America. Lei
,hsm learn from It what constitutes true great
n.s,.-whas constituted washington's greatness
"a, them dwell upon the great, eternal truth
vhtch the life of Washington exempiined, ano
which this Grafton presents with force and eio
cnencs-po RIGHT. That Is the highest eTpr
di~ey,-po RIGHT and leave events to God
We could almost imagine that uplifted right arm
Of oor American Moses, pointing to Heaven In
500 Of the battle field, as if to inculoate upon
others the grand moral Of his life.