Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-06

| in the midst CT the ffreh race OF tame, Wild
the light still brig f.tlFf hsyniags to fall when
he had shaken of sas ,dusss rsisellay his
/ tagging. competitor snfal wlIen he had
shakea off the very woarineas Of the course,
and his hand was Just. 6utstrotehed for the
golden reward Of his many strivings and
tolls.
But lie is gone. s.oaesaf The aspira-
tons Of generous and noble intellect
gone, too, are the pseeiioas hopes Of admi-
ring friends; but radiant and flashing
through night a.sd d&tkness, still lives the
example Of life wcltsand virtuously spent
The captain who has carried his country
flag around the world, may drown away cut
Of sight: but the monuments he has reared
will speak for themselves, and the survi-
Wing crew. will tell u.s storms he rode out.
High deeds AMI rs James 60 not down
to sillai4ee, for histos i. tAesn wtn
| Yantheonic honors. and bard and n4i,sstfel
catch up the glorious theme and send.it ech-
Ding along the archways Of time. The
children Of e MUS are bound together by
household ties, and The great Of earth make
but single family. From earliest to Ia
test Of those who wear the glorles Of mind
there rolls a river Of ancestral blood; it rolls
through priest and warrior; through bard
and king through generations and empires,
and history with ali her wealth. There are
king Of actioa, as well as Ii ags Of thought;
and both are blazoned in the hcraldry Of
this immortal descent. Among the first Of
these Generol RusI1 has his appointed
place.
At how critical period, too, in Our his
tory, did he pass from the stage Of being !?
There arc in the life Of every people, Ger
tain hours which tell III IA ppointed.day,
and then depart, aeqea5o .retarn-docisitu
hours, in whicha people hold in their hand
the secrets of their future; in which, mas
tiers of their coming dcstinics they nro-
nouncc upon themselves a,judgmesit with
out appeal Human freedom ncHer mani
tests itself with more eEideat tokens than il
uch crises Il would seem as if God stands
aside holds of lis divine ts;,lse, sfso.a tie
,irclcs Of the earth, and waits for the action
Of the creature Of his breath. Han stands
alone with his good and hia- evil instincts,
with his conscience and lis reason; a.Go-
bic impulse nay save, an unmanly wayor-
inc may lose everything Sometimes, from
he bosom Of ills people, thus hesitating
md doubling. and looking for the pathway
q the darkness, taere comes an inspired
pian-a man of afttoa, IL speaks, and
II acknowledge the power Of his voice; he
Jloyes, and faw. but follow in the measure
Of his steps.
These hours, ii such an appointed day,
may now be coming swiftly upon u.s. A
grand cloud q witnesses testify that great
events are happening around us. Govern
ment i to society what the sim IS 70 TIE
ocean, Il lEeayos Al tt4az@a4 nai7tt esery
surge Of the 53;ghty pillows Abroad, rev
.oltltion muttors, and It may yet ingulf both
lueal crown and royal throne u rs fer
sweep. At home, the psl5lso l-aal,tt 5 STIR
red and il Will not much longer be awed
by the frowns Of authority, or bound b. the
threads q a parasite lagislatioa. Our mis-
sion will be fulfilled. .al.a progress of So
ciaty is southwark, and thther our Anglo
Norman population is moving with TIE firm
tread OF a lSoman legion Ii will yet carry
It's banner aud spread IT, laws oFer al d. IS
continent; celebrate, III Ct tilae, tie 5shion
of the two oceans that wash its boundalies !;
and, undar the ministries Of Providence,
work out the final Developments Of the human
lntel!oct ia IFS most gorgeous and s.asthcss-
reaching fogaas.
The wheel Of events usually rolls wish
something of leisure and measure; but roll
it slowly, or roll it swiftly, this end will yet
be accomplished 1t was this mission that
fired the Imagination and nervcd the heart
OF the patriot Senator from Texas. Along
this track he moved with feet Of fire and
no perlls~of tie march, and 10 WEAKNESS Of
the road deferred him; for upon him, as
upon the patriarch, burst visions Of glory !;
and IN them he saw lis corstiy LEADING. he
Panathen@an professions Of the nations,
while the ascending races of her children
crowded Up tie mystic ladder, the tepmost
rounds Of which are lest il the ondnrlfe
splendors of eternal mind.