Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-05-26

them uttsranee, and the eyes that flashed with the
spirit, and the bosom that heaved with the emotions
that inspired hen, shall have long returned to their
mother Dust
"All that's bright, must fade.
The brightest still the feetest;
All that's sweet, was made,
But to bo lost, when sweetest"
And tho loss Of our friend and associste suddenly
cut down. just at the time whom be could most surely
look for the rewards of youth of labor, and man.
hood of toll not only verfes helanguage Of poetry,
but most impressvely admonshcs US of tho mutabil-
y of all earthly things Possessed Of genius, which
made him the psor of any lawyer in the State, of
hoart that beat responsive to every call of distress,
and Of manly courage, which never fstersd in the
yindication Of the poor and tho oppressed believe
that if he could have been permitted to live few
years longer, no man in South Carolina would have
asserted or claimed highor position at the Bar,
than the lamcnted dead Friends would have gathered
around him, laurels would havo adorned his brow
Ills family would have been made proud, contented,
and happy, at his fame and good fortune; and the
gratulutions and encouragement of patrons and oil
ents, would have fred his ambition, sustained and
strengthened his yrtuous resolves, and impaired new
yigOr both to bis mind and body, until ho had dis
tanccd every competitor by his side in the race, and
won tho prize, which the God Of nature awards to
him "who runs, and faints not"
1t is true, said that several years before the de-.
mise of our departed friend, ho caused to contend
with great reverses, in his pecuniary affairs and, no
doubt the frowns of fortune md the blightisg effects
of adversty in some measure, mpeded his courie and
occasionally jostled him from tho path, which led
directly to the goal, at which he was aiming. But
what man, of heart and soul, will not hQ wfupg and
bowed down for season., by thaap trials and Affections
which wisa God sends upon us. to ehastep our feel
ings to pbaue our pride to test and assay the mate
Eia af which We are composed, aud to tqach US the
humility, which made Job theever abiding servant Of
the Lord, and ilastrious example to oil ngcs of
shaken fortitpds and trust and confidence In the
Mott High, and Of the ultimate ind bountiful out
pourngs of tho bencdcions and benefactions Of the
Supreme Ruler of Heaven and Earth.
had 6rm conviction, thut HENRY R. SpANy, if
spared, would attain to greatness and renown. Tho
clements Of bis nature we're studied by me- and was
not disappointed or discouraged from hoping by the
temporary and erratio flights pf seaius when ! had
seen SO much asiH and Raguapimity. To tho philo-
saRhie Mind little irregqlary, is expected from all
Who arg most highly gifted. As they raised above
the common class Of in intellect, so their ways
"thcir outgongs and incomings," cannot be under
stood by ordinary intelligence or learned by the rules
that govern ordinary liie.
Air. Chairman, suffer mo now to speak for the ben.
eft of the interesting of our deceased friend,
ps my heart would dictate Their father has left
them rsvsred memory, which they must not disre-
spect- He had great virtues great qualities Of head
and heart and brave and erect spirit lean read,
in their faces, biz image, and learn they possess all
bis nobler attributes. Let them study the e1cssn-
cios of his character and initiate hOm for thoy have
the ability to do so; and their pious mother will teach
them to avoid his errors if any he had not only from
hef faithful attachment to them, hut from her etsrnal
!!oVs and remembrance of her lost husband, whom
thoy alone represent upon the troubled theatre Of
human life.