Monmouth weekly herald., 1858-08-12

For the Monmouth Weekly Herald
Great Men the Glory of their
Country.
Great men, in all ages of the world,
have been the glory Of their country
When empires fall, Kingdoms pass into
oblivion, and republics become extinct,
still the names of Great Men are immor-
tai.
Greece, country Of enchanting beau
ty-its mountains and valleys, lakes and
rivers, diversity the surface-their beauty
imparts an unspeakable delight to every
view. This beautiful region was inhabi-
ted by ferce and savage people, hardly
one degree above the brute. But as time
rolled on, men of mighty genius rose, who,
by the light eminating from their brilliant
minds, moved the mass towards ciyiliza-
ton and refinement. They began to
make advancement in literature and art.
In time the nation changed its barbarous
customs for those Of refined and intelli-
gent society, and became the light and
| eye of the world. She boasted having
| the best poets, artists and orators the
world ever produced.
Time passed on. She attained the
summit Of her glory, and like the meri-
| dian sun, as be gently glides towards the
western horizon and dips his broad brim
behind the western hills, which terminates
the day. Thus the sun of Grecian splen
| dor set, followed by the dark night Of de-
vestation-naught to be seen but the
mouldering ruins Of opulent cities, and
castles and palaces crumbling into dust.
But the glory of her master minds hovers
over those relics, like blazing meteors, to
be admired by generations yet unborn.
Her poets, artists and oratos, will ever
be regarded as the glory of the Grecian
| nation.
Rome, proud mistress Of the world
whose fame, bounded only by the stars
stands forth the admiration of the world
on account of her great men. The
names of Caesar, Cicero, and others, have
encircled that nation with halo of glo.
/ ry, which is lasting as time. Cicero stood
among the great men of his day. In his
eloquent, starry and knely wrought SEN
tences. by the force of his oratorical
Ipowers, SO charmed his august audience,
that death-like stiffness peryaded the
assembly he addressed.
Among those that add to the glory of
the French nation, is Napoleon Bona
4 parte. Lastingly exalted is the name
of Napoleon wherever arms shall -four
lish, or true greatness be duly appreciated
| there will Napoleon he held in high and
| honorable estimation. Myriads yet un-
born, shall swell the trumpet Of his fame,
and squint-eysd prejudice stand baf1led in
| tho efulgence Of his glory"
| Brilliant minds have arisen in Europe,
while the sable curtains of the dark ages
were thrown over Europe and men
seemed to retrograde-going farther and
farther into the delusions of the times.
4 when they seemed to abandon everything
that was laudable, to give themselves up
to ignorance and vice, in alI their deplor-
able forms the whole canopy Of the lit
erary world was one dense cloud, which
did not admit ray of light to illuminate
the human intellect. In this dark time.
Bacon, like the morning star, which de-
notes the coming day, shone forth, follow
/ ed by the gray dawn of morn, which
burst forth into the full blazing light of
an intellectual sun.
| America, second to none in her natural
advantages. No where are there longer
rivers, broader lakes, or more majestic
mountains. We have Niagara, king of
the falling waters, whose ever moving
mists have stolen the rainbow from the
clouds the roar Of It's falling torrents
| peal an everlasting anthem to the praise
of their Creator. Such are some uf the
natural Beauties of our country but far
more resplendent are the glorfes ofliIlus- 4
trious men the grandest object which !
the world ever exhibits, is o really great
maH. The ocean in its sublime inamensi- |
ty-the mountains, raising their lofty
heads above the clouds the heavens. in
majestic magniGcence, are less imposing
than man in the full possession of his
faculties. Hannibal, scaling the Alps with
his victorious legions, is sublimer scene
thaa the Alps themselves. Though ma.
ture il itself, is sublime, yet the mind is
SO constituted, that it fails to interest us
long, The dweller on the ocean. shore
ceases to admire the rolling billows the
inhabitants Of the Andees cease to ad.
mirel their snowy peaks as they tower
away towards the blue vault Of heaven.
But who among US all will forget him
who sleep in Mount Vernon? He needs
no lofty monument, no pompous inscrip.
tions to preserve his memory. His mon
ument is his country. The record of his
deeds is written in indelable characters
upon the great heart Of humanity.
BLUE BALL. Il