Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-23
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ELEGANT EXTRACTS.

ELEGANT EXTRACTS.
We have room for only u few short passages
from Mr.. Edward Evcrc;ts noble Grafton in
Boston On SATURDAY last, on the occasion Of the
inauguration of Powers bronze statue of Daniel
Webster, in front Of the State House. Mr.
Everett, spoke FOR an hoar and tfree-quartcrS
in MS best STYLE He refers to the imc-honored
custom Of handing down to future times the
images of illustriouS men, III which the skill OF
tie painter and sculptor is brought into requi-
si,on. Mr.. Everett said
Nor ere these beautiful AMI noble arts. by
Which the face and the form OF the departed are
preserved 10 us-cail,ng into the highest eXcr-
else Us they do all the initiative and idealzing
powers OF the painter and the SculrtoI-thc
least instructive Of our teachers. The portraits
ana the statues Of the honored dead kindc the
generous ambition Of the youthful aspirant to
lane. ThcHis:nclcS could not sleep for the
trophies 10 the CeramicuS; and when the living
pe,aostavnes 10 whom YOU, sir, Mr.. Felton,
hay. alluded had ceased 10 speak. the stony
,ius remained 10 reLuhe and eNaort his dcgene-
fa,. countrymen. More than hundred years
have elapsed s;nce the great Newton passed
y,
5!.iac. in the ante.chapcl OF Trinity College,
n.! I'VE distincine>s 10 the conceptions formed
.. him hv hundreds anG thousands Of ardent
you;a;ai spirits, filed with reverence ior that
transceadant intellect, which irem the phc-
nomena hat fall within our limited vision, de-
,;cceI tic imperial law. hy which the Sovereign
Mind rules the entire universe. We can never
iooi. on the person ot Washington but his Sc
i, -. tad nv
,hy pencil AID tn chiscl, Is !ai.l!liar to far
greater mul,itudcs than ever stood in his living
presence, and vi. thgs DC familiar to the latest
generation.
VIVA, parent, us lac conducts his son to
Mount Auburn. or to Bunker Hi, will not. Us he
pau,cS before their monumental statues, seek 10
heghten ri, reverence for virtue for patriotism,
for science. for learning, for devotion to The
public good as he BIDS him contemplate the
form OF that grave and venerable Winthrop,
who lei, MS pleasant home in England TO come
81! found new republic IN this untroddcn
wilderness Of that ardent and intrepid OILS
who first strurl; oui the spark Of .Aincrcan in
dependence; OF tia, noble A.!a;ns it> most clo-
uue..t champion on the floor Of Congress; Of
,na; I.,altyr Warren, VITO l.!'i down hS life in
his delcrce; oil that ,cli-tau.at Bowdiich, who
without guide, threaded tAc starry l2azcs Of
tae heavens; OF that Story, hoaored at home
aud abroad as one OF the brightest luminaries
of the law, and 10y a felicity OF which believe
there IS no other example, admirably portrayed
,n marble by his son:
Wnat citizen Of Boston. as he accompanies
the stranger around oar streets guiding him
through our busy ;horoughiare>. to o,ir whalvcS
crowded with vessels which range every sea
and gather the produce OF every climate
TO the dome of the capitol, which commands rs
lovely landscape aS can delight the eve or
gladden. the heart, will no; ;IS nc calls his at
;.n,ion at least to the statues OF Franklin and
Webster. exclaim-" Boston takes pride i'll her
natural position; she rciciccS in her beautiful
rnsjrons, she is grateful for her material pros
per;ty but richer than the merchandise stored
N pala;ial warehouses. grccncr than the slopes
Of sea grit islcts lovelcr than this cncrcling
panorama OF land and sen, of field and hamlet,
Of lake and stream, Of garden and grove, is the
memory OF her sons, native and adoptcd-thc
character, services aud fame of those who have
benefited and adoinci their day and genera
ton. Our children ami the schools at which
thew are trained. our c.tizcnS and the services
they have rendered, these are our cwclS.-ihcSc
are abiding treasures
Yes, your long rows o! quarricd granite NAV
yrumble 70 the dust; the corniields in wonder
villages rpcning to the >icHlr, NAV like the
plains Of stricken Lombardy, a few weeks ago
pc kncaded into bloody clodS by the maldenng
.yheels Of artillery; this popuIous city, like
the old cities of Etruria and the Ca,npagna Ro-
magma, may bc dcSo!ated by the pcSulcnce
winch walketh in darkness, may decay with
the lapse Of time. and the busy mart, winch now
4 L
rings with the joyous din OF trade, become as
lonely and still as Carthage or Tyre. as Baby
lon and Nincveh, but the names OF the great
aud grod shall survive the dcSola!ion and the
Iui, The memory of the wise, the brave, the
patriotic shall never perish. Yes, Sparta is q
wheat field; Bayarian prince holds court nj
the foot Of the AcropcliS the travelling virtu'
oso digs for marblcS III the Roman Forum and
beneath the RUNS oi the temples of Jupiter
CapitolinuS; out l.ycurguS and LconidaS, and
Mit.adeS ana Deno;thcncS, and Cato and
Tully still live; and NE still lives, and all
tho great and good shall live III the heart OF
ages, while marble aud bronze shall endure; and
wien marble and bronze have persisted. they
shal! still live in the memory, so long as men
shall reverence Law, ard honor Patriotism, and
love Liberty
Mr.. E.crett a!lu,;cS to the pos,hunous hon
ors paid 70 departed worth" In that con
ncc,ion is the following paragraph:
That solemn event, which terminates thu
material existence, becomes by the sober rev.
sions Of contemporary judgement, aided b.
offices Of respectful and aifectionate connnemo
ration, the commencement Of a nobler life OF
Garth. The wakcful eyes are closed, the fever
;sh pulse is still, the tired and trembling limb
are'rcheved from their laborS, and the aching
head is laid to rest on the lap OF its mothc
earth, Ike 4 play Worn child at the close Of 1
summers day; but all that we honored anC
loved in the living man begins to live again il
new snd higher being Of influence and fame
Ii was given but to y limited number to lister
10 the living voice, and they can never listen t
it again. bat the wise teachings, the grave ad
monitions, the patriotic exhortations which Eel