The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-10
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We recollect TO have son II ssAtski, some.
where, that the monuments Of I4oed NILSSON
snd the philanthropist RxYroLps, lie close to-
grther In Westminstss Ahhey, or 81. Psul's, or
wherever II may be--thc locality does not
much muster. The man OF blood, and the
,nan Of peace are thus brought close together
in death. how far asunder soever they may
have been IN life. After life'e ltfui fever, they
sleep well, and nothing but the trump Of the
Archangcl ahali rouse them. Yet, even now.
how different Ia the fate Of their fame>in this
world! The hero will be remembered forever:
the peace-maker has already been forgotten
Sach IL the manner in which mankind are
wont to treat their henefactors and their de-
stroyers.
There is a degree of fascination about the
name OF great destroyer, for which II IL i'm
possible to account, except upon the principle
that the evil In mans nature 10 ever predomi-
nant where he is left to himself, while II is me-
cessary to cultivate that portion of it which If
good. with the utmost assiduity, In order to
kept alive. Men are prone to admire, and
even to love, those who Cypress them, provid-
ed, only, he possess great Intellectual powers
accompanied with degree Of daring sufficient
to impress them with the idea that he cares
not for consequences. 1t is said that, to this
day, ALEXANDER the Great is remembered
with admiration by some of the ignorant peo-
ple who inhabit the countries which he ira
yersed In his career. And he is remembered,
not for his enlarged views with regard to COM
merce, not for his having built nnmberiess
cities to facilitate intercourse between Greece
| and the extremity of the Eastern world-not
| for his admirable administrative powers, but
| for the battles that he fought the multitudes
| that he slaugh tered, and the oppression that
he practiced. His memory is preserved In
| title sufficiently indicative Of the qualities
which secure it from destruction. He is
called the Mighty Murderer by the success
sors Of those who were witnesses to the energy
| with which he piled his terrible trade.
| 1t has been said that the world remembers
| the warrior on the same principle that the
| people of a district remember a mighty tor
4 nado, while they take no note Of long sue
cession of good seasons and heavy crops. If
this be So how is it possible to account for the
love and admiration which is lavished upon
the memory of great military chieftair,
| while the peaceful monarch is scarcely re-
membered beyond the day of his death ! Was
it by his civil virtues that NAPOLEON endear-
ed himself to the people of France! Was it
by the mildness of his reign that he became
idolized in France 1t is natural that they
should remember his military achievements
but on the principle announced, how is i,
possible to account for, not only the admira-
ton, but the lore of the French people
France has had many yirtuous men, many
disnterested philanthropists, many men whose
whole lives have been spent in doing good to
| their fellow creatures. That the career OF
NAPOLEON should live in the memory of the
people, while the peaceful virtues of these
men have been forgotten is consistent enough
with the theory of the tornado. But why
should he be not only remembered and admir-.
ed, but iored, with such ardent intensity