Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-16

a. LII, ,.. and talents In the curious dissection OF
the body polite tracing iss wonderful aud 70 n'a'
too often its fearful, anatomy the o'nsr .ousa. -
endue /. with health and strength, 10 make ins'ne.
with life and radiant with beauty. Or, II may ADJ
anotber ilfustration the South Carolinlan, IN MS
| more hopeful moments regarded the UNION y .
Constellation, deriving its lusre and grandeur rom
the brightness OF each particular starr the hentuk
Ian found the image Of bis country In some grand
river ike our giant Mississippi, each valley sendng
its r and lofy mountains speeding their toriesGD
swell its rapid tide Its banks he 81" fertile neios
and happy homesteads the blended sounds OF man.
fold Industry went mp from pleasant viliage and
stately cities-on its bosom were countless vessels
laden with the products and fabrics OF land framed
In the prodigaty Of nature-and thus crowned with
the trophies Of Agriculture and OF Art, he saw !.
rushing TO the sea- and delivering to white-winged
Commerce the bread 20 feed and the raiment 10
clothe world
Postcrity will do Justice to both of these great
men--to the political speculations OF the one ana
the remarkable executive ability OF the otber-for
therein was the difference which made their paths
more and more widely divergent. One was states
man. graphing with present difficulties; the other
dreaming philosopher, following principles as the
Prince OF Eastern fable followed his arrow beyond
the babtaton of man. beyond the bounds of proba-
bilty. IN their temperaments this antagonism was
equally manifest. One was the oracle OF bounding
hope
"And his ego kndled
With the prophecy Of glorious years"
bled like the ancient Pyihoness, under the agony of
his own forebodings--
There n listening fear In his regard,
As If calamity had ID begun;
"A II the vanward clouds Of evil days
Had spent their malice, and the sulcn rear
Was with Its stored thunder laboriDg up
One went down to the grave in gloom and sorrow,
bcwailing the fate Of the Z" South--thc poor South
the other with his latest articulation, blessed that
Union which he believed was to be the assurance OF
Lnutinpss Ia an { underlined unlimited. endless,
petual posicrity."
And now that he is gone, what is the moral Of the
life we have been considering? What the resultant
lesson TO his conntrymen Shall it be IL dead sor-
row living truth?
The problems in political economy which oace
di, idtd the nation may have been solved mcrg d
in others of higher import. The fleeing measures
of public policy with which his name
ciaed, may have answered their purpose or yielded
10 others under changing circumstances. Banks,
tariffs, distributions, like antique amor, may have
to be regarded AS
"Cumhrous and uncouth Of sight,
And Useless IN the modern hight v
but the deep solictudc, the uninching courage, the
broad craftsmanship with which they were udyoca-
ted remain fresh and bright for our admiration and
imitation. He has taught us that the path OF duty
is the path of honor-that there is sustaining
power in pairolism--a glory in sef-sacrifcc, which
ycna ambition can never know-that the honest
statesman win fame above and beyond prosti-
tulcd honors--and stand defeated, yet conqueror-
rejected, ct beloved Of the naon-that the dangers
which threaten our Union are not inherent, but
spring from the gddiness of prosperity, the lust of
POWER and the recklessness OF ambton-and that it
will be time enough TO take the downward vulgar
path Of dissolution aud destruction when all honor
able cXpedcnts have been exhausted. And now,
when that Union is assaulted by impotence and pctu-
lance on side, and ferocious philanthropy on
the other his example offers the surest means of
rcpollng aggression, of subdung agitation, and so
cleyating our country that
"Iler fair form shall stand and shine
Make bright our days mud light our Dreams
Turning with lips divine
The talschood of extremes
There is a deep significance in the general but un-
concerted movement throughout the country to re-
yisc the memories of our departed statesmen. The
Republic seems appeal from the living sons to the
dead fathers. Massachusetts rears the statues Of
Warren and Franklin, and more recently of Webster;
and Virginia is grouping in monumental harmony
aud grandeur the sages who declared and the heroes
who defended her rights and her independence. To-
day shall add statue not unworthy of this noble
fellowship 1t offered with the tender grace Of
woman's allection--it has been received into this
halowcd precinct by the Legislature of the State
| with u promptncss, and kindness, and mngnanimty
| deserving sinccrest praise and gratitude.
This majestic figure will stand i'll perfect unison
with the which presents itself from the crest of
| this Cnpitolian h-a scene rich in natural beauty,
in the manifestations Of human1ing arts and stirring
enterprise, and all the proofs of refined and pros
porous civilization. In the character and variety of
! its objects il is cougena! with the hopes and aims
Of his lie. There is the lovely landscape spreading
! in the distance-the long lines of your railroads
stretching out to bind mighty states togethcr--aboyc
Won is the canal destined to accomplish his cherished
wish for the nnion of the East and Wcst-below YOU
the porulous city, and at its feet the rapid river
| whose power he would have urged you TO appro-
pirate until the mouruiul monotone of its falls was
| hushcl in the cheerful chorus of your factories.
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