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MACACLAY,S TRIBUTE TO REM
FRANKLIN.


A better sketch of our own ;,o,,o-,.I
Ben. Franklin than this, from the non ~
Macaulay, VIC do not remember to have
ceen:
The new ambassador was BeDiam;r
Franklin, one OF the. foremost citizens of the
Young Republic. and one of the foremost
eluzens OF the older republic of science.
He was Ct humble origin. Born in Bos-
ton, the place OF his birth, and in Philadel.
phia the place of bis adoption. he had work.
ed as printer. nor had he failed to derive
great mental advantages from that art pre-
servatlve OF all arts, and 10 which the fol.
lowers, ike ships that bear spices and odors
from the East. retain something of those
precious cargoes which they are employed
10 distribute.
The clearness Of his Intellectual percsp.
tons was equaled by the clearness of his
moral perceptions. Under the name of
''Poor Richard he spread abroad through
the humble medium of an almanac, sys-
lem of homely ethics in which the virtues
of frugality, industry and temperance,
were extolled 10 aphorisms of ingenius ten
derness. His growing fame soon obtained
Tor him offices OF trust, from the Colonies
and the Crown; and when owing partlv to
neglect, difficulties arose between the Col
onies and the crown, be exerted himself 10
prevent and then to remove such differen-
ces. But the hour of reconciliation had
passed. He then stood up for war with
the same serene courage with which he had
once stood for peace. He WAS one of the
Committee which drafted the great Declars-
ton of Independence" He was now sent
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France, and at the bar of Europern opiR-
ion. An extraordinary reception awaited
him. He was justly and widely known as
an eminent man of science; and as the Co.
lumbus of electrical discovery.
The French Natio.. is fond, beyond all
other nations, Of striking effect and piclur-
esque contrast. And nought could be moro
striking or picturesque than the spectacle
now presented. A Quaker Diplou atist was
to appear at the most artificial of Court--
a new Archimedes was to come from The
land of the Mohawk and the Nachez-a So
lon from Republic of yesterday was to re-.
call by wisdom and appearance. the sages Of
the ancient Republics. Naughty couriers
rent with emotion before him. Brilliant
beauties struggled for the privilege of kiss.
Painters and sculptors spread broadcast
over the land their copies of his august fea-
lures.
The Academy rang with applause when
Turgots adulAtory Latin announced that
the distinguished guest had wrested 1.-The
! lightning from heaven and the scepter from
tyrants;" and, at a latter day, ship of war
was fitted out at a French port, under the
command of Paul Jones. bearing with par
donable inconsistency, the name of Poor
Richard ..,
The chief glory of Franklin is. that he
is the greatest of the pupils of Bacon; and
lie was indeed such a pupil as Bacon would
have delighted to honor. To both master
and pupil, philosophy was not the mystic
divinity of Plato, nor the impracticsbievix
en- of the schoolmen. Blu. she was an an
! gel of beniGcence and a minister Of mercy
AN Elizabeth Fry or Florence Nightin-
gale. Her mission was to relieve human
suffering, and to advance the good of mans
estate. Of these principles, Franklin's
long career was a triumphant application.
No sooner had the eclectric spark slid down
the kite-string than the lightning-rod was
invented for It's innocuous descent. The
maxims Of Poor Richard were meant not
only for the Quaker tradesman and his
neighbors, but for the government of en-
pires and the intercourse of nations. Even
the barren tactics of chess were made to
furnish precepts for the higher warfare of
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