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


sonai spleen or mortified ambition; but lined himse
as IL uneonscions Of defeat and came tprth enee NOR
ni his connirys call 10 save her from the danger
which fierce sectional srifcs had again brought npoi
her: and this tune he returned with the batc-cry
DE Argentine;
"One effort more, one brave career,
| Mast close this race OF mime
The work of cancellation was accomplished; bu
even bis wonderful vitality sank beneath the protrac
ted struggle He appeared In his place at the next
session; but all that the glorious ght was ad,ne
from his noble brow lie died be doubtless wish
ed 10 die-n the public service 10 sight OF the inca
,re OF his great rcaown. almost under the nag OF his
country. Once again his body was 10 that Capitol
not MS before erect with LOFTY crest and gttering eye
but prone and pald in death. Words OF earnest ana
truthful eulogy were poured forth, and aen common
ced that gre national funeral mn rcthe more tban
| Anrelan triumph Through Baltimore, philadelphia,
New rk-aud solemn silence rested on tho,e great
cities and the crowds that once came forth to hahe
living FORM were there In sadness TO honor his pass
| ing bier Ills remains Glly placed. the hrst
night in the old Hall of Independence. afterwards
under guards Of honor in City Halls and State Houses
up the Hudson every vessel with its flag at lai-mast
and cnnnon booming from every town and village;
! along the railroads with mntudcs assembled nj es-
cry station 10 manifest their share in The general
grief across the lakes he loved WE'LL another page
ant Mt Cleveland wrcacs OF oak, Of immortclles, OF
cyptess ofvy oflaurcl old men bursting into tears
they gnzed upon his collin; maidens pressing their
lips upon it In agony Of heart; young men bowed
down with thecrushug sense TINT the great ehlehn,
the centre of their love aud hopes gone; until at
last lie reached that loved Kentucky, beneath whose
green sod, with the remains of her gallant sons,
DE wished 10 be laid There let him rest under the
rpitnph suggested bya gallant adversary: "llere
lies who in the public service MY years,
nn,knever attempted 20 deceive his countrymrn.'
have thus passed in rapid and imperfect review,
the principal incidents in the life OF man, whose
greatness il atested by every proof that ingenuity
can offer To obtain the full measure OF his power,
We must remember the times in which he lived the
distinguished men by whom he was surrounded the
different theatres npon which he acted, and his
undoubtel and undenablc superiority wherever he
appeared In the courtroom, before the people, in
tic legislative hall Mt the diplomatic bonrd, in the
cabinet council, he was the acknowledged leader.
lie added dignity aud power to the Senatorial char
nctcr aud often made il more important thnn the
Presidency. Unchecked except by Executive yctocs,
lie led the legislation Of the country for thirty years
RAGING through the greatest and most intricate quts-
toas of currency, commerce and general policy lie
hallt up national party inspired it with his own
enthusiasm and bound it TO him. not less by personal
affection than political sympathy. Tho mere men
ton Of his name the signal for applause in pop
alar assemblies and every journey that he made was
an ovation.
"lis name represents not merely orator, but
,loguoncr itself" We need not search his speeches
ur ArilGaney of fancy splcndor Of imagination
lie lopt pet sentences hy him to polish al leisure
into ftultlcss beauty-poery he could never quote
broke down here, it is said in SCOTS famous pa'ri
otto rhapsody the piece of all Others that he should
have remembered. His tccming mind had no room
for the thoughts of others. lie scorncd the slow
pomr Of dietion, and rrasped his language as the
warrior grasps his weapons for the sudden fight.
Ills indeed was the cloquence Of action he vital
zcd his thoughts by the intensity of his feelings,
and in the ardor of debate his frame seemed grand
transparency for the soul that burned within He
! had an earnest unstudicd honest eloquenCe, which