The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-22
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g c. b McDoxALn, leetrriig 10 The H.
terror Of California;, eoneluded u discourse
on "Caf,,iHal Richelieit" in the toilo&lng
paragraphs, for which we are indebted %
The Mi,r6.: H. :: =: x: =,
Bpt. lei as observe The great Cardf;ral
when the doors or the Invisible are. set
ajar, The yerieSi coward niAy in life dc
.ceire the world with a show Of lntriett Va.
Tor, but il requires substantial courage TO
stand tndIailin5 Wien tie mysteries Of
Eternity afeabpat 10 be utlyailed Iav.
ing triamphed over his malignant enemies,
brought c0ASpiratlon to the block or Dun
groti, and rctlaeed The. naughty nohlgs TO
insigHilicai,ce, Riehelieu began TO near
tile equal republic Of the Dead, physically,
IA Wclik old man, bHt ia soul, still haloini.
table, unfcariug. Unlike Cardinal Wolsts,
he did not weep, atid cringe, uhd lose lis
manhood when aheut 10. be deprived oil
bis power; hut he stood like q strong,
stubborn, oak bendiug before the assault,
ing storm, The while gathering his vast
energies for d tTenendolS recoil Neither
did his check blauch nor bis tongue falter
with fear when the wall OF the yiewieSs
waves came down the Shores Of Eternity;
but he died as he had lived, without fear
aud without remorse. Feeling the. cl.ifI
atmosphere Of the grave gathering about
him, tue dying statesman babe his friends
draw near, resigned the Ministry, pro.
nounceGi last benedicttou gu bis beloved
France, aud like fearless eagle, plumcd
for infinite heights, the great soul mount,
ed among the immortal ones, who stand
like tall archangeisranged along the para,
pets Of Fame, 49,, -. -. -., f..
Il Is sublime spectacle to see brave
old man fearlessiy yield up his spirit to his
Maker. To the warrior on the battle
iield, amid the changer Of silver and steel
Death comes without its terrors; To- tht
sinless child, breathing out hie on hi,
mothers breast, he comes. like an angel d
light to u vale Of shadows; but 10 tiit
aged aud dying statesman. whose country
has been his idol, whose name has been
deeply grayca on the solid masonry Of tli,
age.. whose God has been JehoE,lh
whose shrine has been the Gross, WHO'S
faith. Immortality, The grin soreerel
comes in the chariot Of the TRANSLATED
prophet. 10 bear the emaucipatet
soul through radiant avenues of STAR
whose FIRST light bus been falling to,SarC
the earth since the birth Of ages. HI,
old tree, leaacss in the forest, wakes tin
totdest echoes by i:sfhll; the old tower
Keeling from its foandation, upFoots tht
I elaspiDg evergreen, aud ia ns destruction
proelaims the instability Of all earthI,
things. and the old man. who for three
score and ten years has braved tile BATH
and the breeze, white locked and tOttey
ing in very weariaess of hfe, but still
strong and lndOmiCable lii soul, procIainl
in the last fAltrrng speech of physica
death, that there is u glorious immortaiit,
Of the mind, measareleSs in the artthmeti
Of ln6nity and bewildering to The imag
lion OF archuHgeis who beheld the pr0jeC
! ton Of the spheres and watched NO,
created worlds going TO explore thei
eternal orbits. -. :, -! g.-.ie 8
I Just peSterity has awarded to Rich,
leu tho. greatness too often douied IL
hero and Statesman by eHVions cotenIp,
Tariss. From the time Of Charles ii
! Crest France had rot rR,sf 80 iilgssr