Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-13
TItm LECTURE OF ME-. wHIPPLE.
uCOURAGE.0

THM LECTURE OF mh' "hEhhH
"CoURAGE.p
y OWN, 70 IN. Pr,.Ieoaos lsves, In. lecture Of
Prof AraasiI, and nussroua otAsf atiraetions In
the city, the lecture q Mr.. Whiupie lhet evening,
hsfese the washipgton I,iasnm, vas not as weil
attended as ~ deserved tooe. We sive some Of
Vie points
Tks speaker said II was impossible 10 calculate
the vAlpe % mon Of thoae qualities known a. the
vafious degrees Of CouFAge. Nineltenihs Of those
with whose names, We burdened our intelieots
were raised moro BY Industry and aldAcity than
by any extraordinary powers of intellect We
were prone to be towards, md did notdaTeto y.
What was In men dared not come out, They
skunk away IRON occasions fsr action, rather than
seize and Improve them .r,.- rr.r.rtrFrT ...r...
The feeling OF foresight and purpose wkA Cora.
AGE, Thers were four ascend Bg degrees ofcourAge
--phySical fearlessness inirepidity, moral daring
and foritude. Physical courage was essentially
base uttered itssir in stout hearts expressed
through strong arms. Its weapons were hsis and
oudgels, not potion or the stilstto would eE-
tsbllsha stormy sort Of dicta'orship This quality
n atkcd especially the English and their American
descendants II consfltu'ed an lmpregnable foun-
dation OF nationality, aa the North In itn struggle
70 maintan the integrity Of the nation had lately
shown II was just as visible in Martin Luther 40
| IN Tom Sayers Douglas owed his eminence more
| to the nereeness than the fu'lness Of his miad 10
his latest days he exerted this power In the Asrriee
OF the noblest patriotism. ..-.... g.r.....
IntfepldIty included this element, but was not
Ineludtd by H. Inirepidity always marked the
| commanding mind. LuxemSursN and MasSini,
Marlboro and wellington, were the beat fllustra-
tions OF this quality Rosecrans al AuIirteaboro',
Hooker at Lookout MountAin, and Grant every
where, Applause hAd-sNhiblted that intrepid
coursge which characterized born generals. The
soldiefE telt . confidence 10 this intrepldity.
| They felt that they were not TO sacrifice them
selves to bold stupidity. II was diffisult to
say which was most surprlsIng, what this intrep-
idity schieved or what Il endured Military men
posseaanE II oonsldercd henleipss the hest judges
OF what was possible. such men did not waste
their opportunities, nor want excuses for not
doing. . .-.....
Andrew Jackson sought 70 stop the nulllneatien
argument OF Calhoun at q eonyG nlent point with
the sword but Daniel Webster answered argu-
ment with argument, confident In the eorreetne'h
Of his position. II wAs curious 10 mark the fear
less iatfepidlty OF those two hostile minds.
The next step in the ascent was Intellectual and
moral audacity, OF the courage that dared to as
sume esponslbility. This included intrspdliy but
| contained more. Men possessing this were not
only not afraid Of death but not AFRAID Of life,
Generally mankind stood aloof from risks and ap-
plAuded those who assumed responsibilities Il they
succeeded, but Joined In the general howl II they
mIs-cArrisd.
This gift Of audacious self-reliance Vas not made
up from mere lntrepidity. How much we had lost
In this from the lack OF this minglng Of genius
and will could not be told. Readiness to assume
responsibility characterized political courage, but
not very often politicians, you pass this meas
ure,Y said Mirabenu, 81 swear 10 disobey II ~
Would that all legislative bodies had such man
as this to menace majOrities when they threatened
| to legalize injustice and cruelty
The next higher grade was courage organized, or
fortitude. The stubborn will might be starved
out, but II could not be carried BY assault. DR..
Kane was Al example Of this fortitude. II also
sometimes characterized harsh and repulsiye char
acters, like NArren Hastings and Frederick Of
PrusuiA. It's finest examples were 20 be found In
wAshington and william Of Orange. But though
they were the best examples Of Iortitude, they
were in almost all other respects dissimilar.
A leading characteristics OF moral courage was
disinterestedness. This was the courage OF heroes
reformers, saints and martyrs-those who were
willing to have their virtues punished crimes.
Simple courage kIndled the man from below;
heroism always kindled the man from above.
There was the courage OF Inventors, Of contra
veriAliEts, and Others on which the speaker would
not dwell. These degrees ol courage were the
arms with which we were to hght the battles of
life. How much we tAmely submitted TO from
those who pushed ahead Of us, because they were
bold-faeed and we were EhAme-saeedl 1.-THE latent
| capacities OF men could be brought outfit they
could be Stung into dete mined riH, what tides
Of Imprisoned vitality would sweep over life 10
fertiliIs and AdOrn II!
The spesker closed with glowing tribute to the
pAtriGtisr OF the young men OF the country, dis
played IN their present determined and terrible
struggle with the worst OF haIbATIsns and the
most thley ish OF Tebellions. (Applause.) They
had utterly secuted the unutterable AhAsement OF
living under the d mination Of afew insolent slave
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