Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-31
ui,,ory Teaehing By EIamplc..

Men, when not lnsensate oy eva pos
sions and evil habits, with whatever cares
thew NAV be oppressed. naturally look Tor,
ward. in every variety Of situation ana
circumstances TO the probability OF their
entering into the vale Of years with chsst-
sned feelings and matured experience.
longevity is not only desired, but desrr-
.b,e il sought after in the true spirit OF
medical philosophy and Of religious NOR
,li,y. The virtues Of old age seem to ex-
b;b;, human nature In its elimination /;
they carry with them at once the most
eloquent prccept and impressive example.
Alexander. OF Macedon. when he ap-
preached Jerusalem, in all the exultation
Of victory over Darius, and fully intend
ing to give the city up to plumber, could
not refrain from prostrating himself before
the Jewish High Priest, and thus worship
ping the Deity in the venerable person Of
his aged minister. The Roman Senate.
wavering as to the manner they should
receive the propositions OF Pyrrhus for
peace and divided rule in Italy, were only
called back to q sense Of their dignity and
impelled to the proud determination never
to accept terms from an enemy, By the
jealous counsel Of Appius Claudius, who,
though old. infrm and blind, was reused
by the emergency, and had himself car
ried to the Senate house, where he spake
as an oracle in predicting Rome's future
greatness.
Dandolo, blind old Dandolo," was
eighty four years Of age when he was
made Dodge of Venice; but, his ardor
nothing cooled nor courage daunted by
difficulties and danger, he led the Cru
saders, when detained at Constantinople.
10 an attack and storming Of that city,
and was the FIRST TO plant the standard OF
ST. Mark on its walls. Who, in the break
ing out Of the French revolution Of 1880,
which placed Louis Philippe on the
throne. did not see in the prolonged life OF
the consistent La Fayette the history of
liberty for the preceding fifty years. Who
did no. feel that the triumph Of liberty
was more complete when he, the repre-
sentative Of its suffering in the times OF
revolutionary anarchy and imperial rule,
was, BY national acclaim, o, length hailed
as It's patriarch and the depositary Of its
charter; Contrast him with the great bad
man, his compatriot Mirabeau. The lat
ter had u mind Of the highest order and
eloouence the most commanding and i'm
pressive. but his commentary on national
liberty was personal RIGHTEOUSNESS, which
led 10 q premature death-the direct effect
of the grossest RIGHTEOUSNESS and Of con-
,inued neglec. Of those laws Of hygiene on
which longevity so much depends.
Had Pitt and Fox, the two great rivals
for fame and Office. been animated by q
truly patriotic ambition, they would have
husbanded their health and mental vigor
BY a life Of sobriety and temperance, so as
10 insure for themselves the longest span
Of wears for serving their country. His
tory would not have TO tell OF Pitt dying
of govt and wine. in the most critical
period Of the long war with France, at the
asenof AZ ; and of Fox SCOT following him,
down by diseases, the effects Of riotous
living and excuses Of all kinds. A lease
Of less than ten years added to the life OF
Pitt would have won for him the title,
prema,urely given by admiring friends
and followers. Of - the pilot that weather.
ed the storm" He would have appeared
as the representative of England at the
great Congress Of sovereigns and diplo.
ma,ists in 1915, who re-made the map Of
Europe. Fox, after struggling many
years to win the post Of Prime Minister.
received at last, and grudSingly, from the
King, the seals Of Office but the gift came
too late. To him it was merely as the
via,icum to q dying man. He survived
his new honor but a few months. He
had squandered his health and manly
vigOr and great intellect N rio,ous living
and excuses Of every kind; and he died a
bankrupt in services to his country. which
so much needed them in that time OF her
sore trial. If we were in search Of a name
TO point q moral, II would be Sheridan,
the great orator and brilliant dramatist
and wit, but wasting his health and ener-
gies in designations and orgies, which lost
him the support Of his party and the con-
idence of the nation, and led him to q
pauper's death, %unhonored. if not unsung.