The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-04
Alexander Hamilton.

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What strikes us most rorciLly |
in considering llamilton's career,
is the remarkably early develop.
ment Of his puwcri. at thirteen,
he was found competent to take
charge of u mercantile establish.
mont. At fifteen, his writings
won for him applause and the aid
OF his fricGds. At seventeen, lie
aldrcs sed with sucecss u great pub.
lie meeting, At eighteen, hs
Anonymous productions are attri
bu,cd 90 some of the leading mtu'
.or America. At nineteen, he has
thought out that principle oi Go.
vcrnmcnt which is iudulib'y ssso
ciatei with is nome. At twenty
he has not only proved hmsclf a
skilIfil and courageous solder. but.
hc has won the esteem 81 the grave
and reserved Wash II ston, and is
placed hy thatgreat man ina post
lotthe closrst Guuhdoncc, aud which
really muke' him the second man
in the American service.
Attwouty .threa, he has shown
that he is mu,ter of the intricate
) suhirct Of finance. AT twenty five,
aNr an active m litary Lie
! that had allowed no time for study.
. he is known as y LAWYER of the first
t order, At twenty six, he is dis.
, tinguisled as n member OF Con
, gress. At thirty. he takes n lea
: ding part in framing the Coustitu
ltim Of the United States. And
lin bis thirty third year, ho becomes
tho most cNtraprdinIry munster
(tho world hns cvcv seen. lie was
> n state man, soldier, writcr and or
ator. and first in each department,
t and he WIS rs ready for all tn,
t parts which he filled as if he had
| been long and studiously trained
= for each of them by the best of in.
! structurs.
5 When Mr.. Webster, SO happily
! compared the instantancousness
I aud perfection of his financial sys
- tenn To- "thc tabled birth of Mi
e ncrva," he did but alludc to what
c is to- be remarked ofall Hamilton
=. works. AL! that he did was per
S feet, und no one seems to have beer
+ aware OF his power until he hat
II established the tact oiits existence
/, Such n combination of precocit'
and versatility stands quite unpar
@ allelrd.rs Octuvius, William tn
/ Th rd, Henry st John, Charles j
t Fox and William PITT, eyounl or
b al showed various powers at earl,
9 periods OF their lives but not on,
If them was the equal Of lianil
ton. in respect to early maturity o
intellect, or in ability to commanC
success in every department t'
-, which he turn I'd his attention =
> The historical character Of whom
: Ihe most reminds us is the elder AT
ricanus.
= In the carly dcvolopement of hi
9 faculties. in his self.reliant spirit
r in his patriotism, in his lindlrnes
/, Of mind, in his personal purity,
;. Ihia generosity Of thought and OF 4
=, ton, and in the envy and fear TN
!; he excited in inferior minds,
at was Il repetition Of the most IN
:, iestic OF u ! the Romans, But, n
4 like tho koman sollier statesma
-, he did not desert the land he la
y. saved. hut which had proved M
;, grateful: and the grave only wa
,rit 10 be Litcrnum,
!, He died not far from the san
"a arc rs that to which African
IN reached In comparing with CT
a tain other mcn who achieved fan
If early. it should be remember,
er that they all were regularly pr
in pared for public life, and were DO
ot to it as to an Inheritance wher
r. as he, though Of patrician BLOC
,t was possessed ofno advantages
~ /, fortune, and had to II isht tho bait
:, OF life while fight e the battles
- the nation. -Yorember AHant
d Nonthly.