The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-04-17
FRANCIS NuRi'IIt.
An Essay Read Nv Miss Mary Town
send, nI Mr"-"V. kN.. February
2sth. 1873.

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The name comes To my mind frriGhie,
with q cadence aud -oiiLcs, oi purlnl
streams. hearing on it, sound wriri
music OF iucNpres-ihlr sweet css. touch
ing my heart To as Utmost fibre Tie
question i, asked, what l. the mere name
of Francis Murphy that i,s echo should
touch the hrar,strinGs So deeply. softly
aud teudeTly? lla- that name fi-urcd
in the annals of the past? Ha- Frarci-
Murphy a claim among the celebrated
men whose deeds are sung in story b,
harls at horirr minsirrlsy? Rome had
her CT-,r whose el"qncuc- sw,yed the
senate 10 30 his will 10y irresistible power
Cesar wa, great m power, and all power
tai in the empire which tmen RI ci the
world Garbage had heroes who shed
!tt>hlOod and lost fortunes IN the cn'u-
mon cause uf their co"uuy Gr-rcr tad
ter Spartan land, whose example fills
abe world 10 this dsy with heartfelt adj
uiraiinn Sic had her Mae" Buzzari-
in lalrr ia,s, aud methiuks thar one
name, inr true AMI pure patriotism
would bear her al"tt to toe h'gorSu p,n-
nacics Of fame. Macedon had her Alex
auicr We c"ugu,rri conaIry after
coun'rv. aui died at last regrctrirg there
were no more NOR - TO conquer France
had her Napoleon. lie accomplished
deeds al -urh vast scope and power the
Other nations never dreamed OF hriore.
IL painted hi~ rscutcl.oa VITA impcr-
i-hsile rcruwn En-lauis Wellington
stand, ia The foremost rank OF m,n
uEosc uamC- viii Toe remembered a.
Ion. ~ Ime lasts tor wa not he the
victor that riNiicd the claims on the
proud Corsicau? To INN bc honor
Poland. too. had her heroes. L. there
one Who cxce'lel John Sohicski? Not
one lie fought to rescue bleeding POI
aud from lhe "pprcSs'rS yoke. lin
courage never tagged until hrs cnuntr,
achieved her freedom Then hi CRATE
tul country men h"Lorcd him hy giving
tie hishr flee H. the realm into h.
true aud Tried hands. lie wirlied the
scrplre well, and his grandson. ThGddrus
ii Warsaw, sharnci not his illp-trious
ancestor. H. WAS s,cind TO none ia
vutue. although llrav,n SAN fit to weigh
him duan Icy the iron rod of mi-forIun-
lie saw his country perish WREN he
would have died TO save it, Errus green
rarp,t nas Rad 10y man, that Mas ira
and loyal From tas hill, of Scotia
there came one ooh brrath' his name
sorl, AID rc,rre"rly) Sir William
Wallace. The splrndor falls on
castle walls and snowy submits old in
story" lie came from the free noun
taIrs ui the Highlands; his spirit Vas n
brave and untrsmmeled a. the rock.
bnn,.d h,ll- in Their majesty No -arrI>
fee Was too great TO tie made for the
good OF his country an Ie KIM %,
Kings h,rs>r,l b., vforts Last tai no.
least, is our own loved Was ihgton lie
needs a., encuminm lie utmr is
household word throughout the length
and breadth of our iHir c'uu,r.; ani
hrsrt in ali ~he land would acknowl,d-.
that any stand pre-eminent to his mems
ory give tnth,s- heroes of the past
unqualified admiration ] have read OF
mighty deeds with hreathltss interest {;
been carried heyoi d tue su" moon and
stare, in ina -inaiio", b. the 'ast"ess
and nobility of their aciions; have er>
We'd them their tame, feeling my own
ins,guificance even to comprehend their
motives, Iriumphed in their triumphs.
joyed in ther Joys; been moved TO tears
their hearts AID in spirit covered 'h'ir
tombs with garlsnds of lovely flowers
and laurel wreaIhs Yet. with all this,
none ever reached the inmust rece-s of
INV heart. none ever had such high rev
erence paid to their deeds a. ! give To
Fraucis Murphy, the Napoleon, the
Wellington. the Sir William Wallace. OF
the nineteenth century. But what hss
he done? Has he conquered n county
hy mighty, yalorous deeis2 Has he
made great discovery. which will en-
title him to rank among the scientific
men o: the day aud age? No lie has
done something which far excels tri-
nmph- Of mere power aud pers nal ac-
grandizemeut lie has fought battle,
and his antagonist WAS the hardest tn
overcome "A passion OF self No one
but Francis Murphy can know how ter
rihle the combat; how many times he
iel. self would conquer; how often his
heart grew sick within nj the thought OF
being vanqui<hed. "The hotter the con-
test the greater the victory" Those he
roes OF carnage and war desolated the
land they earned their honors upon
They buried city and village in their