The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-18
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

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 \ ate writer has said that successful e.ea are those who iake advantage oi ;he.G opportunities. for opportunities are ne. made by men but for them. This statement IS verihed by Hamli,ons life. He was successful in everything tha, .onsututes true success. Ambrose Spea
 q once said of him that '' ii was he more nan any other man who thought out the
 constitution of the United States and the 1e;a.ls of the government of the union, and. out ofthe chaos that existed after the revolution. raised fabric, every part Of xaich IS instinct with his thought We sgi here attempt to trace out his success : two departments onlyAwriting and ratory.
 On the eleventh day of January. I757, in inc little island of \ evis, of parents Sco.ch on he one side. Husuenot on the other, was born babe who. not many years a,er should be known and honored Is he gallant soldier, he wise statesman, ne noble patriot. Alexander Hamilton. y!a the beautiful mother and history ,es Us ,ha; she was passing beautiful
 .iv.ti. as sas.s .o..si!ea .h. >3'e' Innnceni :-.ng cuddled close m her bosom. that .se lps. that now could bus oaoole forth .heir pretty talk. would one day pour oui such d resistless stream of eioquence and .oglc ,ha; even New York. the strong hold of Toryisln. would humbly heed his words oi warning and advise and sub 1nissively follow the nrm hand which was ealing her to the constitution, II Mis bright dream was hers. she did not live 10 witness its realization, for, unfortunately for Hamilton, she passed away leaving a:m moiherless al d tender age. But snce we are 10 consider Hamilton in TWO Aspects only. we must not branch of into hls general history. When about fifteen re wrote an essay descriptive of storm II he Wes, Indies. This, his hrs; con siderable effort, awakened much interest and attracted wide attention, and, m re- -ogni,ion of the talent displayed therein. ne was sent to America where his natural abilities might be improved, and where als genius might find wider scope. While }; school in ;his country he ass,duously -ll,ivated, in his spare moments, his pro- pensiiy for writing. attempting not prose alone, out even poetry. Hamilton was man of figures, man whose mind re- relied in abstruse questions of constiiu- .lonal law and problems of hnance, and. 9n this account it seems almost ludicrogs hat he should undertake versihcation- Sentiment and mathematics are directly opposed to each other. Their only com mon quality is truth. But whatever may have resulted from his boyish attempts ai rhyming. il is certain tha, his early tram ing in prose composition securely laid he foundation of that style in writing, lear and cogent. which rendered him in future years an object 10 be feared by his antagonis,s Later. when with all his characteristic zeal Hamilton was pursu- ing his studies a, the college now known Is Columbia. and a: time when each successive day brought the affairs of the colonies 10 2 more critical point, little band of parrots were trying to create m New York public sentiment that would force this reluctant state ,o lein more heartily n the actiye work pre- ceding ,he revolr,'on. Wi:h ,als end n .lew a large mee.ing xas held i. the Selds and aas addressed by ,he pa;ria, orators. Hamilton listened, bg: there appeared 10 hila q painful lack If some thing in all that was said. Confident in his own ability 70 supply ,hfs need, he eibowed himself through the crowd ard ascended the platform. Naturally abashed al frs; by he novelty of his posi- ion. he hes;ta,es, but only fer ] moment. when all his thoughts, now unfe,,ered- rush out and find expression in his fer vent language The crowd listened. and ssraining forward, earnestly watched the form, impe,uous with emotion before them. They were moved far more by the invincible logic of the young Wess