The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-22
lTbe enquirer.
RICHMOND, 22d AUGUST.
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On the 9th day of the prefent month, at the Warn,
Springs, in Bath county, MERIWETHER ZONES
dcpartedthis life His health had been declining for
more than year, and his body, naturally ehin was
waRed away, almof TO hadow. The hand of death
fcemed be upon him long before its prefire funk
MIN to the earth but he retained the laa, that en-
ergy OF mind, vvaety Of fprit, andwarmh of friend
iy ientinent, by which he diifiuguhcd ihro' le
He died in the Al 4 year off age.
Few men among nt, have feen and experienced in
10 fhort period, more than Meriwether Jones' The
excellence of his understanding the chearfunefs of his
dpoiltien the promp.tude of his w.t. the franknels
OF his manners the ardor and ntrepdity of his temper
brought him early into life, and made him, when he
was but young man, a favorite of the people. He
had not completed his 22d year, when he repreented
IN the ahenbiy ct Virginia The county of Hanover
county dtinguihed for its republican zeal from the
ara OF our independence the prefent day. In the
year 1896, he chofen member of the council.
| and in 1913 became the Editor of the Examiner He
was loon after elected printer to the commonwealth
and continued in that Office until he was appointed
by the PRECEDENT of the United States, Commilioner
OF Loans. This Office ne held until his death.
he has left widow, and fon, his only child to
lament his ofs.
Meriwether Jones had his failings and he fuffered
tor them In his whole competition there was not one
particle OF hypocrify. Such as he really was he ap-
peared to be. He uied of the petty If not dihon
orabe by which favor is coneiliated, when il is
not deferved, by which cenfre iutlv meri,ed, may
be ioftened or fuppreffed. The bea and the WORT
parts of his character, were alike open to INFECTION
His zeal, his intrepdty his fervces in the caure If
i.spubiIeanIInI, at time when it was bound hand
and foot and tongue ted,' almoit every where but
IN Virginia, made him many enemies. They knew
where he was vulnerable, and purlaed him for long
time with an afPerity and fury of reproach almoli
| withou. example. During this period, his frmnefs
never orfook him, and indeed he had location for all
ITS aid such however the generofty of his tenn
per, that after the triumph of democracy was COM
piete, Mr. Jones uit and liberal to his political
opponents, if he had never experienced a, their
| hands either iniult or penecuton.
| Meriwether Jones had many excelencies His
understanding was prompt, his dicernment clear, hi.
knowledge of mankind ertenfvc. Having the ad-
| vantage OF good education, he had read much in
the early part of hi, life; and what he had read he
| remembered: but his attention during his lat 16
years was principally direted to the hudy of maa-
kind, and their AFFAIRS. FIe was generous, even to
the INJURY OF his Fortunes eady and ncere in friend
IMP, and unalterably attached the great republican
principles, that he had 70 zealouily defended, He
| was eminently good tempered. In point of COURAGE
he had no hyperion. 1t implanted in his heart
grew with his growth Grengthen.d with his ft.enqrh
and upheld him until he died He was not one al
thoie' Whole advances upon an adverfary are mean.
~ regulated by eitimste of his fears; who wan,
| "etS ieputdtions ana leeR quarrel with him
from whom 1t may be obtained upon the cheapea
terms The writer OF this feeble tribune to his me.
ory, has witneied the homage paid TO his deliberate
and exalted courage, in ke humliatng retreat of an
opponent, before whom it is faid, many had retired
Ed one mad iaen
The republicans of this country ought not to forget
the iervices of Meriwether Jones. He was moi,
jealous, mott active, and mott enthusiastically daring
and determined, preciiely the moment when
their cauie was in the created danger There Ger.
tainly was time when the genius of American re.
publieanini lay humbled in 6" dut and ahe.." In
Kentucky and Virginia alone, he reared her head
but The was encomPafed with enemies on every fde
and NUT have been the viaim of their power and
their vengeance, bu for the talents the efforts the
tirnneis of a few, Among thoie few it is no more
than juiiiee to place Meriwether Jones' The pro-
! Priety OF this remark will be admitted by all who
are told that in the year 1893, Mr. ZONES frequen,
~ fuPerintended his prefs with hi, piltoIs within
his reach Bur his troib!es anl his labours are at an
end He is now where the weary are at reR, wher.
his fralties may hope for mercy, and his virtues .Ui
| receive their reward.
GES