The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-26

suits most congeniai TO bis temper. &c take
up those arm, wnich he never afterwards
laid down til the good cause IN which he
DO them was triumphant. He flew at the
commence nent of the contest to the stand
ard OF his country. and mixed in the ranks.
nor ever eft them till that contest was at an
end. He has had three horses SHIT under
him, and received on one particular occasi
on eleven balls in his horses or in his own
accoutrcments and clothes. SOon after the
conclusion of the war he became and long
continued an active member of the state lie
gisiature--He went afterwards into the Con-
gress OF the ". States. where he remained
until he witnessed the successful event which
he himself had essentially assisted, of that
conflict between those who called themselves
the parlizans of order and those who were
che partizans ct liberty. III which the life and
the death OF our constitution was invoived.--
This period of Congressional service was the
'iimii his public career. He retired Cover
ed uver with the respect Of all with whom
h had served, and all of whom he had been
the servant. He has subsequently, been
preferred the highest military appointmea at
BY the legislature, which he declined to ac-
cept ; immoveable IN moderation and true TO
The principle that never allowed him tn fill
a station of which the character was merely
honorary, and the duty only nominal. -
When foreign invasion was to be repealed
or domestic usurpatien disseminated he
sprung to the post OF public service. Buthe
has uniformly disdained its ostent alton and
its eu,oluments, at time when too many of
every party are dsfgured by an ungoverned
and indecent appetercy of Office. He was in
Truth an unique man, and lifted above the
sordid considerations and--the sorry turmoil
which make up the character OF ordinary
ambition.
Perhaps, however, he is best entitled 10 the
need of merit who fills with the greatest
success and hdelt, the uffices of private life
That philosophy is now deserved,y exploited
that y oald submit all individual sympathy
and ngerest to an a5strscl on With the name
OF society. it WAS IN domestic vocation
thai Major Eggleston displayed most Con
spicuously ina benehcence of which no use
could YEA out the temper, nor any pressure
break the spring. Not that his domestic
nulty can be measured by the standard of
that function in the mass of men. He was
! the centre of a prodigious family connection
preserved by the cement of his influence
| from being discovered and dissolved. In
hiFH was founded he principle offs integrity
| and which contained all IS members in
bond OF the strongest affection. A multitude
OF persons had one neck OF union and amity,
and death his struck with fatal and cruel
certainty a that To all those Major Eg.
gle ston supplied every various relation and
fulfilled he seemingly inconsistent duties of
each. In the words of a widowed relation,
in the paroxsm OF her anguish, he had cen
their friend, and their father, and their
prop and their ORACLE, and their every thing.
for seventeen years. But he is 4 ne, and
the keystone of conjunction is rent from the
1 family ed fee forever
! Such was the character of Major Eggle.
ston--and correspondent to il was his death.
To the last, i've continued to arrange his af
fairs with the greatest composure, and bow
ed himself with an unanimity truly admira.
Bile TO that stroke, from which exemption
cannot be. But it is not for me to des-
! cribe the life or pant the death of the pa
triarch and the patriot. The heart, when
affection sweeps rudely it's chords, vibrates
| too irregular and deep for panegyric. know
how to love, but i little know how TO praise
him. Indeed, his eulogium can only DE ade
quateiy pronounced, by those who have been
witnesses to the most signal proofs of his
virtue his compatriots in the field and the
cabinet, whose plaudits have so often thrilled
through my heart. l abstain altogether
! from paying The last rites of affection TO the
truest friend it has ever been my happiness
to have, and last testimony of respect to
the best man it was ever my fortune to kaow
| S.