Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-07

RICHMOND, JULY

II Great Nan has fallen ia Israel!
THOMAS JEFFERSON is no more! The frien
IF Liberty, the Author of the Declaration of Ind,
syendence, " the Ornament of Human Nature
S-eli Gas he once said OF Benjamin Franklin) a.
first man left in his country, and of the first i
his age OF great men, is gathered to the tomb of h
aihers The state, the nation, the whole wor Il
\ self, has sustained loss of which no languse
ican give an adequate description. Liberty weep.
yer her tavorite child; and ayes yet to come Wi
sbow with reverential gratitude before the lofi
monument, which his labours have erected III.
lame belongs to History; and if talents the mos
lrare, virtues The most conspicuous, services tn.
smost useful, can entitle any TO glory, the re
! Putation of Thomas Jefferson will be among III
brightest which she will have TO record. Blu l
we leave it to others tocommemorate his virtues: l.
II few days the Orator will dwell with enthusiasm
3and the Poet will pour forth his most NJ citing strains
3upon the great services of this public beneactor
4 We have time only at present to state the even
6 his death, and to sketch a few of the transac
stions of his remarkable life
On Saturday last for the first time we had heard
titha he i'll, and that his physicians entertained
tiserious fears of his life. Messengers had been
sent to call in his distant relations But we still.
8 rusted 10 the strength OF his constitution, thousl
give awaited the event with trembling socitude On
.lthe morning ofthe Anniversary, more alarming
,counts reached U.S. that his complaint (the Summer
iiDisease) had left him, yet that his physician (Dr
+ Dungleson) afraid he had strength enougr
20 rally from the attack: subsequent letter, how
Eever, read in the course of the day from nea,
Esrelation, stating that his complaint was not onl
slabated, but his strength increasing. But OF
Ithe Evening of the next day the stage brought e.
us the fatal tidings of his dissolution. The passen
5gers stated, that when they left Charlottesville the
Hbes of the town and the University were tollins
for the illus,rous dead; and the mail brought lei
Eters, of which the following are extracts:
y Charlottesville, July 4, 3 o'clock.
"a THOMAS JEFFERSON died to-day, te,
s;miLutes before one o'clock, p. M
q Extract Of another letter, same place and ddy
n &C The latest account from Monticello (up 10 l..
10 clock to-day brings the unwelcome lldngs ia
SSir. JEFFERSON is lingering upon the threshold T.
t,eternity.
& p. s. T,Uo o'cloct. Mr.. JEFFERSON is
smore He died al 10 minutes before O'Clock; III.
ebay and hour too, which the Declaration
" lndependence was read"
81 What wonderful coincidence Fifty yea
Sfrom the Declaration of Independence on 1t
Every day, and it is said the very hour on which
was read to the Congress OF the u States, this gre
sman, the author of the Declaration, has breathe,
ghis last No other EuIhanasia could have bee
a'vished to him (. He has departed on the very dc
(which he has made glorious The day of n
8 lame the day of his death. The applars
1 and gratitude of a. whole Republic were
kthat very moment rehearsing his work, al
repeating his praises Could he have seec
Fed the moment of his deparurs this woui
Enave been the very which he himself wou,
5have chosen. His death has added new intere
H'o day, which his life had rendered so illusriou
b The particulars of his death have rot yet reac
Eed us but if we may judge from the whole tel,
Bot his conduct, the whole tone OF his conversat,
4 or the few last months, satisfied tina, b,
Eiied with all the equanimity of sage. " AcquIe
n ence (said he ten days ago)i duty, under G..
z ums'ances not placed among those we are perm
n Il o control" He was in the habit Of saying
81 ~ intimate friends, that though he did not wish
n re, yet he did not fear TO die. Bu a few da,
* % he declared, that if he could leave his Famii
81 embarrassed, and if be could the Univer.
u rly under way, he ready 10 depart. Nun
"A enlittas, Domino, his favorte quoiaii
~ We have doubt that his {" ruling passio
E|as strong in death" II scarcely ten do
Ego, when he breathed the most fervent wishes TO-
he good of his country, and for the success OF The
Epoical principles to which he so fervenIl
Es:tached.--It is said, that in the course OF Ia,
week he calmly gave directions about his coffin &
8 nterment and that Monday, enquiring viii.
E some solcitude what the day oil the montl
s. being told the Sd of July, he expressed Of
d TO live ill the day that he might breatL,
e re air OF the 50h Anniversary.
u A few words more upon the life Of this dist -
a uished man, and we have done. He was born
81 ne I'd of April l743, in the county of Albemari,
y Shady ell, country seat which now belongs
a grandson, within short distance of MoniIcel,
Il within half mile OF his Rivanna mills 4
a as of course in the Sith year of his age. Here
4 we'd the highest honors at the College of WI.
- Mary; and studied the law under the celebi
j George Wythe, late Chancellor OF Virginia.
tore he had attained his 25ih year, he was d.
he'd mi Of no / Il
ok an active part in all the measures which the
dopied In opposition to the usurpations of Gre
Sfl' ain. In l775, he is said TO have been the su
or OF the protest against the propositions OF Lord
North. He was subsequently transferred TO ucI
General Congress at Philadelphia, where he dis
;iinguished himself by the rmness Of his sentiments
snd the energy OF his compositions. OF these quail
iiications no other evidence could be required thar
ne imperishable Document which declared usl
I free, sovereign, and independent States
From I777 10 10 (for certain portions of tbos q
years. he was occupied with Wythe and PendletonI
in revising the Laws of Vngnia.--In 1873, bel
succeeded Patrick Henry as Governor of the State
In 1881 he composed his g Notes on Virginia > 1
! Ian which no work Of equal dimensions has ever
'ttaIned to greater reputation. In the summer oil
1852, he was IN Congress at the moment when thel
Virginia Legislature framing a Slate Con!
tuition. The drsught of the instrument, which hei
ansmitted that occasion, was not received till
ne day when the committee were TO report the re
sult of Their labors. They were so much pleased
with his Preamble, that they adopted it as a parii
oi their Report; SO, that as it is now well under
Stood, our Bill of Rights and the Constitution were.
from the pen of George Mason; the Preamble wa.
II. Jefferson's. In 1884, he left the U. s., being
associated IN plenipotentiaIy commission will
Frsnklin and Adams, addressed to the several pow
sTs OF Europe, Tor the purpose Of concluding tres
les OF commerce In October, 1889, he obtained,
leave TO return home and on his arrival was made