The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-20


last stag. IL It's etisteuee--l3ai lev days
beiurr his death h. exdts IN the happi-
orss of his country AID I'm pon.n maIioa
"f Its labnurs- viii lhr praspeel ofGr.dh
before htn-sufering under a erurl dis
ear. he efirrs mp an Impressive pr Yer
{ = thr gneL of naukind --~hrb sI,.aki z
Of The approaching Jstbilee. ~ maunS Ca
The mayer Of Washington, he SAYS. May
il De 10 lhe wnlld allaI b. Iitte u VII be-,
the signal IL Hroaslug men i@ hafsi Tue
chains und,r whlrh mouklsli ignorance
and superstition had persuaded them 10
hlnd thsin-elvrs, and III assume thp bless
logs vi free z ,Vrronent'-A ud II shall be
that signal-A flood flight has burst up
on the world, aud the Jnsgrrnants of SUI
prrsillion and the gloom Of ignorance shall
melt IN lis ~brighlot Win You then
look upon him my connirymrn, III thr last
moments Of his existence. Shail | make
known To yon his fond concern lor you
aud your pps'rrity "benthe hand If death
pressed 4saflly upon hum ? Learn HEN,
that he dweh on tue subject Of the TIM
Nrrsily portrayed the biz ,sings which II
was deslned to dlfiuse, and iorgetful of
hlS valuable services. often urged ms ply
sIcian IN leave his bed side least his class
might suffer in his ahsepce. One other
theme daelt on his lips until they were
mUlonless--lt waa III" ! n Of Jnly--lir
often expressed the wish To die IN int
ay-On thr 5rd, So says NY correspon-
dent, he rai,ed hi langud head and said
" this Is the 4ih of July" and the smile
Of ntentmrnt played upon his lips
Heaven heard his prayers and crowned
bis "ishes-4Oh precious hfe Oh glorlous
death ? he has lelt 10 us my coenirs meu
a prec.o ltgacy - HIS. last words were
e." resign myself II my God, and my child
10 ny cnnnlry"-Aa Il shall not tbal chld
of his ase-that only surviving daughter
the solace al MS DIVING hour, he fostered
and cbrrlshed hy grateful country
TIM, has terminated, in the 9th year
of hi. age, the lfe af one of toe great |
est aid hest of men--" His weary sun
hath made golden set." Let the tul+rs /
If natleos profit by hi- example-An *
ample which points the way to the temple
oftruc glory, and proeldT,fS TO the states
man ofs'ery 'ge aid Of every tongue,
Be 81 ard trdru0t
Lei all lbe Gods tuon aim'8t at be tn,
Gouotry's,
Thy u DIS and truth
Then shall thy li.rless body sleep in less
ings--and the tears ola patton wafer thy !
grave.
Let his life be an Instructive lessnn also |
10 ia, my country wen. Let us teach our
children To reverence his name, aud even !
III infancy to lisp hls principles, As one
great means of prrpftnaiing freedom, let
the annual recurrence Of the day oil our ma
tons birth b. ever hailed with rapture.
Is il not stamped with the seal OF the
DWI0t, Howwonderiul are the meaus
by which. he rules tbp world ? Scarcely |
has thr fur sral knell of our jefferson hen !
sounded IN our ears, when we are sia.tlp
by 'hr death bell Of aqoth-r patri0t--his
JEALOUS c"adJntnr III the holy cause of The.
Rrvolpfio4 -pnr among the foremost of
those VIII sought his rountry's dis-nthra'I-
ment-of ADAMS, the conpetr of his
early tane---the opposing orb of hi, me-
rldlan day---thr freud of his old age-.and |
his coT7panlon to The realms oi hIss
They have surk together in death, aud
have ttIlen on the saIne siorious day into
that sleep " hbch knows no waking. Let
not parry spirit bleak fhr rest Of thrrrI
but let rs haiIdw their memory
for 81. good deeds they have done -nnd
! ,pIur- thai Gud who ulrs the universe,
tQ sBlie On GU COrntl Y. -