Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-12-03


with axed and calm serenity on ms
brow-wiiu an unsearcAabie depth OF
meaning IL his features. waicn no NOR
,ai eve aiay read-if II be onty child
pefisning IA the day break OF It's CHS
tence. whose loss will nc as little felt
I In the world at large as the wltherin Z
| OF garden .iower-stiil nc Is Tor the
time invested with the commanding
iTnalest. of death; children JON their
hands and look iim.dlS around them;
old men lean upon tier slaves ana
ponder; though ansong them. he seems
no longer of them. the AIR Q. gentle aud
itirm reserve Oh his countenailcc gives
! the impression that he sees what We
Cannot see. hears what ae cannot hear.
and is already acquainted With those
mysteries Of the failure. which the iiy-
ing desire and set tremble to know.
Neither does this interestin the dead
ceasc when they are hidden from our
Ieyes. 1t follows them to the grave,
and makes US regard as sacred the
place where we have laid them. The
burial place is the retrea. OF the
thoughtful; the shoes of care and pas
sion are put off by those who enter the
lonely ground. 1t has a good etie'
upon the feelings; it makes the unior-
ituaatc more reconcIied to this world,
and the gay more thoughtful ofanoiner
The cold ghastliness Of the sculp-
tured maFoic-thc gray stone sinking,
as il weary OF bearing is unregarded
legends Of the ancient dead, Tue var
ious Inscriptions showing. sometimes,
what tho dead were. but still oftooer
what they ought to have been, suDd ae
the heart 10 sadness, though not 10
gioo,n.--..nd what lien - the path
/ is public feeling. to all VINO would dis
turb the repose OF the tomb. /; Is ed
sler to rifle the mansions OF the living.
than the narrow house oI the dead Tor
/ the living can protect the Inseives. and
therefore are less regarded, while the
whole moral force of i vide region IS
al once III arms to resent al Insuit Of
tered to the dead. This teeilng may
be cxcessisc-perhaps itis--butno one
| caa deny that it is energetic and
| strong.-N do not condemn nor de-
( fendit; but the thirsty vengeance with
which it pursuos offenders, shows how
| deep Is the reverence oil the living for
the dead.
/ One reason WHY the home OF the
! dead is thus sacred. is. that tins is the
place where we lose them. Up TO this
place we follow them through the
changes OF life and death: hut at the
gates OF the tomb. they are taken and
We are lett. We ere forcibl, driven
back, and the mind lose. itself in ear
best conjecture respecting their des-
tiny--what it may be. now it is thus
widely separated from ours.
Tire most striking and magnificent
vicv we ever saw Of TIE great catar-
act Of our couutr,. represented simply
The waters above. and the long line
where they lean to dash below the rest
was left 20 the Imagination, which
made opt for itself a more profound
impression of the grandeur ofthe scene.
+ than representation or description by
measure conld po.sibl, have given.
Thu. It's with the surface otthc ground
where the dead are laid hitherto we
come. but no further, we see not how
nor where the, are gone; this is the
boundary, beyond which the living can
not 90 nor the dead return; AID it ar
rests and chains The ina ginatlon, like
tic place in tie ocean where some gal
LIANT wreck went down.