The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-21
Eyem the Baltimore Patriot.
CHARLES CARROLL is NO MOI

CHARLES CARROLL is NO MORE!
-" A GREAT MAN HArH FALLEN IN lsRA-
ELm The last of the Signers is no more
The solemn duty devolves upon us, to-day
of announcing to the public that the veneer
able CHARLES CARROLL OF CarIollton, de-
parted this life this morning NOV. l5) at
o'clork, at his mansion in this city, ami in
the 96ih year of his age.
From the Baltimore American.
CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLL
TON is NO MORE! The LAST OF THE
SiGNERs is DEAD! The only remaining
link which connected this generation with
the past, with that illustrious race OF states
men, philanthropists md patriots. the found
ers OF american Independence, and the
henefaciors of the world, now and for all
time hereafier--is broken. The brother
hood of glory is reunited above, and CAR
ROLL is removed from the love, gratitude
and vcneration of the living, TO an associa-
tinn with the Kindred spirits of Washing
ton, and his associates, the departed patrl-
nrchs of Liberty. Henceforth the DEcLAR-
ALTON OF lNDEfENDENcE is sacred 10 His
toiy-paIt Of the mighty past. The LAST
OF THE SIGNERs IS DEAD.
These tidings, though in the course Of
nature not unexpected in some degree, will
be received with solemn feelings Ivy the
American Nation. One whose name has
heen familiar in every mouth fer reverence
and affection, is departed ;-one who was
the sole living relic of the days of our ia
ihers-tbeir sufferings. their constancy,
their herolsm, their virtues, their trnmphs,
aud all the glories which have succeeded,
making US and our country the pride and
hope of the woild,-has been taken away
from our eyes, and every American heart
feels as though it had been befeaved OF
some near AMI cherished personal friend.
A whole people claimed the interest OF
children in his fame and well-being in his
life time, and they will join, at his death,
with one common impulse, in the tender
and reverential feelings of children for a
lost benefactor and parent. Their regrets
though profound. will Ire temperate and re-
signed, as of those who mourn over dis
pensation of Providence which was inevita-
bic, and has been merrifully delayed far
beyond the ordinary life of man of those,
who, for their own sake and that Of man.
kind, lament that in this wcrld, goodness
and greatness should share the universal
doom of decay-immortul qualities, clothed
i'll perishing bodies.
Deep, sincere anu UNIVERSAL VIII lie lneSe
sensations, and mingled with them, the CON
solatory reflection that the long career Of
the illustrous dead was eminently fortunate.
The large estate which he inherited, and
risked in our revolutionary struggle, while
it furnished his youth and manhood with
every rationa! pleasure, enjoyment and ac-
complshment, coniormable to his enlight-
encd and liberal taste, made his old age
one of ease and affluence, OF generous hos
pitnlity and liberal benevolence. A numer-
Gus and honorable family grew up around
him, sweeteniDg the evening Of his life with
the purest of earthly enjoyments, the COM
munion Of the domestic hearth. And al the
close of Il career,-which extended twenty
years beyond the allotment of the Psalmist,
blessed in all personal relations, he saw
himself the object of reverence to twelve
millions of freemen--a mighty nation, which
had grown up to power, and wealth, and
! glory beneath his eye, and ronfessed him
as one Of the chief authors and architects
of It's greatness Such was his career, and
when has the world ever seen another so
perfec, in lis fulness Of blessings and hon
or in life and in death?