Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-16

NF~"~ withia OaF reach.
 But ~e are at the gate and Hsust ds'OR OaJf sP~eNlatioOs. Reader, y01A R'ay RSt haSe been there. if aot 3Welief IH t1ta 8eIghh0E- hood or, Ry yOa haVe, it csBa0t he uaW@!G0sae to stroll With Us again thrV1gIh the gf0a8ds. As yoa go lfs. there is the Aeautilsal saHcvpasa- gus. eAiseisG ia Italy, xEeeted to she 8auPe of Spar7ASiHo, wA0 3ixd aas0ng Us> as if Hiah0ass a eoWOtry, but as d eftizFa 0fehe wVrl&> and $ member of the hu@aa faGRilys-ns<tipg she visiter first, Oa his entraBce, ss if to reesiad h'm how completely aii the members of this great family, whether of the East or the West. are mingled and united at the grave, X tIttlx
 farther on, lies all that was mortal of hItn N Ao
 minlstered iN the temple Of Law, aud wh0Ss, spirit still fingers in the University, shining ia
 the labOrs Of his successor. Where is his
 learUinS now! Where his clear reasoning.
 his refined acuteness. his graspins intellect They are active tn that other sphere. for which
 the discipline ot earth was meant to prepare l them. And where is the gratitude Uf his pu-
 pills! Dues the marble stiti sleep in the quar-
 ry, or has the chisel begun its work! As you
 turn to the right, tn one of the larger dells.
 she who traced the recorded History of Reli-
 Gl"ns Scots, !ics buried; First Tenant" of
 the Cemetery, wh" led the way, tn her full
 ness of hope and usefulness, down into the
 new valley of death, at the head of that long
 train. which every day Is gathering in. Ma
 ny other names meet the eye, of fathers and
 parents, who have here prepared the last rest ing place for themselves and their families,
 even as in the city they have built fair, costly
 homes. for their sojourn of life. And now
 we have wound our way up to the hilltop,
 let us pause, and look around, and think.
 We are but beggarly at description, even
 with rich autumn woods and fair towns at our feet. But we cannot f0rbear to remind you Of the river on the one hand, and the lake On the other, and the long stretch of marshes, with the University, aud then, the city be- ] yond. The city-with its thousand pulses of life, beating warm and quick, through the l heart of society-how many eager hopes, vast | plans, idle fancies, useful purposes, are there how do they toll, and enjoy. and pull down, and then-here here, where sleep cannut be l disturbed, though the roar of twenty Babels l were rising up into the peaceful groves, and l where the unbrokeu goings on of nature seem to mock the fitful, feverish courses of man. Here the hand will fall, and the eye sink, and they be brought out, one after another, to lie l here and take their rest. And still the world l will go on, nature and society, nor be stirred ln it's heavy current by the failing of their stricken leaves. Do their thoughts ever come Wp here, to contemplate that fnai rest Does the image of this spot ever rise up before them, in the haunts of business, or lhe throng of pleasure
 We remember, On the day when this place was consecrated, sitting down with friend, and remarking, that the pr"pFietOrs seemed in great haste to lay out the grounds, as it would probably be long before many inter- ments would beg gin to be made. But the seal has long been fully set to that ceremony of tlaa n al itself. Some, who were Of the multitude
 here assembled on that day, now lie in the re- ] cesses, which they then admired, and. per-
 chance, selected; and many more come dat
 y tO wander oyer the grounds, anticipating, perhaps even longing, for the time, when they, too, shall set up here their everlasting homes. The moral influence of such an es- tabisbment, in the immediate vicinity of ! large city. cannot be too highly measured, or too often dwelt upon. 1t is here, that the prospect of death to ourselves. or that of friends, may become familiarized to the de. gree, and in the manner, that it ought to be familiarized. by being divested of the 0l6 ac- compartments, which have made it revolting, and. by being connected with much that is | lovely, and tasteful, and new. Who ever thinks of visiting the common grave yards in l a city, to stumble over crowd mounds and | old sunken monumental stones Who can do l so, but at the call of duty? And who does 1 not feel the inestimable blessing of going to l the grave of buried friends, amid scenes and l objects that do not render it an utterly repul- 1 sive task "When the funeral pyre was out" says the quaint Sir Thomas Browne, "and the last valedictiOn over, men took l lasting Gdiew of their inferred friends" Now, l indeed. the lasting adeu is taken, both ofthat 1 which dies, and that which cannot die. But the place 0frest can be visited with holy ioy the sOrrowful is steeped in the beautiful the l dark, deep waters of afflicton can flow on, imaging in their bosom the lovslinrss that can he caught on earth. We have no fears that the 6nc effect should be lost, through publici. y and the debasng purpose of a mere lounge for idle pleasure. The novelty will wear off, ln few years, both to the immediate neigh bOrhOOd and to the more distant parts of the community; and, sO long as the place retains its features of stiffness and beauty, it will be | impossible for levity often to invade its pre-. cincts. without sinking to the tone which they l inspire. There have been some few indica. l lions of a different spirit but we have ,ou | much confidence in the natural influence of ) '' whatsoever things are lovely and of good 1 repute." tO anticipate that it should be V hol- ] y lost on the public feeling.
 We would say something of dpcOrations and monuments, did we feel sure that our in. | dividuAl opinions are consonant to the in,rin. l SIC dictates 0f good taste and reasOn. Varie. 1 y there must be. in these things. and ought | to De; tor the ornaments set up here. are bu, l