Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-08
DOMESTIC.
EULUGlUM UPON MR.. MADISON.


through their Committee Of .7rrangementS
FELLOW -CIrzhSs: We could not, upon an occasion
like this, would We if cnuld repress The reltec.
iaa " Ich every American must painfully feel How
strange and how frequent have been The dspensaiions
which have stripped Of public benefactors, and
have called together again ana again. to mngle with
another sympatlrs and sorrows as people,
In the brief but memorable space of few years only,
how mpr"ensye of these The most loved and the most
honorcd by The public of those whose wisdom has shed
the blessing Of its earliest and latest light upon this .s
and poured radiance upon The very age in which re
lIuw comprehensive Of ali sGch have heen the desola
tons of deaih Others, indeed, of valued, though nte
rior ame have within Tie same period. been pucked
from affections: but these The gifted and The
rated portioglhe fathers and The sages If people,
@hr= I:adsVery Hand would hnye beer raised to shell
ter and every heart would have sent 'tts prayer nc
savchcse have been grouped and gathered to the grave
by vsations striking that they fill US with awe whilst
they gill US with mourning! No visatlons were ever like
them bclure-No pcop!. before ever So strangely
bre Of the founders and the guardians OF their liberty
Like devoted band, tne doomed and sci apart Tor perl
odcal extinction they have been culled from the midst
Of population. and have been led forth to death upon
the very day, o. all others. the dearest in the calendar
Of ouI corn;ry-ihc richest in value and IN sory-l hc
day. when the wlIr heart of this wide nation. gong
on, ~ thanks vng the Parent who has blcst IL, and
is gathering in, with delighted PATRIOTISM, the lofty me-
m0rias Of the past aud the still nttier anlc pat"nS of
the ulurc.-lt is upon this, The gay and glad day OF our
national rclrC!uT when the mind pauses Ill It's career
of care and Of business that il may examine and enjoy
the noble edicc Of freedom, which has been reared Tor
cur saity-lt is then that the knell for the Departed
comes floating the breeze; that the voice Ut sorrow IS
poured upon the ear, and that whole nation, startled
from its banquet or its worship, told that the builders
who gave them their temple, have gone to the tomb
And such was the Inreb"ding TINT this event. which has
50 often happened, would happen again. that the pubic
mind for months las been tui ned with involuntary APP
prcbr nsou The same fcd day the last aiC the al.
io!lrd Of The great whose memory we have as
senbied to honor.
Standing in solitary loneliness The last of the Re-
voIulion-wh0 was insulated from all that remained. by
cu,incucc service and of sali0n-he sympatics "i Tie
nation were gathered upon him. and they grew warmer
and deeper the intelligence spread that lie was draw
inu to s end; that he lettering forward Will clovcn
constitution and m clbing life to the confines "i Tie
same l slined day which his celebrated colleagues had
sunk 1t is perhaps. pard"nabie under such cncnnsan'
ccs 10 have wished that he hid reached 1t and noE" no lar
thcr that he had closed his life The anniversary OF The
dav which his ahnls had rendered so memorable and 80
c0."s man. and that DEATH who cares not tor Tie iran
and faciuus drirEceS, within which all human anxiety
would eurpnch lis objects had stricken him down, wlrn
The bIow would have been Ea!owed 10 The country oy
lis !,rest and most adm"nliory impressions but
though ii quite thus yet 1t was not very d'er-
en-, from il, that MIR Madison had actually ialrh; f"r,
he did not breathe his last the 4h OF July, II vas yet
so near H. bring the rXtranl binary associations oil
that day. fully and lcihy into view And such csSo,
ca,ions are they reaIkaOlr nrouSIng 10 me NINA
in their undeclarrd but shadowng imporl-lheTe Is
mere in them than deu--nnrr tIen than that pow.
eriu ~ rsuasivc religious duly, which SO striking an
exhibition of human m"ta!ity must convey Even III
these aspects. how it rrds 10 quiet The agatlnns OF
earthly interest and earthly passion, when death steps
,rwwid so strangely TO demonstrate the llltlcness OF
! item all-wirn lie stamps character OF such humi-
aiirg usauiirancr upon the loest Oh human eieVa-
on-when he stalks in stern n:d stately triumph over
the , eminent Of the land and stroke by stroke
records, Inc fame Of his strength! and his achievements
in the utlcti,ns Of nation: But tins is not all That
,us;,,s men, that the founders OF States should die,
! Cali, I,, marital l(n 1T
! ,hev should de sometimes together, and sometimes
snrlv rpnu the annual return OF The day when ther
Guile; tive rxcrons had established as the birthday ni
their country. the marvel. he !drsi TANKER VIII
say that it is strangclle dnes as well as The deepest
nrculais, upon the contingencies OF human things,
a III sag IIa il is st.anGc-tc faith which sees IN every
nu that is visible the rcveangs OF The unseen, and
tie infinite will repeat tha It Is slrange-hay, iar'hei
the faith which believes that ca!anltIrs come not Oh
rhonc and that sorrows spring not ni themselves from
the urounj will say that it is than strange-tat
il is SIGNIFICANT of purpose III Providence when man
should reverence, and should understand why uiiS
ouinuus conjunction of death with rrJoc!Eg-ol blrSs.
inr with bcrravclcm-uf public triumph with the ID.
~ Ccd end Of all 10 whom it r!liuenlly owing:
Wv shuud our tenderness and our affections as men,
be thus repeatedly merged into one oHerppWers UNION
with oar anniversary Civilizations as people, unless II
he the design Of linn. who durth nothing without nn'c
,n consrcratr that anniversary ms loucal oaooa''
Tn cali i, up iu the holy ana unabaiing remembrance
of rrnriaton after generation OF our couhlryhcn. ny
mafkiur il with memorials which proclaim WIN airct
ing. and wnh trumpet "hs"c; 'ia' '"''' - "
| will AZ
II is i melancholy consideration IN The death OF MI
| Madison that of all the great men OF evolutionary
name he is The last the last of those who watched WIN
the care and hr authority OF parent, over e cEa'e VI
MIR cuun,ry: the last who gave. by master hai",
cnr,,n.rtr direction 10 the principles Ut our Instiiu
lions or wliu shaped and wrought them into the 'iach
c.s Constitution which gTacrs and governs us; Tie las
of that bold Congress 81 40, which graSPeu Tie "a'oNA
In II,I
:, sh,uld lp free OF all Who stood III Tie lore ground
our inant Republic, who lighted up It's Council iiT'S: wh
reused or who lnarshacd the energies which Tue rev"
niiou demanded WHO, " hen IL was over, a"JuS'e
,es In the ncr pertinent IN governments io' "','[
- had hrcn wnrrd-OI all these, he "us The Longest ei'
H.. last 70 be renewed There is n"ne To io"" i"
sccre clpscs upon him-The long PROCESSION "h'eh lid
icon bearing The Fathers t" our Country l" he' s's''"'
uinoIinp them with the nations under Srouhu' Is P"S'e
nnd 7ru,I.J: and Republican America throughout he
vide border now sls III the woe o an ofpha' Win III
J.aIes relics Of her Rrvoon-all all lying ehtoHo'
around her. Al, r ,;,
IN this situation il is first duty both oil PalfIotst
and Of kindred connexl"n thai we a''o" no 'e''"''
IF rnr national t,.s and thus prevent consequence
which, if once permitted 10 enter OF 10 cie1sr T"u'o
ou be An apura vGtnn Of calamty bit i'sci .!e eie'
rsl that can.d be- suffered rs long as we ''au i'S
, NC c,r u hos. persons filla reverence was tel
J :, h.c ,rislom might be invoked TO carry It's con
,siur il, nu prevailing authority mo the oisseha'o'
mr ,rr,,c. rs we had living head TO whom we cou'
90 for conference or c"nnse' u. e,s'y 3n;n ,hran~
e. affairs; so long had centre oil union; '''o"s
rh;ch every slrayng emotion sraying member lnsl
"",.. harG-n ccmmcn md ra!lyng point up"
U ~L I i was easy bot, feel and 10 fix the sense
iaiIy dcpentance But now mat mere Is Il" auU
;od ,ad L, admGnish 10 COUNSEL II" h"hd 10 'l"'
,n IL. rru,! Influence in drawing US more closely toy
~ ro rent 20 snnilr. need be- the cl!aied ana Gu
@ sniri, Of his clJrcn is our part 10 cherish, mo
sacf,dy than the fraternity that binds usIto en-.
n The Iruacy Of our Fathers labor, convinced as 'h'
ur conv;rcrL tha, the Inheritance is priceless on
w wis it KEEP, together but rinet end rainOus whe
r s,cver il is divided =, IL.
rhp nuLlc services Of Mr. Madison, to which ! 81;
-. urn are s., blended their wide variety, "ih Il
- If n1it IrrslnIiYe and political hlSt