The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-10-10

those around; and will be the result Of that warm
charity which brings forth whatsoever is lovely and
Of good report You are young, very young, bat
instructed by that aunt whose virtues cannot too
deeply impress on you, these remarks cannot fail
to exert upon your mind their proper force it is for
this reason that have chosen TO spend my dying
hour with you. On my entrance, thought TO find
her ashes under yonder oak, but she is buried in a
more secluded spot, and as ii was chosen by her,
place me beside her; as we were one in affection,
sympathy and feeling, let our ashes be mingled to-
gether in the grave Had we lived TO have met
had il been the kind will OF Heaven have saved her
romthe ravages ofhai dreadful disease our desinies
might have been united wish that was my fervent
prayer hoped hat her health might be restored
and she hed for the duties Of station which II
my hope that she might one day fill: but honor
and cherish more her sacred regard to principle,
her firm, inviolabe attachment to justice which was
early implanted In her mind, than that Christian
spirit of charity which she would have evinced in
such an event. because II was an instance which show
ed the strength of womans mind: ii was, to me, no
small proof that early education is all in all In her
united all that is admirable in her SEX with all
the strength that is too enormously attributed only to
ours. She was not one for whom you felt sympathy,
but who sympathized with your cares and supported
your griefs with true herosm; not one TO protect,
with the form of sylph and elastic tread, such
as novelists delight TO dsaw--bm WOMAN, able TO
protect herself and Others If need be. Such, Jose
phine, would have you; sueh would have all
Americas daughers-heiressess not Of birth, for
tune and family, but Of mind, talent, and glorious
independence: not an independence which over
throws the barriers Of society, when their elevation
supports good order and the weli-being Of indivi-
duals, but an entire Independence Of TIE pradiess Of
The rorld; most especially where they interfere with
your advancement in knowledge or your cuitiva-
ton of single talent with which the will Of Hea-
ven has endowed you. h is among the just remarks
of great historian ''that the genius of man can
never again approach its noble origin. and recover
the station which it held before the birth Of preju
dces, but by elevatng itself sufficiently above them
to compare and analyze them all" Let me earnestly
recommend to you prudence, moderation and eau
ton-that prudence which is not inconsistent with
candor but is in direct violation of that spirit Of
rashness which hastily judges and forms its conelu-
sions. Nor would advise you carefully to avoid
those situations which render difficult for You to
speak or act, unless inconsistent with established
principles for it is such situations that you are to
look for the unfolding of your character; and, il
udiciously conducted, they will "nerve your heart
and steel your sword = they will fit you for conflicts
here, and your gold will be refined and fitted for
purity hereafter Wisdom speaks with voice
trumpet loud, BE TO SPEAK. You have bro
Their Eyes, said Josephine, and most sincerely do
regret his absence: he is now in attendance upon
the court in Massachusetts, where he awaits the de-
cision Of an important cause. As she replied, she
remarked the features of Edgar; she saw, appa-
renty the last commissions of nature; she knew that
life could not last long but the weary pilgrim once
more Enclosed his eyes; not yet, said he had not
quite concluded, and my message, you see is worth
devering-but my taper burns feebly in lis socket,
and soon shall be in that pleasanter city, where are
heard those solemn sacred strains "that once did
sweet in Zion glide" where, we trust, there is
neither sea-shore inland, no endeavoring to
unite the resessness and inquietude of one situa-
ton with the quietness of another, but where all our
harps tuned as with single hand and our hearts
touched with single Joy. The mingled memo
~ Of melancholy past breaks in upon the striking
realities of the glorious present but ii fails TO bring
with it its sad and deep philosophy its very bitter
ness as if embodied with angelic form, shadows
forth beauty! Oh, God! thank thy bounteous
hand which has spared me to this hour, fatigued,
but not untitled to conclude my errand
Change, constant change, is passing over us, and
to the rejecting mind, nothing is more strongly
tertained by us, at different times, upon the
subject. With the young, the fire of enthusiasm is
more valued, than the carefully guarded, but not
necessarily cold speech, of the thoughtful reasoner.
But little examination into the affairs of life will
convince us that it is misudged taste observe, at
tentivey pray thee the conduct and disposition of
those around you, and profit by the suerngs of the
rash, and the peace and quietude OF the cautious.
But now resign, willingly "resign this anxious
being" to its author. My story, which has made
you weak, may II make you strong-strong in faith
hope, and charity relate it simply to your brother
Admonish him sisterly, TO have sacred regard to
the holy injunctons Of that word whose understand
ing If he "forsake her not she shall keep him. love
her, and she shall preserve him-wisdom is the
principal thing, therefore, get wisdom and with all
thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she
shall promote thee; she shall bring thee honor when
thou dost embrace her. she shall give thy head an
ornament OF grace; crown of glory shall she de-
liver unto thee"
Then, when the sun, and the light Of the moon,
and the stars darkened, and the clouds return not
after the rain when the silver cord is loosed, and
the golden bowl broken the pitcher broken at the
fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern when
the dust returns TO the earth was, and the spirit
TO God, who gave it then will his tired SOUL with
cumulative haste, look 10 its GOD and plume its
wings for Heaven" The words died away on the
lips o. Edgar, as he concluded this glorious triumph
of christian zeal bodily weakness and nfrmity,
and without murmur his spirit pursued its upward
flight.
Then went out lamp that would have been a
burning and shining light, untrammelled by pre-
judice; had his life been public one, he would
have honored humanity; but consumption, like
IN tho Ind uteh lie ia nj
age His body was placed at the foot OF the lawn,