Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-05-05

opponents, the scliishncss OF those who were
seeking office and the rancor of those who
had lett lt--thc hopes Of all our country
still resting upon him, the music Of that irI.
umphant march still falling upon his car be.
lore one light was dim, or one guest departed,
the great preparation, we may trust, season
ably made, well might he commit the consti.
tuition aud country tn his successor ;-eXtend
his hand TO the urn and draw out the lot ap
pointed TO oil. Napoleon went back on his
death bed to the field of battle The last
thought Of the patriot President was on the
welfare Of his country. The cares Of state
are over for him
sleeps well
II nor steel, nor poison,
Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing
II Can touch him farther"
shall not speak at large Of the character
OF Harrison, and there - no need that l
should do 50, displayed, rs II has been, in
every variety of life by The diversified rcqu.
sltions o! forty or fiy years; probcd and
laId bare as 1t has been by the tremendous
ordeal which every candidate tor the Presi.
dcncy must here pass through a character
too, remarkably accessible and transparent
You know II, the people know it all. What
need, here and now, to tell you Of the cour.
age, tested midst The flashing fury Of mid
night warfare Of the military skill that won
laurcls in oil tileds, IN the !ace Of the iron
discipline Of one foe, and the stealhy craft
of another; OF the broad sound sense, the
universal discretion, that true Washing,o-
man trait OF the honesty, no more TO be
corrupted, no more to be assailed, thnn the
sun in his course Of glory that grand charm
| by which no won all hearts, on which thc
universal masses rcpUsed SO implicitly, aud
from which they expected SO much OF that
tolerance and justice, which made him forget,
after his triumph, which was the party which
elected HIM OF that genuine American feel
ing, which gave us the assurance Of an ad
mlnis,rai'on that should recognize no dis
junction Of the opposite sides Of the Ale
II ghaLles, and Of Mason's and Dlxons line
Of the true republicanism of HIS poltIcs--no,
\ tho rcpub icanism OF this man or that, but OF
the consll,ution--prUmising u government
of laws and not of men, promising us a re.
/ publican government, for which have some
times thought his own old house OF North
Bend, The Doric Of the forest, formed no un.
/ apt representation that house, not unvisl,cd
II by storms and yet not falling inundated but
not destroyed; all within well ordered and
administered hy a mild parental authority.
\ lUe UOme VI Iuc strung ufUl~,
| high thoughts, nourishcd by the wisdom Of
II The past, by the contemplation Of The gran
dcur und beauty Of nature herself the for.
est, the river, and the bright frnament OF
| he stars.
| in looking over the history Of bis life more
carefully, TO form nn estimate Of tfc aggre
gate of his character, | venture to think. that
while through his life he displayed the requi.
g,r ho f,r,n opb aIp 10.
ua,ion of luws, or whatever public duty was
required Of him, 1t wns the warm, pure and
great heart that attracted and retained for
him the love Of his coun,rymcn. lie should
be. .remembcred-and we viii speak OF him
to our children as the GOOD President home.
" as sIat epithct may appear, how much more
I has il of real significance than the imperial
title great so often given TO men who have
wadcd through blood to thrones. ! need
u civc but two anecdotes to illustrate this trait
II in lis disposition. He pardoned the negro
II who sought his life, and rescued him, by his
i own solicitation, when fastened to the slnkr
II for military punishment. lie recovered heavy
II damages by verdict in case for SANDER,
| and then divided the money received, among
/ the children OF the slanderer, and the orphan
| children Of some of his old soldiers. Alihu
H he was hospitabIe beyond the usual hospitaII-
H ty of the west, II was always the remnant "'
Il The armies Of IIarmar and st. Clair that found
II the warmcst welcome at his ever ready board
n When the ear heard him, 1t blessed hun
II when the eve saw him, 1t gave witness Ia
1 him; because he delivered the poor that cried
| and the fa,herless and him that hod none to
help him. Consider then, that combined be,
| neynlence and integrity, worthy The accounts
Il Of Grccian and Romnn fame, to which he
| was not ashamed sometimes To turn his at
/ tcniion backwards; behold hun tired py The
Il temptation of an Office, from which he might
Il have amassed prncely fortune, and with
/ The conscientious honor Of Washington re
| firing from it poor, and you will feel and see
|, in n moment what ii was that impclled 10
wards him the love OF people. The conn
| try had been long unprospcrons. from causes
into which we need not inquire. we were
sboring the live.long day, aud feeling rs We
/ lay down at night, that we were growing
! poorer and poorer. The people were puzzled
4 with yorous theories and arguments. They
/ were growing more and more disrnstiu
/ with all mere great ialeni--Thcrc grew ~
II n wide and lrreprcssibc craving in the pub
Il lc honn, for an honest man from among
! themselves. To preside over their affairs. ont
II help them backward to The glorcs oi then
II fathers days. Then IT was that they 'urnc'
II 10 him. BE- this the lesson Of his LIE. B'
this his eulogy. Thot'not for descent iron
n nm exalted line; not for his mili'nry victories
mol for his drxteriiy in the pariizansh'p o
II professional politics, was he chosen '" PIev'
II ard reform the land but because he was .
good and jus, mar, fearing God and loving
his country.
\ And nov that he has been called to e
II hence. md leave the high trust which ha'
/ been commilied 10 biIn, how impressive y
that sublime and sbnjowy oricninlIsm "hIcf
he is said to have repeated few days b'iois
v hi, death. which seemed TO predict The awin
lesson, whicA has now been given. from ihf
month which has passed TO the months whicl
are 10 come
"watohrnan, what of,he niehp wsichmsn
II wba, Of The nigh9'
"Ths watebnisn said, the morning eomeil