Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-05-29
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AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT,

AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT,
From a copy of the Funeral Address delivered
before the citizens Of Burlington, (N. J.) at the
request Of The Common Council, on the 18Th ul-
,imo by the Right Rev. George w. Doane, on
occasion of the death Of tho late President Of the
United States, make the following extract,
c,ustitutng the opening of the Address, tor which
we feel sure thlt readers will thank
at Is a dark December day. a deep snow
clothes tho ground. "A sharp and cutting sleet
drives with the wind. Against the binding storm
and through The deepening DRIFTS a youth!ut sol
der, with his knapsack his back, pursnes his
steadfust way. stripping of nineteen of slender
frame and feeble health, he ensign in the
army of America, with WAsuINGroN's commission
and he marches, with his small detachment, on
his first service. 1t was patriot aud Christian
duty. There are those before nc who remember
well what, IN my young days, was yet nursery
word, At which the mother pressed her infant to
her bosom, and children gathered closer To the
fire-St. Glars Defeat. IL to that battle
field TO inter The bones of its SIX hundred slain.
shat young ensign FASTENED with his troop
Aud though 1T was patriot and Christian duty,
how much more sterniy than the tiercest onset of
tho heavy fight must that still forest field, the
lowering sky tho bowling wind, those gallant men
butchered by savage hands; and oil the recollec-
tons and torebodpgs of that most disastrous day
have tried me spirit of youthful soldier his
first campaign!
at was chill November night, when a small
army of Americans encamped themselves upon
q point of land between the Wabash and a tribu-
iary stream. They were tho gentlemen and voc
men of the country who had enrolled themselves
under the territorial Governor TO defend their
homes arain-. The inrods of the hostile Indian
tribes and 10 chastise their insolence long
and tedious march, through most dreary wilder
ness, brings them at las, to where their WHY foes
await them; and their proposition for n confer
and treaty, hostIIitIes are intermltted Tor
day Slowly aud cheerlessly the night wears off,
within that guarded camp, with clouds ana rain
Bat weary men irW sleep, whatever ,nay hetide
them; and now. fo- hours, no sonnd has stirred the
stiffness of the scene save the lone sontrys guar
tled step But what is that which through sthe
misty moonheams, struggling light is seen. not
heard, as it gdes through the prairie grass! Is
II snake that winds his stealhy way2 No; i,ut
"a subtler Indian; and in one instant he is dead !!
Another, and the savage yell starts every sleep
from his cold, damp couch, and death begins
his work. And was this sleeping camp deceived
surprised. betrayed? Was their Commander
faithiess to his trust? No; every man had slept
where he must fight. his clothes on, and his gun
loldsd. And he, while Yet the night was young
sat by his tent.fire. till the hour should come TO
rouso bis weary comrades. In moment he was
mounted. Where the fight was hottest, there was
he. bail, with no commission for his life, flies
through his hair. In vain his officers remonstra-
ted with him for his fearless hazard of himself.
He thinks of brave ST. Clair and of the gallant
victims Of that fatal field. He thinks of wasted
towns and blazing homes, and mothers slaughter
ed with their infants. And the morning dawDs
not till The victory Is won!
''Along the banks of the Ohio spreads smiling
farm. A plain and modest mansion rises from a
soping lawn. Its owner, having filed with cred
ii to himself, and honor to his country, almost ev-
cry station 10 the frst-fought its battles COVE RI
ed its Territories, served il in both Houses oil
Congress, and represented II abroad--wears on,
IN frugal industry his green old age. q plain Ohio
farmer: his house the very home of hospitality
his name the refuge and solace of the poor, the
stranger, aud the orphan; his STYLE the mobiles,
that is known TO natures heradry, patriot, and
patriarch
81, is gusty day in March Before the NOR
ming dawns, the Federal city is alive with men.
II seems now full to Overlooking; and vet every
hour brings hundreds, thousands more A caval-
cade is formed. Bells ring aud cannons roar
Fair women and brave men throng every win
dow OF that noble Avenue. Not a State oc tho
whole twentv-six that Is not represented in that
long drawn line. Ii is the nations Jubilee All
classes. all conditions. both sexes, overv age mar
take the general joy. grave. plain man. ar
rsyed IN modest black, that rides uncovered, on
the sssed more conscious than himself of the oc-
casion. is the imagine, that attracts all ewes. and
touches every heart He reaches the Capitol
He ascends the steps. He stands, majestic in his
meekness and simplicity, before The immeasura-
ole multitude who have brought up with them the
homage OF the nation. The highest officer of
'us,ice administers TO him the most magnificent
'a'n that ever rises up 10 Heaven. And the
youthtui ensign, the gallant general. the labori-
GUS farmer Is President OF THE UNITED STATES