The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-04-10


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.he nation tsheved great and signal triun,. es
one a. the cost Of blood, heother BY the energy;
II principle alone.
Norman can attain the enviable distinction Of;
being loved BY nation, who has not stood BY.
them, and been benefactor, directly or indi'
'rectly, in some great crisis 1t is the anxieties
Of people il a timeof trial, allied to his name
as Leader and Deliverer, that consecrate his
memory, and bind him forever to their hearts
1t is not SO much what General HARRISON was in
his earlier and long protracted Offices, as a sol
der and a statesman, that has endeared his name
to the American people, and which will forever
embalm it in their best affections, although in
all these he had proved himselfa pure and great
man-but it is the battle for the restoration Of
our rights and the preservation Of our liberties,
that has been fought and won, under his name
1t was great strife for freedom, when the ma
toms eyes were open to our danger, having suf-
fered for many years not less alarming usurpa-
tons or less aggravated expressions, than those
which led to the Declaration Of American indie
pendence But the nation rose in its might, e.
solved once more to be free, triumphed glorious
w, and history will record the victory as achiev
ed under the name of Hanson. His name
having become endeared to us in our troubles
consecrated in our Affections, will forever bt
haIowed in our recolectons, and will be hspeC
by the infant tongues, and sung by the manly
voices of our posterity. The name Of WILLIAM
HENRY HARmsoN will, to the remotest ages
stand second only to that of Washington, as tc
the history of the past, in the annals of our Re
public
But WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, to whom W,
have looked, whom we have loved and whom
we have crowned with the highest honors In tn,
gift Of the nation, is no morel One short montl
---.-asaLs .l.s lslsEas his hatlor
meekly, and laid them aside at the bidding Q
the God ofnations, to wear crown, as we trust
+ in higher sphere! WILLIAM HENRY HARRIsop
was not only patriot, devoted to his countrT
but CHRISTIAN, devoted to his God.
Had voice from heaven asked US a month
: ago if we could part with this man so soon, the
nation would have answered, Nay Nay Cpd
forbid Yet God, in the mightiuess of his pow
er, in his high and inscrutable providence, and in
his own sovereign right, has cut him down The
nation bows and weeps. None could have fofe.
seen how it could be for the best, and yet it my
be so. There is voice coming out from On
fliquity, and down from heaven, to hush our Gem
plants, to relieve our doubts, and saying to US
( all: "My thoughts are not as your thoughts nor
my ways as your ways"
1t may be just enough that the life of this man
has been loaned to the nation, just so long! and
no longer. 1t was enough for our rescue and
for this we shall never forget to be thankful.
The nation is saved, and the name by which we
were saved, is henceforth written on the tomb
He has done his work. and is no more.
Seven months ago, the death Of this man
would have spread CONSERVATION through the
land. Now, deep and agonizing as are ollr re-
grets, and though floods Of tears will be Tpured
upon his grave, the prevailing sentiment ava
kened at the stroke, will bs-God wilIed i and
) we bow. 1t will be the calmness of resignation,
apart from the agony of concern for theIcOnse-
quences. After great and perilous struggle, a
government in which the nation may safely con
: fde, is established. The great PRINCIPLES by
which our late political revolution has been at
tained, will now be consecrated in tears over the
grave of the MAN under whose name the victo-
~ has heen achieved.