Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-01

Fattained SO deep and large place in the effec.
/ tions Of the American people as WILLIAM III
i HARRISON. The cause is sinlilar-is indeed
Ithe same: Both came to the nations aid in a
time of need; both have occupied the theatre
4 ofa great exigeney, and under the banner OF
each the nation achieved a great and. signal
triumph, one at the cost of blood, the other by
the energy ofprincpIe alone.
No man can attain the enviable distinction
OF being loved by nation, who has not stood
by them, and been benefactor, directly or in
idirectly lin some great crisis. 1t is the ankle
ties OF a people in a time of trial. allied to his
name as Leader and Deliverer that conse-
crate his memory, and bind him forever to
their hearts. 1t is not so much what General
Harrison was in his earlier and long protract-
ed offices, as soldier and statesman, that
has endeared his name to the American peo-
| pie, and which will forever embalm it in their
best afiections,--although in all these he had
proved himselfa pure and great man--but 1t 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 a
great strife for freedom when the nations
eyes were open TO our danger, having suffer
for many years not less alarming usurpated or
led to the Declaration of American lndepen-
dence But the nation rose in its might, re-
solved once more to be free, triumphed glori-
ousiy, and history will record the victory as
achieved under the name of HARRIsoN His
name, having become endeared to us in our
troubles, consecTated in our Affections, will
forever be hallowed in our recoections, and
will be lisped by the infant tongues, and sung
by the manly voice of our PROSPERITY. The
name OF WILLIAM Henry HARRISON will, to
the remotest ages, stand second only to that of
Washington, as to the history of the past, in
the annals of our Republic.
But WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, to whom
we have looked, whom we have loved, and
whom we have crowned with the highest hon
ors in the gift of the nation, is no more One
short month precisely, and no more, has he
borne his honors meekly and laid them aside
at the bidding of the God of nations, to wear a
crown as we trust, in higher sphere! WILL
LAM HENRY HARRISON was not only patriot,
devoted to his country, but a 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!I
sod Forbld!-4et God, in the mightiness ofl
his power, IN his high and nscrutabe provi- |
ience, and IN his own sovereign right, has cut
him down! The nation bows and weeps. No
one could have toreseen how it could be for
the best, and yet it may be so. There is
voice coming out from heaven, to hush our
10 relieve our doubts, and say to us
all: "My thoughts are not as your thoughts,
nor my ways as your ways" .. -E
1t may be just enough that the life of this |
nan has been loaned to the nation, Just so long |
md no longer. 1t was enough for our rescue
md for this we shall never forget to be thank
ul. 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. ".e..
Seven months ago, the death of this man
would have spread CONSERVATION through the
land.-Now, deep and agonizing as are our re-
grets, and though floods of tears will be pour
ed upon his grave, the prevailing sentiment
awakened at the stroke, will be-God wiled
it, and we bow. 1t will be the calmness of the
resignation, apart from the agony of concern
for the consequences. After great and peril
Gus struggle, government in which the ma
ton may safely confde, is established. The
great principles by which our late political rev.
olutlon has been attained will now be conse-
Grated in tears over the grave of the MAN I'M
der whose name the victory has been achiev-
ed