The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-07

Its weary frame within its sarfed wallSso
where no earthly jars can disturb iis sluma
hers. Yea, my friends, old Time, IN hismoWsl
ling, takes sweep from one side ofcreailOhs
TO the other, and all that comes within ihoA
reach Of his scythe must fall 10 fade and
wither. Before il, life's fragrant posies yield
Eup their sweetness like new mOWn clover
land the incense is borne 10 the realms of
that Almighty Power which gave t. How
Eunwelcome the thought that life, 50 full 81
the highly concentrated compound extEactOfI
sweetness, should be so bret !--tbat thacap-
die of existence should so frequently cease
to burn before the tip end Of The tallOW jsI
fairly consumed l--that il should 50 sOQnfati
best, flicker in its socket, and the melted
grease of mortality run down upon the cold
clay of the grave! .o;e s 8.isW
Ny dear friends! on this occasion, all the
lighter feelings that pertain to human nature
have deserted the domain Of my heart, and
have left nothing instead but vacuum Of
solemnity. "A man is dead! he was nothing
more than man-but it is something % be
a man in these degenerate days Of hypocri-
sy, conceit and sel6shness. Yes, the man
whom we had but lately chosen from body
of fifteen millions to preside over, govern
and direct the political affairs Of this free and
independent nation, is now no more! His
immortal spirit has flown to join companions
ship with those of his FIVE ilIustriOUs preGe.
cessors, whose souls, have reason TO be-
lieVe, are in heaVen-whOse bodies have re-
turned to dust-whose noble virtues are
embalmed with the incense ofmemOFy-a
whose names are written high upon the OBJ
elisk Of fame, to be read and rememeFed BY
the children of posterity. Yes, my friends,
he who but yesterday, as II we're, was crown.
ed with the costliest coronet Of honor, has
now gone to furnish no better food for the
worm of the valley than the beggar who dies
for the want ofa crust. Those eyes that So
lately surveyed the thrOnging multitude, and
Witnessed the sincere manifestations Of Z
nations respect, are now fastened together
with the adhesive glue o. death, to gaze no
more upon the worlds busy scene. Those
hands, which formerly received the cOlGTat.
ulations OF thousands, are cTumbling to ash
es in the Wondering sepulchTe; and that
generous bosom, once warmed with the ffes
of patriotism that blazed upon che hearts
living altar, is now as cold and inaninnate 90
the marble that covers It. IheaF funeral
dirge in every breeze: the sun, to me ID
clothed in sacloth; the eagle peFches upon
the cypress, and droops its wings il sorrow:
the stars that spangied upon liberty bannsE
are darkened with the emblems Of grief:
mOurners I'll the streets; and wallis heard
throughout the land for the loss Of one, who,
through the all wise dispensations Of PrOvi-
dence, yielded up the trust con6ded to him
by his fellow countrymen while the blossoms
of hope were in their fullest bloom.
| Such, my friends, is the frailty OF life
such the insignifcance of human greatness
land such the vanity Of all earthlyexpecta.
tons. Death shows no preference for the
humble tiller Of the soil over the king on bis
throne. The high, the low, the rich, the
poor, the beautiful, the ugly, the fat and the
lean, are all slaughtered Unfortunately
and packed away ia that turf-coveTed house
appointed for all living. Man, surely IS but
shadow and life dream! asoo
Reflect, my friends upon what feeble, dy.
| ing insects you are, that crawl for day a.
long the sunny path Of existence and then
are crushed into the. dust to inhabit the
earth no more. Oh, think Of this, and live
while you live, in the daily expectation Of
dying, SO that when you die, you may die in
the expectation Of living. So mote it be!
3 Dow, JR.