Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-08

less detention except indeed deveope the progress and the
ultimate triumph Of ungdod VIRTUE, over the wies, and
the ends of jealousy revenge and disappointment After all
these had spent their force in simply embarrassing the
lSlS Representatives Of the States and the Peopeani
mousy in the Senate and with but dissenting voice in the
House of Representatives. deceed to his and his services
solemn THANKS OF THE COUNTRY.
The peculiar characteristic in his education (nd regret
that the tendency Of modern crudon but too well ustie us in
chasing it apecuari) his early and continued devo
ton to History Without disregardng the specific informa
ton which necessary qualify him for the various employ
which he successfully introduced he to have
acquired passion possess himself of the conduct and its
of the men and the nations who had risen and Hour
shed and fell before him. and consequent of Judging
of the future by comparing the present with the past 10 this
perhaps be acrib5d the concession which were Otherwise
nexpcabe that in life long and cvenn and passed under
circumstances requiring often the utmost possible promPness of
decision his unmarked by even single bunder of
consequence sufficient to constitute passing exception to
the wisdom of his plans the prudence Of his operations I'm
like the men of merely natural and SHINING qualities ne was ena
bed TO draw upon which fail him. ey
cept anomaly which should fasy the axiom that ke
causes produce like effects Like unto Burke-tc master alike
Of genius and Rcqustions knowledge of history amounted
to power Of oreng and it hence to be wondered
regardless of its Nominations found themselves
tonhcd by the apparent mpacticabenoss of his plans and
COMPOUNDED in the veicaon Of his predictions and the
of his combinations.
Even down the old age" he only treasured and lux
urated in the rich house Of his well filled memory
but ncucood the early and continual study Of History the
persuasive auxiliary that species OF patriotism of which
it not vain to have f! himself exampar he would
have an been teacher In discourse before u.s., and
which has passed with than ordinary commentator
through the ordeal Of the Reviews and other Literary Maya
sines he eoqueny ncucates the Importance Of widely dis
sennaed taste for historical knowledge and associates its dis
rcpue whthe melancholy pemonuon of the docadence of
therefore, may have been the extent Of his early scholastic
aanmcnts readily concur with the Reviewer before us
that that period the 0ndness for classical and
whorewth he points out upon the rich lessons
of ancient history belong only to the educated gentleman
From the Senate of the United States General Harrison
the Minister Of his Government 10 that Of Columbia and
presented his credentials at Bogoa the 27h day Of Fchu
airy, 1920 lie found the country embroed in provincial euds
and intestine connections but himself received and enter
tanned with tho greatest personal respect and official consde
ton. But for his abrupt recall hy the succeeding admnra
ton the l2h day Of March 1920 before could even have
been known Washington that he had reached his dena-
ton the feelings which dictated his eloquent and elaborate APP
peal the "Liberator of The South nat to become its "Dcta-
tor might have caused to have been followed uphy connu
and ultimately eiccual excrons in favor of the great
cause of rational liberty in the Southern sphere As
and is that letter TO Bolivar will continue to be read in
schools and referred to by our statesmen not only for the
there is breathed throu its pages G0tcdeSS
the Of humanity and ocdom which has rendered the
Of its author almost as immortal and deeply cherished
amongst the struggling millions of that oppressed and bengtod
portion of our continent, as it IS at home
The interval between the period of his recall from the
vice of his country abroad and his ultimate elevation
osome delights Of North Bend ,Fhe duties Of the office con-
erIcd upon him by the Cincinnati performed
mainly by SUPERINTENDENT if be objected that the
station was many Considerable sense "a snecure il NAV be
with equal truth no citizen ever better deserved
such recognition from country in whose service he had
spent and oregonc the prime of his fortune as wco his le
out OF his peculiar relation to the country the hosiabe
header Of the North Western Army, involved him far beyond
his pay and emoumcnts to obge him dispose of voIuG
bic land after the close of the order enable
him to meet and adjust the difference In addition to this it
might perhaps have been argued in exclamation Of the latitude
allowed him. in the station alluded that old and eminent
soldier who had oegone the apast personal Independence
obeisanco absorbing and controlling love OF country and
who from time time had upon him the families of three
deceased sons, including the grand children of the immortal
Ptkehat such soldier, with such offspring under the
genius of any other government than would have
been provided for directly by the Nation instead Of the man
imputed and complained Of by politicians.
We pass world of and Of reflection, occurring
during the periods of that unparalleled excitement which pre-
coded his ultimate aud triumphant elevation the Presidency
but unsued the soemntes and duties of day like this Let
it suffice them that the contest Of lSt0 is The returns
of the West already canvasod and they daily arriving
from the Ncrhand the East and from the sunny and cyaou
South State after State has enrolled itself under his banner
and truly has been verified written, that "thc
aure which calunny could wither neglect obscure
have been wacred arcs from the fountains Of sorrowng
justice, and destined to bloom anew. majority of
hundred and foryyo thousand eemen their confidence
and devotion, in procamng him, again, "Mc Nan for The
crisis"
And now my countrymen when dcpuaons delegations
from every Safe in the Union have him invested
with the robes and the patronage Of the lofty and power
f station filled by man in republic if lie shall bear him
self Alright amid the Pomp and Pageanry dccreod for him. o