Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-04-21
TIE PRESIDENTS DEATH.

THE PRESIDENTS DEATH.
George Washington died in bis glory. ByI
shis sword he had saved his country, and havingl
srebuked withvirtuous and patriotic Indignation!
: the suggestion whispered into his ear by a!
letter from some of the officers of his army,I
<that Crown was within his reach, he accepted
sirom grateful and conidng people the tender
soi Republican Presidency, and adorned andI
sdignIfied the station for two successive terms
sprescribed by the Constitution with "a mildness,
Swisdom, and energy, which gaze him a renownl
Jas a slateman, not inferior to that which heI
I had acquired as the Deliverer Of his country
in the field Having finished hls work, he G ]
stired 20 Mount Vernon, and was buried there.
IS nation wept oser his grave, ard awarded 10
shm the rile, VUrtton upon ihoir hearts, OF the
Z FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
Since the DAYS Of ~ ashngton, no man has
attained so deep and large place in the affisc-
! lions Of the American people as WILLIAM
zHENRY HARRISON. The cause is similar-is
indeed the same: Both came to the nations
faid in time Of need; both have occupied the
Theatre of a great exigency, and under the
sbanner OF each the nation achieved a great and
signal triumph, oneht the cost OF blood, the
No man can attain the enviabie distinction
ol being loved by nation, who has not stood
Coy them, and been benefactor, directly or IN
Sdretly, III some great crisis. II Is the anxieties
sof a people in a time of trial, allied TO his
name as a Leader ard and Deliverer, that
@consecrate his memory, and bind him forever
TO their hearts. 1t is not so-much what Gen
4eral Harrison was in his earlier and long pro-
Stracted Offices, as a soldier and a statesman,
THAT has endeared his name to the American
speople, and which will forever embalm It in
Ether best affections,-although in all these he
sshad proved himself pure and great man-but
Ell is the battle for the restoration CT our rights
sgand the preservation OF our liberties, that has
sbeen fought and won, under his name. 1t was
"a great strife for freedom, when the nations
Scyes were oTel TO our danger, having suffered
for many years not less alarming usurpated or
s less aggravated expressions, than those which
Fled to the Declaration of American Indepen-
2dence. But the patton rose IN It's might, re-
ssolved once more TO be free, triumphed glori-
.ouslv, and history Will record the victory as
Eachieved under the name of HARRIsoN.-His
Ename, having become endeared to us in our
&troukles, consecrated in our Affections, will
kforever he hallowed in our recolections, and
Awill be lisped by the infant tongues, and sung
Nbyithe manlyiyoce ofour,prosterity. The name
Eoi WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON viii, to the re-
motest ages, stand second only to that Of
EtWashington, as to the history of the past, IL
Ethe annals of our Republic.
e But WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, to whom
1--WE have looked, whom we have loved, anC
Eswhom we have crowned with the highest hon.
ors in the gift Of the nation, is no more
Zone short month precisely. and no more, ha:
ahe borne his honors meekly, and laid them aside
& at the bidding of the God ofnatians, to wear Z
&crown as we trust, in higher sphere! WILL.
LAM HENRY HARRISON W as not only patriot
devoted to his country, but Christian, devoted
ITO his God.
81 Had voice from Heaven asked US a montf
fago, If we could part with this man so soon
1.-THE nation would have answered, NAY! Nav
EGod Forbid!-Yet God, in the mightiness O
hls power, IN his high and inscrutable provi
dence, and in his own sovereign right, has cut
Eiim down. The nation bows and weeps. NJ
Zone could have foreseen how il could be fol
1.-THE best, and yet It may be so-There is I
voice coming out from heaven, to hush oul
lcomplaints. to relieve our doubts. and say to u:
all: "My thoughts are not as your thoughts
Snor my ways as yonr ways"
1t may be Just enough that the life of TIN
man has been loaned to the nation, Just so Ions
and no longer. TWAS enough for our rescue
and for this weshall never forget to be thank
full The nation is saved. and the name B,
(which we were saved, is henceforth writer
lon the tomb. Hehas done his work, and IS \,
more.
d Seven months ago. the death Of this ma,
would have spread CONSERVATION through ths
land.-Now, deep and agonizing as are our re
j grets, and though floods oftears viii be pour
u Jed upon his grave the prevailing sentiment
awakened at the stroke, win be-God wiled
i, and We bow. twill be the calmness oftht
resignation, apart from the agony Of concern
for the consequences. Af'cra greatand peril
sous struggle. a government in which Tie ma
Ition NAV safely caafide. is established. The
great prncT RY which our late political rev.
Solution las Teen aisaned VIII now be con.
ssecrated IN ieus over The grave CT the Man
Eaander whose naIne the victory has beer
lieved