Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-02
.lnonENr EXTRAcT

~ copy Of the Funeral Address deliver
nOn ,So citizens Of Burlington, IN. J.O at |
lwbfe W If the Common Council, on the |
N rquess nv the right Rev. George w. |
eb uu" ,,ccasion Of the death ofthe late Pre- |
ssrs, S..o n. States, we make the following
.pd o. ns,;tuting the opening ofthe Address
1pciCg GO feel sure that our readers will
BnS " ,rk December day. a deep snow
IL ? =, u'r ground. A sharp and cutting sleet
Nhes w,yb tho wind. Against he binding
lrc' W. ~ through the deepening drifts a
90. a1u'oldier, with his knapsack on his back.
cShIu' NJ steadiast way. A STRIPPING ofnne'
sues Lender frame and feeble health, he IL
eD n the army of America,w with Wash |
aehsig .ommission, and he marches, with his
400 ,s.,..cbment, on his first service. 1t was |
G' a a.. and Christian duty. There are |
PU nocore me who remember we'll what, in |
b''e US .nr DAYS, was yet nursery-word, at |
Of yoI Lo mother pressed her infant closer to |
rbtn Wv and children gathered closer to the |
ia 00s s. Glars defeat, II was to the battle
ife--os the bones ofsix hundred slain.that
ieId' 70 nv ensign fastened with his troop.-
our y9uns h was patriot and Christian du-
Md 'ho'S ,,uch more sternly than the fercest
" nov oC,be heady fight must that still forest
rsee', S " lowering sky, the bowling wind, those
iea' .nT ,,en butchered by savage hands. and
plan 10" rocolIections and forebodings of that
d w Gs,strous day, have tried the spirit of a
ro ,s,bSl soldier on his first campaignl
p ls n,,s chill November night,when small
Americans encamped themselves upon
rnl ofland between the Wabash and a tri-
stream. They were the gentlemen and
@a! the country, who had enrolled them
egn' under the territorial Governor to defend
~ nv homes against the inroads Of the hostile
ugn tribes, and to chastise their insolence.
Ilu i,nr and tedious march, through a most
q 10 riderness, brings them at last to where
w.; yily foes await them and on their prop
us ..,n f5r conference and treaty, hostilities
cl':oo,srmitted tor day. Slowly and cheer
w. ibe night wears off, within that guarded
s,s9 with clouds and rain. But weary men
. IN sleep, whatever may betide them; for
s a~ no sound has stirred the stiffness of the
n ..ns save the lone sentry's guarded STEP
&C. ~, what is that which, through qhe misty
Do. ~, struggling light, is seen,not heard
NV sTdes through the prairie grass p? Is it a
...ss that winds his stealthy wayl No; but
snDnk,ler Indian; and in one instant he lie dead!
,ao,ber. and the savage yell starts every see.
o. l.yi rom his cold damp couch,and death begins
(. work. And was this sleeping camp de-
W. D.;,,J surprised betrayed! Was their Com.
. -.,Dder aithess to his trust? No; every man
I'J sIsnt where he must fight, his clothes on,
.oJ bis Gun loaded. And he, while vet the
T;gbt was young, sat by his tent-fre, till the
bogr should come to rouse his weary comrades.
\, moment he was mounted. Where the
s,S, was hottest there was he. A ball, with
n6 commission for his life,Ai through his hair.
IN vain his officers demonstrate with him for
Ms fearless hazard OF himself He thinks OF
brave 81, Clair and of the gallant victims OF
Ma, fatal field. He thinks Of wasted towns and
banng homes, and mothers slaughtered with
heir iuiants. And the morning dawns not till
me- victory is won
Along the banks Of the Ohio Spreads a
,ning farm. A plain and modest mansion
rises from a sloping lawn. IT'S owner, having
sfed. with credit to himself and credit TO his
country, almost every station but the first
burhtits battles, governed lis Territories, ser.
sdlt in both Houses Of Congress, and repre-.
,mted il abroad--wears out in frugal industry
M green old age plain Ohio farmer hi.
bo1se the very home of hospitality his name
NJ refuge and the solace Of the poor,the stran.
~t and the orphan his style the noblest tina
i,nown to natures heraldry, patriot, and {
ntrarch!
at is a gusty day in March. Before thu
ngrnng dawns, the Federal city is alive will
mon. Il now seems full to overlooking ant
,et every hour brings hundreds, thousand,
more. A cayalcade is formed. Bells ring an
,auoons roar. Fair women and brave mel
toroor every window of that noble Avenue
NJtS State of the whole twenty six Is notrep
resented in that long drawn line. It is the ma
hons jubilee, All classes, all conditions, bot
sexes, every age, partake Of the general JOY
Agrave, plain man, arrayed in modest blacl
thai rides uncovered, on the steed more cor
,cious than himself of the occasion, is tn
magnet that attracts all eyes, and touches eve
" heart. He reaches the Capitol. He a:
cends the steps. He stands, majestic in hi
meeknes5 and simplicity, before the immeasl
rabe multitude who have brought up wit
them the homage Of the natio1. The hlg
est officer ofjustice administers 20 HIM II
most UldIUlCellS Odlll llAdb CfNA AiS~9 "
Heaven. And the youthful ensign, the galla
general, the laborious farmer; is President
The U. States. -.
"One little month has passed. 1t IS MT
April day. Again the Federal city IS astlr.-
Cannons are heard-but these are the mlnu
guns. The bells peal out-but tits the fun
nIknell. The streets are throughout e
eryhce is sad, and every voice is still. On
more a long procession passed down the mob
Ayenue-but yew and cypress take the pla
ofnodding plumes,and muffled drums beat tn
10 aching heart. Again that grave, PLAIN M
is there, no more erect and tall, the pillar
the State, but in his grave clothes, stretch
upon the funeral car. He enters not the ga
as when we last beheld him, to that gorlo
Capitol, but turns aside to the stillsPot whe
sleeps the hoaored dead, and earth TO ear
ashes to ashes, dust to dust concludes the s
~ and the scene. Never bad man tune
SO sublime. Never for chieftain fallen did
whole nation so pour out its heart. was
not beautiful-and Just as it was beautiful
hath who on that sleety day began his p'
lie life with pious rites for st. Glars butcher