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

of thereby rendering and his enduring
In his inaugural Address, and in the subsequent of his
Administration aas that should have been brief
goriouD it will be sufficient retcate that amply realized
the ardent DESIRES well the expansive expecta
TONS of his counymen in having laid and broadly the
foundations upon which the good and patriotic may all unite
without either sacrificing in favor of good government
than daily demanded by the of civilized society
That this last great State Paper like all others which BORE in
their day. the impress OF his authority the result of
his stad Judgment and the work of his right hand
because and do with the less ddence
reluctance when no longer affect the senbes OF
the usirious dead that friend should esteem such testimony
in the slightest degree necessary reute the mpuaton of
ca unfairness and parzan maevoence The original draft
concluded with the planhropc purposes expressed by the au
thor in reference the aboriginal population whom crcumstan
had placed under the control of the Naonthe remaining
P vrsn being most probably added during his ''0"'" "
Nethnk see him there as amid the graves of his kindred
perhaps by the tomb of his honored as the Sun Of Heaven
sinking behind his old parmona trees and the God
who the author of all around inspired him with meda
tons BETTING the ransory nature of all things MORTAL soon
ceve The occasion which to render him the
of assembled thousands and give to the declarations of his
heart force, and authority and influence co-extenye with
the prevalence of letters throughout the EARTH Sufficiently i'm
portan and solemn, justify him in expressing to his fellow
citizens PROFOUND REVERENCE FOR THE CuRsrAN RELIGION,
and thorough conviction that morals, religious liberty,
and of religious responsibility, essentially
noctod with all true and lasting happiness How devouty he
uttered this deep conviction of his enlightened reasonow
dopcndeny the which had banced in bat
lowered and relaxed in humility his Maker and God
Of all his countymen and of the starred and gtteng
sonves of ear most powerful poentaos who were there
witness sublime spectacle may not be deemed super
uous add that his Bonded form and contre spirit the affairs
of the chuchs holy keeping of the Christian Sabbaththe
of his temper and the geneness of his bearing amid
the arrng perexes and embarassments nseperabe from
the proper Reorganization of machinery Govern
mont at Washngon-aesed that he "ved, and moved and
had his being in the sight of Heaven and with continued re-
ference to the inunctons Of its Ruler.
1t dis at last which gave beauty and symmetry to char
fauless mans be- CAS- in ascending the lofty
peaks of the Andes at length arrive line where
ton and the principle Of life exnct in the
daons of human character there is elevation which never
attained by mortal man. As few have approached it
than Washington and Washington than
Hon there need be less difference in the concessions that in
order render and acceptable practicable the
pied to tocgo the vanity Of inferior originality by placing be-
fore the best combined and the most eloquent reflections
the character Of the e1snS SO justly accredited as aPPose
having been "unque ubmed IN himself the true magnicence
of man."
Like Washington them we seen that he gigantic,
but the time, that he properly proporioned and
beautiful As in the finer specimens of Grecian architecture
where OF the temple lessened by its perfection,
so the symmetry of his parts that diminished the apparent
magnitude Of the whole. While the bright predominance of
single faculty or the osentaous exercise o. single virtue,
has given others a dazzling it deserved TO be
transtory have had presented to contemplation CON-
Jaato Of virtues unaoyod by vcea succession
Of noble actions both public and private, which mark the
perfect can be- While the natural ardour Of
his disposition steadily restrained by power Of secom
mand which dared dsobey, his caution degenera
ted into mdty his courage into mprudence temery
Indeed, may be said that all his different qualities
nicely balanced rarely associated and of such harmonious
anties, that seemed to interfere with another
dominate over the whole
unbendng integrity, rewarded by the respect and conf
dcnce Of all who ever knew him heard of him Alright. In
addition this his manly steadness of character his attention
study, eady alluded toy his provcba industry his item
peIancc under the dominion Of empcranceon these quail
tics connected with and sustained by the basis o great and
wo-consiuted intellect was erected the odfce of his fame
On these arose. these it reposed and will repose through
all succeeding time
His authority, consequently whether in the field the Sen
ateLousein council in his camp in council in his cabinet
personal less than delegated Originating not in
the bazony of his armora bearings but in the nobest Of
all sources-superor virtue and superior ntelgenceit
this double nvesure which, especially, enabled him keep
together, during period which have alluded, army
Of ardent and disseminated reemen detained periods
under circumstances they could appreciate for and
purposes which the Of the permitted them
to be informed of and exposed meanwhile, all the temp
aons Of ideness and dependency Governing thus equally
by his eoquence and his sword the personal authority
which have alludadfounded in his power but lis
ruation-consued him every where the inspiring
the army we'll as its constituted leadey.
His courage was both morally and physically perect-for
it that of Seatjncnnot merely the absence of all fear
but the impulse of strong interchangeable and vigorous feeling
prompting him steadily and truly TO his noble purposes 1t
hence consisted in occasional outbreakngs in the
Of keen excitement but of infinite and series
wrestling with dangers and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with but
ray of hope to sustain their endurance
Concurrng, then, that it without ample that
the suages Of mankind have combined place Washington