The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-12
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eminene the edible, tine pefusal 0l
which s .,.,s much Reelected which tells
thai man IS S creatpfe inc, aud that his
existence here is I'M Not only aresAxe
taught lllI 1npleasan1 nth By this book,
b4f thf ~ IS confrm 5y our own expe.
Renee and observation they nnitedly
proclaim torus is indiv lals, that man IS
ffail and Faoffal, and lha he IS entirely de-
pendentton pperior Be for life and be-
inc: vel iwi1hslan this Is irue of
every desc nt OF d nogwilhstand-
ing man l. 81 ncy 8 60 ually TO dissolu-
ton, we are forbid d dum forour de-
ceased friend II isi rilege Of any,
and Of every Individual prov, not only
on account Of tee death oWnFelasions,
but also 10 sympa hize wit hers who ure
similarly bereav9a Not or Individuals
thus privileged, but even on them
selves lan1nt the death 81 q FOL aud
honorable citizens This we s. acticed
not only il Pagan, but also in Chrs Gov
ernments. And we'll may they do lis, for
these citizens arc the bone and sineW Of the
land. If then, this is the practice OF indivI-
duals and Of nations, we may not be blame
able in the estimation of our fellow itizens,
to express our sorrow for the untfnely death
of one with whom we held friendly con-
verse. in days that are past and gone. We
allude to ID i. Markham Esq, an individual
with whom we were all more or less &C.
quainted. We considered him as friend
and even more than friend. We were
pleased with him in the discharge of the du-
ties Of the different avocations of life, puF-
sued by him while among rs. He had but
Just been admitted 70 practice law, and had
selected Benton as location: and, IN our
opinion, we hazard but little in saying that,
had his life been spared, his success would
have shown the superior strength OF hisin-
tellect. We do not wish to be considered
as flatteTing his surviving relations, when we
thus speak; for we believe, that we are not.
by any means singular in thus estimating
his mental powers. His natural aud &C
quired abilities were good, and as he was
fond Of books, be sstainly would have still
continued 10. Improve his mind for. in let
tiers, as well as in other things, : tsontana
fsaget foFtibus,n fortune favors the brave.l
If by the dint of perseverance, inferior minds
have been enabled TO accomplish much,
with how much more certainty could Vig
orous intellect stem the difficulties OF legal
lore, and rise superionr TO surrounding OBJ
stacles. His legal associates considered
him an honorable competition. They were
proud TO acknowledge him as one of Their
fraternity, and cheerfully extended to him
the warm hand Of friendship. But, At time
unlocked for, this friendship was sundefed--
his hopes and prospects were at an end
and ali the pleasing anticipations OF his Fela,
lives and friends were forever blasted!
Death! relentless Death! could not stay his
all powerful arm, the grave, unsatisfed, cal
led GoE another victim, and Providence, mys-
terious Providence, permitted II thus to be.
Submission becomes us, however, to the acts
of Jehovah, and LET rs endeayoE to submit
TO this trying dispensation Of His, with be-
coming reverence and awe. Should we moi.
however, endeayor 10 gather an instructive
lesson from the death Of our lamented friend
and brotherg Should We not from this cir.
cumstance, learn to sit more close to the
things of time and sense? Should we not
by this be reminded that here we have no
abiding place9 That this is not our homea
That we are as strangers and pilgrims in q
foreign Iand2 And should not these con-
siderations induce US TO reach after higher
and nobler things ihan..What earth can Afford
st.FO look from Nature up ito Natures God e
and, 10 SO doing. endeavor TO pay unto Him,
that worship and that alteration, which is due
unto Him alone, as the Father Of all
Reshq Certainly, they shoeld. Bui, aIasl
poor, inconsiderate man, still pushes on,
needless and careless 10 the grave, regardless
of the many warnings of Providence, until he
himself IS gone, forever gone, into the I'M
told realities Of vast eternity, from whence
there IS no return ANXIOUS.
Yazoo City, February 3, Is4I.
HousE or RErREsE NTATIYEs Some diff
fculty IS appreheuded il apportioning the
representation under the new census Strong
objections arc urged against increasing the
House Of Representatives. The present
number not half that of The British House
Of Commons, but the method Of doing bnsi-
ness there IS altogether different from that
practced II Congress IN the popular
branch Of The English Parliament man IS
not allowed 70 speak on either side, unless
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