Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-05-05
EULOGY.


clrcumstancrs that attended 1t, you may
scarcely find parallel in the long series
of alternate Judgments aud blessings,
that furnish the matter Of the history uf
the world. Our civll father is dead! In
such an hour, when success from his
last contest was Just attained, when party
striles were subsding 10 resi, and the
peopl. of America, returning TO The
generosity of their nature, had united 10
predict for him The fame OF Washington;
lusl then, when warm affections were
/ breathing from so many millions al
hearts; Just then, when all stood fixed
to hear from the eloquence aud expert
cnce Of those lips, The h"ly, wise and
beautiful things that pertain 10 the ins,i-
tu,ions of our country just then, he was
q stricken ir"n among us he has gone
/ to the desolate places, where the kings
. and counscllurs Of the earth rest at length
t together.
How strange is the contrast moment
y presents So strange that The mind
. vainly strives 10 appreciate its reality.
Ii is only Just now, II seems indeed but
7, Yesterday, since some ol yon saw him
. stand up,-!lat firm, wise and kind old
, mnn-rhe SHOWS OF three score winters
on his head, but with his eye undimmsd
and ms voice unbroken,- that yUice 80
often heard amid the clumor OF the bat
tie and IN the presence Of II not made
uuatc representation of all that Is hauora-
bic and respectable IN the land Of tho
Judges, OF the clergy, oi the foreign
ministers, of the strength aud in,"lIl-
gence of the country, Of men and wo-
men, hanging by thousands and tens OF
: thousands, with pride, sympathy and love,
, on every word of the man oi the peo-
, pies choice then and there stand up,
: and, beneath the radiant flag Of his
{ country, portray aud assume the vast
duties of the office conferred upon him !!
a. All j. gone The iriumphal march,
: those voices Of hope aud JOY, tha, g"r-
ueous standard of the free and brave,
:. that sound as of nlary waters ,ls'ng
~ above ,be cannUn's opening r''nt, ulf hat
- ceremonial which should mnik that day,
e all is past IN II moment, aud he i. sUne
:, WHITTIER has fed the ,isionar, glean
u Where is 1t now, the glory and the dream
II Our nation has been called 10 mourn
ptiblt, WI wv ebbu, INV "'T', Wv
valiant, H. founders and bencluctcrs,
those who have tr,umphcd III hundreds
of victories, III ueace and war. IL is not
now the first time that our people have
interrupted their employments, have lett
10 the ship half loaded, the contract uu-
finished, aud the plough in the parity
broken lurrow, and come together 10
exchange their sy ympahIes Oh the occa-
sion of public bereavement. But there
il something in the circumstances OF ths
bereavement which gives il pnthos u
It's own Others have died when the
measure Of their glory was full when
the circle Of office was all run through
IN the bosom Of n retirement to which
i the prayers Of their countrymen had at
lis tended them full Of years, Iull Of lame
n. the festival OF life complete. No duty
T. undlscharsed, no PROMISE unperformed
y" no wish ungraliied, they went down
" like the sun at the close Of Il bright sun.
Il mer's day into grave, WIDER than the
sea, - tomb wider than The " hole sath
So died Adams Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe SO died Lafayette Washing.
ion So died their death was n,odI fed
licved by the sublinty Of the circurn-
,, stances, the time of their death mns sc
80 seas pnable not only Tor us hui ior them
IS that we mourned indeed, hat wnh a plea
n. sant, delicious exultatiun that time ant
:. chance had no more power over then
IN beyond their grave. We could not eS
~ prct for them permanence OF mortality
w Hail aud farewell, good aud faithful ser
wants, for whom II seems there is NJ
ON more To do ! Your own niondhenis 20,
rs. have yourselves completely built!
10 To day my friends, we tdourn over un
' finished labors, over unprotected fame
Although the name of him we have lo-
r. shone always brightly, and a long lli,
was sppnt in The service uf his country
we dcplore iin as we would the enhu
siasuc youth who had sunk 10 an earl
grave.
know vety well that his accession
W Office was resisted. Thousands Of b,
-, countrymen-s Some Of participate,
ar. IN the resistance, and yet when the SRI
was over, and the will Of the mojorl
was conslilu,innaIy procIsimed, ~he
nd the voice Of his county, With that ~
ihorlty at whose sacred call he had >
often leapl to arms, hnd hidden him com
forth from his plain old forest home, iroi
his books, from his folm, from the brig i
!. Ohio-gliding away like his OVID life
pure, majestic and seIono--iroin The vii
ian of his bosom, his dear and oged wife
cs not yet, ihank God, wholly housrle.
ms and bonrl,ss, oh whose sorrow we vi
e"' not inirude bad hidden him cou
.eJ away and ascend 10 the high plac,
m Of h,scouni,,'s pride, there 10 pm, for,
scr the nhld 'netprs, the ineor,upiible ~
Nv trgriy of his character to calm dow
ate the passions Of his counlfymen to "
'e' STRAIN the inirmperance of . msjor,t
w w teeh,ng from recent ,icioty to psoie,
,nS and reconcile the minoriiy To- sxrru'
the laws so that justice might be seasc'
ian ed by mercy io r'iurm "ha, ~ss v roD,
! I wrong lb,is were "a sns Ne lac