The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-04-06
rHE pREsIpENT,s DEATH.

rebuked with virtuous and patriotic indignation, \
The suggestion whispered INTO his ear by letter.
from some of the officers Of his army, that al
CRowN was within his reach, he accepted FROM
a grateful and confding people the tender of Al
Republican Presidency, and adorned and digni-|
fled the station for two successive terms prescrib
ed by the Constitution, with mildness, wisdom,
and energy which gave him renown as Al
statesman, not inferior to that which he had ac-
|quired as the Deliverer of his country in the|
field. Having finished his work, he retired toI
Mount Vernon, and was buried there. A nal
tion wept over his grave, and awarded to him|
|THER OF HIS COUNTRY.
Since the days of Washington, no man has|
attained so deep and large place in the afiec-
tons of the American people as WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON. The cause is simar-is indeed the|
same: Both came 10 the nations aid in timel
of need both have occupied the theatre Of al
great exigency, and under the banner of each|
the nation achieved great and signal triumph,|
one at the cost of blood, the other by the energy|
/ Of principle alone.
No man can attain the enviable distinction of
being loved by nation, who has not stood byl
them, and been beneiaclor, directly or indi
rectly, in some great crisis 1t is the anxieties
Of people in time Of trial, allied TO his name
as Leader and Deverer, that consecrate his|
memory, and bind him forever to their hearts,
IL is not so much what General Harrison was n|
his earlier and long protracted Offices, as sol
Ider and a statesman, that has endeared his name|
Ito the American people, and which will forever
embalm il in their best affections, although n|
Jail these he had proved himselfa pure and great
Iman--but it is the battle for the restoration OIL
our rights and the preservation Of our liberties
that has been fought and won, under his name
III was a great strife for freedom, when the ma
ltions eyes were open TO our danger, having sui
{fered for many years not less alarming usurpa-
tons or less aggravated expressions, than those
which led to the Declaration of American lnde-
|pendence But the nation rose in its might, le-
solved once more to be free, triumphed glorious
|y, and history will record the victory as achiev-
ed under the name of HARRISON. His name,
having become endeared to us in our troubles,
|consecrated in our Affections, will forever be-
|hallowed in our recollections and will be lisped
|by the infant tongues, and sung by the manly
voices Of our posterity. The name Of WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON will, to the remotest ages
stand second only to that Of Washington, as to
the history Of the past, in the annals Of our Re
public.
But WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, to whom wei
have looked, whom we have loved, and whom
we have crowned with the highest honors in thel
(gift Of the nation, is no more One short month
precisely, and no more, has he borne his honors
|meekly, and laid them aside at the bidding oil
the God of nations, to wear a crown, as we trust
lin higher sphere WILLIAM HENRY HARRIsoN|
was not only patriot, devoted to his country,
but CHRISTIAN, devoted to his God.
Had voice from heaven asked us a month
|ago, if we could part with this man so soon, the
nation would have answered, Nay! Nay God|
forbid Yet God, in the mightiness of his pow
er,in his high and inscrutable providence, and ii
ibis own sovereign right, has cut him down! The
nation bows and weeps. None could have fore
seen how it could be for the best, and yet il may
|be so. There is voice coming out from an
|tiquity, and down from heaven, to hush our com
plants, to relieve our doubts, and saying to u
Iall: "My thoughts not as your thoughts, norI
lmy ways as your ways"
1t may be just enough that the life Of this mani
has been loaned to the nation, just SO long, and
mo longer. 1t was enough for our rescue, anal
for this we shall never forget to be thankful
The nation is saved, and the name by which wei
were saved is henceforth written on the tomb !
He has done his work, and is no more.
Seven months ago, the death of this mani
would have spread CONSERVATION through the|
land. Now, deep and agonizing as our re-
grets, and though floods of tears will be poured
upon his grave, the prevailing sentiment ava
|kened at the stroke will be--God wiled it, and
I'VE bow 1t will be the calmness of resignation,
apart from the agony of concern for the conse-
|quences. After great and perous struggle, al
government in which the nation may safely con
|fde, is established. The great principles by|
(which our late political revolution has been at
|tained, will now be consecrated in tears over the|
grave of the MAN under whose name the victo-
Iry has been achieved.
Immediately after the decease of the PRESIDENT, Mr.
WEBSTER, Jr. Chief Clerk in the Department oil
State, accompanied by Mr.. BEALL, officer of the|
Senate, sat out for the residence of the VICE PREs
DENT, in Virginia, bearing to him the following letter
WASHINGTON, ApIL A, 1871.
|" To JoHN TYLER,
Z" Vice President Of the United States.