The Whig standard., 1843-12-08

To cali our first choice from the shades of Ashland
Then rally boys rally-pyepare for the fray,
We will triumph again, and elect HARRY Clay.
From the Journal Of Commerce
DEATH IN HIGH PLACES.
"Death, the great counsellor, who man inspires
With every nobler thought and fairer deed !;
Death, the deliyerer, who rcscues man;
Death, the rewarder, who the rescued crowns"
1t is well occasionally to review the dongs of
this great leveller of the human race, were it
only 70 mark his impartiality. If ever he ,cas
partial, IL has been in recent times to public
fnnctonaries of the United States The fre-
quency Of death in high places of late is remark
able. 70 say nothing Of the long list of official
men, whose dust is now with the long line OF
low monuments in the Congressional burial
ground, within the past two or three years The
fatal wand ol The great enchanter has touched
many OF the sons Of ambition aud of fame, and
turned them to cold and lifeless clay If this
article should meet the eye of any of this class,
let il not be passed too lightly over, since they
are IN the shambles, and will soon have TO 90
the same way. little while since RoGERs sal
at the head Of the Navy Board, and was enrolled
at the head of the navy list. His name has been
transferred TO the roll of death, and the hardy
sailor has cast his last anchor in the grave.
he sleeps among the brave, the fair, the elo-
quent, and the wlse-as they acre. In the same
neighbOrhood lies TINGEy, who for MANY wears
served under the Government of his country.
After sailing many years over the sea of life,
sometimes IN sunshine, sometimes in the tenn
pest ne too made fast near his comrade Not
Tar was he carried from his command at the
navy-yard to his lowly bed in the earth. earth
to earth, dust TO dust" Next followed STEVENS,
struck down from the same station by the un-
conquerable Toe, conquerer of ALL who never
strikes his flag 10 the boldest and the bravest.
At night Stevens was in the midst of appa-
rent health In the morning the spirit had de-
parted! 1t was time of sudden death among
public men. He was joined unto the congrega.
tlon OF the dead. L was not long before PAT
TERsoN followed. He that was brave and trou.
blesome to the foe at New Orleans rejoicing in
the common victory over the armed myrmidons
OF England, could not maintain the conflict with
The old enemy, equally expert and dreadful on
the land and on the sea. He struck his colors,
and was conveyed TO the silent companionship
OF the commodores and generals whom the spoil
er has delivered over 10 the guardianship of the
grave
How sleeps the brave, who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blest!"
But the power Of arms does not avail with
this foe, still less does he yield TO the force of
arguments or the eloquence of appeals. If The
warrior must lay his laurels al his feet, the
statesman and the civilian cannot be expected TO
do less. On the 4th of July, 1912, SAMUEL L.
SoUTHARD, acting Vice President Of the United
States, and FRANCIS S. KEY, an eminent LAWYER,
each delivered an eloquent address at the east
lawn Of the Capitol, under the grateful shade Of
wide spread trees, to a multitude of Sabbath
school teachers and children. Before the reyo-
luton of another Independence Day, they had
both ceased from among the living and were en-
tomhed with the lowly dead. Key, like Pinck-
ney, Of Maryland, and w ebster, of New Hamp-
shire died in the midst of action. Almost lite
rally were they carried from the bar to tho grave
from the high elevation of mental toll to the
lifeless inanity Of death. But they had done
well in their day and generation, and left an un-
tarnished name TO their friends and country Not
only was the Senate, the House, the bar, and the
army, visited by the great leveler, but the judi
cial bench has received summons. MARSHALL,
It's light and It's glory, ornamentum lumen et de-
Gus, as Cicero would say, had not long dsap-
peared but it was by the slow process of dis
ease, preadmonishing his friends that they must
prepare their minds for the extinction of that
illustrious light. But PHILIP BARBOUR, who sat
on his left hand, had no warning. His spirits ran
high at night. In the morning he was dead. No
friend was near to witness his last agony, to re-
ceivc his last breath. He was found in his bed
a mass Of clay--the spirit was gone! Save me
from thus dying! If kind Heaven will deign
TO answer that prayer oh, may my eyes, as they
grow dim in the last struggle, look on the faces
Of those that love me, see perhaps the starting
tear. and read in the expression of the features
of the living that sympathy for the dying which
is above all price. At the funeral of Judge Bar
bour Rev. GEORGE G. CooKMAN, then chaplain to
Congress- delivered an address in his usual style,
which was distinguished for its simplicity, pa
rhos, and power. He delivered his message TO
the great ones before him with fidelity as well
as feeling.
BE wise now, therefore," said he, "Oh We
Rulers. be instructed, We Judges of the earth,
Kiss the Son, lest be be angry, &C." In few
weeks he went down into the depths Of the
Ocean with all on board the President. The Pre-