New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-21

BY GREELEY s. NcELRAlH.
VOL. HI. NO. Ill.
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stats governments have eHI-Tieneed The great
tending alike those States winch iia'e and hos nav
not honofaby and promptly met their obgaou5) a cTeG
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lie works he tersl Goyrfasn Of The G s5cc S Sa aeS
has found itself unable negotiate ng loan III his great
metropolis Of the financial world who's soFrshr9dant cSn
aI for the default Of o the sateS would nave con-
nued TO be for those States Themselves and Tor
gold mine Of nev'austei Capacity In Auditor 70 The
her have been destroyed in the General wreck 81 winch th la
nents doubt r. in the history Of the world short
period such has been made IRON state 81 hi.
prosperity TO one Of general distress the Cnlted States
within the last six wears And vet gentlemen the elasticity
and power Of recovery the country great beyond the con-
Even within this iisastrou, irrod TO which have anded
private commercial debt this county, estimated at twenty
merchants with little loss the creditors as would attend
the collection Of an equal amount Of domestic DEBT IN 's OF
Bu, will not detan YOU gentlemen by enarsns on The
topic The subject ned . not t r you .,, o With ry
think shall have done duty If have convinced you tha
truly solicous for their eectua relief and that amidst al
h UNCERTAINTIES and delay eh may attend ,s1 s @ ,
a ds uhsn ' esely Stat in the Union fl6
." 10 Grosyeuorpacc March 81.
DEATH OF DIX. SouTnEY.-Wc regret TO an
nolInce the death Of ROBERT SoUTnEY, on Tues
day, March alst, at his residence III kcswlck.
For this event his friends must have been long
prepared For the last three years nc had been
in "a state of mental darkness, and a twelvemontll
ago he was not able to recognize those who had
been his companions from his youth. Scarcely
could his wife console herself with the poor hope
that he recognized even her. Excess of mental
labor in every department of litcraturc-poctry,
history, biography, criticism, and philosophy, con-
tinucd from wear to year without cessation
bowed his strong spirit at last, and obscurcd the
yenius which had SO long cast a glory upon the
literature of the age In early life, when his
powerful and brilliant imagination was plumlng
its wing for the daring flights that 1t afterwards
took. he formed the most exalted notions OF the
perfectbility of man, INDUCED in the most gen.
crous aspirations for the welfare and improvement
Of the human race, and seriously thought, with
other kindred spirits, of founding colony IN the
bacEwoods of America, where guilt and sorrow
should be unknown, and perfect equality, freedom
and happiness should reign for ever. better
knowledge of the world soon disspated these uto-
plan revcrics As poet, with an exubcrance OF
imagination seldom cqualed, and a mastery OF
vcrsifcation never surpassed-and as a prose VIII
ter, at once elegant and forciblc--his name will
endure as long as the language IN which nc wrote
The wild and wondrous tale Of Thalaba,' and
the almost equally wondrous Curse OF kcfama,
arc the poetical pieces on which his fame will
principally rest. AS prose writer he was a per-
feet model of stylc-easy but not feeble, stately
but not cumbrous, and learned but not Pedantc.
Besides innumerablc articles IN the Quarterly he
view, to which he was principal contributor, VIC
believe, for nearly thirty years, his CHEF prose
works are a Life of Nclson,' The Book OF the
Church,, "A History of the Pcnlnsular War;
Letters from Spain and Portugal Essays Oh
the Progress and Prospects OF Society, A HIS
tory of Brazil Lives OF the Admrals, &C. lie
also wrote biographies of Kirk White and Chat
,erton. and edited their works, besides editing
collections both of the principal and MINOR Eng
llsh poets
lie was appointed poet.laureatc in 1872. Tic
was twice marrcd-iirst in very early life, and
again but few years before the nourniul over
clouding of his intellect, to Miss Caroline Bowes,
lady whose name as poetcss had been long ana
favoraby knewn TO the public, and who III the
last and blank years of his life watched over HIM
with the tcndcres solicitude, and did all that the
most devoted affection could do to tighten the
heavy load of his existence.
II A. acl r., NJ no, WA I'm
vcrsally allowed by those who knew HIM best to
be truly exemplary. BY his own family ne was
adored; and VIC have always understood that the
burthcn of maintaining the family OF man OF
genius whose irregular habits i'll qualihed HIM tor
tho discharge of the ordinary duties of life, chiefly
devolycd on Dr. Southev. Advantage, we fear,
was but too often taken of the kind and amiablc
disposition of Southev by those who were less
providcnt or less industrious than himself. I'LL
his mind was unhinged, he retained ms habltuai
kindness of disposition; and the accomplished
gentleman who accompanied hln, year or two
ago. on a continental tour, undertaken Tor the
sake of his health, dwelt with fond affection on
the many amiablc traits of hls character which
broke forth amid all his suffering.
DR.. Southcy was gentleman IN the best sense
of the word His house at the Lakes was ever
open to all who presented themselves with slita-
bic introduction, and there arc few persons OF any
distinction who passed through that picturesque
region who have not partaken of his hospitality.
u The following touching notice OF this sad
event is from the London Examiner OF March %;
The Death OF Southey.
ROBERT SouTIIEr has been released from SUI
icring, which, for more than two yers, had been
matter of the deepest sympathy, anxiety and sor-
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