Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-08-26
LAFAYETTE ~ rIiE
TOMB on WARRINGTON"

Wr may imagine better ihrn We
can ospfes', The SENSATIONS nWikencd
M tbo breast " this great md good
man, wl,en he found hinsoll standing
hssids llio tomb u George Washing.
Tan. Iln had come f,f over The wa.
Zoe. 10 take last firosoll of the
s,cno which ho bad held 80 dear 10 u
.irspeer land. lie had loved our
eounIry. aud had even sbod his blood
Tor DOR Iiboites. He Ihd pcflicd HE
life, not to gain the applause Of man,
or TO procure for himself wealth and
dsinetion--nol no sought not for
lhcsc.--ho desired them not. He was
aclualcd by purcr motives. lie saw
with rosr the wrong and oppression
that tyranny was heaping upon our
fair country, aud he iondly dreamed
OF a brighter day that should dawn
upon Us; aud tho thought that he
might aid in subduing the powerful
arm of the oppres'or, aroused to ac-
ton all the noble energies OF his be
ncyolcnt soul. Firmly fixed in this
resolution, he left his own loved home,
and all that was so dear to him In his
native land, and crossed the Atlantic,
TO ion the little band, aud assist them
in gaining their liberties; and he had
lived to accomplish his high purpose.
lie saw the light of librety shining
in its resplendent glory on the once
oppressed inhabitants of America;
then he returned in pence to his own
home; and now he had come to visit
our country, ard to take a last fare
well of The scenes that had been rem
dered so dear to him. He had come
to welcome the children OF America
as the sons of Freedom, and once
more to offer the hand of friendship
to those whom he felt proud to own
as friends lie had esteemed George
Washington as brother; and well he
might consider him as such, for he
found in him a kindred spirit; their
thoughts and feelings beat in unison.
They both possessed generous noble
hearts, and virtue was to them as dear
as life. Through all the dangers
that beset them, they passed hand IN
hand in brotherly love. And when
they were called to separate, the ST.
lent tears that flowed down their
cheeks bespoke more cloquently than
words, the anguish of their hearts
But when he again greeted our shores
among the numerous friends who
pressed around him. eager TO render
some token of gratitude and love, one
highly.valued one came not, Tor that
friend chad passed that bourne
whence no traveller returns" and ne
felt that he had come to pay his iast
tribute of respect 10 the memory OF
the departed. How did the scenes OF
by.gone days again start up before
the vision of this venerable soldier, as
he fingered beneath the willows OF
Mt. Vernon, the last abode OF our
Washington. /,
Again he saw that little band OF
Freedoms champions headed bY
their matchless chief, struggling io'
liberty. Again he passed with them
through their long and weary contest
to thai memorable era IN the hlstor.
of our nation, when the "British lior
was compelled to cover benearh the
American Eagle" His musings
were not like those of the idle dream
err; the tears that flowed down his lur
rowed cheeks, moistening the tnri be
meath which his loved brother slept
attcsted the vivid truth Of his recollec
tions. He wept that he could not a
gain, on earth, behold the face OF HIN
whom he had SO ardently loved; an'
his heart beat with emotions OF 10!
when he remembered that the las
remains of him who had fought TO
the liberty of our land, we're permit
ted to rest on Freedoms happy sol
and that he had left hehird him
name which would be blessed by a
succeeding generations-LoweH "
fering.