Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-01-06
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INUART s. 1914.
Carlises and also had heroic blood in her veins.
Tradition, il net history, preserves the rccollec-
ton OF her courage and conduct AZ Fort Jetfer-
son, 1t the Iron Banks, in ISL, when the Tndi.
sns attacked and were repulscd from that post.
Women and boys were men in those days.
The father Of Senaor LINN died young, leaving
his son but eleven years Of age. The cares 81
an elder brother supplied (as for d such loss
could Dc supplied the loss Of father, and
under his auspices the education Of the orphan
was conducted. He was intended for the medi.
cal profession, and received his education, scho-
astic and professional, in the State Of his na,ivi-
". At an early age he was qualified Cor the
practice OF medicine, and commenced il in the
then Territory, now State. OF Missouri; and was
immediately amongst the foremost OF his profess
sion. int0tive sasacity supplied in him the
place OF long experience; and boundless henevo-
leace conciliated universal esteem. To all his
patienis he WAS the salnes dying with alacri,y to
every call, attending upon the poor and humble
as xeaous!y as on the rich and powerful, on
the stranger a. readily rs on the neighbor, dis
charging 10 all the duties Of nurse and friend Is
well as Of physician. aud wholly regardless Of
his own interest, or even of his own health, In
his zeal TO serve aud TO save Others. \
The highest professional hoaors and rewards
were before him. Though commencing on
provincial theatre. there was no, capital in Flu.
rope or America in which he would not have Il.
tanned the front rank in physic or surgery. But
his fellow-citizens perceived in his varied abilities
capacity and aptitude for service in a diieren,
walk. lie was called into the political field BY
an election to the Senate OF his adopted StAte.-
Thence he was called TO the performance cfiadi-
cial duties, BY federal appointment 10 inEe.ti-
gate land titles. Thence he was called to the
high station OF Senator in the Congress Of the
United Stsscs--frsth y; an executive appointment,
then by three successive almost unanimous cleo
tons. The last OF those elections he received but
one year Nso, and had not commenced his duties
under THAI rot sworn in under the certificate
which attested st--when sudden aud premature
death ratsn end TO his earthly career. lie eater
ed this body in the wear 1888: death dissolved
his connection with tin lsa2. For ten years he
was beloved and distinguished member OF this
body; and surely a nobicr or fner character
never adorned the chamber Of the American Sen
ate. ~h
Hewas my friend; but speak not the language
Of friendship when Ispeak bis praise. A debt Of
Justice is all that ean attempt 10 discharge: an
imperfect copy Of the true asaa is all that can
attempt to paint. - tf
A sagacions head, and feeling heart, were the
great characteristics Of DR.. LINN. lie had iudg-
ment which penetrated both men and things, and
gave him near and clear views Of far distant
events He saw at once the bearinx-the remote
bearing ofgrest measures, either for good or for
evil; and brought instantly TO their support, or
opposition, the logic Of prompt and natnra elo-
qaence, more beautiful in its delivery, and more
effective in its application, than any that art can
stow. He had great fertility Of mind, and was
himlclf the author and mover Of many great meas
,ircs,--some for the benefit OF the whole Union
some for the benefit Of the Great West--some
FOR the benefit OF his own Stationary for the
benefit of private individuals. The pages Of our
legislative history will bear the evidences Of these
meritcfous Abors to remote and grateful pos
terity.
Brilliant as were the qualities Of his head, the
qualities Of his heart still eclipsed them. II is to
the heart We look for character Of the man; and
what heart had LEWIS linn! The kindest, the
gsntlest the most feeling, and the most generous
that ever beat in the bosom or bearded man! And
yet, when the occasion required it, the bravest
and the most daring also. He never beheld .
| case OF human wo without melting before it; he
never encountered an apparition of earthly danger
without giving it de6nante Where is'the friend,
or even the stranger, in danger, or distress, to
whose succot he did net fly, and whose SORROW
full or perilous case he did not make his own?-
When-where-wa he ever ealled upon for a
Service, OF sacrifice, and rendered not, upon the
instant, the one OF the other, as the occasion re-
quired?
The senatorial service Of this rare man fell upon
trying times--high party times-5wben the coils
ions Of party too often embittered the ardent feel
ings of generous natures; but who ever knew Bit
terness, or party animosities in himp He was,
indeed, q party true to his party as TO
his friend and his country; but, beyond the line
Of duty and Of principle-beyond the debate and
the vote--he knew no party, and saw no oppo-
nent. Who among US all, even after the hsrcest
debate, ever met him without meeting the being
nant smile and the kind salutation? Who Of Us
all ever needed friend without finding one in
him? Who Of US all was ever stretched upon a
bed of sickness without finding him at its side?
Who Of us all ever knew Of personal difficulty
Of which he was not, as far as possible the kind
composer?
Such was Senator LINN, IN high party times,
here among u.s. And what he was here, among
rs, he was everywhere, and with everybody
At home among his friends and neighbbrs, On
the high road among casual acquaintances; in
foreign lands among strangers; in all, and in every
of these situations, he was the same thing. He
had kindness and sympathy for every human be-
ing; and the whole voyage of his life was one
continued ard benign decentralization of all the
virtues which adorn and exalt the character OF
man. Piety, charity, benevolence, generosity,
courage, patriotism, fidelity, all shone conspic-
uously in him, and might extcrt from the Eehol-
der the impressive interrosatcry, For ,rkdt place
tras this man made? Was it for the Senate, or
the camp? For public or for private life? For
the bar or tie bench? For the art which heals
the diseases of the body, or that which cures the
infrmities fthe State? For which OF all these
was he born? And the enswer is, For al. He
was born to fill the largest and most varied circle
of human excellence; and to crown all these ad-
vansages, Nature had given him what the great
Lord Bacon calls perpetual letter of reeoin-
mendation--a countenance, not only good, but
sweet and Whining with the virtues of
his soul-cabtivatiRg universal confidence; and
such 40 No stranger could beh0ld---no traveller,
even in the desert, could meet, without stopping
to reverence, and saying: Here is man in whose
hands could deposite life, liberty, Torture. bon
or. Alas. that so much excellence should have
perishAd 50 soon! that such i man should have
been snAtched away q the early age forty eight,
and while all bis faculties we're still! riPeninE and
Ia tie lie frd character 81 such nan, 80 ex-
uberant In all that is grand and beautiful ia hui
man nature, tits difficult 70 rarticulsrize excel
lences or to pick out any one quality, or crcum-
stance, which could claim pre-eminence over all
| others. II should attempt il, should point,
! among his measures for the benefit or the whole
Union, to the OREGON Eill; among his measures
for the benefit of his own STATE 10 The acquisition
OF the Platte Country; among his private firtEes,
to the love and affection which he bore 10 thai
brother--.he ha.f-brothtr only--,who, only thir-
teen wears older than himself had been 10 him