Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-01
HnNORS TO THE DEAD.

HDNORS TO THE DEAD.
How glad we would be- if The Enquirer could
be expanded for a few days into the compass OF
The monstrous Chinese Letter, SO that we msh
Law before our readers full account OF al inc
interesting ceremonies, which have been enacted
throughout the Union, in honor OF The virtues
and services of the departed Hero OF the hei'ni'
,aqe! No patriot can arise from perusai o.
these thrilling scenes without being proud OF me
country and her noble institutions and people
The oralions rapidly struck of from minds o.
the first order breathing true eloquence and pa
,rio,ic feeling, and finding an echo in The hearts
Of devoted thousands will add rich treasures &c
orr literary and national history. There IS one
feature which will impress The world with Won
der Foreign opponents Of our Republican IN
sti,uGons have depicted in dark colors The 'hou
sand .a~sso of diseon,an. in the bosom oil on'
people, and have, upon those assumed premises
based the speedy disruption and end oil our 60
rious Contederacy The events OF the last lew
weeks will dissipatc this false view, even IN Inc
eyes of envious Europe. Is il mol noble spec
,acle 10 see great nation suddenly smolherihS us
fierce party feuds, and laying its excited passions
upon The altar Of notwithstanding toSe-
ther, in mournful silence, TO pay tribute OF re-
spect TO the virtues OF man, once the Vic'o-
rious leader and brilliant statesman, but now ialu
in his quiet grave2 Unlike the gorgeous
and sycophantic ceremonies OF an enslaveo ma
ton, bowling the knee 10 power, and Kissing Inc
hand that Expresses them; We see The Amer
can people, without party distinctions, united as
one man in honoring national beneiaclor, VINO
has laid down the powers and patronage once IN
his possession, and whose last thoughts were LOT
his country The illnslrous dead IS reverehceo
by The living, because he was the embodiment OF
the national character and virtues. His name
once terror TO The enemies OF his country, Is
now looked up to as model for The rising gene
ration; its very sound presents TO the young
mind vivid ideas oflruh, honor, generosity, love
otcounlry and christian patience and charity
Who can doubt, after Witnessing the simultane-
Gus expressions of popular respect TO Andrew
Jackson's memory, that our people are as sus-
ceptible as ever of the finest feelings OF men, and
The mobiles, emotions of patrio,S2 The world VIII
now understand, that America will beat with one
heart, whenever The occasion calls for demon
stra,ion OF national feeling We may quarrel
with one another abou, political theories, but all
rrue Americans will rally together, 10 honor the
ashes of a patriot and national benciac;or, or to
repel the insults and agsreSsons OF foreign pow
ers II is the same feeling in both cases. "A ma
ton that refuses 10 pay grateful tribute TO the
virtues and heroic deeds OF her sons will lose her
pride OF character, and is prepared 10 receive The
yoke of an oppressor, and 10 blot on Ter glorious
history.
faction upon the deeply interesting scenes which
are passing around us. Our people have shown
themselves worthy of the immortal deeds Of the
revolution and The last war. They have spoken
forth, in lrumpel-noies, their unchansing love OF
country, and unfalierus de"otion 10 the Union
The world will look with wonder and admi-
ration spon ,hs moral picture, ond America, by
this new cvidence Of enthusiastic gratitude for
high-souled achievements, will shine still more
brightly in The ranks of nations.
Our narrow columns force us 10 ahridse The
striking ceremonies which have taken place in
the Northern cities. The oralions OF Bancroft,
Butler and Dallas, are proud evidences OF Anne
rican talent and learning and would do honor 10
the most distinguished orators in The world
While il is impossible for US TO give them entire,
We could not, in Justice 10 our readers, withhold
from them all notice of these literary treasures
We have, therefore, thrown together few cx
tracts from each OF their addresses, as specimens
Of the whole We NAV hereafter, Al q moment
of more leisure, lay their full merits before our
readers-ior such productions deserve to be stu
did BY people, and recorded for future imi-
ta,ion:
By GEORGE NJ. DALLAS, Philadelphia.
Such was the hero we mourn With 4 con-
s,i,u,on undermined BY privations incident 10 his
military labors, and frame shattered by disease,
he had retired 10 the seclusion of the Hermitage,
long and patiently awaiting The only and final
relief from suffering II came TO him on the
evening Of The Sth instant, in the centre Of his
homes affectionate circle, while his great mind
was calm and unclouded, and when his heart
was prepared 10 welcome lis dilatory messenger.
Yes YES he, on whom for half century, his
country gaZed as upon tower OF strengthen
whom she never called for sDccor against The des-
ulatng savage, without being answered 10y rush
ing shou, Of "Onmard, 10 the rescue "-who anti
ClUdteu TeT INV lptS y uS''AoiiuS lhSh W
their footprints on her soil were coldhc the iron
warrior, the reproachless patriot, has ceased 10
be mortal, has willingly made his sng surren
der-the surrender of his soul 10 its Almighty
claimant!
II may almost be said that General Jackson
was constituted Of two natures, SO admirably and
30 distinctly were his qualities adapted TO their
respective spheres OF action have portrayed
hurriedly and crudely, his public characterized
fnr him
at least, in the other aspect and perhaps We may
thence catch the secret Of his sublime and leau-
tiful death The rugged exterior which rough
wars in our early Western settlements would ma
turally impart, was smoothed and polished in
him by a spirit Of bcnevolence deeply seated in
his temperament In social intercourse, though
always earnest, rapid, impressive and upright, his
friendship was marked by boundless confidence
and generosity; while in domestic life a winning
senteness seemed 10 spread from the recesseS of
his heart over the whole man, filling the scenes
around him with smiles of serenity and JOY. No
husband loved more ardently, more faithfully,
more unchanecably-no parent could snrpass The
seli-sacrihcing kindness with which he reared
and cherished his adopted children--no master
could be more certain of reciprocaling fondness
than he was, whcn as expiring, he breatEed the
hope of hereafter meeting in the Heaven to which
he was fastening, the servants Of his household,
'dS icsH Ota1h "s "ane. ne uulhlu'ness y,
this picture is auesed by all who were admitted
10 the sanctuary Of his home-precincs too sa-
cred even on an occasion equally sacred, for
more than this brief intrusion.
But there was browning characteristic, from
adyerting TO which must not shrink, though in
the presence in which | stand General Jackson
was fervently, unatfectedly, and submssvely
pious, Wherever he might be, and whatever his
absorbing pursuit-wading heavily through The
swamps of Florida, on the track Of Hillishago;
speeding, with the swoop of an eagle, to graPple
The invader. Pakenham; careering, at The head Of
his victorious lesions, through lhronss OF at-
,niring counrymen in the halls OF the Execu-
live mansions or al his hearth in The Hermitage;
there and then, every where and always, though
not ostensible, and never obIIusive, his faith was
with him. But it was most closely and conspi-
cuously with him as dissolution approached-it
with him n hri lh,ea The If his md To