Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-12
PEANBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.


WHErEAs, when in the course Of human
events it p,eases Divine Providence 10 de-
prlve nation by death, OF one Of its proud
est ornaments and support, in the person Of
patriot endeared by 50 many glorious
achievements, as was Gen. Andrew Jack.
son, and characterized by constant and
uEremitting love for his country, to the Ia.
test hour OF his life, calamity so great TO a
people who had so long confded in his wis.
dom in council, and leaned on his arm in the
field, calls for corresponding expressions
Of regret from q whole people, TO whom he
has become so eminentIy benetactor. In
token Of our high sense Of his eminent SER
vices in behalf Of his country, our deep
reverence for his virtues. and our sorrow
Tor the loss our beloved country has sus-
tanned, therefore be it
ReS0lre3, That in The death Of Gen. An.
drew jackson, the hero, patriot and states
man, who has contributed so much by his
vaIor and his talents to exalt this nation 10
its present envIabIe degree Of greatness, we
depIore q nation loss.
ReSotred, ?. That the yeneration and grief,
which are every where mantesting them
selves throughout our own wide extended
country, in tehai of an individual, who
though he h1d filed the highest official sta.
ton in the world. was at the time Of his
decease, a private individual living in the
shades OF retirement, attest the public
sense OF his exalted merits and pronounce
a more eloquent eulogum on the value of
OF his public services, than any language
can convey.
ResolrcI 3. That the battle Of New.Or-
leans, effected by his pre.emnent skill and
vaIor. and the gallant army under his
command, and which resulted in hurting
from our shores with everlasting disgrace
the mercenary sodery OF an odlous tv-
ranny, who sought conquest by the barba-
rlan method OF violation, piunder, and con.
Migration, has enGeared his name to the
wise, the vrtuous and the good through all
future ages, and will transmit il to pos
terity in characters so brilliant and indeDi.
Die, as never to be oUlteraled.
ReS0lrca /. That the military and civic viz
tues which were blended in the character of
this eminent patriot and " hich we're so signal
ly and successfully exerted for the benefit OF
his country IN peace and in war, place him
among the great men who have been her
beneactors and inspire grief for his loss,
veneration for his virtues and gratitude Tor
his services.
ReS0luel 5. That in contemplating the
Ieventiul life of Gen. Jackson, we behold de.
veIoped aud beautifully illustrated, the IN
estimabe principle, that while a republican
government, more than any other, inspires
the citizen with higher and purer patriot
ism,It will not prove ungrateIul, to those who
by their wisdom in council and valor in
arms, shed uslre on its national charac-
ter.
ResOlped 6. That while we deeply par
ticipare 10 the sad bereavement, which a
nation now m0urns, Il cannot be otherwise
than a subject OF the highest qualification,
| TO every American citizen, that the indi-
yidual whose loss We lament, has, by his
actions and example impressed on the
age in which he lived, more powerful feel.
| ing, in favor of the great principles Of ci-
vi liberty, and has also left behind him
name which commands respect, among the
nations of the earth, and which is destined
to live conspcuously, on the page of his
tory, in all time 10 come.
ReSolred, 7. That 10 the bereaved family
OF the llIustrionS dead, we would tender our
warmest coincidence, tor the calamity they
have suffered in the loss OF so afTectionate
a parent, and so kind friend.
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