Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-06-28
LOVER or CHILDREN
Mount Vernon Cemerery

surprised to find our ci,zens so backward in COM
ing forward and taking shares this beautiful spot There
some thirty shares be taken before the company
be formed, and the grounds land of and enclosed II
the Christian seeks authority Commanding IN its in
fucnce, he will find with the patrlarc!s OF Israel who
transmitted 10 their posetity by example and pec.pt
spirit OF reverence and socude Tor the burial places Of
the dead, enlightened but less active or peryad-
ing Let us have the field and the which therein
and the trees that the ed and tha are IN the bor
GERS round cboni TO he made sure for "a possession
buryng place." tGen. xx) the language Of the "a
,rarch And there Abraham buried Sarah ms wifi. =
Thus touching narrative OF the earliest ground ornamencd
from natures hand and apart securely to ITS sacred
purpose Is fresh with nteres, and instruction. sugpcsts
TO the living the duty OF securing respectful attention 10
the disposal OF the rcmains Of their friends shows tho
careful sohcudo with which the patriarch cherished the
memory OF one with whom he had been intimately allied
~ life; and u gives a model OF and beauty in the
selection Of spots designed Tor permanent bural-p places
which may always be safely initiated.
The cave. the rock the ravine, the verdan field land
oil the trees that ~ the field and in the borders round
about mark IL wild and rural character and designate it,
remoteness from the busy pursuits Of daily life Such
the Cemetery OF Abraham, the father Of the faithful There
did lac bury Sarah his and there m far remote DAYS
might the venerable patriarch have been seem bending in
cheerful resignation and hope memento OF his
early affection, or occupied IN adjoining ground conse-
Grated 10 him and all his people by the fondest reeoee
tons In promoting and order security and perma-
n'ncy and fura ornaments IN grave yards do but
follow the Impulse transmitted from the and most
remote antiquity an impulse improved and refined b. lis
EXERCISE aus rewarded 10y it good influence on the public
mind II u therefore 10 be regretted that every city has not
is cOnsecrated spot rural and ornate secluded and inviting
place o Tor the citizen oppre sssd with snro,y or
weared with the tolls OF e and Tor the stranger soournng
by the way, such places Of resort royorenty to honor
the dead pepeuae the memory Of their virtues and con.
firm just estimate Of their good deeds whilst they reflect
honor on the living, and bear testimony Of the cultivation
IT the best feelings Of The rural and ornate C
necfy the vicinity Of large city or town. ~ the com.
mon ground upon which all parties IN forgiveness
aud harmony. II s the lap OF the common mother which
receives al last, unkind embrace, all her children
however widely sundeTed their lives 10y the larrinp
controversies OF their day There II Garth must
peace terminate the angry and cmbered srcs Of men
tranquility calm the troubled and cOniending spirits and
there must the pcrysdng influence Of the place a. trao,
the thoughts upwards and beyond throw the veil Of oblivion
over acts and deeds 81 omission and commission v heh
may have chaied the temper, wounded tpft or rude
y crushed the affections Of the heart Lot no man tread
with Icyiy profanoness e mszes Of tho cemetery
grounds: II D. the Christians commentary on the truths
and the hopes he holds most sacrcd. To the cultivated
mind volume o hc Book of Nature and NJ human de-
tiny, which read With aud yroh,-and 10 Oh,
Of whatever gfade m io. 1t is the faithful and s
recofd md memeno oi ccomu0n lot bet those grounds
30 fevorcny encouraged and supported by all tho people
To the matchcs beauties u continue ~ add
the 7k Of the sculptor the graceful n the florist In,
ch1gtened design IT the architect and let the genius and
facn OF tie land throw around the whole their most e.
allied strains Of poetry aud religious feeling
"Why," says Washington Irving should we seek Ia
coiho death With unnecessary ieuors and spread horror
around The lombs nj those lover The grave should HI
surrounded by every Thing that gt inspire tendrrncs an,
yeuoratpn for the dead, that might win the living O., viz
uc. lts the place, of disgust of dsmay but aofrov
/ and meditation Nothing make nmtnds " cav
COodgc "i0r the want II the soothing influence o nj,
tore, and The absence II those typos Of renovation am
decay which De fields and woods ocr 20 tho notice Of h
serious and cpn'Cmpatiyc mind" To feel the fall force
is sentiment, Jet a only compare In Imagination Nh
| uusghty manor, in which monuments arc crowde
chufch-yards Oi largo town, with the sl secusion o
| cypross-crowncd Cemetery RICHMOND