New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-18
and earnestly before adopting different cOncIu

sucb an occasion than Rev. Mr.. Demarest- Or
course we do not concur in many Of his general
views, but we doubt not that bis eulOgum on Capt
ab,iskies personal character 10 well merted' and
his address is replete with the true Ere Of Flo
au ence. Gen. w. said,
SOLDIERS CITIZENS AND FRIESDs The i'm N edists
relatives and friends Of him whose honored re-
mains funeral Obs ques have been performed nave
UNEXPECTEDLY assigned TO me the delicate ana rnelsn
ehoy duty oexendDg 70 you their proiouno ana sIs'e
fui acknowledgements for the deep manifestations OF
your sympsthy and coincidence In this the trying nour
Of their suffering and affection
But while we mingle our syrnpstny WIN the tesrs OF
the beresved the occasion should not be lost upon our
selves Here over the remains Of the departed nero
we msy re kindle our love Of country AZ We commem'
crate bis virtues and bis worth proper regard Iof
the memory OF the Distinguished dead 10 one OF tne
strongest 10 virtue and moral worb-an obi
cation which IL the highest duty OF Society 70 pro'ect
and cherish and that love OF pafrlousin nsJ 20 Nol
questioned which linda no terms OF euoey IN com
Of those whose services pave advanced ne
nterest Of humanity either 10 the cabinet or on the neo
genuine lover Of liberty Will always delight 10 niger
non the character and services OF those Dy ~non u mas
been perpetusted or achieved and we snouio cease 70
be true 10 our own nature II. whenever courage and
fidelity have been exemphed IA human action, we olo
no, extend the voluntary illusions OF our gratitude
Itis then proper and becoming that we are here. II
10 due 10 the services and memory OF Inc oeso ano
alike servcesble 10 ourselves.
gallant son Of New Jersey has returned from the
field Of hs glory and of bis fame to rest bis vesred
limbs bv the side of his honored sDcestors-he was
stricken down not by the nsdious approaches oil os-
ease but in the full noon tide OF nanhooos prlde-h
the full strength and ruitoD OF msnhoods power ne
fell on foreign soil beneath the waving OF the nag OF
his country contributing 10 iu honor and uphooingi us
repown. IT.,
Not hundred years hence, this immense assemblsge'
bv an inevitable order of Divine Providence over which
we can exercise no control will have gone the way oil
the earth-some perhaps 10 be remembered and per.
petuated by the marble monument and the scuiP.d1eo
yet who IL there here present "ouo nor req
div exchange places with the departed patriot on his
lonely bier He requires no marble monument TO per.
petuste bis II was achieved In the service OF
his country and will be embalmed In the hearts OF
grateful posterity In the thickes OF the conict tne
9eam Of his sword brightest and In the hottest oil
The strife the blast on hs bug born was loudess
"Once more into the breach dear fiends once more
In that terrible charge that marked the overthrow OF
the enemy At Buens Vista he fell on the ga oil
~ A D. lel7. On the 23d OF July same year you MS
stives and friends have cOngreaaed to pay sppr0pr'
ate honors to his worth, Having filled up the measure
OF his accommodating fallen 10 the service OF the coun
try hst was honOred In his birth 10 becoming that MS
remains should deposited by tue grave OF that ance'
tor who bore conspicuous part la early Revolution
airy struggle Here within sight Of early Revolutionary
memorials did the vision of the hero fret greet the
beams of the efuIgent sun. Here, in his early
surrounded by the surviving patriots OF the
did he receive rich lessons OF patriotic emotion here
rest the ashes OF bis ancestors and hithe ne mas return
ed 10 repose beside them.
Not hundred years since other soldiers and other
citizens cOngregsted this very spot 10 extend puohc
honors and 20 bestow private grief over the decesse oil
bis Revolutionary ancestor.
Il wac a becoming tribute valor, to patriotism and
devotion.
Who shall say that the consciousness OF this fsct bad
not important influence In determining The career OF
him over whose remains you soldiers and citizens have
assembled 10 do honor 7
The ancestor contributed TO establish the liberties
enjoy and wss honored by grateful country; the
grandson fell In UNFOLDING the integrity OF bis country
and appropriate honors are extended to his memory
and his grave. .,
America Here they may that Courage will always
be rsvered and Virtue rewarded Here they may behold
by what immense sacrifices Freedom is perpetustod
aud thus be taught 10 cherish 1t with vesa ierVo ana
fidelity. -,
Though ths spirit of the hero has departed none Will
have the hsrdhOod to deny that this tribute moi Just
and proper One of the ornaments OF the world mas
fallen but he falls revered and lsmenteo The laurehs
which he saiDed on the field of battle will never fade
Honoring the institutions Of the country 81 the same
time they honorng the services OF it dnungusneu
sons the Mayor and Common Council OF the great
commercal metropolis and the municipal authorities
OF the surrounding cities have united with vast con
course Of citizens In extending to bis memory ana MS
services the high testimonials Of their regard.
They knew him only by bic public llfe-,hey judged
him only as he came TO them covered with garlands
gsined on the field Of his fsme-they recognized In Nun
citizen Of that Union. whose renOwn MS valor mao
adorned But oh how differently he returns TO you the
friends and companions of his early years he brings
back 10 the State of bis nativity another dadem to be-
deck her brows. He adds another claim to NewJersey
for the admiration of the world.
ayes, yes, 60" be whispered sof,
In Freedom career my sword 10 WELD
ColumhiR's banner waves tlOft
An0 Glory calls me TO her field -
Ages and ages hence when we shall all be forgotten
when our bones shall have crumbled back To their org
nal elements when these gorgeous palaces and ineir
lofty columns shall have fallen sacrifice TO the inroads
of time then when the iron pen OF the antiquarian
shall come To perpetuete the OF the repnohc ne
win find It's brightest psges in tho biography OF her de-
parted and II he shall seek 10 hold up 10 the emu
suou Of other generations proper aud becoming eh
ample for imitation he will point to Hardin and "a
briskie TO Clay and McKee, Beautiful In their lives
10 death they were not divided"
How sleep the brave who snk 10 rest,
By all heir conntry's wishes blesi
Here Honor comes, pilgrim gray,
To bless the sod that wraps their clay,
And Freedom shAll awhile repair
To dwell weeping hermit there
But | am admonished by, fear. your almost ex-
hsusted patience to draw these desuory remarks to
close TO you soldiers, who his associates In the
profession of arms to you, citizens, who were MS
neighbors and friends TO all who have mingled IN inc
mOurnfu offices have just discharged on behalf oil
his surviving relatives again tender TO you their sin
core thanks and extending my own acknowledgment
for the kindness with which you have listened to me,
| respectfully take my leave of you.
! Rosa GovoNA-Here is an example afforded for
the announcement of numerous class Of persons who
NIGH persevere under adversely and overcome IT, Il
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