Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-11-04
Our Family.

TO read the following extract, one would think
that many noble families are growing up in Anne
rica and that ere long we will have an lIIustrous
arlstocracy to direct the destinies of this country
of freedom and equaIity. Arkansas is not the on
y state that is honored with illustrious family,
our neighbor Missouri has the prospect of Il SINH
lar honor, through the line Of Old Bullion Hear
the complaints of the offences committed against
tho dignity of the BulIions. in his speech against
the confirmation of Gen. Kearneys brevet Ben
ton drags the members of his family before the
public and parades them with great theatrical eff
feet. He makes strange issue between public
services on one side, and his family pride on the
other.
" These were crimes against Fremont. and
against humanity and public Justice. The publ.
cations were made-tramed, like bill in chance
ry, with double aspect-ready for either event
But was Fremont ulono concerned Was injus-
tice to bum the only wrong stabs into him the on
y wou nds? Had he nobody 70 feel for him on
his side the long and lofty mountains which hid
hin, r., n heir view no widowed mother to feel
for the degrn. .iotiod of her only sou no wife to
feel herself stabbed when ne was struck no enid
Of precocious intellect, an,. stu more P'ecocIouS
moral organization, to catch anu to eel, I'D every
theirs name ? no ather-in-law-mother-in law
ers-In-law-ssterS-in-la friends OF e,fr-
Iy yOuih-tO feel their own hearts torn i'll this dal-
Iy tearing of friend 5 character, three thou
sand miles off! no old officers Of the army to feel
modification at this sad termination of the militia
ry career OF q young man opening 50 beautifully,
and which they had hued with SO much pride
doing honor to Il profession which they themselves
adorned no friends of science in America and
in Europe to hang their heads at seeing young
votary of science, just received into their exalted
circle, thus blight0d in the blossom his own bloom.
ing and expanding fame! Were there none of all
these 20 feel the iron punges Of these dagger pub
lcatlons! There wtS--ihere was---a mother to
feel them, and un.o death for she sunk aud died
under the uhcton Of the redoubed blows. The
only son bot got to the bedside after the eyes
closed forever which had been strained to the
last, to behold him more. The widowed mo-
ther was still warm in death when the got TO
her IlteIess body. He could only stay % close the
earth upon her, and fly back to WASN'T. TO defend
ms honor, more precious than life, from kcarney
and bis roIentcss myrmidonS. There was a wife
young and sanSItIve--!O whom the light of hea-
ven became hateful and darkness terrible, and So
clety intaera b,e--who fed TWO thousand miles to
meet in the wilderness " the muiineer in irons
as some gave il oul-n young wife. tranquil IN the
day. when people looked upon hcr--cOnYulsed
and frantic in the niIht when left TO her own az
olIes, the heart bnrstIng. the brain burning. the
body sbIverIng and |, her father, often called,
not TO witness, but TO calm this ngilalion--and
these publications the cause Of all ? Have ] not
reason am not jlslified does not every cause
that acts aPon the heart or the head Of man impel
me 10 pursue this inquiry and lay it bare on earth
as It will be IN heaven? ? Vengeance is mine saith
the Lord; bui he has where said that he re.
serves all The vengeance to himself; and the sa-
cred book shows US IN many places that he vouch-
sated to permit part of his vengeance 10 he exc
cuted here upon earth, and even by unworthy
hands. feel myself To be SO permitted and must
90 on with the task which human feelings COM
mnnd, and which ueaven nermILs.