The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-29
Hon Dixon ii Lewis

memory of the late Hon Dixon H. Lewis delivered by
Perry f. Brocchus esq., of Alabama before the Oriental
Lodge OF Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia OF
which the deceas ed was a member;
BROTHERS 1t is my melancholy duty to announce to the
Oriental Lodge which will carry grief To every
bosom. Our friend and brother, the Hon DIXON II
LEWIS, OF Alabama is no more He expired at the
National Hotel, in the city of New York Yesterday
about noon after painful illness of few days
II is not in that spirit OF hollow and unmeanng pane
gyrc too often invoked in speaking of departed friends
that open my lips to speak of the life and character of
our deceased brother | almost fear TO speak, lest
should pofane the sacredness of that memory around
which clustered virtues that claim the admiration OF
every mind, and win the love of every heart
1t is with emotions OF deep and poignant grief that
come to the performance of this mounfu duty for in so
doing have to speak of enc who NOT only true
hearted brother oil fraternity distinguished states
man, valuable member OF society," and an ardent lover
OF his felow-men; but have also 10 speak of him who
was to me true kind, and ever faithful friend
The visations of DEATH be the subjects of them who
they may, always melancholy and painful But when
the midew OF the grave falls upon those who occupy
exalted places alike in the distinctions of their country
and in the esteem. the confidence and love of surviving
friends, is then that the hand Of Providence nAcs the
deepest aud severest wound. When whom we
were bound by the strongest ties that be by
the hands of integrity generosity Affection and ntelec
tua superiority is taken from is then that the heart
most painfully and profusely bleeds,
such Is the bereavement over which called
to mourn Our deceased brother has gone from the
meridian OF years, and in the uness Of worth: he had
but reached the age of forty five His life though short
wisdom and the practice of virtue He had accomplished
more reaching the prime of life than achieve
in passing from the spring time of youth the wintry
period Of old age More in the fulhlmcnt of the great
ends OF our mortal exstence-in the requirement of
useful and scientific knowedge-m the cultivation Of
intellectual powerin the subugation and control OF
those stormy elements which inhabt the bosom of man
and drive hun to deeds of rashness and inustce--in
the culture OF those virtues which make the human
heart a temple OF sympathy for the woes of fellow
morals, and incite the hands to deeds of kindness
which give the wretched bosom peace and wipe away
the I'M moGners tears Inc sXoseasy purity and beauty
his sacred memory weep the halowed tears OF friendship,
gratitude, and love.
His virtues threw around him usre in all the relations
of life Whether dschargng the duties OF legislator
the councils of the nation, moving in the peace
full and congenal walks of social intercourse the good
ness OF his heart, the correctness of his mind and
the simplicity of his character, seldom failed to gain the
respect and. win the affections of his associates.
For many years has he faithfully represented the
State in whose service he died 1t is not given
to frail humanity to be perfect in action or in
thoughts but of the deceased may be said that he sell
dom errednever wilfully, Throughou his whole pub
uency and the State whose interests he represented
Long will his removal from the sphere Of his public use
loved, and who, in return, loved him.
AS a husband and father he had few equals and no
superios. The exalted traits of character which
rendered him useful in the walks of public life and
deared him to the social circle cast their light around the
domestic hearth and made his home happy The widow,
who bends DER his eless FORM and the faherless,
who weep the tears OF devotion and sacred
the memory of their departed parent, alone can tell
or know how dear he to them Oh! let prayers
ascend that, in the loss of such husband and father
they may be sustained that, in this time of their rbu-
ation, they may receive that comfort which hope and
Heaven alone can give!
character thus adorned by almost every virtue gave
to our deceased brother eminent fitness to become
bright and shining lamp in benefcent fraternity
His physical lnfirmes denied him the pleasure OF
cending often to these halls his heart would
have prompted but can bear testimony to his admra
ton OF the beauty OF the Order and his attachment to the
great and eternal principles which its supersructure
rests Often would he speak in glowing terms of the
simplicity and beauty OF our faternal intercourse; and
dwell with rich and fervd eloquence upon the benign
and hallowed purposes of Oddellowshp Could he have
have strongly attested his admiration Of the beautiful
simplicity OF our Order and his love of the pure principles
which lie at its foundation. $50 usn Me sick, comfort
the distressed and educate the ORPHAN" pursuits to-
ward which the generous impulses of his heart naturally
mpeled him. Though born and reared in affuence and
such was the republican structure OF his charac.
that he often found beneath the lowly roof of
the humble cottager, and freely mingng amidst the
scenes
"Where hopeless misery poured her groan,
And lonely retired to die" r'
Hallowed be the memory of such man sacred the
remembrance of such brother! May we long bear in
our bosoms recollection of his worth, while DER his
faults cast oblivions veil May we remember his
virtues to emulate them, and bear with the rich fruits
of their practice to the grave, whittier beloved friend
must soon be borne.
But while we deplore the loss of our amented brother
let not mourn those without hope. Let cherish
the fond belief that he has passed from sphere of
funess EARTH to field of sweeter tolls and richer
fruits beyond this vale of tears that he has gone from
this earthly fraternity join the fraternity of angels that
he has gone from the pershabe lodge within these wallis
to join the grand eternal lodge above, where the pure
principles Of Order glow with dimless lustre-where
there shall be no suffering, no sorrow orphans
tears-where all nations, tongues and kindred of the
earth shall be united in the bond of universal brother
hood and where angels and archangss shall swell the
anthem of friendship, truth, and love throughout the
flight of ceaseless and eternal years
Yes, our brother has gone, trust BETTER bright
or world, where shall mourn; where widows
never greve; where orphans never weep!
| Where friendship. FURNISHED and refined
Shall form the bright and golden ties
Cherubic hearts to closely bind,
In lairer realms beyond the skies:
| Where love divney bright shall glow,
| And tune the sweet angelic string
| Whose beauty only saints shall know
Whose sweetness only seraphs sing
| Where truth more pure than here below,
| Adds glory to immortal youth;
| Where, with eternal fuiness flow
The streams Of "Ftiendship Love, and Truth"
Communicated
| The Washington WhIgs Alarmed.
II was with little establishment, that yesterday
while in the city, witnessed the evident alarm manifest
ed by the wings generally but especially by thos