The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-22

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Successfully Nilrrssed . house. We
eagy lhs beaa,ifA eiasiag remarks q he
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On every ihing thar pas-ed. The picturesque
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oilers il de uRIly 81 IL character and IN
lie lhansNn.i.iold anxieiles whirh eenireS
upan him. No haman being ever enleE-
Cd ms ball uitioas turning h1hiin4lly and
VIII heanieis deierrnre first n hin. and
lev eser leii Il wilhoal pausing as they
uenl - paur oul lhrir blessings upon lhal
spini G conservation % The counlTy which
baoag i and which Kept him here.
Standing upon the extreme boundary
Of ha.nsa life. and dlsAalning al the re-
laxa,inas and exemptions Of age, lis
oaler framework only was ernmhsing
away. The glVEions engine within still
WORKED on unhari. uninjnred. amid all the
slapidali0ns arlnnd il. and worked on
with IL wonlel AMI il irnn power until
the blow was sent lrsm above which
crushed IL into fragments before Us And
however appalling thai blow. and how
ever profoundly II smole upon our own
feelings as We beheld It's eXlinguishing
eifecI upon his. where else could IL have
fallen so FLY upon him! Where else
could he have been relieved from the
yoke Of his labors so well as in the Geld
where he bore them! Where else would
he himself have been so willing TO hare
yielded up his life, as upon the post Of duty
and hy the side Of that very altar 10 which
he had devoted il! Where hut in the
capitol of his country. 10 which all the
ihrobbings and hopes of his heart had
been given, would the dying patriot be SO
willing that those hopes aud throbbipgs
should cerscl And where bot from This
niaDsinn-house of liberty Oh earth could
this dying Christian more illy 60 TO his
mansion-louse of eternal liberty on high!
Blt. kindling 10 The Imagination and
soothing even 10 the feelings as is the death
OF Mr.. Adams, with all the accessories
and associations OF this spot around bin,
infinitely deeper is the interest which is
given to it By The conviction that he was
willing and ready 10 meet it. He was
happily spared, BY the preservation OF his
rich faculties TO the last. from becoming q
melancholy spectacle of doiard and dri.
yelling old age. lie was still more hap
PLY spared, BY The just and wise and truth
ful Use o. ;hose faculties. from becoming
the melancholy and revolving spectacle of
irreverent and wicked old age. None
knew better or fel. more deeply than he,
that .-.-.
"fTis not The whole of life to live,
Nor all Of death TO de-
and hence for long years his life has been
continuous and beautiful illustration Of
the great truth that. willis, The fear ofman
is The eonsummaiiOn of all folly. The fear
OF God is the beginning ofall wi,lom. TO
such an one, 4" composure" amid the Pc
rjls of death and when . the last of earth
has come" is Supporting power fre-
guenily and diyinely given; and, il it has
not been permitted TO him, as 10 prophet
OF old, to be spared the bitterness Of death
and 10 90 10 the heaven that he looked
for and that he loved in chariot Of fire,
vet 10 the eve Of human faith his access
10 the same abode has been as speedy and
as safe. Instead Of wearing away under
he waste Of disease, and passing through
all the woes and weaknesses which dis
solving nature generally undergoes, a blow
of brief bul mortal agony stkes him al
once into The tomb, and thus his spirit,
Instantly freed, goes right up TO the parent
fountain from which il came. The mes
senger calls, the soul is in heaven.
At this moment Of fresh afflicijon, whilst
standing in the very presence Of death, il
is moi meet TO go into any special review
of tie Iabors or opinions Of the departed.
Wbateser may be thought "f those poliii-
caliy. posierily will never deny TO him The
possession of great talents. aied by
great virtues, ani directcd with holiness,
honesty. and earnest purpose, for an une-
qualied length Of ,ine, 10 whatever, in his
judgment. was best for the interests. no.
nor. and perpetnity of his country. This
is the lesson taught by his life. That
which IS taught by his death calls upon us
all, with solemn appealing cry, Be We,
oh, be ready, for We know not the hour
when the Son Of man comeih!"
Il was then moved that Mr.. AdanIs's
seat in the Hall remain unocenpjed for 80
days. aud be clothed in mourning Also
that committee Of one member from each
State and Territory accompany the re-
mains TO MASSACHUSETTS. (Mr. Barringpr
was appointed On the committee from this
Ssase.) '
In the Senate. Mr.. Davis of Mass,
Mr.. Webster being absent on account of
the death Of his son. announced the me.
lanchoiy event in feeling and appropriate
terms, embodyipg a Biographical Sketch
similar 10 thai Of Mr.. Hudson. /
Mr.. BENTON then rinse and u,l,Irassod +