Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-05-04
By A. E. Brown, EsQR.

Delivered March 9th s4s in St. Johns Lutheran Church
the Borough of Easton.
By A. E. BRowN. EsoR.
Fellouc- Cittzens:-The death of The humblesl
individual leaves a thaSm in The society oil
which he formerly constituted part; the be-
reaved social circle fix their fearful eyes upon
The place he once occupied; The mourners fol-
low hun TO the grave; and from the full heart
gushes forth tribute, however lowly, to The
virtues of him who "can return no more" The
man whose sphere of usefulness has been ex-
tended beyond The limits of his own private cif-
Gle, whose mind has stamped lis impress upon
his village or upon his dislrct-lhrough whose
influence institutions of religion and learning
have been established, or through whose entef-
prize honest labor has received employment, and
reward, has Others to mangle with The band of
mourning relatives who surround his bier. The
SUDDEN, pale with study the laborer brown with
toll unile in paying tribute to his worth. The
monuments he erected are pointed Out 10 The
stranger, and his history is preserved in The
traditions Of his neighborhood as an example Tor
the young, and as source of honest pride
for his contemporaries. Such is the meed which
grateful public pay to departed worth, even
when it has been displayed in private life. or IN
a sphere OF usefulness crcumscrbed in lis &C.
lion.
But anon The tolng Of the bell from every
capitol throughout our wide spread land, and the
muflled tread Of nation of mouruers, tell that
one sill more mighty has departed. As that
deep toned bell strikes upon the ear, nation
pauses in It's onward march; the heart of a ma
rIon bows itself in majestic sorrow and, utter
ed in subdued accents, one name is upon every
tongue Crrcumscribed by no local boundrles,
limited by no lies of kindred or political asso-
citation, is the burst of reveren,ial sorrow-ihe
testimonial Of The sevices and virtues of the
departed
il is upon such an occasion, and with such
feelings, that we have assembled 10 pay our las,
humble tribute 10 the memory of JOHN Quincy
ADAMS, late member of Congress, and ex.Pres-
iden, OF these U. States. Why is it that that
name falls with mournfnl interest upon the ears
of those who knew not the deceased in The days
of bis glory aud his fame? Why is ii that every
one in this assembly feels as though ne had
sustained personal bereaymeni! Why rs II haI
as one man we lament that that eye is dIuimrd,
although we may never have met It's glance!
Why is il that we mourn that those lips are
mute, although TO US they may never have ad-
dressed salutation? Ii is because that name
is inscribed in impershable characters upon
the monument of our couniry's greatness; be-
cause for half century that voice, now mute,
has fallen upon nations ear; because that pure
spirit, now sped to more blissfu regions has so
mingled itself with every thing Iha, i. pure
and good in The institutions Of our beloved coun-
try, Ihai-he has spoken to- our heart OF hearts,
kindiiug the fires Of virtue. patriotism and lib-
ery; and in that spirit have We assembled 10
pay our tribute TO The memory Df ihe mighty
dead
The Poet the Orator, the DiplomAtis'. The
Siaeman, the Patrior, the Christian has def'ar-
led. But though the harpis uns'rung the hear
sill vibrates with lis we'll remembered tone;
though The lip is mute, the American mind is
the faithful chronicle of lis treasured savings; al.
though the cold hand no longer wields the won
der working pen, at home aud abroad il has re-
corded ITS own history in never fading charsc
,ers; though The Patriot, form is no longer see
upon The rampars of has country. he aided ere
hIs departure, IN making them strong enough to
resist The, shock Of world 10 arms; and, In that
State, where in his boyhood few feeble COLO
nlsrs hoped for civil and religious freedom,
where the first musket pealed, aud the first
hayoneis flashed in the assertion Of liberty and
the rights OF man, his grave will be safe. ws'ch-
cd by millious of sdmlring and lsmenting free.
men. Although the christian no longer cheers