Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-11-04
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he.
"What do you support Van Buren!" con.
tinued the artist srr v1
"No, Sir" shouted the screamer; 81 sup
port Betsy and the children, and it's d--n
tight screwn' to get along with them, with
corn at only twenty-five cents bushel"
i "Good bye, stick to Betsy and the children
said Sam; ''they are the best candidates out;'
and raising anchor he fioated off As he
sped onward, the squatter's voice reached
him once more, and its burihen was
"Hurrah for General Jackson, the old Mis-
sissippi and me and Betsyr'-St. Louis Re-
uille.
FRANKLIN's RESTING PLACE.
| "Snch was his worth, his loss was such.
| We cannot love too well, or grieve too
much,"
IN one corner of the burying-ground, best
known as Christ's Church-yar Philadelphia,
repose the remains of the philosopher Frank
lin. On entering the yard from Arch street,
attention will unavoi.lably be directed to his
humble tomb by well trodden path which
leads from the gate 10 the marble slab which
bears the simple inscriptions which will AT
once strike the' beholder with WONDER viz
benjamin, andA Deborah Franklin" With
wonder | say, because we are accustomed TO
to see the stones covering the tenements Of
great men inscribed with eulogiums but the
one we are now beholding has nothing but
the words above quoted, and in the year in
which it was placed there.
And this is the grave of a man who nigh,
once have been seen, a runaway boy, in the
streets of Philadelphia seeking employment
as printer and again, as editor and pro.
prietor of the United States Gazette, long so
ably conducted by Mr.. Chandler Once try
ing experiments with simple paper kite
again, astonishing the world with the disco
veries made through its instrumcntality. Once
in England deceived journeyman printer
again as Minister from an Independent Re.
public. Once in his workshop, asa laboring
mechanic again in the halls of Legislation
advocating the cause of freedom, and urging
an oppressed people TO rise and drive the
British Lion from our forests Yes he was |
one of those who signed away their lives, for
tunes and honors, if necessary, for the well
fare of their fellow citizens. But all this could
not save him from the hand of DEATH Tho
the Philosopher and the Statesman must lie
as low as the less favored, yet the circum- |
stances connected with the lives OF those whose |
motto was "non sibised pdrG, possess charms
which all can appreciate aud all love to che
rish. We read his name on the marble slab
ponder over his virtues, and mourn his
loss as of a dear friend. We stand around
his grave, and think how many have gazed
with reverence upon that stone, and our eyes
become fixed upon it as though it possessed
IN endearing charm. We look back upon
MS life and deeds, and when we remember
hat a nation wept when Franklin died, we
,annot refrain from dropping tear over his
asst abode.
No towering monument rears its head a.
,ove the clouds where the first beams of the
Using sun will gild his name but that name
$ inscribed in characters moi easily to be
'rased, On every liberty loving heart, and so
ong as Philosophy continues TO be a science,
'enevoence virtue, and liberty the watch
word OF the American people, will his men.
ry be cherished, and his name be honored.
-Bapt Rec.