The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-08
lFrom the Louisville Journal.
The Grave OF Aaron Burr.


gazing 90 The grave Of Cob Aaron burr.
4 The last resting place oflhis distinguished
man Impressed us with tho ifulli that men
inptu Ihair own character aud Iheir own
Immortality "a spots Of Oaub. There nre
few places Of 40 more geographical extent,
which call ul 30 many recOlleelons.
! We know lhni n snneliiy, which nothing
can destroy or Justly prodhne. inyesla those
places which hBys liren chnTRed will Tho
ashes Of the great aud good, Bdt GREATNESS
aud goodness have not always boon united
| ~ those men whose names cannon know oh
llylOn, and whose influence Gun never ceasn
/ 10 he tHil. TITO dredr t,f the wicked are as
I imporlshable hs the deeds of tho riglncpus
A mysterious Influence, m strong ns that
wlicT DIHfB uH Ut tiIr- r-t'''li!ssEs at ihe han
eihctors Of mankind, often aIlrncls ~ ~ tho
graves Of Tho Rrent enemies Of civil sOririy.
Tie Influence however,, ~ not tbs mnie IN
tie Two cases II ID only Similar in slrenglll.
We Remember with delight tho seha1us
whose coming has allied the earth with plrn.
~ aud tho principles whosn Development
has bull ny happy communities. liui ~
treasure ~ our memories, will source lees
interest, ihe rhyngos Of peslilancs, lia ruins
of Iornndpes, aud the terrOra of revolutions,
II N an interest of this batter kind which
draws us 10 tho grave of liaff, q place not
aoon Ia bo forgotten, Men Of far distant
times will visit Il, and mornlize upon the fate
Of him who euchAuls H. IL will be known
and ircqueuied WHEN the mauHoennps Of
good mor have rrumbled 90 husband their
places are known no more.
We envy not tho mnn who can unmnved
gaze on ll4e FrnNo Of Col Burr. II IL one Of
the most dczolnlc places that Wa have ever
seen. There II no monumental pile or sculp-
iured marble standing over II, 10 cvuce tho
respect or affection of n single living soul.
Not even q rough unhewn stone marks the
bend or Tho foot of him who once held sway
over The minds and feelings of men. Wild
grnEs nnd poisnuous weeds form the cod TINT
partly covers him. The resi- ofIbe suriacu
ufthr grave Is sterile clay, yielding me- word
ant plnnI OF shrub. The stranger irends ~.
on tho spot and regards IL not, until he IL
lnld lllal he hihIds over tic tcunus OF Anf
on Burr.
How changed the scene when from tins un-
fnHrkGd-sl,oi we turn IN The sleeping place
ofIhc father of Burr. OVGr IL there -,
towering m0num'ni, Int Here ~ massive
innlli.slone, on which nro Ghi-elcd the deed,
of ihe loved aud honorct President nf New
Jersey College. The gruye of the ION is only
designated i'y it, being at the foot utihe fiih-
ere.
Immediately to tie lel, of President Burr
IL The ionllAOf jonathan E,lwurl,. "Secun.
dus ncn,inI niurtnluu" IL written un IL, anil
un me oon'ersaut with The life aud character
oi the muii, would eruse Ihe characteristic
inscfiptiun. Still nferwnrd and IN regular
order, nro the tomls of Samurl Davies, Suu-
mel FINLEY. John Wilhcrspoon md Samuel
SmitlI-cach loved in life, lnmcn-
led la denlb. mud elnhalmcd in lhe memory
1f n grateful possofiiy.
The proximity Of Col Burr 10 these loved
mi distinguished men, renders his fats still
more mrlnncholy. Their uniorRouen virtues
make his eices seem ton fold more vicious.
They shut ont the Cnw good deeds or his
lie which might under other circumstances
'nlllnte his Ind ones,
As tho visitor stands over the grave. many
Genes IL tie checkerrd aud eVrnIlul life OF
iurr crowd upon his rrrollerIipn. lie re-
members the dth Gf February, 1885, whan
iurr first saw lIat light through which mis-.
directed 2enl led him To "a nnny deeds of
woe. lie calls to mind the death Of both nis
,nrents while he was ouly three years old;
he hardsnme fortune TINT wns bcqurnihcd
IN orphan sou ihe four days nhsrondnnru
rom his preceptor when TOO he wnS u ctild
'f four yeuFs' growth the runaway from Nir
Gdwnrd-, fur the purpose of going to sen,
\ lille lac WINS IN his eleventh year; nnh ili,.
nrunce of Princeton College NJ the erfly
80 Of twelve, where lac graduated M the ngn
" hlhlt'Nt luhNnE Nlt nlh'iFN hl hiS F-tHeS III
rite of n moral character Tint evoked much
isapTroljolinn. lie reflects upon him ~ n
olnnIerr in the American revolution, aud n
older IN the celebrated expedition of Arnold
= ai..lAse;; \ aai nilt 10 Grn. Putnam, aud n
omioreo of the IhIe of linuiennnt colonel.
10 follows him tO The stttly nf the Inv, md
dinitInnce To the ALBANY liar ia 1889 To tbs
enato IN 1901, nnh 80 Ito second place 10
re high gift OF tile American people in 1901
10 beholds .him--ihe destroyer OF Hamilton,
ie miserable luignnt NJ the New York har,
re revcller in inthlerrhle lceutioilsnesu: tho
icnded e-lnhlslicr of up empire beyond the
rent father uErivlrs, OF which he wns 10 lbs
lnperor, mud the Crescent City the great
Ipitul,--tie sees him urraigued belibrr ifU
bunnl ofhis coJntry,Rud acquitted for want
{ that overt proof which his own far stretch
y cunning hnd eweloped Ia inpcnetrnhia
ouds. And, finally lac follows linn trout
tntcu leland, where IN 1895 lie closed his
,iserulAe career. tn the cemetery M Prince
N, TO lee Inferred with tie honors or wnr,ani
monlder In II grnvc upon whirh The curses
injured virtue and the rewards of vicious
nhlinn are Ia rest forever. ---4---s-..-
The life, the death, and the rrnye oT Col
nrr, curry their eva ,,,eFHl,- The simple
Ct tells nile that cells not cornineni
lords need not inform us that genius, how
'er trunsccntlufft, Unless virtue Ire one Gifts
cmehts, Gun attain einirence bn which mn.
iclouhed sun will forever bcnn'.
Tors aherds in the TJuuOariap