The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-07-26
A SOsNr ALrooErnpR AMrRroAN.-


A ScsNE ALToGETnER AMERIcAN.-
The National Iuteligencer. commenting
upon the sad event OF President Taylor's
death, alludes to an incident of the day.
which probably made less impression
than some others On An. sican spectators,
bat was precisely tina, which is most cal.
culated to aItra tthe notice offoreipners,
The death of the President being an.
n"nnced.a citizen plainly attired enters,
among the assembled Representatives az
the nation. walks up to the Clerks desk
takes an oath on the Bible tosupport the
Constitution of the United States aud. ~
this brief ceremony, he becnmes in an ins
slaIit of time, invested with the cotnmand
of the whole military f;irce Of mightS
empire. with the execution ofiis Ia wa and
the administration ofits power. No one
objects or dreams ofobjectionj the act Is
acquesced in as thing Of course. and
with the submission that wduld be rem.
dered toa law of naiure.- The sceptre
ofthe people passes into his hands as qui-
etly and as quickly as a pnWef,of .attor-
ney could be acknowledged before Jus.
tice OF The peace. Aud yet, though the
individual attracted, the thing itself was
hardly thought ofin connection ofthe con-
sequences. In some countries such a
transfer Ofpower would have cost streams
of blood, and shaken the government to
its foundations. And why is il not so
herel Because ours is government of
equal rights, and government of laws,
and becatise our people are law abd-
ing and law keeping people; because
they know and feel that their own laws
are the restraints which they thmselves
have laced on their own passions and
that it is only by obeying these laws that
their equal rights can be maintained.
May such ever be their spirit! If so we
may well say to the Republic. not "esto
perpe'ua," but "est perpetual"
GEN. TAYLoR.-The Washington Un
ion thus closes au obituary notice of Gen.
Taylor:
How he acqilted himself in that po.
siuon, it is not for us to say. We opposed
his election, and we opposed his admin.
lstralion; and now that the grave is about
to close over him,w would not willingly
seek to revive that opposition. We bury
every unkind aud unworthy feeling in
his honored tomb ltteaches high and
holy lesson. Worldly strife stands re.
huked, and worldly hopes sink into moth
ingness before the work of the fell de-
stioyer The warriors wreath and The
statesman's civic crown have withered at
the touch ut death; and we envy not that
man who, in an hour like this. amidst
nainn's mourning, would wish to even
recall the past, or even utter senlme mt
which would CRATE harshiy upon the ears
0f the nearest friends m the illustrous
dead. Gen. Taylor was an upright and
aud an honest man. We believe that he
endeavored to do his duty. We know
that he has died with an honorable fame;
and we trust that those who are near and
dear To him; thal,hose friends with whom
no was sorry To part, may find consoa-
ton IN their bereavement, IN the kn0wl-
edge that they do not mourn alone. but,
that nation minges its tears over the
death of him who faithfully discharged
his duty.
May The sod rest lightly on him!
The following from the National Intel.
Hyfncer, is the closing paragraph Of an in.
teresling account Of ihe fGneral pageant:
Thus has great nation perfnrmed
its last and sad duty, and yielded the lat
esl Of many well earned tributes to the
, memory of q lchary Taylor Oftl tears
that have emhamed his memory many
E fell from eyes unwont to weep. aud many
from thnse whose relentless party ties or
whose stern convictions of political duty,
placed them in the ranks of his decided
political opponents. Opponents they
may have been, enemies they could not!
So much obvious honesty of purpose. so
much true devotion to the country's cause,
so much unprelending but unvielding
bravery. so much unaffected kindness of
Of heart united toso much manly sense
and clear discernment. could excite the
enmlty of nothing that deserves To be cal
led man. If such feeling could ever
live it is now dead-buried in his tomb.
[ On that sacred tomb will flourish ever
only the luurels Of his military glory,
mingled with all those milder wreaihs Of
fragrant gratitude which are the need Of
every social virtue"
! A SAD WARNING.-Mr. Chadwick of
Camden. Preble county lost child un-
der the following circumstances, as rela-
ted in the Eaton Register
"Mr Chadwick had taken il Up stairs for short
time--and engaged in writing leaving the child
few moments, to indulge in playfulness around
} the room. He soon heard noise from the child
which attracted his attention Upon turning, he
discovered the little innocent with vial in its
hand, and appeared to be gsggiGg. The vial con.
tanned aqua fortlS. Of which Il had Swallowed
part The distressed parent lrastened below with
| all possible speed-a plysicim was. Immediately