Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-07-18

chnsaits voice In respond 10 The sulagy which has bee
d p'onounecd by Louisiana upon h't lluslfes and iaee
lied son. Inie'd neither NV personal Feelings M
l. inv Political relations IN the living 10 the dead wDu
II permit me To remain altogether silent tins ccrasi
Aud yet sir eonfss knnw mol how to say ans thin
satisfactory 10 myself suitable to the creunstances
e The hour.
r. The event which has beeh officially announced
has come up suddenly has So nvefalelnled
MS with mingled emnrians III surprise and sadness
The ordinary forms Of expression ON 10 loose ie SIG
nfcal Co. and one Would fam bow his head To the lnss
in slruce until its first shock has IN some j"gree passed
away.
Certainly SIR no ole fail 10 really, that ms
u:amenrnus and mysterious Providence has been maui
. frsted in our midst Al moment when. more than
almost ever bcfare history, the d sinies Of our
country seemed. all human sight IL he insepaabs
assciaied with The eh rdcer and conduct Of IS Chlei
Executive Maeisfa'e. that Magistrate has been sum
moned from his Ias by the ony niger hnse man
dates he nigh, no. have jo'd and ha, been Withdrawn
fievcr fum the sphere of human existence.
Tn s. are those II vs. need say. SIR who had
baked TO hun with affection and reverence chos n
leader and guide in the difficulties and peIpleAiues by
whirh are surrounded. There those of us who
had rel ed confidently him, upnn other mso. 10
uphold the C"Gstl'uin and maintain the Union oil tho
county IN tht fuufe upan which clouds and dark
mess" NAV WI be- said 10 rs'. And. be
IN Id him birne away BY the hand of i from GIT
in thu very hour of peril. hardly repress the
elamation which was applied TO the departing prophet
OF old: "My hhef. my f,lhef; the chariot Of Israel,
md the horsemen thereof
LIT me no seem Ia imply, hnweyer, that the
,ath Of General Taylor is any thing less than a na,ion
al lss. There may be. aud We know there is. IN this
event. prsedged and pre-e nnenl grlet for his lmne
date family and relatives. In which we only fl 7
the assurance of our heartfelt sympathy. Thee u.s. to1
peculiar for his political fri, nds and supporters
which We would Gol all, ct TO conceal Bni the whole
people OF the In ted States will feel and will bear wit
ness. when they receive these melancholy dng,, that
they have all been He'd 10 sustain INST affecting
tDaal bereavement
/ hazard nuhna, sir in saving. that III roll Of
Chief Magistrates since 1889, lusuus as II is pie
sens the ol no man WIN has enyed higher rep
ulatnn with his contemporaries, u who will enJ y
higher repula i'm with ppsterty Than Zachary Taylor,
for Of the best AID nob,st qualities which aJorn
our nature.
Ills iudnmitnhle c1unge. his unimpeachablo honesty,
his Spartan simplicity and saaacy, his Irankness. kind.
mes. moderation, aud mlgnanimty his fidelity 10 his
friends, his generosity and humanity his enemies, the
pufly Il his private life the paolism OF his public pin
clpos, vii never 10 be- c rlshcd IN the grateful
membmnce Of all just men and all True hearted Amer
leans.
As Soldier and General, bis fame is associated with
sumo of the pruudrst md masl thulng OF our
military history may be lleally said 10 have n
queIed every enemy he has met only that last
NM 10 which we must ALL IN turn, surrender.
As arlvilan and statesman during he brief period in
which lao his been petnltled toerJny the pre- eminent
honois VIII CHI grateful country had awarded hun, ha
has given proof Of devotion 10 duty of thchment To
The constitution aud the Union patriotic desire 10
mninain the peace al our country. which uIas
temptations could shkc. lie has horne his faculties
meekly. hut firmly. Io has been "clear 10 his preat Of
! h'c.' lie has knnwnn' 10 al pariiaiies pr,Judces
but has proved himself plhlo II embracing his whole
country IN The comprehensive affections and regards Of
! large aud eenefnu. heart
Bot he has iail,n al nos a the threshold Of his civ
career, aud at moment when Of Us were looking
10 him h render services In the country which we had
thought 10 other man could perform Certainly. sir he
has died too soon ior every body but himself. We can
hardly hud II IN hearts repino that the good old
man has gone 10 his rest We grudge the repose
in which the have old soldier Sleeps His par il lie
had been I,ps and faithfully permmcd In his own last
words, ale had always ne his duty and he not
afraid 10 die But our regrets for ourselves and for
country are deep and uniegocd.
Nir.t was I'll and beautiful circumstances in the close
Of such career. that his last official appearance was at
tie celebration Of the bluhd,y of our NaocaI Ind,pon
dence. andmore especially ac Of homnge to The
memory OF hun whose ehampe he had ever tevoTeJ and
followed anl whn. he him eli so well said. "was by
50 many ules. the Father of his Country"
Aud now, Nj. Speaker let us hop that this even,
may teach all h'w vain is reliance upon any arm
OF flesh, aud may inprss with solemn sense at on
national as we'll as individual dependence Powe,
j higher than human. Iii us remember sit, that 'thC
Ld - king be the people never 50 in, pa lent that h,
lit til tween The chcrubln. be The earth un
qnet.' Let us in language which is hallowed tC
us, as having been tho cl sg and erownng sentiment
Of the btio but admirable inaugural address with which
our asous friend opened his Presidential erm, harhl
more Than year ago. aud which is my privilege Il
read al this moment from the very copy from which i
was originally Rad by himself 10 the American people,
the All day of Mach, IS ~ let in language in which
he, being d., ad, yet spcaketh' ,ie mrohe COZ,
tinuance Of The Protecting Care ,chich has led u
from small beeinnpgsto The tminenec ,rc Ms day occupy
and ict MS serk 10 deserrc that continuance by prudence
and moderation IA orr councils by ptlneeted attempt
10 "suase The bitterness wIich Too often marks m1codi
bic differences n opnion,by the PRONUNCIATION and prac
fice Of Just and Liberal principles and by an enlarge,
patriotism phch shall acknowledge no limits but those
our o,cn ,cide sprcad RepubIic."
| Mr.. Bayly and said:
MI Speaker Representing in part the native State o
the iluslIons Dead II NAV not be improper for the. IL
behalf o the legation, 10 add word to what has
dy hen SAID However much she have differed will
hun while living there is not who mourns more ,erp
" his sudden death No State felt n luter pride in hi
military achievements. admired mIe his private viz
tns None will drop tear OF hear felt slrtuw up
on his bier
hope It will not lac deemed inepnr pirate for me To in
dnle IN some reflections suggested by the occasion 49,
For me second ne Mr.. Speaker, in political hist,
~, on national government be subjected 10 the ri
al ui beng administered by President not elected b,
the people 10 that ,lirc. The first was severe enough
hut this must be still more So How different is our sit
nalion now in'm what IT them Thon, it is true w
we're IN condition Of high political excitement, But ,
was Tue elevation or downfall ipattlcs which dependc
upon The result. Now we In the midst of an anur,
sectional STRIFE, threatening the very existence of tn
government Hsei II that crisis required prudence mod
efaiiln. and wisdom insure success h. the xperment
how much more will the in which we now find our
selves demand the exercise Of those high qualites Sir