The Yazoo Democrat., 1850-09-12

furnishes most solemn lessons Of warning and
rebuke.
The Messenger of Eternity designed in his
death, to remind us, that he is no respecter oil
persons. The statesman, who had filled the
measure of his ambition in the crowning glory
of finished presidential career, the lamented
Polk:the General who s(ormed the rocky passes
Of the Bishops Palace at Monterey; the accom-
pished Worth; the old man Eloquent, who, as
scholar, pset orator, statesman, officer, repre-
sentative, all, had lived many generations OF
ordinary lives, John Quincy Adams; the acute,
logical, independent and fearless Senator OF
Roman fortitude, John C. Calhoun, had all re-
Gently been laid low, as shining trophies of the
insatiate archer's sure aim. Learning and
Eloquence, noble presence and lofty parts,
strong will and indomnItable courage were but
as wthS of straw in the grasp Of death Nor
age, nor sex, nor color, nor degree, are respect
ed, by this remorseless tyrant. Kings had
bowed before him, beauty and grace, wit and
fashion, wealth and station, had all trailed in
the dust, as trophies of his successful crusade
against humanity, and yet another nobler vic
i'm is required. And in an hour of our coun-
try's greatest peril, while the political sky IS
blackened with the elements ofsa terrific storm,
threatening to engulf our noble Union of mighty
st tes in ruin, the sad intelligence spreads with
li9 llAAuS LdPIu4tyS lIOiH gun " luhCS nun
ocean to ocean, and the first man in the nation
is smitten to the earth.
''What! scared the Old Eagle to die at the spn!
Lies he stiff with spread wings at the goal he
had won
care there spirits, more blest than the ''planct
of Even,"~
"Who mount to their zenith, then melt into
''No waning of fre-no quenching of ray,
But rising, still rising, when passing away
Fare. ell, gallant Eagle! thou'rt buried in
light
''God speed into heaven. lost star Of our night
s'Lay his sword on his breCst-There's no spo
on its blade,
''In whose cankering breath his bright laurel
will fade!
"'Twas the first to lead on at humanity's call
"It was stayed with sweet mercy, when ''glory'
was all
GAS calm in the council, as gallant in war,
"He fought for his country and not its ''hurrah, !,
: '4n the path of the hero with pity he trod,
'Let him pass,-with his sword to the pres
enee Of God.
at is appointed to all men, once to die. bu
afte. death the judgment. None can escapt
: this great decree of heaven. We must all fac
our great enemy. Should it not therefore, b
> our chief concern to prepare to die He
, the bravest man who is always ready for hi
antagonist. The last ords of the great ol
h man, whose dec ase the nation mOurns, Wer
:. expressive types of courageous soul. 81 di
Il am waiting Deaths approach. | am read
for the summons, | have endeavored faithful
to perform my duty,-I regret to leave IN
5 frie~ ds" Such are the expressions of an hor
r est, fearless aud determined spirit. Are W
. ready fer the summons! Will not Death SUI
, prise US all when he does come! He comes Z
If thief in the night, he prowls ia the gladder
% ing breeze, he turks unseen in the vivid ray
:, the sun, he rises with every exhaation from tn
rivers bed he hovers in thousand forms owe
, the swamp's smooth surface, he knocks at ever
- door, and he slowly marches through the higl
III way of our life's blood, to our very hearts II
ID is not a scare-crow skeleton, nor is he masl
to ed and mailed hypocritc. In fearful reali
H. he makes the earth's circuit every hour an
d. strips every human deceit of its gossamt
0r veil. Behold the hot tear as it courses ii
IN widows cheek, mark the irrepressible grief
ri the broken hearted orphan, oh eve the convu
or sive heaving of the agitated bosom, gaze at Il
sad array of mourning souls in the sable wee
IL of wo and Oh! who does not know that the
o. are all of them deaths ensigns And y
IL we may learn from the tomb and the mon
Id ment lessons ofgreat truth. Classic song al
I'd story are rich in the "reminiscences Of ancie
H. glory investing the tomb. PhltoStrdtHS tt
IS, us that the Thesalians crowned the tomb
he Achilles the great Grecian warrior, with re
es. But before we crown our hero's tom
:. with garlands of roses or amaranth or ivy
= us provide a mausoleum for our immort
ol dead And what nober or more honOrat
l"' tribute to their memory can we pay than
re- carry out the suggestion of an eloquent diyl
: to purchase the sacred premises of Mount We!
he on and entomb all our Presidents upon Il
lal consecrated spot. How worthy the memory
the Father of his country! How appropriate
"a. tribute Of the national gratitude, to those "
~ have served their country in its hour of neede
-. patriotism be a UirtWe and who dare deny it,
~ 1u' it should be cherished and preserved, ndtiO
lis gratitude should also be cultivated and In
hS much as all these great principles tend
ty, the developementand growth of elevated ira
an of personal character there should be steady Q
ous unfailing attention paid to them.
ON 5. Another lesson which we are taught
ex- the transitory nature of everything terrcsti
md Dissolution is written upon all things. l
,ho history of the world is history of floods q
'lo wrecks, changes, Oblivions and destructio
hyS How rapid have been all these changes, I
manv centuries ago and Rome with its mo-
/; ments of unlimited power and glory was m
9th ress Of the earth to-day the treacherous serp
coils himself upon the stately rocks which w
did once pillars ofits Coliseum. Not many gen
ations gone and Babylon was the chief sea
his Asiatic opulence and oriental spendor, {
ich now its very foundations, are hidden fore
hat from sight. Not many suns past and Napc
is on BonaPart hiled the world WIN Tue s'oly
.es. his martial PrOwess.
the s.The king of kings, and yet of slaves
ow slaVs'
son w no .lo ~ mn -.
liiS "And crushed the rights of Europe and
seu own
red ..Te fit between dungeon and throne.