Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-01
Ccreaonies in honor Of General TayIOr at In-

ceremonies In hOhOf Oh Oehcfdi lhytOh AT m
dimapolis.
On Saturday last, agreeably to appointment, many
of the citizens of indianapolis, and several from the
country, met at the Wesley Chapel in this city, for
the purpose of paying their respects to the memory
of General Taylor, late President of the United
States
HUGH o'NEAB, Esq, having declined the APP
pointment on account of i'll health, Mr.. ]. d. De-
FREES delivered the 0ration--the Rev. Mr.. JAMI-
SON having opened the exercises Of the occasion by
prayer.
The Rev. EDWARD R. AMEs, the Presiding Ell
der of this District of the Methodist South Indiana
Conference, then delivered one of the ablest Eulo-
gies on the Life Character, and Public Services of
General Taylor which we think will be delivered in
any part of the Union. His description Of General
Taylor's first military achevement-the defence of
Fort Harrison, on, the Wabash, in our own State,
was delineated with master hand. He brought the
whole scene most wildly before his hearers. The
little stockade fort seventy miles from any settle
ment with its rude battements, and small band OF SOL
diers most ofthem disabled by sickness-being only
about fifteen or twenty effective menthe young
mandeEhmsef, just risen irons sick bed, with five or
six women in the fort to share the common danger,
and this party opposed by more than four hundred
Indian warriors ready to riot in their blood-the yes
of the sayages the terror of the women and the fort
in names-alI were brought before us by the orator;
and there stood General Taylor, too, cool and col
ected, the master spirit Of the occasion, and who
successfully resisted the apparently overwhelming
force that appeared against him; and in his report
TO the War Department only modestly saying at this
crisis, F'we in difficult circumstances" He
next followed him into Florida and finally ended in
description of his military in Mexico, Civ
ing graphic and minute account of each important
battle. After reviewing his brief career Presi-
dent Of the United States and the circumstances at
tending his death, closed by relating his own brief
personal acquaintance with the deceased of some two
weeks at post on our southwestern frontier in 1913
where the speaker held series of religious meet
ings which the General and other officers attended
with much interest, showing that military life had
not made General Taylor inattentive to the high
claims of religion. He was invited TO his quarters
and for several days enjoyed his hospiaIity-little
dreaming he would ever be called upon TO discharge
the solemn duty in which he was then engaged.
In relation to the perpetuation of our free insitu
tons Mr.. Ames advanced an idea, which he carried
out with much force and eloquence, that in the illus
trious dead, perhaps more than the living, have
a strong tie that binds our country together The
fame of the dead in our country is the common pro
perry of the living. 1t is something that cannot be
divided, and who knows but, under Providence, i
may at last be the great of saving the Union
The idea is one worthy of the most serious con
consideration