The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-25
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They have alien!-but not until Famc
hadcnrolled their names high, very high in
her Temple, so grand and so towering-the
names Of Taylor, Calhoun. Elmore, Prem
tiss, King, Mason, Osgood, Fuller and Jones.
Twelve short months ago, and Zachary
Taylor stood before the world as the illus
,rious chief of mighty nation blessed with
the love and reverence of millions Of free
men, and in the tranquil enjoyment Of eve
ry earthly bliss,-a few more weeks glide
away and become lost in the revolution ol
time, and all that is lett of the President and
the Hero, his dust, moves on to the last
resting place of mortality, in regal magniii-
ccnce, ay in more than kingly splcndor,
for his mound is hnnorcd by the poor and
the humble, and moistene1 by the tear OF
affection.
o. after all the tolls Of war,
How blest the brave man lays him down
His bier is II triumphal car
Ills grave is glory and rcnown!
He has fallen! South Carolina weeps
DER the tomb OF her mos, able champion,
for the eloquent tongue Of Calhoun will no
longer lisp the accents OF beauty ard sub
Unity; o-day he rcpose,h placidly amid the
lldIONcu pIcCillClS VI CaCins anu nU
voice but that OF God can rouse him.
Death! thou "lovest a shining mark,
for Elmorc, the talented and distinguished,
hath fallen at thy mandate.
Scargent s. prcntiss has fallen! a
brilliant light has been quenched, aud the
l'lcader has carried his cause up to that
Tribunal from which there can be 10 ap.
peal
And couu'st not thou spare for little
longer, one whose age is as nothing before
the great Jehovah! Why blunt the point
Of her eloquent pen, and why hush the kind.
ly throbbngs Of her noble heart In thy
roamings, couldst thou not find some hum
bier victim of thy wrath, than Margaret
Fuller! All thou must fulfil thy mission,
ordained by providence, until the stars shall
grow dim with age, and and you glorious
lumnary OF dey sets in eternal darkness
Go then and pluck the bloom from the
rose in its sweetness and its beauty, and
scatter to the air its richest perfume; strike
down manhood as he launches his lrail bark
on the cvcnttul waters of life; and when the
great warrior returns from the ground oi
his exploits, covered with glory, conquer
him. OH spoiIcr, and hold him thy prisoner!
- he nero, tilc statesman ms journey Is done
All his cares are now over, his last battle won;
Now swceily he rests from his sorrows and
tran.
And leaves proud nation in sadness and
tears"
They have fallen! Great intellect or re-
nown, or elevated station could not save
them from tho worm, for il was written
"dust thou art, aud unto dust shalt thou re.
tu;n." Man, no matter how brilliant his
career. or how dazzlingly splendid his
talents, must. in process of time, be cncircled
within the limits OF little spot of earth:
"rhc boast of hen,ldry. the pomp of power,
And all that beauty. all that wealth &C,
gave,
Await ALIKE the inevitable hour
The paths of glory lead bnt to the grave"
Sleep, on noble dead of 1850. Sleep or
in your last rest, and mingle your dust with
the free soil of Columbia, in the hallowed
gravcs where Americans have laid you
Sleep on while in the inmost rccesses OF oul
hearts your names are cherished
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