Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-06-04

Reader, IL you have 10 fancied visions wit
ressed this, nerve yourself TO witness more.
See that wine-bloated body writhiog 10 il
agony. Look al those glaring eye-balls swol
len and bloodshot with wine and pain, almos
bursting from their sockets With that vscsn
stare as he hears that whispered tread. & sees
those visionary forms which are to be hi
guardian spirits from earth to other scenes
Witness more: His servants strive to keeI
him on his couch from which repeatedly hs
hes tried to leave; how he begs them to lie
him fee from that wi,hering gaze and swiu
| presence. Again he rouses all his energy,
and nerves all his power for onc foal effort
but nature fails. exhausted by those mighty
efforts. and Alexander is no more Of earth.
That eye still looks on vacancy; it emits
no tsy Of Intelligence; shoots forth 90 beam
Of love, gives US no signs Of life. II is but a
ssnseess organ of lfeless clay.
That unearthly gasp still clings to its oh.
jec: il Is no clasp Of friendship: it orig mated
not with feelings Of respect or greeting. No.
]; was the agony of that astsuugsle between
life snd death.
Look upon Alexander now: yon see mis-
form, but the spirit which gave il animation
has fed. You Witnessed the separation OF
body aud soul. and get the feeling OF thar
struggle, who can tell! chose visions Who
can fancy? and the horrors OF those las,
hours, Who can fsthom1 Human uature is
too weak, aud human language 10 too Trail
FOR such descriptions.
it"ould require the language Of Heaven
and tile fancy OF sersph to picture the true
reality Of these things.
But where is Alexander now, his body is
consigned to earth, and the passing breeze
sighs forth his requium, but where has his
spirit fed!
Call forth Heavenly guide. don your
spirit wings aud flee in quest fhim amid the
upper skies. Go ask OF yonder group recli-
ning on the mossy bank of that pure stream
Of Heavenly waters" but you find him not;
proceed TO yonder joyous band beneath the
Tree Of Life" DO Alexander there. Search
faithfully sm'd those eysisn fields and if you
find him not, raise to your lips the Trump,
and let the query echo FAR aud wide through
all the throng Of Heaven Tor one Alexander
who was on earth called great. But hark I!
There is an answer echoed back from yonde ei
bfi liant throne.
Its solemn sound strikes ia .wee, cadence
on your ear. II IS With tone Of sympathy
and kindness. for ii is lroln iha, gtsst fouot
OF love,
With trembling impa,ieoce you hearken
10 their answer az il echoes through all that
vast coucourse.- "The Druokard shall ney-
er enter the kingdom OF Heaven
Return again to Earth We detected pilgrim,
and muse upon the fate of him you would
seek. Those hopes which inspired you on
your journey were futile, for they have van
ished, The tetinination ofour mission hesy-
EDWARD is disappointment. aud you know not
where to seek With success. You have heard
the mandate Of Heaven and Of that world of
spilits be is NOT, neither is he found Of Earth.
Then 10 the solitude Of thine own heart muse
upon his fate; lsthom the second spirit world
IL you will and seek him there, but | forbear
this description for language fails me. No
mortal pen can fill out the true conceptions
which fancy bids me sketch. Perhaps it
pictures in too bright colors. but il those last
hours on earth, were but an introduction to
the scenes ol which he is now an actor, 1
should we'll require the fancy snd the aid Of
an angel to guide my erriug pen.
You have seen his course through life and
witnessed his end. although cooquerer on
earth, bidding defiance to a world, and cloth.
ing himself in tinselled splendor; yet a, last
saw himself conquered by a glass Of tOine,
aud then received The royal robes OF Death.
To you. Alexander like Cyrus has gwen
al example. Muse for moment your fate
by pursuing the course OF the first; contrast
il with the course Of the second probe the
actions Of each, weigh their principles, and
CHOOSE se which to follow.
Where Cyrus was humane, Alexander was
brutal; where the former was unambitious,
the latter was arrogant; where one was tenn.
perste the other was bru,alized by iOebria.
ton.
We have seen Cyrus living as man in
the image OF his maker. stunning that path
which levels man with the brute, abiding by
the principle OF Touch not, taste not. ham
die not" that Turing dranght which has do.
s,royed thousands ofyOuth in our country,
We have seen Alexander also, but in dif.
fcrent sphere. We have seen him saiing his
ambition by bsnishiug reason, snd stupefying
his moral faculties. giving way TO his pass
ions, and blasting the domestic tie. Thus FL
ling to the brirn his owo cup OF misery. We
have ssen him die, bu, oh, -hsi death the
most sbssdonen shuddets At the thought.
JoEEsvrLLs. Nay 1850. ii.
Yoofh ia a 0lottOus Invs ntion Whiis thu