Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-07-15
THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
SHIELDS Il co, Projectors
THE PRESIDENTS DEATH.

THE PRESIDENTS DEATH. Is.
With sensations of the most indescfibablen nature
3.e must 1, n the mourniul truth-/ACIiARY
is dead lie died at the White House,
on The evening Of tho 9th instant.
Tile brave chieliain, who never surrendered,
! trumphed in death. Ills last words being Il
am not afraid 10 die, have done my duty; my on
Nv regret is leaving those, who are dear 10 me.
The Great conflict with death has been fought,
and the hero of many bright battles has triumph
led. and trumphed through faith. 20 grave,
where is thy victory - When the hero Of Buena
Vista returned to his country, he found, already
woven, a chaplet OF every hue and jewel. And
how, when in the struggle with death, he grasps
the bright hope and scars in purity before the
throne of his God; there awaits him crown, dec
Grated with the gems OF christian simplicity, man
Nv heroism and devoted patriotism.
Gen. Taylor was warrior. trained in the camp
and bred in the field. His character is one Of
simple grandeur His purity was exhibited in his
simplicity, not child-like, but man
Iva simplicity, in which oandor predominated.
The mild and gentle virtues Of the soul which
win the smile when lavished upon the prosper
ous, and court the tear when shining through
affection, decorated the character OF the fallen
great but they did not constitute the ground work
of that character. lie was mild, but more firm;
more benevolent. As the painter nicely blends
the sublime aud beautiful into the grand, so did
hc qualities of sternness and gentlcness blend,
beautifully, into the character of Gen. Taylor and
constitute him a man of firnncSs.
We love tenderness we admire frmness. And
he fallen chief was tender when touched with
the picture of grief; We. firm, when duty bid
him know no fear. He possessed that peculiar
rai. Of greatness, which accommodates Itself 10
The occasion. Stern, when urged by duty; ten
der when appealed 10 by benevoencc. See him
las warrior He mounts his steed with flashing
eye, and, with courageous air dashes into the
"war chiefs task, >" unmoved and unawed Then
duty demanded sternness. But let the battle
roar cease and its noisy hustle be hushed the eye
of the old hero gIows dim with sympathetic tears
and his hand gently and kindly binds the open
wound and spreads upon it the soothing ointment.
Then benevolence appealed and tenderness guSh-
ed forth.
The mind of General Taylor was strong and
His Information was more prac-
lcal than theoretical. The nice distinctions Of
speculative philosophy, arc beauties Of the stu
dents life, unknown 10 the great chieitain. lie
was too practical for speculation. The lofty flights
lof poetic imagery and the sublime conceptions of
lofty imagination belong to the brilliant; but Gen.
|Taylors distinguished trait of intellect was
strength. The mind Of Gen. Taylor was pccu-
!liar one. He had none of the brllianco of Hen
Try, but much OF the strong common sense OF
Franklin. lie was evidently not designed to the
Iorizc. Yet he had no superior in those endow-
Iments of mind, which make men practical. Ac-
tcuraic understanding, sound judgment, keen per
lccption and much prudence were all blended in
ITO his mind, making him a safe adviser and a cau-
|tiouS practitioner The work of this great chief
Ia; Ia, 10
upon the unerlng principles of accurately bal
Ianced and cautiously asccrtanod truths.
And now we pause. With what glowing words
2shal we speak of the patriot What burning
sentences can record the warriors deeds We
ashall not attempt 10 portray the character of the
edevoted patriot and great warrior. We shall on
lily turn and point to palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey
1 and Bnena Vista. History and the historian will
Transmit the splendor Of these achievements TO a
4 future age, and, with place upon history page
Nihcy will need no monumental stone, the white.
Sncss of which shall glSten in the sunshine. Thu,
ITO gliSen, IS TO throw shadow over the field OF
ehiS renown, and there rests no shadow, there al
Eglistens in the spendor of the immortal deed.
q A nation weops. A country mourns. Anc
Ewcll, treN may we thus weep and mourn. A grea
Imam has gone. A beautiful incident was pre-.
ssentcd in Washington. The hoarsc thundcr-clap
xburting through the air in its lcud roar, sounded
Hin the ear ofthc silent mourncr as if summoninf
shcaveny guards 10 hail the entrance of a prince
\ Then gently descended shower, as though ma
lure wcpt for the fall OF the great. II all passeC
Aaway. The rainbow, an emblem of Gods assuaget
wrath, was painted upon the heavens and there
the vast bow, spread out in gorgeous beauty rest
ed over the Presidential Mansion. May il prove
to be an omen Of the abatng waters of sectional
strife.
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