The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-08-08
CHARLOTTE. N. c. AUGUST s. 1850.

have ielt that this dispensstion uf Prov.
dence 10, 10 It's results, 10 be eminen,ly pro
duciiye Of good or evil Ia our common coun
try; aud in humble reliance on il depends
upon us, Senators, and our associates, in the
discharge Of the important trusts which arc
committed to this highest legislative ssse IN.
! bly, of free people; il depends essentially
upon us and the coordinate department oi
the Government. to improve this affective
d'spensa'ioa Of Almighty God to purposes a,
once sauiary and beneficial TO the great in.
teresis Of the country. Ii we can feel that
IN the sudden death Of our pairio, chieftain-
10 his abfup, summons Of ono " without fear
and without reproach i'm the vigor of life.
and in the full enjo, ment Of the big hes, hon
ors-the most gratifying reward which the
unboueht homage of free people could &C.
cord 10 him-if we can feel the solemniv of
this sudden call If sn individual so ss'ee med.
so honoFed, so surrounded with ell that q, uld
contribute 10 the happiness Of man-if We
can truly appreciate the lesson which such
dispensation is calculated to impau, then,
Senators, consequences the most beneficial
may resn't from II. Ii il shall teach us To
rea'iz" the comparative IiiIenes. Of subluna
ry lhngs-if 1t shall enable us in since riiy
to feel tina, this lransliory life IN which we
are sometimes struggling, in the bitter dis
sensIons which political parties or sectional
,ivislnns are but too apt 20 engendsr-that
the brief term Of our coaiinuance here is but
a single step in tho series of infinite existence
"a mere pain, at which man pauses 10 look
around him before he launches on eternity.
ocean-h we can justly estimate ourselves,
and rightly appreciate the duties which de-
volvc upon us, We shall indeed have extract.
ed from this melancholy event that salutary
and bene ticen, lesson which, in the goodness
OF Providence, II was desi gned 10 impart. Ii,
on the altar Of our common country, We can
sacrifice the bitterness Of party and Of sec.
.ional feeling-if, at this moment, when the
heart OF great nation is palpilating with
anxiety we can come to the discharge Of The
high and solemn duties which devolve upon
US with hearts purified by uffl.ton, in he
slngleness and sincerity Of purpose, and in
the humility Of spiri. which becomes US, this
melancholy dispensstion Of Providence will
indeed have been productive Of results most
can people. And believe me, Senators, if
rcsul, SO propitious could have been foreshad
owed to that departed patriot in the las, s.rug-
Cling moments Of his existence, il would
have cheered the agonies of his dying hour.
! am permitted TO say in illustration of the
strong aud patriotic feeling which animated
him in the latest moments Of his existence,
even when the ligh, of intellect was flicker.
ing in lis soeket-i ain permitted TO repeat
the expression of the departed patriot, as his
recollection turned TO the recent vsl, he had
made To the monument now being erected 10
the memory Of Washington. Let it rise,
(he saId j let il ascend without Interruption
let II point to the skies: lei it stand forever
as a lasting monument of the gratitude and
affection oi free people to the Father Of his
Coualty."