The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-12-04


COLUMBUS, l[ISSII
eloquenco b theeye IS dimmed, the grateful
pressure Of he hand nnnerved, and the warm
heart locked in the cold embrace of death,
the records Of their existence here may be /
embalmed BY pleasant memories; with no
gloomy ghost Of unfulflled duty to haunt
the heart, and fill it with the bitterness Of
Reverence for theremains Of the dead
has been inoulcated b. the pioneers # civil
ization, and has marked the progress Of re-
fnement il all ages. The Hebrews had
their AIaopelah, the Egyptians their Acheru-
sia, their pyramidsand labyrinths, the Pho.
nicians their tombs, the Greeks their BTau-
solea, their sarcophagi and genotaphs, the
Romans their monuments, their temples and
sepulchres, the ancient Germans their conse-
Grated groves, the French their catacombs
and their Pere Ii ghaiso, with its shaded
walks, its obelisks and flowers; and all attest
that inherent disposition in the human race
ito honor the dead.
To be remembered and loved, is the innate
wish Of every heart; and it is this endow-
ment Of social affection and this desire for
an existence that will outlast the decay Of
nature which elevates man above the brute
creation, and whispers in a still small
voice"
lis not the whole of life, tolive,
Norall of death, TO die.p
Although the christian may, and does look
beyond the remembrance and records of earth
for his best reward and highest enjoyment,
still it is pleasant to. think that We shall not
be all-forgotten here. It is pleasant to be-
lieye that when these forms are consigned to
kindred dust, that living and loving inteIli-
gences will linger around at morning and at
evening, and commune, even unconsciously,
with our own lowering spirits. 1t is pleas
ant to think that the fond care of those We
loved in life viii cause fresh flowers to spring
upon our graves, and rob our loWly chamber
of half its gloom.
4 Flowers indeed constitute the most appro
pirate decorations for cemeteries The sculp
tured monuments of art may mark the spot
} But their language is rigid, cold and stately
as their material while these expressive or
acles of nature have dialect for every heart
a discourse for every season. They sen,
, their green leaves and purple buds to heralt
! the advent Of Spring, and to cheer the win
ter-wearied eye with promises of beauty
: glimpses of His remembrance, withou
whose care, not a blade of grass can spring
: They bloom and dispense their fragrance Owe
{ the rejoicing earth in Summer: they len
their brilliancy to gid the fading verdure {
advancing Autumn; and when their appoin
edrace is run, they meekly resign their ephen
eral loneliness; and gracefully strcwing the
. leaves around, sink, fit emblems of huma
y life, into that dreamless sleep which proceed
: their resurrection from the death of vii
: ter" When they joyously awake, it is
expand with principle of new life, to pl
= forth new buds, and once more burst fort
y +" into freshness and glory" Thus do the
u chronicle the years of man, and teach hi
lessons of happiness, benifcence, humili
Il and hope Their tendency is to refine Il
ne hears, and to invite the living, while mour
OF ing the inadvertent delinquincies in their
ut tercourse with those who have passed ava
'ss to adopt new purpose in life-that of n
nj king It's fellow pilgrims happier and bett'
le. And though our affections, our friendship
ler our hopes and purposes, like the flowers
ID yesterday may have been scattered to t
ms winds, We will be cheerod by the thong
IN that the tree will put forth new buds.
re- Let all then, who have an interest in t
CIV burial place lend their aid, and by the en-
ing Spring it may be indeed, a garden Of +
is es-mingling cheerfulness with gloom, a
ose soothing the sadness Of separation on ear
me by suggesting the hopeof are-union in He
ess en-. R.
ice
Young Men.
tar The idea is prevalent in some commr
ICY ties, that young men are unfit for genel
en- or statesmen, and that they must be k
:: 4ho bnnl.o.rn,,,,d until thnir ,nLrrc