The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-01
From. the Frankfort Commonwealth.

rTom Ws ronVOrt commonwealth.
"That We sorrow not, even as others which have
no hope.-l Thess., iv., ID.
The Apostle presumes that Christians themselves
must "sorrow," even those blessed ones
- who sleep in Jesus" So far from indicating any
exalted piety, it would indicate rather an insensi
biiity to the value of Gods best gifts could we re-
hnquish dear friends without the deepest emotion
Standing with the two heartbroken sisters at the
tomb Of friend whom he loved, " Jesus wept. -
And gathered here with this weeping family,
around the lifeless form of friend whom we all
go much loved, if we give way to tears of deepest
sorrow, 30 far from exhibiting a weakness unwor-
thy of us Christians, We but manifest suscep-
tibiity to the same emotions which were felt by
the Man of eorrows, and acquainted with grief -
1t is an occasion which calls for grief A vene-
rable fellow citizen, sincerely and fondy loved by
at home, as he is highly honored by the nation
at large, with his weeping household around him,
bows under the heavy hand of God, bewailng a
desolation Of heart and home which no love OF
friends nor honors Of nation ever repair 1t
is alike the impulse of friendship and of Christian
feeling that we "weep with those that weep" And
apart from the impulses Of sympathy in the grief
of others, have abundant reason for sorrow over
the common calamity of US all, in the loss of such
friend, and the removal of bright an example of
virtue, in the person OF one on whom not only had
nature lavished every charm Of person, mind, and
heart, but whom also God had beautified with His
own image, animated with His love, and honored
with communion through the indwelling of His
spirit.
IL is not strange that such an event should over
cast the view of faith itself with shade and gloom
ga burning and a shining light" Of pre- eminent
brilliance hath been suddenly cxtinguished, and
naturally enough the sphere which ii hath been
wont to enlighten-alike the family, the church,
and the social circle-seeDls dim, and gloomy, and
sad.
1t will no. be thought cxtravagant by any of the
large circle Of this excellent lady's acquaintance
TO affirm that death could not have selected for his
prey one whose loss would be felt more widely, or
more sincerely lamented. In truth, few persons of
either sex, in day, have strongly impressed
minds, and excited in more hea Is sentiments
Of the sincerest esteem and most lively admiration
II has been her fortune to be thrown much into
those positions in which an American lady. with.
out passing at all beyond the limits which religion
aud nature assign TO woman must, in the nature OF
the case, attract something Of the public attention
and WELD no small influence. Not only as presid-
ing in the executive mansion Of our Common.
wealth, but as, in certain sensc, representing the
OF Kentucky at the scat of the National ov.
eminent, il was her lot TO be admired, flattered
and boasted Of; for che was a woman of whom the
people Of Kentucky were proud, beyond even their
proverbial State fsids. And yet, with every thing
in her position to foster spirit of in her
own heart and spirit of envy in those less fortu
nate than herself, Mrs. CRIrTESDEN won the hearts
alike ofthe rich and poor, the exalted and the OBJ
scure Whether moving in the quiet sphere Of
home rejoicing in the reverence and affection of a
numerous household, or in the familiar intercourse
of friendship, or shining in those brilliant circles
whose Vaccinations often capGvate the heart and
tempt the ambition of woman, she still the cen
tire obstruction to all hearts, and the same sincere
unaffected, Christian woman.
Mrs CaITTEEDEN possessed in a remarkable de.
gree those qualities Of mind and heart which rem.
der woman admirable az woman, without respect
TO rank position. Her mind, naturally strong
active, and nquiring, highly cultivated; its
other endowments being crowned with that most
inestimable Of all endowments, strong, practical
good seuse Her temper, calm and we'll disciplined
was yet generous, cheerful and ardent. Her heart
wac repeto with tenderness and alive TO every so