Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-08-12
MISCELLANY.
RESOLUTIONS

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John Beach, Mere'pon:
At called communication of Olive
Branch Lodge A. f. e. A. Masons, held
at Agency City, on Thursday July 9Th,
(while Mr.. Clay's remains we've in tran
sitto Ashland, )the following Resolutions
were adopted:
UhereaS, since the last communica-
tion of this Lodge, we have learned that
it has pleased the Great Architect 10 call
from farther labor on earth, our Brother
The ilIustrlous Henry Clay: a
Therefore ResolUed, That while we
bow with humble resignation TO the dis
pcnsition of the All-wise, we cannot out
deplore, in common with our brethren
aud fellow. citizens throughout this vast
Republic, the loss of this eminent patriot
and statesman.
Resoiued, That while the cause of
Liberty throughout the world has lost
one of its most prudent and sagacious
advocates, so must our order everywhere
view the removal from its midst of one
of lis purest and most brilliant lights.
Resoived, That we tender to the af-
nicted family and relatives of the deceas.
ed our coincidence for their irreparable
loss.
Resolved, That the Jewels of this
Lodge be clothed in mourning, and the
Brothers wear the usual badge for thirty
days.
Brother Beach, in presenting The above
Resolutions prefaced them with the fol-
lowing remarks
Worshipful, When las, we were
here met together, quietly performing
our work. obedient TO the sound of our
Masters gavel. had the imagination so
directed The eye of every one of US, he
might have seen in the far off sphere, a
dimly flickering star, lis light last wan
ing, its revolution almost done. The
East brought forth the next DAYS sun,
with his wonted spleudor, to open and
adorn the day. Slowly he mounted his
upward course, still this stars luslre went
not wholly out. Almos. had the ORC of
day reached mis- meridian height, when
suddenly the fiat Of the Almighty goes
forth, this star from the armament has
vanished, its last ray has disappeared
from mortal vision.
Henry Clay is dead. The Electric a.
gent fulfils its office. On wings ou'strp-
plug those Of lime, it spreads over city,
and town, and village, its sorrow-bearins
announcement. The .olling bell. the
pealing minute gun, the banner of free
dom draped in the sad ha5ilimen.s oi
woe repeat the words, and tell nation
Of its loss.
Words fail, tongues faltcr, for mo-
ment the power of thought is gone. a
void pervades the nations heart. But as
thought resumes its action, let US mark
the effect. The par,izan and the poliIi-
clan is forgotten: the American, the man,
the brother only Is remembered, the pa
lro., the statesman, the defender OF the
Constitution, the advocate of liberty. the
friend of the oppressed. Far from these
sacred walls the spirit of party, the strife,
and the discord of politics are forever
banished. Here our fellow is our broth
or so he be but man. and of good re-
port. Happy is it that this preserving
principle of our order, the offspring OF
our topmost virtue charity, finds such
favor with mankind that when the good
has fallen, all else falls, but his virtues,
with him.
In this spirit let us, for moT ent,
contemplate the character of the deceas-
ed. As an American, where a truer,
frmer patriot! Truly may !. be said Of
him, as once it was eloquently said Of
the Father Of his Country, that every
pulse Of his gallant blood beat for his
coun,ry's good and his country's glory.
His name, his fame, his acts are part,
a great part, and a noble part of his
country's history, and in that history we
all can read them. Where wiser, more
prudent, sagacious. penetrating states
mani To-day planning. by the scheme
of colonization, the amelioration OF the
condition of the African race, without
disturbance to our domestic harmony;
tomorrow, with heart as full as any for
the woes of our Brother, the exiled
Magyar. and bis oppressed countrymen,
yet raising warning voice against what
he deemed perilous policy. Ever fore,
most TO calm The wave Of passion, and
quell the ,umult Of excitement: in every