Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-07-09
Vol. xXXvAr.-Whoie No. 1855.

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heart throbs against this Capital and beats
through you In many cities banners drOop,
bells toll, cannOns boom, funeral drapcries
wave. In crowded streets, and on surround
ing wharfs, upon steamboats,, and upon cars,
in fields, in workshops, in homes, III schools,
millions of men. women and children. have
their thoughts fixed upon this scene, and say
mournfully TO each other, this is the hour III
which, at the Capital, the nations representa-
tives are burying Henry Clay. Burying
Henry Clay? Bury the records of your
country's history-bury the hearts Of living
millions-bury the mountains, the rivers the
lakes, and the spreading lands from sea to
sea, with which his name is inseparably as
sociated, and even then you would not bury
Henry CLAW, for he is iii other lands and
speaks in other tongues, and to other times
than ours A great mind, Il great heart
great orator, a great career have been con-
signed TO history. She will record his rare
gifts of deep insight. keep discrimination.
clear statement, rapid combination, plain, dl-
rect and convincing logic. She VIII love 10
dwell in that large. generous, magnanlmous,
open, torgNmg heart She Will linger with
fond delight on the records or traditional
stories OF an eloquence that was 50 mastery
and stirring. because it was but himself
struggling to come forth on the living words
--bccause though the words were brave and
strong and beautiful, and mcl0dious il was
felt that behind them there was soul brayeE,
stronger. more beautiful asd more natoJioua
than language could express. she Will point
10 career Of statesman-hip, which - rg-
markabte degree stamped .jstu ON the public
policy of the country, and reached Ia bone
iicenl, practical results, the fields, the looms
the commercial marts, and Jhe quiet homes
= E,I ,r1- / @
departed father and Is with the living child
rem. and will be with successive generations
an honored household word.
feel rs a man the grandeur Of this career
But as an immortal, with this broken wreck
Of mortality before Ine. with this scene as the
end of human glory, / feel jhat no career is
truly great, but that Of him, who. whether
he be lllustrious or obscure, lives to the tu-
ture in the present, and linking himself TO
the spiritual world, draws from God the life,
the rule, the motive. and the reward Of all
his laber So would that great spirit which
has departed say to Us his solemn admo-
nitions, when / say that craftsmanship IS
then only glorious when it is christian and
that man is then only safe and true to his du-
" and his soul when the life which be loves
in the flesh is the lif. Of faith III the SON Of
God.
Great indeed Is the privilege and most
honorable and useful is the career Of the
Christian American Statesman. Hep"rceiycs
rhat civil liberty came from the freedom
wherewitI Christ made, it's earliest martyrs
and defenders free lie rncoonizes II as one
If the twelve manner Of fruitt an ;ha trao af
life. which. while lis lower branches furnish
the best nutrimppt of rha earth. hancs on II,
ronmnst bc,tohs which ,v,,a in joaro,,--
fruits that ezhileratc the iminortaIs Re.or-
nizing the State a. Gods institution, he win
perceive that his own ministry is divine
l,iyina consriorsI,- ,,r4.r tho c,-, and ~ tho
love and fear of God r.doa,,,ad Ia, tbn Hood
Of .Jcsus s,n.+ifad I,- big s,.;,,t' H., b;s
law he viii e,iya bi,,,sa1f IN ,,,.;,.,t, 81 :;
,uhIic to the service oF H. ic.s,-;,,,, ~,
win not admit that ho NOV aat ~, }ess Iofr,,
pripcinle in nu}Ii,. th,p i, ,,ri,,,+a liza a,,d
that he must he carnf,I u. I;s ,,o.aI i'm
fucnce in the small .nha,a of homo and
ncirhborhood hut poai 80 ,,o La.l - Il
when il sketches n,,,. cnnti,,cr+ snd ,.,o.s.s
seas; he will know that h. ,n.,.,I r,-,,,-,-
,ibiities cannot be divided and distributed
amop@ others When b. = t.I5 ~ al.
hcrence to the striatcst moral and religious
principle is incon,natilIe with - s,,r.sssf,l
and eminent career he will jc,,,,,,,.. +i,, a,-
sertion rs 4 IibnI ON rho ,-or.ar,j3,. rntrons ar
the rcpnblic-a I;baI nm tha hc,,~,4 -.
and the iIustrious dead Iihaj aa,;nst the
great and christian na,ion-a iii'@i ag1;nSt
God himself who has declared and mad. ..ad-
Illness profitable for the FIFE that IS ~
lie viii s+rivo - nal, ~; -. ..:..
of the character and in.titrtinns and n
lustrations of the providence Of God He
will scan with Admiration and a,e )'4I', t ,.',a
poses IF God IN thn So b;st,,,,. n i',
,orld. In the THROWING omen tnair ,S;dn CON- l,
t:lcnt from sea 70 eaa ,s tl,o -, ~ f.,'
dom ip+nIIi,on.a 1T. ,';I. l.
peace, and feel that IN aiyin@ f.. rr}ors". ,l.,
with a patriotic love f., The ToIG,re ~ H.,
country, he is conservative hinsolf ,,.;.l,