Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-12-09

tn WELLihGroS FusERAL.-We
have waded through the bro,dside
sheets of several LONDON journals. filrd
with The pompouS reports Of tie inter
menl Of the Duke Of Wellington. n
more cold, heartic,s eerrmoni Il than il
appears 10 an Amcri:an fcadrr 10 have
been can scarcely be conceived Of We
could not II We would aud Hc w,uld
moi II we could, sprend before oar read
crs all 'hls drrary record of II m,r'o hu-
rial. with Ms omious die, Iay oi urhol
st,ry, It's naughty eAhihilion al ri!es,
and lis mighty exa!laiion OF the tUor,
llieless dust ol a mere sodirr.
Throughout the broad columns OF the
Times we look in vain for the evidences
Of profound, heartfelt grief or tor those
marks Of the awe which death, in what.
ever shape II comes, usually inspires in
the human breast. II reads like the
alrical programme, and the illusion is So
slight that all the actors seem like notl-
ing more than mere actors IN snowy
pag cant, got up Tor the qualification OF
the MI, onal vanity, How the temple Of
God, the mighty ST. Paul's must have
blazed with the Dis. lay Of gol lace,
banners ami upholstery, and hoN its
vaulted root must have echoed with the
blare OF trumpets. The r,ll Of drums, and
The mighty organ torres and though
ihe sunlight would stream in through
the crevices and con,Uund the glare Of
the picturesque gas-lights, still how the
old cathedral must have daz led the
eyes OF The crowd OF twelve thousand
people ;hat assembled within is walls
Blu, Tor the solemn burial forms OF the
Church of England, which all the pcpu-
lar pre- judicrs Of course required 10 be
performed on the occasion, there wUul
have been very little ofa funeral clwr-
acter in this pomrons dlspliy. Who
could have imagined thai IT was the
grim work OF Death that he b ilish en-
pire was thus celebrating Who could
have supposed that the train OF Princes.
Dukes. Earls Lords. Baronets. knights
Bishops Priests, Field Marshals and
Generals, had decorated themselves in
gorgeous dresses TO exhibit sorrow D.
Who could have looked with so!emnity
upon the spectacle OF Il 'chiei mourncr.'
in a long mourning cloak, the train oi
which WAS borne by u body OF titled
dignitarics Or who could have recon-
cied TO the common ideas Of death, the
maInlloquent proclamation Of herald
standing over vault, announcing The
almost countless string Of tilles. honoJs
and orders belonging TO The dust and
ashcs.reposing beneath?
The British passion for glori'ying he
roes in this way may be pardonable
but it CRATES harshIy on Republican
ears TO hear Of such displays around
the grave. The vanity Of earthly
things is the grea, lesson Of death. and
how opposite 10 all this is the cOnver-
son oi IA funeral into a theatrical spcc!a
Gle. Tn earthly honors oil the Duke
were, in reality, always empty; but in
death they are worse than empty, aud
| their bombastic rehearsal in the course
OF Il funeral sermon looks like blasphe.
nous opposition to the instincts o" na-
! turc as well as the instructions of reli-
gion. May j, be long before the Amer
lean people become imbned with this
Disposition of the mother country to glo-
rfy earthly reatness on The verge Of
the grave and make the funeral service
mere part OF an empty though sho~y
/ pagcant.-Pha Bulletin.