Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-02-03

stances connected with tits case which all
will deem affective
There have been very different sentiments
among different nations in regard to- the
treatment they should give to the remains
of the dead. At one time an effort was
made to embalm the dead, in order TO pre-
serve every feature, every lingering Inca
ment of the counienance, as IT was when
living. At another, the exact reverse of
this was pursued, and instead Of attempting
to preserve the feature or form, even, they
burned the body aud urned only the ashes
for preservation.
The sentiment of our Saxon race is en-
tirely dlfIeFAt from either Their senti-
meut and their wish is, that when the fam
lily die, they may be gathered together in
one group, in the same grayeyard and
whether i, may be in marble tomb above,
or 10 ne peaceful aud powerful grave be-
meath the ground, that they may lie, side
By side, where only a few feet OF sullen
earth divides each winding sheet"
1t is in accordance with sentiments
know to be universal, that Congress has so
often, aud believe sojustIy, sent an escort
Of its own members to the home of aflec-
tionale relatives with the remains Of the de-
parted associate 1t is for this cause that
you see so many of these mute aud grave
less monuments in your Congressional bu-
fyng ground.
This, deem it, is the educated craving
Of our nature We need it, aud We must
have it, and Notwithstanding the disposition
Of the American branch Of this race to
roam over the world, they never lose, in
any part of the world, this strong feeling
as lf 1t were the Insinct'uf nature. | be-
lieye at this hour, that there Is many an A.
merlcan smiiten with disease on foreign
soil, who Is lifting up his only prayer to the
Eternal that he may return TO his home,
not simply to die IA the bosom Of his family.
bu, that, with lhat family, he may be buried
ln the bosom of has own church Yard
This Is the wish, not only Of the dying, but
those who survive them wish the remains
of their friends near them, that they may
rear monument over the grave of the
dead
, ! have no doubt that many a mother,
whose sailor boy, wrapped IN the flag Of
bis country, had burial at SEA, would be
wiling to spend the remainder Of her days
rakiug the bed of that ocean, # she might
only bring up The remains Of her bow aud
bury them witn hers IN a common church
yard.
Now it is the lack Of this peculiar con-
ISOLATION. craved by all our natures, ofwhich
THIS family IS at present deprived They
must return to their home---to their home
that Is oesolate, aud must return alone. =
That father and that husband cannot ac-
company them either dead or LIVING. And
ere they depart from ihis place 10 their dis
taut home, | wish 10 convey To them my
own, and may not add, may convey TO
the bosom Of that afflicted family, the sym
patty of every member of this body
| have nothing further to add, but that II
seems to me, the mere mention of the past,
and the rapidlty with which the harvest
has been garnered into the grave, should re-
mind as that our end Is Fastening, and may
soon be here, aud call upon every one to
inquire, who of US shall pay deaths tri-
butte the coming year p
second the adoption of the resolutions.
The question was then taken, and the
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
The House thereupon adjourned until
Monday next