The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-14

saying TO the gIieiseksa partner Of his soul See, Thy
sou lyehi' . n U#.rs
butwhis tho hand Of God Is ,hus failing ~ilL . sud
den aud crushing weight Upon the recipient Of the frs
Of ssrlhs honon. 10 marx tho insecurity Of all esslhy
hopes, disesse, like moh teuns s.rnost 10 airing
away The is Of lhe second in position The +b Of Mach
mas nor yet come, and alas alas time aud disease
running penous for him who Is to The hou
os OF mat da y With that natural longing which have
before eiesred bs remembered aer DEATH no
nave DIS name written upon column before he
goes hence even the column that ha bear the record OF
ne Vice President of the United States He knows that
must very soon 80 down 10 the grave sn1, prudent in
The affairs OF this world only, lie hath not forgotten the
God who had been bounlifu 10 him an earrh nor the
ga viou who had died to purchase Tor him uue imnor-
ALLY But The Instincts OF life and oil lies sill
"ihih hin and he would ian grasp the earthly pze al
though NOT unmndiu Of The heavenly Willing TO Try eve
~ ehpedeni to spin our the edlul period the already
attenuaed thread Of ie he mild climate OF the
West lndies What eHsc this may had we ca mot
tell yet The ankiousy looked.or period Came But IL
found him In ioteign land, unable mingle in tho gay
pageant 10 his counuy's metropolis, where his
was upon every lip, and kind wishes for his health and
happiness were in every heart In this foreign land with
trembling hands and scarcely hrobbing heart, he en-
braces, IN an imperfect and unsatisfactory manner
the last Office conferred upon him by his country.
And now these trembling hands tched out and
this scarcely hrobbing heart yeans towards his native
land lie cannot die i'm peace this foreign soil. He
feels that The sleep Of dea be quiet where
the American flag stretches her majestic folds He
returns TO his native land die there Aud however pros
porous he muy have been in fe and worthy OF
all honor in deah. help thinking of him
ering to his counlrymen the piteous OF Wolsey.
An old broken with the storms Of State
Ia come 10 lay his weary bones among ye
Give him a htte earth for chality.n
lie died the 18th day of p in the commun ion OF the
Protestant Episcopal church-a calm and peaceful deah
at his residence in Alabama few hours fer he
had reached il. " This him the last OF earth"
Such was the public life of William II. King. On the
wicked Macbeth, honors hickened p dy than
on this good man; but. like the virtuous Duncan,
" He bore his faculties meekIyj he
Most clear in his great Offices"
In private life Mr. King sincere and trus,y friend
honest and humane, and conscientousv discharged all his
relative duties He agreeable and instructive com
panon and hospitabls and accom- pshed gentle
man. But, above all, we have already said he was
Christian And although the path Of life that he trod is
open to but few Of u.s. have all tho privilege OF im
tatng him In assuming to ourselves that browning honor
that i'll endure when the thrones and scepucs earth
shall have persisted.
Sons and daughters Of Sampson weep tears as hu
mainly Demands that the pride OF your family is laid
that your elder brother is But eIoce the
heri,ance be has left Of noble NAME cherish his
memory an incentive TO virtue. And may the name Of
William K. King be but Of many with which
Sampson is destined to wreath her maternal brow