The Nevada journal., 1856-05-23
Friday Morning, May %.
National American Nominations
FOR PRESIDENT.
Millard Fillmore.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
A Andr c w j. DOneIsOn.
OF TENNESSEE.
DEATH or JAMES. KING 0F William
OF NEW YORK.

AAo Sdu leiilScHCc VI lHe ueatl OF Llls
fearless champion of reform flashed along
the electric wires on Tuesday evening
filling every true heart with sorrow, and
draping our city in mourning. If the
prayers of our citizens could have availed
James King of William would have lived
forever, or at least till his bold and ready
pen had regenerated the political and So
cial society Of the Pacific Never since
the miner first "folded up his tent like the
Arab and quietly stole" into the rich pla-
GERS ofNevada, did such pail settle down
upon the community as when the unbid-
den news passed from mouth to mouth that
the great apostle of principle was nc
more. Death could not have chosen a
more valued victim from the ranks of the
living. The assassin's hand could have
been raised against thousand others and
their death notes would not have wrunc
the hearts of State, as the tall of the
one has done. All eyes were turned to
him in whom seemed TO be vested the saw
ing principle to purify and exalt society.
He it was, who tore the mask from vice
and corruption and held them up to the
virtuous indignation of men, in all their
naked and loatbsome deformity. lie
aimed his unerring shafts at the vicious
till scoundrelism found no shield sufficient
ly strong to guard its polluted breast, and
no den of infamy secure for retreat
Bestialized humanity rccoiled and writhed
beneath his lashings. Terror sat upon the
countenances of the abandoned, for they
saw no refuge but in reform and honesty
Joined to their demon idols, they could
change no more than the leopard his spots.
The pure teachings of Christ could not be
borne by wicked and perverse genera
ton. In these days when corruption fes-
tcrs upon the body polite fearless re-
former was needed. The times demanded
one, and James King of William arose to
meet the exigency. But his lofty devo-
tion to principle, and his scathing re-
buke to others whose tortuous lives were
scandals upon humanity, made him an
enemy to all but the virtuous and the
good. He threw hot shot into the camp
of diabolians. Occupying strong posi-
tion in the hearts of the people and forti-
fed by truth and honesty, he could hold
out to the last against all the open vindic-
tive assaults of Satanic press. But he
was not ;nvulnerable to the bullets of the
assassin.
He fell, but it was fitting that he should
die as he had lived for such cause. He
died but it was the death of a martyr
lie has gone from the scene of his heroic
and self sacrificing labors for the good OF
mankind, but the spirit of his sterling
heart still lives and breathes in the better
tone of society his efforts have produced
The death of such an one, great as is the
loss, is not without its good. His sublime
example will inspire the living and make
heroes of moralists and divines The fu-
neral weeds, lowered flags, tolling bells,
sad countenances and heavy hearts every
where displayed and felt, proclaim to the
young and the old the honoring need
when good man dies. How many who
have seen the general sorrow of the last
few days throughout a great State, will
not feel themselves stronger and better for
every good and noble deed. The mar
tyred dead has left an aff1atus behind
which is diffused through the bosoms of
us all.
How different and more to be coreteo
is the death of the one we mourn, thar
that Of his assassin One brea thes his
last amid the tears of devoted people fol
whom he had toiled and in whose cause
he died. The other is consigned to an
ignominious grave and eternal infamy, by
the universal condemnation of an outraged
community.
The contrast will not be lost upon the
present or the rising generation. While
lofty integrity remains virtue, the name
of James King of William will be cherish
cd and loved. A Judas brand is on his
murderer which ages can never wipe
away.
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