The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-30

So' ""u Prtsouhi euemies, out time mas soft
ened and obliterated animosiiies; and when
The great statesman is placed in his grave
the mantle Of oblivion will be thrown over
those events that recall them TO memory -
a parties will mourn his decesse, the cha D.
let Of q nation's sorrow will be placed UPON
his tomb. and il will BE- universally admitted
that there lies one Of the greatest Of our
statesmen.
To show The heroic manner In which he
faced the king Of terrors' and the strength
Of his determined will. we publish The fol.
lowing from the Washington corresponds n,
Of The New York Times. who says, under
date Of the 9Th inst:
"Colone Benton is dying. His disease,
cancer Of The bowels, has made such pro.
gress thai be cannot survive much longer.
lie suffers extreme pain, and is exhausted
70 almost The last degree Of physical pros
tration. But his mind is as clear and power.
ul as ever, and the high. resolute, Romsn
spirit Of the old statesman struggles with
indo@tahle energy and foriitude against
sickness and weakness. and the awful pres.
encc Of the king OF ierrurs He dies in har.
ness. working for his country and mankind.
An old and intimate friend from Missouri
called upon him this morning. Benton was
in led scarcely able 10 move hand or foot,
and not able TO speak much above whis
per: but he was bard at work, closing Up hi.
Abridgement Of the Deoates Of Congress,
v hlci' he had brought down 10 1850. 10 the
passage Of the Compromise measures; lie
wns debating the closing chapter Of the
work, while his daughter, Mrs. Jones. sitting
beside the bed received il sentence BY sen.
tence, whispered in her ear, and repeated il
aloud 10 her husband, who wrote il down. IlI
vas then read TO Colonel Beriou, and re-
ceived his corrections, made with as much
a nxicus par,icul larily as II il were The maiden
work Of young author.
Resting few minutes from his task. Co
Benton entered into conversation wita Ills
friend: he told him that in review
ng The events Of 1850 he was glad to nd
hat The animasiiies Of the past had died OUT
q HE heart, and he was not only ready b.
Eager TO do justice to his fosmer rivals and
opponents: he spoke with much ceiling ol
Ii~. Clay. to whose merits and services he
lad awarded the highest praise in what he
vas writing about the Compromise period oi
$50. lie dweIt particularly on the service,
he great service. Mr.. Clay had rendered 20 /
he Republic at that time BY battling and
u'ting down The traiiorous seceseionists OF !,
he South. who were seeking 10 destroy the
Union and plunge the country into civil war /
or their own selfish and snbiiicus purposes. /.
The inspiration OF this theme fred the !
snguld blood and terminated for a moment h
he falling frame Of The dying patriot. Ia a
nergetic whispers be told his visitor that n
se same mea who had soaght to destroy the Al
lePublic in 1850, were at the bottom Of IL \
ccursed Lecomplon business. Among the y
reates. Of bis ccnsola,iens 10 dying was the u
snsciou'ness that the House Of Represen- C
ltives had bafled these reasonable schem-
r. and put she heels Of the people on The n
ecks Of the traitors. Few events in his
'ry had given him 90 much sstisfsction as n
se defeat ot Lecompton; he wsrmIy praised
q intrepid and ncorruptible Douglas De- n
'ocrats, who had resisted the power and the .,
lies Of a deIuded Administrator. !,
In taking leave Of his friend. Col Benton :,
lid that although there was much in h-
Ie that he regretted. he could honestly feel \,
roOd, on his death bed. Of his devotion 70 4,
d country, in whose service he had never r
zen falhIess Or negligent.
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