Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-23

with Others, the c0iiDictS Oh tue iei'c SP'i
with itself, the sad accidents Of humanity, TIT
fears of the brave. the tollics Of the wise, TIT
errors of the learned, all that dashed the cul
of enjoyment with bitter drops and strewet
sorrowiul ashes over the beauty OF expectation
and promise; the treachcrous friend, the un
generous rival the mean and malignant foe, I'M
uncharitaile prejudice which withheld the JUS
tribute Of praise, the human irailty when WOW
sharp thOrns into the wreath OF SOLID ihe. u,
all these in ordinary cases are buried ~ Nv r
grave Of the illustrious dead, while men D, nd
liant talents, their deeds Of bene'o'.". - .e
public spirit, their wise and eio9ue" a,r.",;onS
their healing counsels their seiie," r'ra,ed and
the whole man. in short. whoii' ,'.,;.,i,, 81
loved and would fain initiate .sps ro"aIi,ct;nn"
his image is impressed upon c,r,h ~ m. ,d,n;,
bv the pencil or clli>el, goes ioiti - .ie "'i'''
~. ,h' latest postcrity. EItmc;As ama'
JtHr Wem.
The subioned beautiful ailuSlon TO the obSc
o,;c. of Mr.. Choatc is made:
opr CITY has lately witnessed most beauti'
g., instance of this terminating power Of death.
), few weeks since We followed toward the
lamb the lifclcss remains Of our laucntcd
I Choa,c. Well may we consecra;e Il moment
even at this hour, to him who. IN that admir..
/ bic discourse to which have already alluded
did such noble Justice to himself and the great
subject Of his culogy. \ short time before the
dcceaSe Of our much honored friend, had seen
him shattered by disease, his all persuasive
voice faint and languid, his beaming eye
qucnchcd, and as he left us in search Of health
/ in q foreign cline, 4 painful image and sad
foreboding, too soon fulfilled, dwclt upon my
mind.
! But on the morning of the day when we were
to pay the last sad offices to our friend, the 23d
of July, with sad, let me not say rcpining,
I thought. that so much talent, so much learning,
( 80 much eloquence, SO much w.t. so much Wis
! dom, so much force of intellect, 80 much kind.
ness Of heart, were taken from us an engraved
! likeness Of him was brought 10 ne. in which
he seemed to live again. The shadows Of dis
ease and suffering had passed from the brow,
! the wcll-rcncmbcred countenancc was clothed
with its wontcd serenity, cheerful smile light
cd up the features. genus kindlcd in the eye,
persuasion lowered over the lips, and | felt as
if was going not to lis funeral, but his trl-
umph. Weep not for me- ii seemed TO say,
but weep for yourselves.
! And never while he dwelt among us in the
feeble tabernacle Of the flesh; never while the
overta>ked spirit seemed 10 exhaust the deli
cate frame; never as | had listened to the mclo-
dy of his living voice, did lie speak to my ina
gination and heart with such a touching though
Silent eloquence, as when we followed his
hearSe along these streets, that bright md.
summers noon, up the rid wcru IN front OF
this capitol, slowly moving To the solemn beat
of the grand dead marches, II they swelled
from waiting clarion and untitled drum while
| the minutes guns from Wonder lawn responded
to the passing bell from yondcr Stccpc. then
understood the sublime significance OF the
words which Cicero puts i'll the mouth OF Cato,
that the mind, elevated 10 the foresight Of pos
teri,v. when departing from this life, begins at
length to live; yea, the sub.imer words OF a
greater than Cicero-''0h, death, where is thy
Sting oh, grave, where is thy victory
And then, US We passed the abodeS OF those
whom he knew and honored and loved, and
who had gone before Of Lawrence here on the
left: Of Prescott Wonder on the right; this
home where Hancock; lived and Washington
was received; this where Lafayette S?journcd;
! this capitol where his own political course he
,an, and OH which 80 many patriotic memories
are concentrated, felt. not Is if We were cor
Quoting another trail and weary body TO the
tomb but rs if We were cScOrting noble
brother to the congenial company Of the de-
| parted great and good; and was ready 10 eX-
claim. "O.pracltram diem cum al sund drt-
Nun aniA.orum cOnciit,m coet"m ?"e Pr"it'r'S-
cur, c,.la gre CT Lac tRrIa tt c9GHriohe, d'Nrc-
ddm.'
The address Of Mr.. Everett closed as follows:
Two hundred and twcnty.nine years ago this
dav, our beloved city received, from the General
Court Of the Colony the honorcd name of Bos-
ton. On the long roll Of those whom she has
welcomed to her nurturing bosom, Is there
name which shines with 4 brighter luStre than
his. Sevcnty-two years ago, this day, the
Constitution of the United States was rendered
to the acceptance Of the people by George
Washington. Who. Of all the gifted and pa
,iiotic of the land, that have adorned the In
teryal, has done more 10 unfold itS principles,
assert lis purity, and to promote its duration:
Here. then, under the cope Of heaven; here.
on this lovely cmnencc; here, beneath the walls
Of the Capitol Of Old Massachusetts,; here with
in the sight of those fair New England villages;
here, in the near vicinity of the graves Of those
who planted the germs OF all this palmy growth,
here. within sound Of sacred bcils-wc raise
this monument. with loving hearts, 10 the
Statesman, the Patriot, the Fcllow-Citizeii, the
ncichbor, the friend. Long. may il guard the
approach To these halls Of council! long may it
look out upon prosperous country! and, if
days OF trial and disaster should come, and the
arm Of flesh should fall doub, not that the mo-
numental form would descend from lis pc
dcStal, to stand in the front rank Of the peril,
and the bronze lips repeat the cry OF the living
voicc-"Libcrty and Union nov and forever,
one and inseparabie.'
From the Jce.rsonyill. VA Advocate