The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-16


woald he permit hinsslfto be amused at the |
risk Of an injury to the feelings OF the hum
bIest of his fellows. The last words he ever
spoke 70 me. while offering him services
during his finai Illness. were words Of kind
ness and gratitude. though Heaven knows
the latter feeling should have been ali on
my side. Oh, why was he called away 20
sOonf Hsw often do | ask myself that ques-
tioni--not in the spirit Of complaint against
the dispensation OF good and ail-wise God.
bnt because the workings of Providence are
often 20 dark and impeneuabIe to our men
tai vision. so deep and unfathomable TO our
moral understanding.
True. this il not the fifst time that we have
grouped ourselves around these pillars to
pay last tribute OF respect to some one who
has been taken from our number. but here
tofore &c have.been called upOn TO monrn for
those whose skeins of life had been we'll
nigh all unwound, whose years and expert
ence had already led them 10 look almost
daily Tor the termination Of their tenure Of
existence, and whose philosophy and religion
had already taught them thst the end would
only be the beginning. and that q life well
spent was but On earnest of the reward that
would meet them in the Hereafter. They
we're prepared to reason with Cicero upon
the length aud use Of life. where he says:
Good God whal Is there in the utmost ex-
tent OF human duration that can properly he
called long, In my own opinion, indeed. no
portion Of time can be justly deemed long
that will necessarily have an end since the
longest. when once it is elapsed. leaves not
trace behind. and nothing valuable re-
mains with u. but The conscious satisfaction
OF having employed il well. Thus hours and
days. months and years glide inperceptably
away toe pas. never TO return, the future
involved in impenetFable ohacurty. Bat
Whatever the extent OF our present dura-
ton may prove. wise and good
man onght to be content with tina allotted
measure The truth IA. a small portion Of
time Is abundantly adequate 60 the purposes
OF honor and virtue But nov are Assem-.
bled 10 mourn the loss Of one who il taken
From amongst US IN the vigor of youth. 10
the prime of early manhood and 10 the
midst OF the season OF his greatest useful
nesa. However true and wise may be the
sentiments expressed by the lawyer Of sn-
| tiquty, they can scarcely avail as a consola-
ton to us now. and even CIoERo himself has
not inappropFiateIy placed them in the mouth
OF the venerable CARO-, who had already
drained the sweet and generous cup of life.
until he saw nothing IN II but its unpalatable
drees OF philosophy. There is something 10
life to be greatly desired as long "a nature
continues to spread out to our enraptured
gaze her grand and endless beauties. and in
them TO furnish to our understandings lessons
far. far beyond the philosophy of men. The
yearly renewal OF life In nature; the birth,
and death, and resurrection of the leaves
and flowers, taken with the inherent long
ings OF our souls. are emblems of the body
and lie resurrection after death: and the fix
ed stars that shine. "a il we're, eternal to our
gaze. unchanged by the mutations and recur-
reDces Of the seasons, foreshadow the glo-
rious and eternal existence Of the spirit
And while these things furnish their appro-
pirate lessons to us. Is il, after all, so strange
that their wonderful beauty should ondsar
them 60 our hearts. and make life itse.f an
okt.cf ~ 49,. Ct ~ s.-ato.t ,.o.o..., A.. -. y
Since the hour when the patriarch. In his IN
spiration. heard God speaking to him from
the whirlwind. asking him-"Csnst thou bind
the sweet Influences Of the Pleiades, or loose
the bands OF Orion ?" that matchless cluster
has continued to shed lie beauty upon the
souls of men, and the king Of consultations
still glada our nightly vision with all his star
~ splendor. beauties like these. that God
has pointed out 20 rs as part OF His special
wonders: the visible but untold wealth OF ma
ture in every cline aud season: the glorious
consciousness Of tree existence: and. super
added 10 all of these. the sacred ties OF love
and friendship. without which the world with
all ia beauty were but littlo better than a
barren waste, made life desirable to the
friend who has left "a. "a they still endear il
to us who are left behind him. And al
though he may now be beholding beauties,
aud enjoying an existence before which all
these grow pale aud epiritless, yet we are
still influenced by tho same feelings that were
his in life. and must consequently still con-
tinue to regret the sad dispensatisn that has
so suddenly removed him from our midst -
As an humble expression. therefore, al the
sentiment OF this Bar ! am instructed to re-
port the following preamble and resolutions
prepared by the committe appointed by a
meeting OF thu Bar. held hero on the 2sth
day OF May last.
Ii seems that death il ever present In the
world The shadow of his wing falls upon
every community, every association Of per-
soma. and every household; and the brand of
affection - stamped. sc some time or other
| upon cvery heart. let IL seldom happens
that a death Is so deeply felt. So universally
regretted aud mourned as i that Of our es-
tecmed brother BIACKFoRD n MoFFArT,
Eco. Who departed this life on the 2lst day
Of Nav. 1854 In flew OF these facts. there
fore.
Reseirsa, That "A ms death, the country
has Lost. in The boar Of its greatest danger. a
firm supporter aud a steadfast friend the
! community IN which ne lived. = citizen toved
and respected. whe performed faithfully and
eagerly every duty al life. and The Bar Of
this ctr one 81 iis ahlest and most Efficient
member
aesolred. that our heartfelt sympsthiss are
mos, respectfully rendered - nis afiicted rel.
sfivee.
Resoisd. That these proceedings be re-
ported 20 the conrts Of this county with the
request that ihep may be spread upon their
records
". X. EDwkEDs,
RkLlARD SMITH,