The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-06-09
Death of Ex-Gov. Fl. w. Allen.
"There is q calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found;
They softly lie and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground"


They softly lie and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground"
The soul of Gov. Henry w. Allen
has taken its everlasting fight to the
God who gave it.
''He sleeps his last sleep,
q He has fought has last battle,
No sound can awake him to glory again"
This great and good man breathedI
1 his last in the City of Mexico, ON theI
goth day of April, A D., 1866, whittier
he had gone, as an exile, after all hope
of saving the land of his birth and loveI
had fled, and when he had been ren-l
dered impotent fot good to those whom
he loved and delighted TO serve.
The death of no man could have pro-
duced more heartfelt sorrow or deeper
grief, among the good people of Louis
irna, than that of Gov. Allen.
a His soul he had kept white,
N And thus men DER him wept.'
His life, his character, his virtues,
land his public services have already
passed into the history of the country.
I'VE knew him in life as q gentleman, a
Scholar, statesman, soldier, and a
patriot. We most deeply mourn him
in death; memory shall ever cherish for
this just man the fondest recollec-
#tions-
81 "O1dy the actions of the Just
NJ Smell sweet and blossom in the dust"
Gov. Henry Watkins Allen was born
in the county of Prince William, Va,
about the year 1918. He sprang frora
an old and excellent family; he inherit
ed the best blood of 'tthe sacred SOIL"
DIR. James Allen, the father of Gov,
Allen, removed from the "Old Domin-
j ion" to Missouri, while Henry was but
Ia boy, where he received the best edu-
cation that could be procured in thai
then new and almost wilderness coun
try. He was student for some time
81 at Marion College, at Palmyra, whittier
b he had gone to receive the guardian
care and pious instructions of the Rev
q II. P. Goodrich, D. D., who was al
old and fast friend of DIR. Allen, father
of Henry. He there received the rudi
ments of that education which so emf
nently fitted him for after life. At a,
age when most boys consider them
selves entirely helpless, Gov. Allen
knowing the meagre means which hi
father possessed, to rear and educate
a large family, determined to becom,
self-sustaining, hence, he emigrate,
ito Mississippi, as a teacher, when b,
was little more than sixteen years O
age. And while engaged in ''teachin,
THE young idea how to shoot" he rea,
land prepared himself for the practic'
4 of law. During this time he courte,
and subsequently married a young lad,
of many personal attractions and con
4, siderable fortune-when he abandone,
his profession and engaged in the cul
ture of cotton. In less than one shor
year 1.-THE cold hand of death" remove,
''the partner of his joys, the sharer o
Y of his woes" This sad decree of Prov
Midence produced the most heart fel
Ngrief upon Gov. Allen. He so love,
his youthful bride that he never per
d mitted his affections to become en-
4 gagged for any other lady, though b
twas most ardent admirer of the sex
i land perhaps, no gentleman was NOR
engaging in the society of ladies thai
Gov. Allen. He was our beau ideal o
"a perfect gentleman. From Mississip
Api Gov. Allen came to West Bato
II Rouge. and there purchased mos
4magnifoent "sugar estate" which h
q improved with the most exquisite taste
n BY means of great personal energy
Industry and the most perfect integrit,
The amassed splendid fortune. Hav
ing the time, inclination and fortune
The entered the political arena, and frs
soourted political preferrment at tn
hands of the American party. Tha
party not being sufficiently souther
!, in its principles, and becoming almos
adefunct, Gov. Allen was most NATURAL
thrown into the ranks of the ultr
Southern Democracy. He was
Estates right man, consequently, h
urged the secession of the State, afte
ssall hope of an amicable adjustment O
sthe differences between the section
Mwere at an end. He was prominen
Amember of the Legislature at the tim
the ordinance of secession was passed
land was the first to throw the Pelica
flag to the breeze and place himsel
lunder its ample folds. He never de
serted it-but from the Pelican, b
@passed under the Confederate flag, an
was among the last to desert s'that EN-
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