of both legislative chambers, the academies, the civil and military administrators, the National Guards in full dress, with mourning scarfs on their arms, the American citizens then in Paris, &c. The common people who had lost in Lafayette a powerful advocate and protector of their rights, and the poor, to whom he had been a friend and benefactor, were the most numerous, and not the least sincere, class of mourners. Among the pall-bearers, was the American Secretary of Legation, who represented America on the mournful oecasion, in the absence of Mr. Livingston, the minister from the United States. When the numerous procession was on its way to the place of interment, a humble individual pressed eagerly forward, to place himself immediately behind the bier. "You see," said one of the guards, obstructing his passage, "that none but the family are admitted there." "We all belong to the family," said the poor man, "for he loved us all as his children." What could have been more true and more touching? The ranks were immediately opened, and this humble individual, the representative of the people in all countries, placed himself next to the bier and followed it to the cemetery. When the coffin, surmounted with tri-colored standards, was deposited in the tomb, earth from America, mingled with that of France, was strewn upon it-an appropriate emblem of the common services which he rendered, and the lasting respect with which his memory will be cherished, in both countries.

The remains of Lafayette are deposited in the same tomb with those of Madame Lafayette, in the rue de Pictus, No. 15, at the extremity of the faubourg Saint Antoine, at Paris. It is at the end of a large garden, covered with fruit trees, shrubs and plants, and a long alley of lime trees, bordered with a hedge of elms, leads to the enclosure. The tomb is surrounded with an iron railing, is a little higher than the ground and is composed of two large black marble tablets, slightly inclined, and forming a very oblique angle. Upon the angle is a small cross, the lateral branches of which extend on both sides of the monument, that covers the remains of both husband and wife. This unostentatious tomb, which encloses the remains of Lafayette, is continually visited by Frenchmen and strangers who knew and appreciated his worth, and by the pilgrims of liberty from all nations. And it will continue to be visited, while virtue is

respected, and the rights and liberties of mankind find a heart to cherish, or an arm to defend them.

CHAPTER XXXII.

The death of Lafayette creates deep sensations in America-Funeral honors and obsequies by the people-His death announced by President Jackson to Congress-The President's proclamation to the Army and Navy-Resolutions of Congress--Oration of the Hon. J. Q. Adams-Conclusion-Lafayette's person and habits-Summary view of his services and character.

THE news of Lafayette's death soon reached America. It was met with one deep and general expression of grief and veneration. Throughout the popular cities of the United States, where ten years before the people had rushed with eagerness together, to welcome with joy and festivity the "Nation's Guest," they now attended in as great numbers, mournfully to join in the solemn obsequies, which attested alike the worth and services of the illustrious dead, and the grief and gratitude of the living. In the city of New York, where, on the 27th of June, the first funeral honors were paid to Lafayette, the ceremonies were solemn and imposing beyond precedent. The urn and eagle used on the occasion, were the same sacred emblems which had been exhibited at the funeral solemnities at the death of Washington. The urn was conveyed in an open carriage drawn by four white horses, guarded by the Lafayette guards, and followed by revolutionary pall-bearers, members of the Cincinnati Society in open barouches. The procession was between two and three miles in length; the streets through which it passed were lined with a dense mass of citizens, and every house on the line was filled even to the roof with spectators. The funeral services took place in Castle Garden, where, ten years previous, lacking a few days, the brilliant fete was given to Lafayette which is noticed in page 309 of this volume. The proceedings ended in a solemn manner. by the return at night from Castle Garden of the hearse and urn, accompanied by the Lafayette guards, with torches burning, and playing the dead march.

What the whole American people felt individually on this

occasion was soon embodied in an official form, by the executive and representatives of the nation. On the 21st of June, President Jackson communicated to both houses of Congress, "the afflicting intelligence of the death of the illustrious Lafayette," which had been received by him that morning. He also issued the following general orders:

"WASHINGTON, June 21, 1834.

"Information having been received of the death of General Lafay ette, the President considers it due to his own feelings, as well as to the character and services of that lamented man, to announce the event to the Army and Navy.

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Lafayette was a citizen of France, but he was the distinguished friend of the United States. In early life he embarked in that contest which secured freedom and independence to our country. His servi. ces and sacrifices constituted a part of our revolutionary history, and his memory will be second only to that of Washington in the hearts of the American people. In his own country, and in ours, he was the zealous and uniform friend and advocate of rational liberty. Consistent in his principles and conduct, he never, during a long life, committed an act, which exposed him to just accusation, or which will expose his memory to reproach. Living at a period of great excite. ment and of moral and political revolutions, engaged in many of the important events which fixed the attention of the world, and invited to guide the destinies of France at two of the most momentuous eras of her history, his political integrity and personal disinterestedness have not been called in question. Happy in such a life, he has been happy in his death. He has been taken from the theatre of action, with faculties unimpaired, with a reputation unquestioned, and an object of veneration whereever civilization and the rights of man have extended; and mourning as we may and must his departure, let us rejoice that this associate of Washington has gone, as we humbly hope, to rejoin his illustrious commander, in the fulness of days and of honor. He came in his youth to defend our country. He came in the maturity of his age to witness her growth in all the elements of prosperity. And while witnessing these, he received those testimonials of national gratitude, which proved how strong was his hold upon the affections of the American people.

"One melancholy duty remains to be performed. The last Major. General of the revolutionary army has died. Himself a young and humble participator in the struggles of that period, the President feels called on, as well by personal as public considerations, to direct that appropriate honors be paid to the memory of this distinguished Patriot and Soldier. He therefore orders that the same honors be rendered on this occasion at the different military and naval stations as were observed upon the decease of Washington, the Father of his country, and his contemporary in arms.

"In ordering this hoinage to be paid to the memory of one so emi. nent in the field, so wise in council, so endeared in private life, and so well and favorably known to both hemispheres, the President feels

assured, that he is anticipating the sentiments, not of the Army and Navy only, but of the whole American people.

"ANDREW JACKSON.”

On the motion of J. Q. Adams, a select joint committee was appointed, on whose report the following resolutions were unanimously adopted by Congress:

"Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, That the two Houses have received with the profoundest sensibility, intelligence of the death of GENERAL LAFAYETTE, the friend of the United States, the friend of Washington, and the friend of Liberty.

"And be it further resolved, That the sacrifices and efforts of this illustrious person, in the cause of our country, during the struggle for independence, and the affectionate interest which he has at all times manifested fer the success of her political institutions, claim from the government and people of the United States, an expression of condolence for his loss, veneration for his virtues, and gratitude for his services.

"And be it further resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to address, together with a copy of the above resolutions, a letter to George Washington Lafayette, and the other members of his family; assuring them of the condolence of this whole nation in their irreparable bereavement.

"And be it further resolved, That the members of the two Houses of Congress will wear a badge of mourning for thirty days, and that it be recommend to the people of the United States to wear a similar badge for the same period.

"And be it further resolved, That the halls of the Houses be dressed in mourning for the residue of the session.

"And be it further resolved, That John Quincy Adams be requested to deliver an oration on the life and character of General Lafayette, before the two Houses of Congress at the next session."

The oration of Mr. Adams was delivered on the 24th of December, in the hall of the House of representatives at Washington, in the presence of both houses of Congress, the president and heads of department, the foreign ministers at the seat of government, and a large concourse of citizens. It comprised a brief epitome of the life of Lafayette, and was an eloquent and just tribute to his principles, his character and his public services, both in France and America. Sixty thousand copies were ordered by Congress to be published; and to its sentiments and feeling the whole nation responded.

To know something of the personal appearance and hab. its of a man who has rendered such important services to

mankind, and who fills so large a space in their affectionate remembrance, is a natural, and by no means a vain curiosity. In person Lafayette was tall, and well proportioned, inclining rather to corpulency. His head was large; his face oval and regular; his forehead high and smooth; his eyes were large and prominent, of grayish blue, with well arched, but not bushy, eye-brows; his nose was aquiline; his complexion clear; his cheeks were slightly colored; and at the age of seventy-seven, the period of his death, his countenance, ever expressive of goodness and candor, was not furrowed by a single wrinkle. Though social and cheerful, and at times gay; though hospitable and generous in the entertainment of his friends, he indulged sparingly in the pleasures of the table. His diet was sinple, and he drank nothing but water. To his sobriety and temperance may be ascribed his exemption, to so late a period in life from the infirmities of age. The dress of Lafayette was ever plain and simple, but he was to the close of his life, particularly neat in his person. He usually wore a long gray, or dark colored over-coat, a round hat, pantaloons and gaiters, as he is represented in the portrait in the front of this volume, and which is pronounced by those who knew him, to be a faithful resemblance.

In private life, Lafayette was a model of the social and domestic virtues, as he was in public of disinterested patriotism and unbending integrity. Lafayette was devoid of that ambition which seeks personal aggrandizement; but he gloried in the acts he had performed for the liberty and happiness of mankind. He had his share of vanity, and exhibited in his speeches and correspondence, no little egotism; but Lafayette had espoused a great and glorious cause, the cause of liberty and justice, of "THE RIGHTS OF MAN" —and from that cause he was, and felt himself, inseparable. Faults he undoubtedly had-errors of judgement he may have committed; but through a long and active career, his course was unsullied by a single vice, by a single act of meanness, cruelty or injustice. He withstood the temptations of wealth, the allurements of power, and walked unscathed through the fiery furnace of revolution. We may search the pages of history, ancient and modern, without finding a character more pure, more perfect, more exalted. The time may not have arrived when the services which