honourable terms, will ever prevail in their public councils, one spirit animated by the love of country, will inspire every department of the national government." From this period Mr. Gerry devoted himself, with undeviating attention, to the duties of his office. He presided constantly over the deliberations of the senate, and, by his strict impartiality and candour, gave that satisfaction in the latest, which he had done in the earliest actions of his political life. Providence, however, did not long permit him to enjoy the dignity which he had so well earned, but called him in the midst of his honours, but full of years, from the scene of his earthly labours. The date and circumstances of his death are thus recorded, on a beautiful monument, which congress caused to be erected over his remains. The Tomb of ELBRIDGE GERRY, Vice-President of the United States, Who died suddenly in this city, on his way to the Thus fulfilling his own memorable injunction-"It is the duty of every citizen, though he may have but one day to live, to devote that day to the service of his country." VOL. VIII. E CÆSAR RODNEY. THE name of Rodney is honourably recorded in the history of earlier and of later times. It has been borne by gallant and successful warriors, and by firm and patriotic statesmen. It is illustrious alike in the annals of the old world and the new. The earliest authentic memorial of its existence, introduces it to us at a period when military prowess was the only mark of reputation, and when that prowess was indiscriminately exerted for the promotion of good or bad ends. The spirit of party or the spirit of chivalry, enlisted sir Walter De Rodeney in the cause of an oppressed woman, a queen who was driven by an usurper from her throne. "It hath been a constant tradition," says an old family manuscript, written about two hundred years since, "that we came into England with Maud the empress, from foreign parts; and that for service done by Rodeney, in her wars against king Stephen, the usurper, she gave them land within this kingdom. I confess I have no evidence by me to prove this tradition, besides the pedigree; yet the want thereof will not make it false in itself, though it gain the less credit with others. There was an evidence which would have much strengthened this tradi |