Governor Law was unquestionably a man of high talents and accomplishments, both natural and acquired. He was well acquainted with civil and ecclesiastical subjects, and gradually rose, by the force of his own exertions, to the highest honors of the State. He was of a mild and placid temper, amiable in all the relations of domestic life, and seems to have well discharged the duties imposed on him.
First-love is pure without a stain,
The heart can never fondly love again;
One holy shrine will in the bosom rest,
And only one within a faithful breast.
True love's a steady, bright, unchanging ray,
And not the idle preference of a day;
A fadeless flower which will for ever bloom
Through years, in absence, and beyond the tomb.
Sacred Poems, by Mrs. Bruce, London.
FOOTNOTES:
[X] A town of great commercial importance in the Dutch trade, formerly belonging to the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
[Y] President Quincy.