Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-07
MIR. MADISON.

MIR. MADISON.
Recorded honors are already catherine
" Tuck around the monument" of the de,a,,oI
Madson--a man, who, with vastly less pret,ps;on
than some oths companions who cnioved a m,c,,
more extensive il not more enviabe repn,a,,n
than HIMSELF was equal to any, and much super;or
TO most of them, both in native strength of n,ellcc,
and in the variety and extent of his Requirements
We subon the proceedings OF the two Houses Of
Congress on the occasion, and the resolutionx
dopted by the Faculty of the University of yirr.
ma.
On the Both, the Prcsden, Transmitted the f,l.
lowing message TO Congress
WASHINGTON, June 30, 1886.
IN tie Senate and House of Representatives.;
II becomes my painful duty to announce to yo,r
the melancholy intelligence OF the death of James
Madison, cx-President of the United States. II,
departed this life at half past six o'clock, on til.
morning of the 2Sth instant, full of years and of
honor.
hasten this communication, in order that Con-
gress may adopt such measures may be proper
10 testify their of the respect which is due to
the memory of one whose life has contributed So
essentially to the happiness and glory of his coun-
try, and to the good Of mankind
ANDREW JACKSON.
The Message having been read in the House of
Representatives,
Mr.. PATTON, of Virginia, said that the par
tcular relation in which he stood, as his imned
ate representative and personal friend, towards the
great public benefactor whose decease, "full of
Years and full olhonor,' had Just been announced
by the Message of the President of the United
States, had induced the Virginia delegation to de-,
volve upon him the mournfu duty of PROPOSING,
for the adoption of the House the resolution he was
about To offer, for the purpose of determining upon
the course TO be pursued for giving expression to
the national sensibility to the great bereavement
we have suffered.
aSlslo not, however, Mr.. Speaker, feel it to be a
s'fifsbe occasion in which to employ or indulge in
any studied phrase of panegyrc upon the public
or private virtues of the venerable man whose loss
we depore
1t is true, sir, that early imbued with the SINGER
est veneratIon Tor the character of Mr.. Madison,
with the profoundest admiration of his talents,
and the warmest gratitude for his eminent and va
ried public services, there is no language that
could employ which would exageerate the deep
emotion with which have been impressed by tho
melancholy intelligence of his death And am
sure that it would be equally impossible for me to
speak OF him in any terms that would depict an
individual pre-emlnent in all the virtues of social
and private life, or one that combined the merits
OF patriot, statesman, and sage, that would no.
ind ready and full response in the minds and
hearts OF all who hear me. But it is not feeble
effort of this kind such as could make, nor even
by the highest effort of human eoquence, the lofty
inspiration of poetry, the storied urn or ANNA
ted bust, that can rear an appropriate monu-
ment to the memory of MIR. Madison, or erect
suitable monument to his fame.
His appropriate and enduring eulogium is to be
found inscribed in those pages Of his countrvs his
tory, which are identified with her honor and glo-
ry. IS engraved upon every pillar of that splen
ana fabric OF constitutional liberty under which
live. 1t is identified with the existence of thJ
glorious union of conederatcd States which "
contributed SO essentially To form, and the maine
nance and preservation of which, with all its nu-
merous blessings, were the constant objects oil his
care during his long, laborous, and useful public b
and OF his most earnest and anxious solcitude in the
shades of retirement
And, MIR. Speaker, another and not less dcci-
sive and more affecting evidence of his merit and
title to public gratitude, will be found in the deep
grief with which his loss will be deplored by every
man IN the nation as a great national calamity.
OTTER the resolution which now send to the chair.
NeS0fced, That committee be appointed on
"'o par VI uis mouse, 10 JON such committee aa
may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to
consider and report by wha, token of respect and
affection it may be proper for the Congress of the
United States TO express the deep sensibility otho
nation to the event Of the decease of Mr. Madison,
Just announced by the President fthe United
States to this HOUSE.
The resolution having been read
Mr.. ADAMS rose, and addressed the Speaker
by the general sense Of the House, (said he,) it IS
with perfect propriety that the delegation from the
Commonwealth of Virginia have taken the lead in
the melancholy duty of proposing the measures
suitable to be adopted as testimonials of the
alton due from the Legislature of the Union to the
memory otthe departed patriot and sage, the ma
tive OF their soil, and the citizen of their commu-
nifty.
It's not without some hesitation, and some din
dence, that have risen to offer in my own behalf
and in that ofmy colleagues upon this floor, and OF
our common constituents to join our voice, at once
OF mourning and of exultation, at the event announ
ced to both Houses of Congress by the message
from the President of the United States-of mour
hng at the bereavement which has befaen our
common country by the decease of one of her most
lasrIous sons--of cxulta'ion at the spectacle al
rI 10 he oh,