The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-03-16
Mr. CII.LEY.


The following heauliful tribute 10 he
memory of Mr.. Cillry. Gas offered in The
Senate By Mr.. Williams. one Of he Maine
Senators, in announcing his unnmely
end:
Mr. PFesfenf-I came into de Senate
this mnrniag exhausted and overwhelm.
cd, 10 perform the melancholy duty ii
announcing 20 you and 10 The Senate Of
the United States The sudden and lament
cd death Of nv friend and COLLEAGUES. The
Hen. Jonathan clllsy. . Representative
from Maine. IN The Congress Of The Unit
ed States.
A The last adjournment Of he Senate.
Dir. cillfy was IN perfect health, full oi
hope and expectation of making himself
useful IN asserting and indicating the
violated rights a. his Stale. and Of dislin-
gushing himself in the great questions
which noe 50 deeply agiisle the public
mind. Full ofzesl and ardent patriotism,
and Of desalion n the great cause ol
human liheny and Of human rights. he
considered that crisis had arisen when
his country had . right 10 claim The
services Of her sons. He obeyed the
call IL his constituents. relinqrishIng The
enjaymFnis of ihe domestic circle Of
wife and three children. lie il now
iileless corpse; all his hopes are blasted
and destroyed, and his constituents are
deprived Of the services Of an able and
faithful representative.
Mr.. CIlley vas native Of New Hamp.
shire, and belonged 90 one Of the most
ancient and respectable families in iha,
State. Patriotism and bravery we're his
inheritance. His grandfather was the
Distinguished patriot and brave officer Of
the Revolution, General Cilley; and bis
brother, Capt. Joseph Cllley, Was the
gallant leader of the heroic charge under
Colonel Miller. ., the battle Of Bridge
water Heights. in The last war.
The deceased was graduate Of Bow
doin College, IN Maine. and By his supe.
rior talents and application STAINED high
standing al the bar in that State. He was
4 good lawyer. an able advocate, and a
pow erfDl debaler. ~-@
From early life Mr.. Cilley was ardent.
~ attached to the principles Of free
government a jealous advocate Of tie
rights of the rhOie people. and deternin.
ed opp0nen, Of the clam of the ltLc 10
iyrsnIze over the many.
In 1884. Mr.. ciIley was eleried 20 the
Hnuse III Representatives in Maine. and
in 1885 and 1896 was Speaker OF that
body, where his powers and love OF cnun-
try became so conspicuous, that IN 1887
be ass elected to Congress in a district
in which the majority were his political
opponents.
Of his conduct here, I need not speak,
for all who dear me. and all who knew
Mr.. CIlley in the other end Of the Capitol,
will bear testimony 10 his ability. TO his
open. frank, and determined course, To
lhe high order ii his talents and powers
as a debster. and 10 the respect aud defer
ence he paid to the rights Of others.
. AS a man Mr.. Cllley was warm,
ardent, generous. noble; as friend, true.
faithful, abiding. lie was in,he meridian
OF his life. aged 35; the past was the
esrnesi Of the future.
In his death Maine has lost one OF her
brightest ornaments. aud the nation is
bercli Of a devuIed patriot, and an ardent,
Jealous sug porter II is free institutions.
The s1a which 81, upon the lif.less
corpse of my late Trend and colleague,
rwe bright and cheering apon his distant
frssids circle. and the wife Of his bosom
blessed IT glorious beams, aud told her
slnocent children that II brought the
return &c their father one day nearer.
Alas " uor aifc nor children shall see
hlm mare.r Who shall now penetrate
that bereaycd mansion, and witness the
teas the agony. the distraction Of the
widow and ibe fa,herles.l Mr.. President,
/ cannot. NAY the Father Of all mercles
be their cont rter and their suppnrer.
OF the Gus an manner II the death
Of Mr Gle, forhesr to spesk; but
alio mr say. thai II is nv soiemn con-
yictioa ha he enter aimed NJ III will,
a. ,nien Ell n disrespect To Mr.. Graves.
in any thing that occurred, and that, in
accepting the call. he did nolning more
than he belize, ed indispensable, 10 avoid
disgrace 70 himself, to his family, and to
h11 cons ,ifaante