The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-04-10
3 the Senate and House of Representatives. OF

| To the Senate and House of Representatives. of til
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
GENTLEMEN Intelligence has been received tina
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, President o
the United States Has paid the debt of nature. HI
departed this life at the Presidents House in the cit
{of Washington on yesterday morning.
The public services and private worth of the dis
|tinguished citizen who had just been elevated to thu
highest station in the Republic call upon the Genera
Assembly of this Commo nweath on behalf of ou
Common constituents, for the appropriate testimonial
|of public feeling which inspired by the melancho
n # DAVID R. PORTER.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER April S, lS4l. -
When the message was read Mr. REED rose and
addressed the Chair as follows a
Mr.. Speaker-The Senate no doubt anticipates tn,
Iobject of the motion | am about to make. 1t is t.
place among its archives the recorded expression Of
the deep sorrow with which the intelligence of tn,
Of the Of the Hns liz d s has sef ha
las been suddenly terminated and at the outset of
new career which every American patriot hoped
would be career of usefulness, the power to render
further and greater services has been arrested and the
mysterious dispensations Of Providence have inter
posed to dsappoint the nations hopes. At these dis
Pnsations we must not repne. Under this disappont
6ment we should not mourn. But it is entirely con
sbtent with submission, to testify respect for the
memory of the dead-our sincere sympathy with the
sorrows of the living. The public services of Gen
HARRISON are now part Of the unquestioned his
tory of the country. They placed by the hand OF
|detth beyond all party controversy which might ex
Iag5erate Or deprecate them to his virtues CRATE
If3i people may without dissent do disnterestet
|juitice. His was long-an active-and an honoret
life. He lived without reproach. He died without
Jan enemy to speak word of unkindness or of dis
|pangement over his grave. 5
Fifty years ago, the late President of the United
Estates passed through the village where we are nov
XsIf foh f,rcfc
building where the young soldier then lodged, is We
standing. At that period the institutions of coun
TRY were immature-their permanence uncertain-the
efficacy untried He has lived see those institutions
survive their hours of trial. and in those hours Of tra
he always stood faithfully by them He has lived t
receive the highest honors of his country; but no no
nor did he ever in life receive worthy of his vr
tues han that spontaneous tribute which, now that hi
has Ieither power nor patronage to bestow the whole
peopls pay to his memory.
Mr. REED then submitted the following resolutions
which alters few approbatOry remarks by Mr. BRowN
were unanimously agreed to.
Resolved, That the Senate of Pennsylvania having
been Informed of the death ofthe President of the Uni
tied States, considers it duty to the memory of tn,
dead his public services unsullied character and thu
|station which he occupied, and to the deep sorrow
which will pervade the Nation express the mournfu
sentiment with which the intelligence has been re
|ceived.
Resolved, That committee of four Senators be ap
pointed to act with committee of the House. SHOULD
the House appoint such committee, to report wha
measures should be adopted to testify the of thu
Legislature on this mournfu occasion and that tn,
message received this morning from the Executive b.
referred to the committee a
Resolved, That the Senate do now adjourn.
The Speaker named Messrs. Reed, Brown, Pear
son, and Gibbons the committee and the Senate adj
|journed.
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, when called Il
Order the message (given in the Senate report) wa
presented, after which Mr.. Law rose and addresse
the chair as follows:
Mr.. SPEAKER The event Just announced in tn
from the Executive, is Of the mos
solemn ature and calls for the respectful consldera
|tion Of the House. Il is event unprecedented il
tho history of country Other Presidents have pa
the debt OF nature tutt after their Of useful
mess had terminated. We have now announced to US
for the first time, the death of one, who as we a
hoped was about 10 set out ON ofglory and
usefulness Sir, it is event which appeals to tn
sympathies Of all of u.s. and before which all party con
sdsi atoms sink and dwinde into insg nifcance II
Jan occasion on which all Of US feel only as American
1czens, and not as members OF this sect or that party
but as common children of our common country. Owe
the grave Of departed excellence, envy, ambition, tn
|preudices Of party, sectional feelings, and the ami
mostes of faction are hushed into silence and leav
Jus time to look back upon long life of ustrious SCI
Ivices. "" ~ gt
This is not the time or the place to speak OF the lat
P esident as he deserves. Sir, do not mean to ene
upon his eulogy believe we all unite in the mos
profound regard for his virtues As brave soldier
Jas an enlightened statesman-as an upright homes
man he is entitled to the admiration of this age as
will obtain that of posterity. hope the Hou:e OF
THE present occasion will adopt without delay, som
mode of testiying for this ustrous man
There can be no doubt in regard TO the present rumor
the offspring of truth, and it comes in such shap
that it cannot be questioned. It demands the immedi
ate action Of the House. +#