The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-03-10


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AM he Ssaais aAjoassd seeosdinsly-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The jsura.l Of yesterday hssIag esen
read aad appsesed-
81. RAYNER. &c Nsrih Csrolihs. I'd.
dressed me House q fallaws:
Mr. SrEaKER: rise tspsrfaam : most
psinfsl and nslssehsly daily. Psinfal.
na.l snsffee,ediy paiafal. il y 10 NE: AMI
mrlaaehOly 10 oaghl 10 Be. snd nresl be.
m lhe associations arcompaaying ID. 20 the
members OF dis House. Tie Hon.
LRws WILLIAMS. number Of lkis House
from Narlh caroliaa, is no nsre. lie
who has been so long. and | uay ssy 80
stfsciionalely eniillea athe Father az This
Haose." has flushed his earthly career.
iIssxpired u HIS boarding house in This
eiiy, shout hall past nns e'clock r. M.
on yesterday. sfer short bat nnsl rio.
lent illnsss OF only Ihirly-six hours ia
datstinn. All thai medical attention. and
the kindarss Of friend. could do. were
exsflea in bis b~hslE. bai 81 10 vain.
from the sery commencement Of his a..
tsek death sevned % have msEked him
for iis awn.
am veil aware that no words 81 mine
can avail him s0ghi; no sympathy of ours
can resl0fe him 70 his country sRd his
friends Aad Il now only remains Cor Us
10 perform The last sd nles 20 his
memMy. beIats ne con.ign him 70 that
:. dust hence he sprssg."
II may be allowed 10 refer 20 The re-
ia,ion. between him aud myself. he wac
not oEly my colleague but my friend. 1
have knawn him long, end knaws bin
well. Ever since | first formed his &C.
9vaintance, he hiss extended to me thai
friendship and lhs. ccnfdence. OF which
sf any ons who knew him might Justly
fesl proud. How mys'rrions 10 Irvine
PtoSidsnce. how wrak il human know.
ledge! Little. al little, did suppose ane
week since that ! should thus be called
on 10 announce 10 this House lhsi this
political patriarch had fsllenl What .
sad eonRent'ry is This upon human
vaniiy-upun lhe strife Of cOulenfins fac
uons. Bot three days since he va, in
the discharge Of his duties on this flanr :
now he lies extended on ibe bed Of DEATH
The deceased was in The iiily-sis hih
.eir Of his age. lie presumed one Of
ihose rare instances N our history, Of
man whose hole life may be said "a have
brsn aeso,sd 70. he public series Of his
country. he hrst entered political life
in 1919. whes he sas elected To represen,
his native county in the Legislature Of
Nerlh carolina; and 80 satisfactory vas
hIs condnc, here. thai in The following
year he was ELECTED 10 represent The dis.
irici IN which he resided in IRE House of
Representatives Of Tho Usi,ed States, ol
which body he con,inued, without INFER.
mission. 70 bss member I'll the period Of
his death.
The history Of his life affords q prac
"a! reluta,ien of the ofl.repssted Islander,
tia, long course OF pablo service is in.
compatible with private virtue and per-
son,i benor. II is equally illustrative 81
that endcaring confidencs which should
ever sxist bslween ghe constituent and The
represen,auye-and Of the need Of appro-
BATON which an honest people ave ever
wiling 10 accord 70 faithful public ser
want.
II needs m labercd sulosy from me, |
90 10 justice 10 the manner in which he |
discharged bis duties on iAs floor. II is
g mater Of hislery that, from his first APP
pearance here. he was marked for his |
habits OF inlus,ry, aud his neekness cf
character, combined With energy. sterling |
sense, ard dlsiniere.teduess Of purpose.
Tao,e shs have served With him, vhsth-
or for ) longeror SHORTER period, knOu
that he wac always anong the first in his |
seat, and ihe Iast 10 Leave il. He always
kept ssigIlsRsye On the progress Of busi-
ness through this House; anil was ever as
ready to sustain and advacale tlIoss mea. /
sures which he believed 10 be for the good
ol his country. as 10 oppose those which |
he believed 10 be founded in injustice aud
wrong The dntiss Of his citation lie
Fever neglected. Neither The iuclemency |
Of weather. nor persoaA Inconvenience,
eser restrained h,m from the performance
Of his trust. He was for years Iavorably
known TO ihi, House sod 10 the country,
i. The able and Efficient ebairman Of the
Committee 81 CLAIMS; and lis veil known
that waits, lie always guarded The public
treasure. Ike . faithful sentinel. he never
i"rned deaf ear 10 The well founded
claims Of justice. II
Ills l.irns we're CT The useful and
modest. and no. Of The sbowy and os'en.
Ia i"us order. lie seemed 10 think that
the dnry Of the sisiesrpan consisted ia
acting for The Welfare 81 his country, and
nat IN speaking for the satss tain neat Of ;
hs hearers. lie spoke but rarely. aud
then but briefly and directly To the sub {
lprf HIS ukiart ~ a. "A - f,inas. ,nl -, J /