Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-16

President:
~, ,rom Missouri, (Mr Bsnlon) performed the meiah
chov du;y deyolsing on him of announcing 10 me og
nate the death Of his distinguished ana iaiheh'ed co-
leapue the honorable L"ws r. Linn. !.
Tn. ferlinr and highly Wrought, thougn "ei-oF-
served euopium, $, eloqnentIy pronounced oy nun
bas dome equal honor s head and heat'' uno .e
marks Of The distinguished Senator from hehcuc.,
(Mr C:it,enden,) upon second'ng Tue "'u'o" -. |
usual honors TO his memory, all co"sP''u -
en-, tons in me which cam t be d scficeu. Fio" ny
bovish DAYS the lamcnted Linn vas my irehd ano
have often in my intercourse W tn him, hau occase"
10 admire his many no5'e and captivating qui'"es
Lei me add the poor tribute ofmy praise 10 MS exce
I.nca and worth and minse my grei win lha' OF MS
o,ler friends that he should have been 81 sudden
sruck down in the mids, of his usefulness anu IN vs.
moan of his fame. All who can prize gieSl mo'a'
worth. chust.ned ambition, sincere oeeouoh "
country, and all the more amaoie, out less ",Pos"s
Gcted sincerity Missouri must keeniy dePlofe sue"
an unlooked-for calamity, and may wen Claim cop'-
mon sympathy for her great bereavement,
Illinois too, Mr. President, has been affiic'ea oy a
similar visitation Her most cherished son' na.re
! her own soil. the Hon SAMUEL McRoBERrs-wno hao'
unaided by fortune or family influence, won MS way
10 the hirh distinction of Senator IN Congress, passn
with credit to himself through many subordinate but
responsible stations, while yet IN the prime Vi ms iie-
| is no more! . a. o.,t
of March last but few weeks after the adjournment
of Congress, whilst he was Journeyng NOM W Tue
usual river route Exposed at that most sea
son of the year, 10 the cold and damps .a "' ''e
mountains over which he travelled, anotneI oisease
that of inflammation of the bran-was aodeo 10 ne one
which S, severely afflicted him here; and IN sPe oil the
skill of The most eminent physicians oil 'ha' c'y' soon
proved fatal
HE wife and few friends were with HIM. 10 soelbe
his anguish and TO sustain him in that most Trying
bonr which must come upon US ALL and ihey witnessed
The last ebbngs of life dear to them, and SO valuable
t. the country Appropriate honors were pau 70 nS
remains, and there they rest IN me SOIL OF '"a'
cent valley which gave bum oirth.
have said, Mr. President, that Judge hchooef's
was native of illinois. lie So sir; and the only
one with single exception who mas ever ha1 seo'
here from the territory northwest oil the river o"o
He was the son of Of the earliest pioneers VINO Pc
netrated before the peace of 1885, that then SOLITARY
and untrodden wild His father lived to see hs sou
occupy seat in this chamber and still lives,
by all who know him. The early education Oh 'uue
McRober,s was obtained in the common schooi-house
of the West, in which otc'aed, at intervals NY
casional wandering teachers. After completing MS 'a
n ior,y lie entered Trans lyana University anu a7o
ed course of law lectures: and on his return nome
was admitted Practice and at once advanced 70 ''s
front rank of his honorable profession. he was soo,
amounted Judge Of one Of the higher courts, un.'i
uoon reorpaaizinr The judiciary, he was sent 10 the
State Senate He was afterwards appointed oy the IVA
tonal Executive, attorney oil The United states io
that district and subsequently receiver OF paoic io
news at one of the most important land oinces ~ Tux
tant station Of Solicitor in the General Land Oce, a'
thence to a seat here.
Judge McRobeIts was selected by the Leg'sia ufe
his native State, many competitors, 10 seat
this body, for his Probity, capacity ano sefn anu u
Welding devotion to the principles of the CONSTITUTION
and aIthoug suffering under the severes ooay tor
ment from the first moment he appeared mere al ui'
special session 1871 he abored with untrng ehefg,
and unremng zeal in the business OF the senate ant
, enraned with uncommon ardor, in many oil IT'S mos
| trembling
verge Of life; SUCH however, was the ntensenesS OF ~
enal energy, and his devotion to tae pubic service
that he daily hszarded that life at the call oil duly; an
such were the manifestations of talent he exhibited INA
hone was indulped-,hough his feeble and wasted ap
v pearance Knocked it-that life so valuable woud
long spared his country, and the highest senatof'a
honors be placed within his grasp Though young
and unaccustomed to this theatre OF aclon ne never
theless emitted, whilst here, sparkes OF intellectual
spendor presagng for his maturer years mental "a
dance Of the greatest brilliancy.
1 To me- personally, Mr. President, his loss IS sever
y one ! had counted much, on being his cole usu
and associate here, upon the aid should receive
wholly unused as am 10 the forms and business OF ie
gislative bodes-from his more mature judgment an
i. enlarged experience. s..o,ss-s.s-
deemed by some unsocia but it hJ. 81 nc.
nenlly social among those with whom he was Intlmai
4 possessing proper share Of human sympa,hies,
strong attachment his friends. But it is an II
> trepd statesman, who never swerved from what II
deemed correct principles, that he is most favorabl
known to his constituents nnd the country ut large
II As such, he exhibited Al all times the high attributes
great character, and never found wanting, whe
became necessary prove how much principle is su
peror to policy II is such he greatly endeare
5 to his State, and by which he enabled to stamp hi
name with honor upon its Judicial and legislative hsio
ry, and caused 10 occupy undislingushed plac
t upon the records OF this body.
o II may be, that some whom now address, and shall
call upon, To vote the usual honos paid 10 the dead
have been irated at times by The zeal and earnest
IS with which he defended bis principles, and press
ed his homes, convictions thereby arousng feelings,
characteristic of nature and apt TO be engen
dered by party collisions. To all such, would entrea
that the grave be barrier TO their further induls
let all feeling of resentment be extngushed within ii
s hallowed precincts
!. Ii 10 for you, Senators, TO determine what honor
shall be paid 10 his memory. ! present the resou
!, lions customary, on such melancholy occasions.
It Resolotd, unanimously That the members Of III
Senate, from sincere desire Of besowng every mari
/ of respect due TO the memory of the Hon. Samuel Nc
Roberts, deceased, late Senator from the State Of Il
lnois, will go into mourning, by wearing Grape Tia
d left for thirty days.
Rssolred unanimously, AS further mark of respec
! for the memory of the Hon. Samuel McRober,s, th
if Senate do now adjourn.
n MIR. ALLEN said: Mr.. President, it is my purpos
TO second the motion just made by the Senator from II
n lnois 1t may not be deemed inappropriate for me t
do so, as the deceased was my personal friend and
was The laat of his brother Senators whose hand III
e of Congress, found him. on my way to the West a
the city Of Wheeling, dangerously, and, ii sool
proved, fatally sick. His strong d. sire reach hi
e home, and to live die, his doom might be, upor
! the bosom of his native soil, amid his friend and con
stiluents had prevailed upon han pass the noun
ains through weather bot well calculate To aggro
vale his naady The morning after my arrival, he wa
borne from the city TO steamer in the Ohio, and &C
: cnmpanied him down The river. lie was accompanied
i also BY young gentleman in attendance upon him; bu
: what was far more important 10 his condition, ane
grateful to his feelings, he accompanied By his am
able wife, whose attentions to him were as assiduous a.
possible for the devoted affection of the lv
ing to oestow upon The best beloved of the dying His
disease w5s, believe, of the forms Of consump
tiona disease which, it is known ever fla ters its vic
tim with The hope of life, in The presence Of death
So was it with him. lie seemed not fully conscious oil
his proximity TO the grave. He spoke 10 me-whsn.
ever the ntermissors Of his almost continuous cough
ing would allow him t. speakof his friends in this bo-
dy-of many who are now before me-. Bnt especially
did he speak Of who has since followed him I, tll.
tomb. He spoke of the everto be lamened Liss, the
noblest, purest, and most perfect Of human beings
r hove pac or a. f..i