, 1843-10-21
From the Missouri Reporter
HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF
SENATOR LINN.

court house, on Neuncsuay eNen!llS
the ilth inst, for the purpose of tesii-
wing thei: respect ior the memory Of
Hon. LEWIS I. LINZ, late one of the
Senator's in the Congress of the United
States from Missouri, and whose death
took place on the Sd inst, on motion Of
Judge 5ames 3. Bowlin, Hon. John u.
Winner, Mayor Of the city, was called 10
the Chair, and Il. Paschall, was appoint
cd Secretary.-Ths Chairman then ad-
dressed the meeting TO the following eE-
feet:
I'VE are convened here, fellow citi-
zenS, i'll consequence OF the receipt Of
the mourntul intelligence that the warm.
the devoted aid tie active friend Of St.
Louis, the Hon. LEWIS +. LINZ, one OF
our Senators, has been taken away by
the hand Of death.
At is the greatest loss and the sever
est chastisement evsr inflicted upon St.
Louis. The blow was sudden and desc
ia,iug,-the more so, when we consider
that our friend, Virtues ornament, was
removed by Providence in the mids, OF
=, lie and in the fall career Of usefulness
and honor. Il becomes us as a people
TO meealy bow 10 the awful and inscru-
table dispensatiun, and humbly invoke
Divine assistance TO aid us suitably 70
delnean ourselves in this our great alllic-
ton.
The nomn of obsecuies arc Of No
advartaqe,o tho dead but ,Lor oEonar
f,rl consolation :, ,hs I;,;,,
.NLot ,,Lo,e of -asroa, e.. ,Lo J.,
ceased a;u no xr;,,LIo ~ h. -
and .,nre,s;ys of / d.on cnn,;nn. -,
~reor., f,,, hv tbo o;,;1oms r. <, 49,
:, i.,b. Ln,;,.s. a. H. ua..S
,;dsrn
IowisJ poor ,ho, orouo, a. 81
low;,o r.solv,, ,nh;aL .a
,uIy aInntoJ.
Bs,oh,eJ Tbot , COMMITTEE r. ,.o
nersors La an,nirIeJ To- ,La Chn;- g.
H.. nnrrosadr arasa
q PrlaamLIo .rd R..It'm s
.te T., ,Le occ,.io, fF'Nf'
Tbercrno, tL.
Bogv. RIair Dr,La RdnrI;n NH
GeIcr Ayrcs RLrns and p,ua, -a;I
committee.
The comu;,,oo b,,;,r re,;-., NJ
Rcntor w.s c.IIcd rnor ,.ao II ..-,'
of Tie -oom. and IN oLcd;o,ca 8, ,La
call, addressed the meeling:-
He said ,b., nroo+ =. ~ cr.u
present was he had moro n jmon, ,la"'
any one. As ciIi,;ycn Of tho S,a,a Lo
tell. in common Nth all other c;i;zcns
the sorrow which oDnrpssed their bo-
sons: as q Senator s,iIl having sometime
TO serve, he felt the los. of q COLLEAGUE
from whom lie ALWAYS received ,L.Li,I-
EST. The mos, cordial the most Efficient
aid; as = friend he had to L,nor, Tho loss
of one of hi, earliest fy;spIs uo M
b had orr;vcd in M;s,orri abNro =.
quarter Of q century AGO. Willie the Ia
mented deceased vas s,;II , vouib :,
! school: and from tLe first uo,nent oC HI.
arrival had found in him. and in all his
connexions ;be mast ccp,yons fond
shin. never inrcrrun,eI for an ;n,,ant
and which raver cIo,ved u;,h marn
warmth than in the I,st ir,er,isw =
few weeks Lefore when ,bsr sncn, ,ba
day topetLcr. The loss of such , ooI-
%leIpue5 and or such Cr;oDJ nos f.
him The addition Of , ~nr;vats r. nmLl;o
loss. and doubjed the w.;aLt IF ,La rr;ar
which he felt
The WORTHY Mayor, said Mr., B. who
preside, on Ills melancbnIv occ,sior
has opened the subject win inst ,nJ
appropriate remarks The reSncc,abic
committee which has been anno;rted
will report resolutions which will cover
the merits Of the deceased. and ATTEST
our feelings: and some n Of the com.
millce will doubtless be DESIGNATED 70 il
~lustrate with his observation. the rcso-
l~utions which shall be submitted. He
would not trench upon his nrovince:
but would ~confinc himself TO points in
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