The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-14


satisfaction % ~ tkai i was pg01nced b !.
no caEelesznezs o. inafienfion ca the pnrt4
q ne olhcen and eFeE of the pnncei0n.
bur must be set dowa = one &C fhose e.
snslnes which 70 = greater or les degsee.
attend upon every service. and wlnch are
invariably Incident % me tempsr4 aiain |
of mankind. win also add fhal Il IN no |
measoTe deirscts 10 ny eshmstioh hoR
the value u he improvement eohiaanplai-
ed IN the construction of de Pnneei0n. or
nom the merits Of her kxaFe and 6issn-
guished cemmah6es and protector.
JOHN TYLER.
WsshissFoa. FEB -. 1854.
The Message having been fesd--
Mr.. Riyes rose and Hldcssed the Sc
azie a follows:
Mn. PREsIDEST: The general feeling Of
the Senate has. I am sure, already aniici-
pa:ed me in what have risen 70 suggest.
The awful calamity communicated 10 rs
in the message Of lhe President Just read.
and which has made Of Yesterday, with
all us unearihly brightness, one Of the
darkest and most inanspicious days in our
national calendar, i but 100 Wen known
10 the Senate in all lis dreadful details and
heartrending results. Surely, Mr.. Presi-
dent, never. in The mysterious ordinances
Of God, has day on earth been marked
in lis progress b. such startling and as
founding eontrasts-opening and adyanc-
ing with hiiarisy and joy, psiual eongrai-
ulation and patriotic pride, and closing in
scenes Of death and disaster, Of lamenia-
ton and unuilerabte woe. twas my sad
fortune, Mr.. President, TO be an eye-wit-
ness Of these Reyero-be-forgotlen events.
II | had language 20 describe them, the
power Of speech would fail me.
i have risen, in the midst Of the uniyer-
sal sadness ard Jsiection OF bear, which
prevail around me, and under the over
powering weight Of my own feelings, TO
suggest the propriety of suspending our
ordinssy labors and pursuits, in the pre-
senoe and under the ehastisement Of this
awful visitation of Providence. Il has fall
len TO the lot Of my own stale 70 be the
chief mourner on this melancholy occa~
sion. Two Of her distinguished citizens,
filing high pisces in the civil government
of the country, have been cut down in the
midst Of their days and theif usefulness;
and another Of her sons gallant officer
OF the nayy--has been destined 10 fall, by
disastrous accident, On q deck which, un-
der other circumstances, he might have IL
Illustrated by his yalor.
But, in so overwhelming a calamity,
which stands almost without parallel in
the records Of human misfortune, all bear
their equal and sympathizing share. Sur.
rounded, as we are, on every hand, BY the
desolase waiting Of the widow and the
helpless cry Of tie orphan, none Of US car
be ia a state Of mind to discharge, with in
telligence and composure, the duties which
belong to US here.
Let us then, Mr.. President, bowling il
all humility Of spirit beneath this stroke
of an all.wisc and mysterious Providence
discard from our minds, for a season, tn
cares and excitcments Of our daily duties
in this hall. Let us lay TO heart the mo
niiory lesson so impressively read to u
in the events Of yesterday, that !" in tn
midst Of life we are in DEATH" With thi'
: lesson engraven upon our hearts, let u'
keep constantly in view the eternal as wel
e as temporal responsibilities Under which
, all the duties OF both public and priyat'
. life are to be performed. Let the deeI
sense of common calamity and mutual al
Fiction unite us more closely by the tie
Q of brotheshood and affection, Let us "pu
. away from us all bitterness and wrath
: and evil speaking" and when we com
= together again, under these Christening in
I fluences, we shall all feel, trust, 'hoN
much better Pagiols we are fer being bel
= ter Christians. N/Nd"Oc
e Mr.. R. en- 'lued BY submitting The fol
d 10 wing resolutions:
= Resolced, That the Senate is iripres
y sed viii a profound seuse Of the asiu
y ralnny which yesterday occurred O
e board uf the steamer Princeton, by ID
IS explosion &c a gun, involving The loss Q
q msny valuable lives, and among them q
the SECRETARY Ols,s,e aud S. cretA'y Of III
e Navy.
IT Resolved, That The Seraie wal s'len
IS in . body The obseqaies OF the decea'e
IS member. Of the Cabinet. and a commits
st Of Eve be appointed to make srrane'men
l. wnk such commii,ee as may be appoint
ell on the part Of the House Of Rep e'sr
rs iatlves. fni the iunersl.
s. Resoiued, Tina, the Members OF I'll
Of Senate will 60 in,o mourning by wear"
Grape on the LEI, arm for thirty days.
Resolccd, Tina, copy Of the lore goin
resolutions be transmitted to the Pres
-. dent Of the Uuited States.
y ResOiped, That, in consideration OF ii
= sfii ct,,e d,spensa,i IN. the Senate do no
:, adjourn to Monday next
!. The resolutions having been read.
" message Was received from the Houss
TO- Representative announcing The action
If thu. body touching this awful calsm't