The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-06

bly, we moved TO sympathy BY the reflection that in
stead OF sinking to the cold at his own home amid
those feelings of affection and endearment which be-
loved wife and children and friends could truly
exhibit, TO soften the pillow OF death and smooth the I'M
known and solitary path he was called TO tread the fatal
shaft OF the destroyer reached him foreign
land We are thus called to mourn the fate Of one OF
Oho's cherished and distinguished sons one who as
statesman, phlanhropst patriot and friend had few su.
perios among In the midst Of success the vgor OF
manhood, and when prosperity smiled upon him. he heard
the summons OF from his country, and rushed to the
thckes OF the conflict tearing himself loose from the ties
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the State OF Pennsylvania when quite young, and,
without the aid OF liberal education or family nfu
ence entered upon the profession of the law in of
our southern counties Relying alone upon the vgor of his
own intellect and his own exeons for success his
reer as lawyer was brilliant and successful He early
however, entered upon the stage of public fe and was
for many years Of the brightest ornaments OF the west
In the Congress OF the nation Ii is not perhaps, too
much to say that he was OF the ablest of
State Possessing the highest intellectual endowments
and rare qualities as statesman and orator, and, above
ALL that nobleness of which is one of Heavens
choicest gifts, enabling him to treat all gentlemen,
he rarely, amid the high party conflicts of the day in
which he freely mingled made enemy called forth
single feeling OF disrespec from any OF his adversaries
and, as a testimony of the great regard in which he
was held, when tar away from country and home, shut
from the circle OF early associates. and Withdrawn from
the domestic hearth around which wife, children, and
friends so fondy clustered he elected Congress
during the late canvass almost without opposition in his
district But no more shall we witness the displays of
that mind whose richness and vigor gave him such nu-
ence and power the minds of Others hear the
eloquent strains OF that voice that capvaed all who heard
it. The last great of lfes tul drama has passed
the dark curtain OF death has closed upon him. and the
camp OF the soldier witnessed his exit Most of those
present must have had the pleasure of personal acquan
lance with General Hamer, but perhaps claim
the intimate and social relations he who has the
honor of Offering this brief token of respect to his memory
Coming as do from the congressional district,
feel that scarcely less endeared than those claiming
the ties of brotherhood has been torn from me- Truly
nothing but that mighty destroyer to whose niexble de-
all the living must bow could have declared the
separation
In further testimony OF high regard for the memory
of Gen. Hamer, the following resolutions offered
And thereupon Gen. Mcdowell moved the adoption OF
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That in common with the people of our State
we feel sensbly the loss have sustained in the
death OF Gen, Hamer
RESOLVED, That the widow and children he has left be-
hind have and heartfelt coincidence
never be filed.
Resolved, That the Ohio delegation in the twenty ninth
Congress Grape the left for the space thirty
days
Resolved That copy of these resolutions be the
family of General Haner, and that these proceedings be
published in the Union and ntelgencer Of this city, and
that the papers OF Ohio be requested to copy the
Which resolutions seconded by Mr.. Schenck
and unanimous adopted
And thereupon, on motion of Mr.. Brinkerhof the
meeting adjourned.
JOSEPH VANCE, Chairman
A. G. THURMAN, Secretary. At