New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-16
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
-, .c senator Pennybackcr.
correspondence Of The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ID, lsi7-5 7.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, lsi7-5 ?. N.
,.o,her senator has fallen in the service ,oi hls
,onu,rv. For two days Legislation has been sus-
..nAsd The Supreme Court, the heads OF De
-. the President, Senators and members
f,he House. are sitting around the corpse and
100 slo 900 arc spent 10 express Nations re-
-, =, the occurrence Yet these pseudo mourn
=, IN this very Senate chamber, will clamor to
..o,,ou sor ten regiments Of men 10 assist death
- H. work The President and Cabinet will re-
,;,e from this chamber pretending to mourn over
-. exhibition, where death has taken bat a NOR
.sl "a whet bis appetite for the gorge which they
srs preparing for his banquet, among the chappa
rols and deserts of Mexico.
Here am looking upon these statesmen, who are
i,srsly Lieutenant Generals to Death. The Chap
lsio tothe House is preaching dry sermon on the
nstaphysics OF life, while these friends OF death
So. IN DOING in official complacency. Not SIN
ris convipcing lesson is drawn from the proof be
Esens God has stricken down another Senator
- ne reflect on the sacrcdncss OF HE. lie
-. ~;-an ne a warning, He commands HIS ser
80. 20 Give utterance 20 His vOice-strugglng
60 r,.ersnce He would have the bps OF HIS an
o,n,ea ministers clothed with the thunders OF NJ
s,a,s ~ warn the living how sad thing IS death
re-, ,hose who are meditstnc death for thousands are
,saS Win mower there are Offices and smiles in the
siS, of those nedtauve murderers and the irowns OF
,ho.e officials quench tho voice oil God, speaking IN MS
provjdence BY mans rown II is hushed into silence
:. mute As the lip Of him whose body these cere-
monies are performed Oh, for servant OF God, who,
IN ,uite Of official station or irowns rom man would
,pesk Gods truth the sacrednoss Ot lite Could you
,rsre US such an even for day
Asa member OF the Editorial fraternity could not
,esist the teachings of such lesson. ] would blush
hsiors NV fellow men, much more would feel cell
condemned before Being of Justice and truth, II
nret,nded to shed tears the death OF one man,
,i,h ,houah he may have been and yet not raise my
c M the very ears of my naughty hearers who would
rave me CLOSE over their wickedness in plotting means
,broush an unnecessary TO strike thousands oil poor
men dead amid the horrors OF war when That war might
have been honoraby avoided Were Chaplain OF either
House would raise my voice against lnqulty even II
were sure Of being expelled for IT, II we ruthlessy
send bullets or bayonets through the quiyering hearts
M men who never did us. each other harm, !
would ieel selfcondemned before God and honest
men In pretending mourn for the death OF one sick
man peacefully closing his eyes among ms friends
h neither Democracy Christianity to make such dis.
tinctions One mans life is valuable as anothers In
Democracy and IN the eye of God, who created them
both from the dust and lays them both IN the same
narrow house Were those who call themselves Minis
ters OF God 10 preach such truths boldly there would
be no wars but defensive wars which are seldom ne
cesssry But while Gods Ministers wink at iniquty
rulers will not hesitate 10 pcrpetuate II.
Ny remarks may fall heavy just at present nave
certainly no other feeling than that OF respect Tor the
senilsmen who have lately offcisted over Senatorial
graves cannot resist the impression, however, thai
the Almighty has spoken in these instances against pu
cling and War Yet who has laid II TO heart
The ceremonies being over, the body was conveyed
70 the Congressional burying ground after which Mem
bers returned home To plot new schemes Tor ming stor
eien land with American graves and our own land WIT
widows and orphans whose sshs VIII MI tne ear OF IN
widows Husband and the orphans Father with charge
Of unfsthfuness against the wstchmen who siumber
the walls OF Zion. hichkLhV