Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-09

on which IN alter years. developed and strengthened m
eree IN ine practical business Of life placed him among the
completed al South Carolina College; and there within b
walls Of his alma mater, the first Intellectual rurnbs Of bs
embryo statesman We're achieved In the emuous conflict,
OF scholastic rivalry, his competitors whose
would have reflected dsced upon any from WIN they
might have snatched The palm la the catalogue Of Names
constituting the class in which Mr. Lewis graduated are an
unprecedented number Of those who have held high and
prominent positions before the country many az whom b.r
gracei with their presence the halls of this Capitol and
adorned other stations of equal responsibility ia the States n
which they respectively belonged And yet among these
stood, ns iaer paes, the distinguished Senator whose
death depore Emerging from the shades Of the academy
crowned with its highest honos and with mind well s9red
with the rich endowmen,s OF classic lore he offered pon the
more rugged arena of practical life. And here the promise
OF his schoolboy days not disappointed Compet,iou
paused TO admire his rapid and early ascerdency 10 the head
OF his profession lawyer He continued however but
short time at The bar His active and cabe mind painted
for more enlarged end congeial range Of thought than
could DO Supplied ny the dry details Of the law. lie stepped
upon the theatre Of politics. and performed his part l
the curtain OF death concealed MIN from our eyes,
Perhaps no circumstance connected with the history OF this
eminent citizen deonsrsve of his true worth as The
long and uninterrupted career Of public honor his for
tune 20 enjoy Scarce had he passed the boundary which
separates youth from manhood when in 1896 the voice Of
the people placed him in the Legislature Of his Stale He
look once and by common consent position in that body
10 which mere preeson mediocy would have aspired in
van and be spoken to his honor as consistent and far
sighted statesman that that period TWENTY-FIVE wears spo
ne Impressed upon the archives Of the Stale evidence of
those principles Of puoc action from which 10 the ay of his
death ne never departed From the councils of the State he
was transferred 10 this branch Congress- and was removed
hence only to be promoted office of still higher dignity
in the Other end Of the Capitol On this floor he sat as
eighteen consecutive years. In the Senate for
Two ana had been elected in December last for additional
u!l Senasoraerm, under circumstances which went far 10
show how strong the confidence his talents and fidelity had
inspired 1t was at tire like this with the highest honor
hls state could besiow newly conferred upon him, with
bright career of honor and usefulness before him. that the in
exorabe yrant summoned him away.
DIXON H. LEWIS whether we regard the pbyscal the
mental or the morsl in no ordinary mould
ne more than usual proportions which distinguished him
physically but yped the large and comprehensive grasp of
intellect which his and which directed the impulses OF
heart which beat IN unison with all that generous or es
waited IN man There wns nothing grogellng in his nature
4 attainment OF "nobe ends by noble means" was The
highest reward 10 which his vuous ambition aspired From
all expedients CT doubtful propey he shunk with Instructive
mldit But, governed he was in ell The relations Of life
by Nsconsdered and liked principles he always iboved for
ward to the performance of known duty with heart that
knew no qnalng Hence, amid all the fluctuations Of opinion
which the pubic mind has been subjected since he became
connected with the political history OF his own tines his last
recorded acts IN perfect conssence with his FIRST His
nature was essentially democratic His sympatiee ever
With the masses Hence his uniform opposition to every spe-
lies Of partial legislation and his advocacy of what
ever respected the greatest good of the greatest numbe
critical review of bis public life than would be suited to
re present occasion would exhibit him prominently
1eced with great of progress and reform which
las marked the last twenty years OF our public history
But his race earth is ended He will be missed from
he councils OF his country long adorned by his and
enlightened by his wisdom from the social tong, once
sfvened hy The flow Of his generous heart but of
Az rem that magic Circle where cluster tie haowed aec-
os OF hoe snd where he formed The idol Of every heart
Unlike the patriarch statesman who fell before our eyes,
al years es well as Of honors his earthly sqoun
Darlively brief.
Fory-sx yeas only served 10 fiji the of his aot-
nfAt IN ttue HIS Of earthly exister but its
meridian whan the mdngh: OF death oed The summer
II his life hui ksf gone, when the sickle put in and the
harvest gathered
The hand Of the reaper
Takes the that hcary
But the voice Of the weeper
Walls manhood in glory.
Mr. HAMS concluded by moving the usu. resolutions
pproac the OCCASION which read and uoanimous-
adopted
And then the House adjourned TO Monday next