The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-04-30


GOVERNOR SEABRooK: The Senate of the
United States, by its order, has deputed Com
mittee of six Senators to bring back the remains
of their late colleague, your lustrious states
MIN, John Caldwell Calhoun, to his native
State.
He fell in the funess of his fame, without
stain or blot, without fear, and without reproach,
martyr to the great and holy cause to which
his life had been devotcd-the safety and equal
itv of the Southern States in their federal ALI.
ance.
Its no disparagcmcnt to your State or her
people, to say their loss is irreparabe--tor Cal
hOun was Il man of Il century. But to the ell
tire South the absence of his counsels can
scarcely be supplied. With Il Judgment stern,
will decided, and purpose indonlitable, there
was united a political and moral purity, that
threw around him an atmosphere which moth
ing unholy could breathe, and yet live. But
Sir, am not here to culogise your honored
dead. That has been already done in the Sen
ate-housc, with the memory of his recent tri-
umphs there clustering around us, and by those
! far ADLER than 1. 1t is our melancholy office
only, which | here perform on behalf of the
Committee of the Senate, to surrender all that
remains of him on Garth, to the State of South
Carolina and having done this, our mission is
ended we shall return to duties in the Senate;
and those performed, to our separate and dis
tant homes bearing with us the treasured mem.
ory of his exalted worth, and the great exim-
Pile of his devoted and patriotic life.
Gov. Seabrook responded us follows:
receive, Mr.. Chairman, with the deepest
emotions, the mortal remains Of him for whom
South Carolina entertained an unbounded al
fcction Implicitly relying on the faithful ex-
ercisc of his great moral and intellectual en-
dowments. on no occasion, for period of about
! forty years. which constituted indeed his whole
political lille, did her confidence in him suffer
the slightest abatement. Although the spirit
that animated its tenement of clay now inhab-
its another and a purer mansion, yet the name
of John Caldwell Calhoun will live while time
imprinted in iadelible characters on the hearts
of those whose feelings and opinions he so tru.
ly reflected, and will forever be fondly cherish
cd not only by his own countrymen, but by
every human being who is capable of apprecia-
ting the influence of a gigantic intellect, un-
ceasingly melted by the dictates of wisdom,
virtue and patriotism.
In the name of the people of the State he so
dearly loved, | tender, through you, to the Seu-
ate of the United States, their warnest ac.
knowedg dgments for the honors conferred by
that distinguished body on the memory of our
ustrious statesman, and by this Committee
ask the acceptance of their heartfelt gratitude
for the very kind and considerate manner in
which, gentlemen, the melancholy, yet honora-
BILE task assigned you has been executed.
The first OF April, 1850, exhibited a scene in
the halls of the Federal Congress, remarkable
for its moral sublimity On that day the North
and the South, the East and the West, together
harmoniously met at the altar consccrated to
the noblest affections of Our nature, and moved
by common impulse. portrayed in strains of
fervid cloluence, before the assembled wisdom
of the land, the character and services of him
around whose bier we are assembled. 10 ev-
cry member of the Senate and House of Rep.
rcsentativrs, whose voice was heard on that sol
elnn occasion, Soath Carolina profftrs the right
hand of fellowship
trust it will not be considered departure
from the strirtcst rules of propriety to say to
an honorable member of Congress before me,
that the Palmetto State owes him a debt of
gratitude, which, at her bidding, and in obedi-
cnce to my own feelings, | am impcratvely
summoned, at this time, to liquidate in part.
From the first day of Mr.. Calhoun's protracted
illness, to the moment when death achieved his
victory; you, Mr.. Ncnable, were rarely absent
from his bedside. With the anxious solicitude
of devoted friend, you ministcred to his wants
and watched the reflux of that noble stream
whose fertzing powers were about to be bu-
ricd in the great ocean of eternity. For SER
vices so disintcrested spontaneously y bestowed
bv Il stranger, | offer the tribute of thanks,
warm from overflowing hearts.
Mr. Vcnable made the following reply: The
manner in which your Excellency has been
pleased to refer to the attention which was
enabled to bestow on our iu$trious friend has
deeply affected my heart. 1t is but repeated
expression of the feelings of the people of
Charleston, OH the same subject, contained in
| 4 resolution which has reached me, and for
which manifestation of kindness | now return
to yot, and TO them. my most sincere, most
heartfelt thanks Nothing has SO fully con-
vinccd me Of the extended popularity, | should
rather say feeling of veneraton, towards the
Statesman whose death has called us together
to-day, AS tho high estimate which you and
your people have placed upon tho services Of
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