The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-07-17
Remarks or Mr.. Winthrop,
House OF Representatives, July 10.


Mr.. WINTHROP rose 10 second The re.
solutions. and proceeded as fnllows:
u would not be easily excused. Mr..
Speaker. BY those whom ! ,epresenl in
this tall, il there were no Massachusetts
voice TO respond 10 The enlogy which has
been pronounced BY I.onisisn, upon her
illuslrious and lanenled son. Indeed.
neither my personal feelings nor ms po-
liticsl relsiions To the living or To the dead.
would permit me 10 remain altogether
silent on This occasion. Aud vet, sir. I
confess, know mol how 10 say any thing
satisfactory to myself. or suitable TO Tie
circumstances of the hour.
The eveni which has just been officially
announced. las come upon us 90 suddenly
-has so overwhelmed MS with mingled
emotions Of surprise and sadness--ihsl
all ordinary forms Of expression serln To
lose their significance, and one would fsin
bow his head TO the blow in silence. until
its FIRST shock has in some degree passed
sway.
t'ertsinlv. cir. no one can fail TO realize
thst most momenluus aud mysterious
Providence has been manifested in our
midst. Al momeat when, more than
almost ever bef,re in our history. the des-
times Of our country seemed. To all human
sight, TO lie inseparably associate with
the character aud conducl OF ils Chief
Executive Magistrate. that Magistrate ha.
been summoned from his post. by the only
messenger whose mandates he might mol
have de6ed. and has.bees Withdrawn for.
ever from the sphere of human existence !.
There are those Of us. need moi say.
sir, who had looked 10 him with affection
and reverence as our chosen leader and
guide in The difficulties and pcrpfexil,es
by which we are surrounded. There are
those Of w who had relied confidently ON
him. as upon M olher man. 10 uphold the
Constitution and maintain the Union oil
the country in that future. upon which,
.clends aud darkness" may well be said
70 rest, And. as We now behold him.
borne away By the hand of God from our
sight. in the very hour Of peril, We can
hardly repress The exclamation. which
was applied Ia the departing prophe. Of
old: /" NJ, father. ms father the chariot
Of ISRAEL and The horsemen thereof"
/ Let me not even seem to imply. how.
ever. thai the death Of Gen. TAYLOR is
anything less than National los. There
may be. and we know there is. in this
event. a privileged and pre-. eminent grirl
for his immediale family and relatives, 10
which We can only offer the assurance oil
our heartfelt sympathy. Thare is. too,
peculiar sorrow Tor his political friends
and supporters which we would no, affeci
10 conceal. But the whole people Of lie
United States will ieeI and will bear wit.
ness, when they receive these melancholy
,idings, that they have all been called TO
sustain a most affecting National bercave.
ment.
hazard nolhing, sif. in saying. iha,
the roll II our Chief Magistrates, sinre
1899, ilius,rious as it's. presents the name
OF no man who has enjoyed higher re.
pntaiion with his contemporaries, nr who
viii enjoy higher reputation with pos.
terily. Than Zachary Taylor, for some OF
The best and mobiles, qualities whi,h adorn
our nature.
His indomilahIs courage, his unim.
peachable honesty. his Spartan simplicity
and sagaciiy, his irankness. Kindness,
moderation, aud magnanimily. has 6,leluy
Is bis friends. his generosity. aud human.
iiy TO his enelnirs. the purify Of his private
life. the pairioti-m Of his public princi-
ples. will never cesse to be cherished in
sho grateful remembrance Of al just men
and all true feared Amesirsuss