The Madisonian., 1850-05-02

I ResOtUed, unanimously That the
members Of the Senate, from sincere
desire Of showing every mark Of re-
spect due to the memory Of the Hon.
John G. Calhoun, deceased, late mem
ber thereof, will go into mourning for
him for one month, by the usual mode
of wearing Grape on the left arm.
ResoLved, unanimously, That, as All
additional respect for the memory of
the, Hon. John G. Calhoun, the Senate
do now adjourn. .,---.
Ordered, That the Senate communi<
cate these proceedings Io'the House Of
Representatives. III q .a,. a
Mr.. CIay-Mr. President, prompted
by my own feelings of profound re-
gret, and requested at the same time
BY some highly esteemed friends,I wish,
in rising, 10 second the resolutions
which have been offered, and which
have just beenre read, to add few words
to what has been so well and so Justly
said by the surviving colleague Of the
illustrious deceased,
My personal acquaintance with him,
Mr.. president, commenced upwards Of
thirty-eIght years ago. We entered at
the same time, together, the House Of
Representatives at the other end of this
building. The Congress of which we
thus became members was that amongst
whose deliberations and acts was the
declaration of war against the most
powerful nation, as it respects US, inthe
world. During the preliminary discus
sions which arose in the preparation for
that great event, as well as those which
took place when the resolution was f.
nally adopted, no member displayed a
more lively and patriotic sensibility to
the wrongs hich ledtothat momentous
event thar the deceased whose death
we all now SO much deplore. Ever
ardent, active, able, no one was ever in
advance of him in advocating the cause
Of his country, and denouncing the toe
reign injustice which compelled us to
resort to,arms. Of all the Congresses
with which | have had any acquaintance
since my entry into the service of the
federal government, in none, in my
humble opinion, has been assembled
such galaxy Of eminent and able men
as were in the House Of Representa-
tiyes of that Congress which declared
the war, and in that Immediately fol-
lowing the peace; and amongst that
splendid assemblage none shone more
bright aud brilliant than the star which
is now set. ste, |U..H .ssa -e'
+ Il was my happiness, sir, during a
large part OF the life of the departed,
TO concur with him on all great ques-
tons Of national policy. And, at a lat
er period, when 1t was my fortune to
differ with him as to measures Of do,
nestle policy, | had the happiness to
agree with HIM generally as to those
which concerned our foreign relations,
and especially as to The preservation OF
the peace Of the country. During the
long session at which the war was de-
clared, we were mess-mates; as were
other distinguished members of Con-
gress from his own patriotic State. ]
was afforded, from the intercourse
which resulted from that fact, as well
4 as the subsequent intercourse and inLl>
; macy which rose between US, all oppor-
tunity to form an estimate, not merely
Of his public, but Of his private life;
and no man with whom have ever
been acquainted exceeded him in hab-
its of temperance and regularity, and
in all the freedom, frankness and affa-
bility Of friendly intercourse, and in all
8 the tenderness and respect and affec-
ton which he manifested towards that
: lady who now mourns more than any
! other the sad event which has just oc4
Cured. Such, Mr.. president, was the
(. high estimate formed of his transcen-
. danL talents, that, # at the end Of his
services ia the executive department
; under Mr.. Monroe's administration, he
: had been called to the highest Office in
the government, | should have felt per.
: fectly assured that under his auspices,
J, the honor, the prosperity and the glo-
e ry of our country would have been
n safely placed. Fl p
. Sir, he has gone! No more shall
live witness from yonder seat the flashes
Of that keen and penetrating eye Of bis,
6 darling through this chamber. No
! more shall we behold that torrent Of
clear, concise, compact logic, poured
out from his lips, which, If il did not
! always carry conviction to our judg-
ment, commanded our great admira,
4 ton. Those eyes and those lips are
, closed forever Z
And when, Mr.. President, will that
/. great vacancy which has been created
4 BY the events to which we are now al.
luding-when. viii it be filled by an
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