The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-04
THE UNION.


We copy from the Republic Of yesterday the following
discourse Of the Rev Mr. Butler. delivered the
mains Of Mr. CALHOUN, in the Senate chamber Tues
day last:
81 have said 70 GODS and ali Of you children Of
the Most High but ye shall die like men, and fall like one
Of the prncss."-Ps- hxxii. v. 9 and z. etsW
One Of the princes Is TALENT prince in intellect
prince in his sway over human hearts and minds;
prince in the wealth OF his generous affections, and
in the rich revenues Of admirng love poured into his
prince has fallen--iallen
And ye all, his friends and peers lusrous statesmen
orators. and warriors y have said " are gods and
die like men, and fall like this one OF the princes"
The praises o. The honored dead have BEEN here and
elsewhere, htly spoken The beautifully Blended beng
nty dignity, simplicity, and purity OF the husband, the
father and the friend the integrity sagacy. and energy
Of the statesman; the high wrought yigor. the COM
pressed ntenseness the direct and rapid logic Of the ora
illustrate what they describe There seem to linger still
around this hall echoes OF the voices which have faith
fully skeched the life, 50 happily Disseminated the pow
that the Muse o. History will note down the words as the
outline Of her future lofty narrative, her nice analysis.
But the echo 81 those euogies dies away All that was
mortal Of their honored object lies here unconscious in
the theatre Of his glory Lord Of the lion heart and
sss an "a AnoSsr voss a%s yo
The minister OF God standing over the dead is sent to
said r. are gods and al q y9a are the children ZEN
ne y H. i smaa
there are those here visible to the eye OF who
are greater than the greateseyen Death AND DEATHS
Death Is here see him stand over his PROSTATE victim,
and gmly sme and shake his unsated SPEAR and bid us
all attend this day him. He is king to-day, and leads
us all captive in his train, to swell his triumph and pro-
claim his power And there visitant that can stand
before the soul OF with such claims on his awed,
INTENT and teachabe attention. When, as on day and
in scene like this, he holds in his presence, and
bids us hear him, who can dare disregard his mandate
Oh there is no thought fact having reference to this
brief scene Of things, however i come with port and
meanness in the presence Of that great fact that great
thought, which has entered into the Capitol to-day
death To be made TO that BY law perfectly in
eytabe and irresistible, soul and body to sepa
rate that this busy Of earth TO be suddenly and
forever left that this human soul is to break through the
circle OF warm, congenal, familiar, and kindred SYM
silent darkths the message to Of DEATH And as
this message is spoken to soul which s conscious OF
sim which knows that it has not in itself resources for
sepurihcaion and self-susainng JOY and peace which
realizes retrbuton eernal moral law, 1t comes
fraugh with the unrest which causes to be dismissed
or which lodges i in the soul-a vslant whose hIst
coming is gloom, but whose continued presence shall be
glory Then the spirit, peeng with intense earnestDess
into the dark unknown may in vain question earth OF
the destiny OF the soul beyond the grave, and LIT to
Heaven the passionate invocation
Answer me- bur an,I stars as. q night
wSies passsd he ssaeh s q mortal sight,
Fen as breeze hath flown!
But q the never dying soul
Ask things that cannot die!"
"Things that cannot die God only can tell us Of the
sprit-werd He assures US, BY his Son, that death Is
the child OF SIN he tells what Is the power q ins
He declares to that sinful by nature and BY practice
we are condemned to death that unfit for Heavens
that consigned to that the destiny OF the soul
which remains thus condemned and unchanged is far
drearier and dreadful beyond than this side the
grave No wonder that men shrink from the thought
But, thanks be to God though death be here, also
is deaths Lord and Master As in Adam all die even
so in Christ shall all be made alive" That Saviour,
SINS who believe in Him and live 10 Him, shall rise to
life glorious and eternal with Him and His in Heaven
He tells that il His those sharp shafts which
for season, the garment OF mortality and that the
emancipated spirits OF the righteous shall be borne on
angel wings 70 that peaceful Paradise where they shall
ENJOY perpetual and felicity. Then il need not be
voice Of gloom which announces TO to-day, shall
die men, and fall OF the princes " for tells US
that the humblest OF men may be made equal TO the an
gels, and that eaths princes may become kings and
priests unto God"
In the presence OF these simplest yet grandesi truths;
with these thoughts Of death and the conqueror OF death
and above all, with this splendid trophy OF his power
proudly held up TO view by death to-day need utter
to you commonplace on the vanity OF life, the In
evabeness Of death, and the solemnies Of our alter
being Here and now on this theme, the silent dead is
preaching you mpressively than could the most
eloquent Of the living. You feel il now, in your nmos
hearts, that that great upper range oil hlnRs Win Wnch
you are connected mmortals; that moral adminstra
ton OF God which stretches the infinite OF existence
that magnificent system OF ordered governments to whose
lower range belongs which consists OF thrones.
dominions, principalities and powers. which rise,
Orb DER orb, and height DER height"
to the enhroned Supreme you feel that this your high
relation to the Infinite and Eternal makes poor and low
the most august and imposing scenes and dgniiies OF
EARTH which fit like shadows, through your three score
years and ten Oh! happy il the vivid sentiment OF the
hour shall become the actuatng conviction OF your life
Happy IL il take its place in the centre OF the SOUL and
inform all the thoughts, the feelings and the aims OF life
Then shall this lower system OF human things be
scously linked to, and become part Of and take glory
FROM that spiritual sphere which, all unseen encloses
whose and heroes angels and archange and
all the company OF Heaven. Then would that be perma-
nenty felt BY ALL which here and in the other cham
the personal fes and party contests 10 which you daily
engage, in view OF the great account which you may so
soon be called render 20 and that 1t 10 unbecom
ing and prssumpuous those who the tenants OF
hour in their earthly abode 10 wrese and struggle to.
gether with violence which would not be justihable il
i were your perpetual home"t Then, we to-day
the sister Saies by their Representatives linked hand and
hand around the bier OF in whose fame they all claim
share, should feel that we saw you engaged in a
sacrament Of religious patriotism. whose spontaneous
unprecedented oath, sPnngng consentent from your
now and forever, one and inseparable"
| But must no longer detain you. May we all
| $50 live, that when summons comes 20 Join
The innumerabie caravan that
/ To that mysterious realm, when each shall take
| His chamber in the silent halls Of death,
We 70 not like the quarry slave at night
SECURED 10 dungeon, but sustained and soothed
Bysa unfsltefins trust approach our grave
Il IA one IL merry of hls con