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from Me Wasnington Union
REV. MR.. BUTLERS FUNER A.. oI,
COURSE.

49,, Hs.0m ne WaShington Uninn. s
REV. MR., BUTLERS FUNER AL DIS
COURSE.
We copy from the Republic of .ycs,er-
day, the following discourse of the Rev
MIR. Butler, delivered over the remains of
MIR Calhoun, in the Senate chamber on
Tuesday list: ~ oHf'i % .''fli n
children of the Most High; but We shall die Ike
men, and fill like one of the princes n-- Do
irrrii, u. Q aad7 'i
One of the princes is fallen! A prince
in intellect; q prince in his sway over
hearts and minds; u prince in the wealth
OF his own generous affections, and in the
rich revenues of admiling love poured
INTO his heart; Il prince in the di .nity of
his dcmeanor. This prince has fallen
fallen! ~ a' Gl
And ye all, his fiends and peers, illus
trious statesmen. orators and warriors. seI
have sad We are & dis, and all of YOU are
children of the Most High: bit VIC shall
de like emen. and fall like tliis cne of the
princess" off't, ~ "ta pc Dlsa 0c.,a's}a
The praises Of the hoRored dead have
been, hec and elsewhere, fitly spoken.
The beautifully bended benignity, digni.
ty. simplicity, and purity of The husba
the father md the friend; the integrity,
sagaciis. and energy of the statesman:
the high wrnglit ,igor, the compressed
intcnsencss. tie direct and rapid logic of
the orator--ill these have been yividly
portrayed hy those who illustrate what
they describe. There seems to lineer
still around this hall echoes Of the voices
which have sofaithfully sketchtd the life,
so happily Disseminated the power, a,
nffrciionalrly culogizcd the virtues Of the
departed, that The Muse. of History viii
note down the words MS The outline of her
futur'! lofty narrative, her nice ANALYSIS.
and her gl'wing praise. ~ = :
But the echo of those eulogies dies
away. All Tint was moral Of their hon,
ored object lies here, unconscious in the
theatre OF his glory. "Lo,d of the lion
heart and eagle eye" there he lics--that
stro'ig heart still that bright eve dim |!
An''tber voice ciaims your ear. The min
i-ter of God, standing over the dead, is
sent tosay, "Ishid ye are gods. and all of
YOU are the children Of the Most High.
hut ye shnll die like men, and fall like one
Of the princes" He is sent 10 remind
you that there are those here, not visible
to, the eye sense, who are z eater than
the gicatcst--even DEAfu AND DEArrl's
LohD AND MASTER!
Death is here. sec him stand over
his PROSTATE victim. and grimly smile,
and shake his unsaied spear, an! bid sis
all attend this day on hin. He is king
to-day, and leads us all captive in his train
to swell his triumph, and proclaim his
power And there is no visitant that
can stand before the soul Of MN with
such claims on lis awcd, intent, and
teachahleat'entinn. When, as on u div
and ina scene like this, he holds us in his
presence, and bids us hear him, who can
dme disregard this mandate? Oh! there
is no thought or fact, having reference to
this brief scene Of things, however it
come WI. h aport and tone Of dignity and
power, which does not dwindle into
meanness i1 the presence OF that great
fact, that great thought, which las enter
edinto the Capitol to-dny--denth! 10
be t,adp 10 see that, by Il law. perfectly
inctitablc and irresistible, so ! and body
att"soon TO separate; that this busy scene
of earth is 10 be suddenly and forever
left; that this fiur,an sonl is 10 breai sh:o'
the circle of warm. congeuinl, familiar.
and kindred sympathies aud associations,
and to put off all alone into the silent
dark-@-tllis is the mess9gc to us OF death
And as this message ] spoken 10 Il soul
which Is conscious of sin, which know.
tia, IL hS not il Itself resources for self
purifisa,icn and scIf.sustaining Joy and
pcaee. which realizes retiibui,n us 40
eternaI. nioral law, il comes frapght will
the uriFcst which causesit to be dismissed
or which lodges it in the soul Ia yisitan
whose first coming is gloom, but whose