Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-18
Address of Senator Downs. $

Mr.. Downs-Mr. Secretsry: rise as a mem
Ehrv ~ shr ie,eosfion If the State whose citizen
the late President of the United States was, to
offer resolutions suitable to the occasion. The
announcement Of his death has already been
made officially, here and elsewhere, on the
wings Of lightning, and almost a. swiftly a.
Thought, the sad IntelIigence has been conveyed
| to remote portions Of this great Republic How
sublime, as veil a. melancholy, is the scene in
since. less Than week, many Of US sat near the
laie President Of the United States, and salufed
him 10 health, Al the base Of that monument,
which the hands Of grateful posterity are now
raising = the memory of the first and greatest
Of his predecessors hero and statesman like
himself We are assembled to pay devotion to
the memory of the man first in War, first in
Peace, and first in the hearts of his couutrymen;
and TO kiDde anew in the breasts Of ali, that
spirit of Union, Fraternity, and Liberty, without
which we shall prove ourselves unworthy of our
ancestors, and cast reproach upon his memory.
Yes, there sat, quiet and placid as the gentle
breeze from the Potomac that cooled his heated
brow, the man whose very pathway to his log
cabin school-honse in Virginia, the bloody
ground, was beset by the tomahawks of the saw
age. and who had passed through four wars, ard
many Of the bloodiest and most glorious battle
fields Of his country, unscathed at the head Of
the greatest Republic of this or any other coun-
try-protected, not by bayonets but by the'af
fections OF his countrynen Yet in few short |
days, in the midst Of this quiet, this peace this
prosperity AID favor, he was called to answer |
that doom which awaits us all. .-,,-,,s. ~ |
ZACHARY TAYLOR was born in 1874, In Or !
ange Co., Virginia. In early life he gave evil |
dence Of extraordinary energy and force of |
character; in 1908 he was appointed during the |
Presidency of MIR. Jefferson, Lieutenant Of the |
Army of the United States; he rose in 1919 to |
the rank of Captain, and after the declaration of
war with Great Britain. he was promoted Major |
by President Madison, after his memora Bile and \
gallant battle effort Harrison. with handful |
Of men against large body of savages.
In concluding, Mr.. Downs submitted the fol-
lowing: sre sslsie haiin-l .i1 ID sie5ia
Whereas, 1t has pleased Divine Providence to
remove from this life ZACHARY TArLoR, late
President Of the United States, the Senate, shar-
ing the generous sorrow which this melancholy
event must produce, is DESTROYS Of manifesting
its senslbil:ly on the Observation-Disclosures,
Resolved, That q Committee, consisting Of
Messrs. Webster, Cars, and King, he appointed
on the part of the Senate, to meet such Commit
tee as NAV be appointed on the part Of the House
Of Representatives, to confer and report what
measures it may be proper TO adept, to show the
respect and affection Of Congress for the memo
ry of the iIlvstrIous deceased, and 10 make the
necessary arrangements for his funeral. %
Ordered, That the Secretary Of the Senate
the foregoing resolutions to the
House Of Representatives. b 5ai ~ sa.sm