The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-07

friend You have fathers example to guide
you, and a fathers reputation to prcscrve.--
These, with Ill afiectionate mothers care, may
inculcate on you the virtues that will carry you
through the temptations of life to honor and
respect. God grant that friends remarks
may have a beneficial influence on your future
destiny!
Mr.. President, offer the following resolu-
tons:
Rcsolce1 unanimously, That a committee
be appointed by the Vice President to take Or
der for experimenting the funeral of the Hon.
Franklin II. Elmore, which will take place to-
morrow at IL o'clock meridian. and that the
senate will attend the same
Resolred unanimously, That the members of
the Senate, from sincere desire OF showing
every mark Of respect due to the memory OF
the Hon. Franklin H. Elmore, late Il member
thereof will 60 into mourning for him one
month by the usual mode. of wearing Grape on
the left arm
Resoired Unanimous7u, That, as an addition
al mark of respect for the memory of the Hon.
FRANKLIN II. Elmore, the Senate do now adjourn.
MIR. Hunter. ! cannot permit the occasion
to pass without offering my tribute of respect
to the memory of the dead. |, too, knew him,
as Il friend We entered Congress together,
and for the first time, as had supposed, i'll
1887, when there was, perhaps more bitterness
in party divisions than have ever known be-
fore or since. | have counselled with him,
have acted with him, and truly say that
found him wise in counsel firm and energetic
in action. have seen him under circumstan-
ces and exposed to trials which test most Sc
verely the qualities of the head and the heart /;
and under all circumstances, and in all emer
gencics, he so bore himself us to win the con
| iidcnce of friends and the respect of adversa-
res | say advcrsaries, because if he had an
enemy did not know or see him. His WAS
the high capacity and rare excellence ofpur.
suing his own ends with ability and tirnness,
bnt in a manner so kindly, 50 gentle aud per-
suasive, as to disam the political opposition of
all personal bitterness.
MIR. President, speak not in the extragance
of eulogy, but from observation and experience,
when | say that his was indeed a rare and
| beautiful character in which the stronger and
gentler elements were mingled in the happiest
proportions. lie could command your con-
fidence by the means which won your love.
When I heard he was to be sent to this
place, Mr.. President, there was no man who
reioiced more in the prospect of his coming
than myself | thong Int he was to be the very
man to be useful in the troubled scene upon
which he was about to enter. His wisdom, his
tiymness, his known moderation and patriotism,
all fitted him for the time and the place, and
anticipated with pleasure the display Of his
| Ill ell, - &t,a
| had heard that he was sick, but did rot
know that the hand of death was upon him.
and hoped that change of scene and circum-
stances would restore him, and that long and
useful Years were before him. Alas, sir, how
delusive was that hope; and, indeed OF how
many human hopes may not the same be said
The hopes-nay,
"Thc glorics Of our mortal state
Are shadows not substantial things -
Yes, sir, the light of that eye is guenchcd,
which have so often seen knding under the
influence of high and generous emotion: Those
lips are sealed, that tongue is mute, from which
have heard the words OF wisdom, OF ei,quence,
and truth. But the loss is ours more than his
1t is the loss of the country which he would
have served SO faithful y-of the family which
mourns him SO deeply.
Mr.. President, into the sacred circle of that
domestic grief do not venture to intrude.-
These are blows which none can heal but He
who dealt them.
Bat, sir, it is 4 satisfaction to his friends to
know that he has left name which will be long
cherished and respected, and an example whose
light, living and radiant above even the dark
ness of the tomb, will shed a guiding ray upon
those who may succeed him.
Mr.. Yu!cc Much attached to him whose
worth has Just been faithfully told, ask to of.
fer tribute to his memory. Gentle aud be.
uevolent, generous and frank, aectonate and
true, were the emotions of his heart. A clear
and we'll poised mind, and firm and we'll order
ed p inciples of action, made him wise in iudg-
ment and just in purpose. The high qualities
that composed his noble character, gave him,
through all his life, a leading influence in the
social and political concerns Of the community
he belonged to; andwould probably have placed
him very soon, if spared to act in the present
luncture of public affairs, among the distinguish
cd few who, by notahle wisdom, integrity, pat
riotsn, and usefulness, attract the especial re-
CARDS of their country, and mark their memory
IN its history.
Mr.. Webster. Mr. President, | sincerely
sympathizc with the honorable member from
South Carolina whose painfIl ,lutv II has been