The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-17
CONGRESSIONAL.

Foote made some explanations in relation to Ian
guage used by them in debate on the day previ-
Gus, The language of these Senators was open
" insulting and can end in no good.
House, March 2sth. To day, the House
went to work to some little purpose. Many pri-
vate bills were reported from committees and
took their place on the calender for final reading
Death OF Mr.. calhoun.
We have already announced this melancholy
pronounced by Messrs. Butler, Clay, Webster,
Badger and Clemens
The following short extract from Mr.. Butler,
will treshen the recollection respecting the early
life of Mr.. Calhoun
& "Mr. Calhoun was native of South Carolina
and was born in Abbeville district, on the 18th,
March, 1852 He was of an Irish family. His
father Patrick Calhoun, was born in Ireland, &
at an early age came to Pennsylvania, thence
moved to the western part ofVirginia, and after
Braddock's defeat moved to Sonth Carolina in
l756. He and his family gave name to what
is known as the Calhoun Settlement in Able.
vile district. The mother of my colleague was
a Miss Caldwell, born in Charlotte county, Va.
The character of his parents had no doubt sen
sIble influence on the destiny of their distin-
gulshcd son. His father had energy and enter.
prise, combined with perseverance and great
mental determination. His mother belonged to
a family of revolutionary heroes. Two of her
brothers were distinguished in the Revolution.
Their names and achievements are not laft to
tradition, but constitute part Of the history Of
the times H. ,..- p.
MIR. CALHOUN was born in the Revolution,
and in his childhood felt the influence of its ex-
citing traditions. He derived from the paternal
stock, intellect and self-reliance, and from the
Caldwells enthusiasm and impulse. The tradi-
tons of the Revolution had sensible influence
on his temper and character. .u'.. e..
Mr.. Clay's speech upon the occasion is SO
beautifully appropriate and so touchingly elo-
quent, that we give it entire. Its effect upon
those who listened to it, is feelingly portrayed
by our correspondent, "Muscatine''
In the House, similar proceedings took place.
The usual resolutions of coincidence were pass
ed, and eulogies were spoken by Messrs. Holmes
of South Carolina and Winthrop of Mass.
April 3D. Both Houses met in the Senate
chamber, at half passed IL o'clock. A funeral
discourse was pronounced by the Rev. Mr.. But
Ter, chaplain of the Senate. After the sermon,
the funeral procession was formed, and the re.
mains of Mr.. Calhoun were conveyed to their
temporary resting place, in the congressional
burying ground.
Mr. CLAY Mr.. President, prompted by my
own feelings of profound regret, and requested
at the same time by some highly esteemed
friends, wish, in rising to second the resolutions
which have been offered, and which have Just
been read, to add few words to what has been
we'll and so Justly said by the surviving COL
league of the illustrious deceased
My personal acquaintance with him, Mr..
President, commenced upwards of thirty eight
years ago. We entered at the same time, to-
gether, the House 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, in the world. During the prelimi-
nary discussions which arose in the preparation
for that great event, we'll as during those
which took place when the resolution was final
ly adopted, no member displayed more lively
and patriotic sensiblity to the wrongs which led
to that momcntous event than the deceased
whose death we all now so much depore.-l
Ever active, ardent, able, no one was in advance
of him in advocating the cause Of his country,
and denouncing the foreign injustice which
compelled us to appeal to arms. Of all Con-
crosses 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
sentativcs Of that Congress which declared the
war, and in that Immediately followngthe peace;
and amongst that splendid assemblage none
shown more bright and brilliant than the star
which is now set
1t was my happiness, sir, during large part
Of the life of the departed, to concur with him
On all great questions of national policy. And,
1t later period, when it was my fortune to diff
Ter from him as to measures of domestic policy,
had the happiness to agree with him generally
IS to those which concerned our foreign rcla-
ions, and especially as to the preservation of the
peace of the country. During the long session
1T which the war was declared, VIC were mess
mates, were other distinguished members Of
Congress from his own patriotic State. | was
afforded, by the intercourse which resulted from
that fact we'll as the subsequent intimacy
and intercourse which arose between us, an OPP
portunity to form an estimate, not merely Of his
public, but Of his private life; and no man with
whom have ever been acquainted, exceeded
lin in habits Of temperance and regularity, and
n all the freedom, frankness, and affablity of
social intercourse, and in all the tenderness and
respect and affection which he manifested to-
wards that lady who now mourns more than any
other the sad event which has just occurred
Such, Mr.. President, was the high estimate |
formed Of his transcendent talents, that if at the
end Of his service in the executive department
under Mr.. Monroe's administration, he had been
called to the highest Office in the Government,
should have felt perfectly assured that under
his auspices, the honor, the prosperity, and the
glory of our country would have been safely
placed. .
Sir, he is gone No more shall we witness
from yonder seat the flashes of that keen and
eye of his, darling through this
chamber. No more shall we behold that torrent
Of clear, concise, compact logic, poured out
from his lips, which, if it did not always carry
to our judgment, commanded our
great admiration. Those eyes and those lips are
closed forever , o.. .0
And when, Mr.. President, will that great va
cancy which has been created by the event to
which we are now abiding, when will it be filed
by an equal amount ofabllity, patriotism, and
devotion, to what he conceived to be the best in
terests of his country? -...a.. ,....7. I'D
Sir, this is not the appropriate occasion, nor
would be the appropriate person to attempt
delineation Of his character, or the power of his
mind. will only say, in few
words, that he possessed an elevated genius of
the highest order; that in felicity ofgeneraliza-
ton Of the subjects of which his mind treated,
have seen him surpassed by no one; and the
charm and captivating influence ofhs colloquial
powers have been felt by all who have convers-