The daily union., 1852-08-11
IN CONGRESS OF THE U. STATES
Thirty-seoond Congress-First session.
MONDAY. AUGUST .. 1852.
HOUSE or RErHEssNTArI rIvEs.

melancholy service OF announcing the death OF the Hon
RoBERr RARToUL, IT, late a member oil the Massachu-
ses delegation IN this House, who expired al bis lodg
ings IN this city on Saturday evening last, at hall pasl
ten o'clock.
Mr. RAEroULs illness very brief-his DEATH until
a short time before he breahcd his last, wholly nnex;
peeled He was IN his seat here Tdeslay last, and
though the death mark OF his disease then upon HIM.
vet he walked home usual. fOrebodng no Ill. NO
prophetic glimpse was vouchsaied 10 him that his hnal
hour so near at hand When he returned home and
shut the door OF his dwelling, he little thought he had
looked upon this fair and beautiful outward world for the
last time; when he retired TO his chamber he little
dreamed that he should never walk forth from II again
but the enemy pursued him; and the narrower
door and the closer apartment OF The colin and the tomb
have hidden him from US forever
The disease OF which Mr. RASTouL died was erysp-
easoen as IN this case terrible form OF death, for II
dsurbs and deIanges the operations OF the mind before
subdues the body The maady had not made great ad-
yances with him before il attacked his brain, accompa.
MED BY the usual consequences oil an Inflammation and
arrangement OF that organ Death seems armed win sui
hcient lerIors when meet it with uncouded IN.
iellec and with heart resigned TO the will OF God bui
certainly those ierrOfs are iDcOnceivably magnIfed Wheh
OF The concomants OF the disease, the mind loses
its and and The laws oil lis acuon ana
motion are suspended when the thoughts and memories
and The images OF external objects which the senses con
vey the brain mingled in wild confusion together,
and the soul has home but 10 wander up and down
amid this chaos How different from that state OF peace,
and Joy and trust which every hopes 10 meet the
final hour and does moi every truly sane take meas
ures for the realization OF his hopes
Yet MIR. RANTouI., even amid The agones OF his dis
mind so deep-seaed, and affections in his heart strong
as 10 stand umoyed BY any tempest OF deirum On being
teegraphed respecting the illness OF her husband his de
voted and excellent lady, then in Massachusetts hasened
10 his succor She arrived here at six o'clock the
morning of the day he died. Instantly her voice wooed
back consciousness and reason He seized her hand in
his and held il ill he beahed bis last. Even when his
mind wandered this grasp OF affection was unclenched
Death only relaxed IL. 4
The swelling of the disease had closed his eyes, and it
was beyond the power OF muscular contraction 10 open
them He desired 10 have them opened by mechanical
means that he might behold the features and
the face whence for more than twenty years the light OF
love had shoIe down into his heart Thank God sir,
iha, amid all the alterations and strfes and hostlles
which sometimes TO flow out of the human bosom
though il their natural fountain, there also
affections. sympathies endernesses and loves which
nseparabe from II. allied TO it by more congenial
affinity and which we always may find there close as
green 10 the verdant leaf or color to the rose"
MIR. RANTouL born Beverly, Massachusetts,
August, 1905. Had he lived until next Friday he would
then be forty years old He entered Harvard Uni-
He studied law at first with Mr.. John Pickering, of
Salem, who exe0pihed in his profession the largest
meaning OF the word iow. He did not consider the law
arbitrary or artificial scheme of forms and prece
DENTS but as great system of justice and truth, OF God
ordained principles, which alone, and by which aone
human society and human welfare be upheld and ad
vanced; art device by which TO get living,
but as science by which 10 guide all life After Mr.
Pickerngs removal 10 Boston Mr. RANToUL in the
office OF the Hon. Leverelt Saonstall, who
member OF this House. He was admitted TO the bar in
1929.
Mr. RASTouL soon became man of mark In 1884
be elected to the Massachusetts house OF represent
atves from the town of Gloucester, where he then
sided and from that time I'LL his death he filled many
public othces both OF political and OF an honorary
ture In ls43 he was made collector OF the port OF Bos
ton. In ls45 lie was appointed United States district at
torney for Observation-Disclosures responsible duties oil
which office be performed in very able for about
four years In 1851 he was elected senator OF the Uni
ted States by the gsature OF Massachusetts, TO com
pete an unexplred term and he chosen by very
large majority OF the people, among whom he had al.
ways lived, and who knew him best, 10 the seat IN
this House now so suddenly and SO mounfuy made va
cant.
But Mr. RAsToUL found time, and possessed taste and
aptitude for other besides those OF strictly po
ca and professional character His natural instincts
and moral culture led him TO engage in worthier and
nobler occupations. He certainly for very many
years, and believe during all the active part OF his life
an earnest. devoted temperance mana temperance ad
vote and lecturer, leaving home aud The emolumenis o
hs profession to visit and traverse distant paris oil
the State 10 preach the gospel of this great reformation
To him, among Others, Massachusetts indebted for her
present advanced position in this world renovang enter
pTse-an enterprise which, II successful, will enlarge the
imprisoned angels o Joy whose home is the hresde and
the domestic altar, while it will send 10 penal chains and
darkness the demons who have so long usurped their
place.
Mr.. RASroUL adhered to this cause siealfastly,
Through eU report for in it's early and its maureI
days, 1t had good report" He resisted the socita
hous Of The abandoned 10 abandon this great REFORM and
rejected the unhny honors with which they tempted him
TO disloyay. Who would now exchange mis- conscious
ness for theirs
In 1887 Mr. RASroUL was appointed By Governor
Everett and his council one OF the original members OF
the Massachusetts board OF education. THIS office he
held for ak years, and until il expired by its mila
tor. He was active and most intelligent member o the
board he wise counsellor and faithful friend OF
that cause then impugned and contested, but now so
deeply sealed in the affections OF the people that would
be as dlfhcult 10 obterae II from social poiy 10
expunge the judiciary itself While a member OF the
board Mr RAsToUL wrote very able article the sub
jec OF education for the number OF the North American
Review published October, ls3S.
Mr. RAHToUL devoted vast attention and research 10
the still yexed question OF capital punishment; and per-
hsps II may be sald that man Is lifted fnlly 10 dis
cuss this theme without reading what he has written
In the course OF his life, MIR RAsTopL has addressed
many literary societies., made political speeches almost
innumerabe, and has been engaged in legal causes OF
great magnitude and difficulty; and thing may be
affirmed OF all his public peffomances-he never fell be.
low the occasion, disappointed the expectations OF
his most sangune friends. No greater misfortune can
hefa man than 10 be elevated 10 post TO which his
talents or sltanmens are unequal The sane man
who has been respected and honored in a subordinate
sphere may become ridiculous and contemplate IN a
higher one TO which inudicious friends may advance
him. Though il may be the man, yet Judge
OF his size by the height OF the pedestal which be
stands. lie may seem OF full stature when near the
ground, but dwnde TO pgmy on the top Of column.
Hence every promotion has its risk. Mr.. RAsToUL
eountered all such risks, and not only escaped but al
ways trumphed Each successive increase in the height
better advantage.
Though mainly dependent upon his own exer-
tons for livelihood, yet Mr.. RASToUL had time for
study and means for libraries and other auxllares OF
emlnence, because be had any tmeconsuming or
mlnd-weakening vices He kept himself clean and pure