The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-02

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do injustice to those whose representative TN ufx
am, II did not in this prssencs, and at this time
raise thevoice TO swell the Of the profound
| est public sorrow.
The State Of Maryland has always WED with
Kentucky in love and alteration Of his name Her
people have gathered around him. with all the fer.
yor OF first affection, and with more than it's
duration. Troops of friends have ever clustered
ABOUT his pathway with personal devotion which
eaGh man OF them regarded as the highest indi-
vidual honor-frirnds, sir, to who.o h1eside. tha
hdings OF his death will go with oil the whitening
influences which are felt when household ties are
| severed. -a~
wish, sir, could offer now a proper memorial
Tor such subject. and such affection. But as
strive to utter it, feel the dishcarening influence
OF the well-known truth, that in view Of death all
| minds sink into trteness. It would seem, indeed.
sir, that the great evcer of our race would vindi-
q. re 70 % e sis y making all men
| rand thoughts that begin and end in one"-the
aesolds0n here the eternal hope hsrsqftsr-are in
n9sncss felt alike BY the lowest intellect and the
Mr.. Chairman, statesman for more than fifty
years in the councls Of his country, whose pecu-
liar charge 1t was to that the Republic suffered
no detrlment-a patriot for all times, all circum.
stances, and all emergencies-has passed away
from the trials and triumphs of the world, and
gone to his reward. Sad as are the emotions which
such an event would ordinarily excite their inten-
sIty is deeply heightened by the matters so fresh
within the memories of us all: g
When Death, just lowering, claim'd bis prey,
With Palinurus's unalter'd mood,
Firm at his dangerous post he stood,
Each call for needful rest repell'd,
With dying hand the rudder held;
Then, while on freedoms thousand plains
One unpolluted church remains,
Whose peaceful bells meier cent around -..
The bloody tocsin's maddening sound;
But still, upon the hallow'd day,
Conyoke the swains to praise and pray,
While faith and civil peace dear,
Greet his cold marble with O tear,
He who preserved them Clay lies here"
beautiful, it is difficult to select any point for par
ticuar notice from those which go to make up it's
noble proportions; but we may now around his
honored grave call to grateful recollection that in
vlncible spirit which no personal could sully
and no disaster could overcome. Be assured sir
that ne has in this regard left legacy to the young
men OF the Republic almost as sacred and as dear
as that liberty Of which his life was blessed illus
tration. ""s... . IS .. s..-' .
We can all remember, sir, when adverse 'poiti-
cal results dsheartened his friends, and made them
feel even as men without hope, his own clarion
voice was still heard in the purpose and the pur-
suit OF rights, as bold and as eloquent whsn It
fret proclaimed tho freedom OF tho seas, and its
talismanic tones struck off the badges of bondage
from the lands Of the lncaSand the plains Of Mar
Athon. s35 fS5E
Mr.. Speaker, in the exaltation Of the statesman
an afectionate adviser on all points wherein inex.
perienccd youth might require counsel. He was a
disintcrested sympathzer in personal sorrows that
called for consolation He was ever upright and
honorable in all the duties incident to his relations
in life. u.- .sG r. 1'"
To an existence so lovely Heaven in its mercy
granted fitting and appropriate close. 1t was
the prayer, Mr. Speaker, Of distinguished ciS-
zen who died some years since in the metropolis,
even while his spirit was futtering for its final
flight, that he might depart gracefully 1t may
not be presumptuous to say that what was in that
instance the aspiration Of chivaric gentleman
was in this the realization of the dying Christian,
in which was blended all that human dignity could
require, with all that Divine grace had conferred,
in which the frmness of the man was only trans
cended by the fervor of the pcntent
short period before his death he remarked to
one by his bedside, "That he was fearful he was
becoming selfish his thoughts were entirely
withdrawn from the world, and centered upon
eternity" This, sir, was but the publication OF
his noble spirit from all the dross Of earth-a hap
py illustration Of what the religious muse has so
sweety sung
Ono Sin to stan-no lure to stay
The soul, as home she springs;
Thy sunshine on her joyful way,
Thy freedom in her wings"
Mr.. Speaker, the solemnities Of this hour may
soon be forgotten. We may come back from the
new made grave only still to show that we con-
slider eternity the bubble life and time the endur-
ing substance" We may not pause long enough
by the brink to ask which of US jewellers OF to. day
shall next be ut rest But be assured cir that upon
the records of mortality will never be inscribed a
name more illustrious than that Of the statesman,
patriot, and friend whom the nation mourns