Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-14
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g.s 1ie5to tbaremains of its illustriou.
ue,beee duly rendered; and mos
iis,lsfr.''' / il added that funeral honors
i ~ o= 5efore more sincerely expressed
fs}1le. p sorrow. K is due to othememor1
fstS .i Cay to sag fhal --yAft'~the many dis
9ngnisuea men who haye ended =. iiiheirs lives
/ tft the seat Of government, and whose 81 stal =
kaIons and virtues claimed fer their ashes
fyery mark Of respect, there has not. been
:. Sc ohsequiea ii,e public .sart has
!, i-.ly.. .,..eeplg efe"' ed. The feeling Of
jeTary 6,la1seciiIs 1seciiIta' tea- as thonghie nd lost;
g p5.saaai jdrieat; indeed. for. i.ssssS any
otheiaN.hlie y1an was The seutimeE4 ,ofsaf.s,
fectiul ever So: universally DleDded Ii that
Of bolndless admiration. Who 5lithout
e;lotica ever heard pttgsed thor tafne of
s. tic sallan: Harry Clay, ard in what as
sembly was it ever uttered that three cheers.
did not spontaneously and instantly make
the welkin ring S
Statesman; set friend totrutll! Of soul sincere,
OF action faithfG> and in honor clear b.
Who broke no promise, sery'd no private enc, .
Who gained no title, af1 lost no friend II, i
Ennobled by himself, by alfsNaprored, - Z
Praised, wept, and honored by Ms land he loved y
s AS one Of the most ancient and dse oquent
advocates of civil liberty which our coantry
has produced, his death will be-wept by the
votaries of freedom all over: the world.
Throughout his own country:Git will be felt
as having left a void among its great men
which the present generation cannot expect
to see filled.
The sobsequies were conducted yesterday
Eagreeably to the form prescribed by the
l.Committee OF. Arrangements of the Senate.
The procession left, the National Hotel,
1.-The place of Mr. Clay's slase Iesidenc cefand
I5decease. between II and 10 o'clock, aid
moved in silence towards the CAPITOL There
were no carriages in the proce ession, moi. on
lthatSpart of the avenue along which it pass:
led.s The coffin containing the body of the
deceased was borne npou a cara ropriate.
lly5 draped, and drawnsb By grey 1.-THE
whole betting the deeply felt solemnity of
fthe Scene. Fest toons of mourning lined the
OF the avenue on each side, tosan
isextent we believe, not before witne nessedson
fEanY siailar occasi iorl 81
the cession, which was scorted aby
two or t1fee Of our miilitarS cot dpanie ies, were
Efhe Iembers 81 Ssfiate the: gnited
Essltes sesaaf
1.-the civfl; military, and dnaval departments Of
the Government, together with the Chief
Municipal Officers and Corporate bodies of
Washington and Georgetown and of the
city of Baltimore. A large attendance of
private citizens also testified their profound
respect and reverence for the noble dead by
uniting in the procession. The President Of
the United States, Members of'the Cabinet,
and the Diplomatic Corps had already pro-
ceeded TO the Capitol, in order to occupy
their respective places in the Senate Cham
Der.
When the procession arrived on the area
before the cast front of the Capitol, and du-
ring the performance of solemn requiem,
the coffin was removed from the funeral car,
and borne up the steps of the Portico, car
ricd through the Rotundo, and rested in the
Senate Chamber. As much Of the process.
sion as could be admitted within the cham.
Der entered, but a considerable portion was
necessarily excluded Intelligence having
been given to the House of Representatives
Of the arrival Of the corpse in the Capitol,
the Members proceeded in body, with the
Speaker at their head, to the Senate Cham.
ber, where they remained during the funeral
service. This was conducted according to
the forms of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, to which Mr.. Clay was attached, BY
the Rev. C. NJ. Butler, Chaplain to the Sen
ate, who concluded with an impressive ser.
mon, in the course Of which interesting and
consolatory illusions were made to circum-
stances that had occurred during the inter.
course of DR.. Butler with Mr.. Clay, in the
latter period Of his sickness Dr. Butler
seized the occasion thus presented to enforce
with power how important place ;clrristiah
morals and maxims must now and'ever bear
in alltrue and great statesmanshi
On the conclusion of the :,
members of the House rctL.
J and adjnurued. The cn-pse
moved from the Sen,
tire of the Rotundo
charge Of the Mar
Columbia and his a
] this time thousands
lected in the Rot -,pre-
sentatives, and els --ut the Capitol,
TO be in readiness 70 behold for the last time
tile well-known visage of the deceased patri'
4. OF, so that when the coffin was brought to Its
position in the Rotundo the rush was i'm
mense, and none but the most .perseverInrs
could bring themselves to encounter the
i iostling and pressure that ensucd. It is to
be regretted that arrangements had not he.'
! made which would have afforded greater IA