The daily union., 1852-08-11

individual and collective rights Of the masses who are
unable 10 compete with wealth and power. By his
death the House has lost OF its most distinguished
and honoed members and his companions here have lost
one ihal they VIII long remember with keen and mean.
choly soIrow The event admonishes all OF US 10 be
-'saso ready"
Mr.. CLARK. desire that my voice should be heard
upon lhs occasion; and perhaps the best which
can DO gwen Tor II Is that am of Massachusetts
This is sad occasion, which opens again before us The
narrow, cold, and repulsye il is appointed
ior each one OF u.s. and II all the sad as the ar
rows ny thekly around, sparing neither the humble nor
The exalted The Destroyer comes and cuts down one in
The noontlde OF life YET time and circumstances had
enabled nm TO develop his powers and acquire name
he comes again. and takes from the pinnacle OF the tenn
pie him OF fareachlng fame, made up OF long life of
noble aspirations and immortal achievements Again he
comes, and Tears away another who had power
10 climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines
but He who holds the destiny OF men 10 His hands did not
suffer it.
There is mourniu consolation in long premonition Of
.he approach Of that hour on which eternity is hung So
easeI 80 ABSORBED are most men in the interests which
e nearest 10 them, that they defer the consideration Of
tnose winch belong to sure but mystic eternity, unless
admonished That they are at hand. To associate
ana brolher Death came with sieahy STEP and aimed
ms iala shalt IN ambush. IL may be that he not un-
mindful OF such encounter and such result II So
II was was well # il shall be so with us. il will be well
My acquaintance with MIR. RAHToUL was not exen-
sive or confidential can speak Of him only as a pub
c man--as man who has made his mark and estab-
zed by great knowledge, acute discrimination, and ex
alted abilities. | shall say nothing of his party con.
nexons or his political opinions; for these he was re-
spoasibe, not to us. but to those who clothed him with
authority and sent him here His voice in this hall OF
legislation was but the voice of nearly one hundred
thousand feenen, speaking through him under sense
Of the naPpreciable right OF freedom of speech That
his views upon certain great questions OF national import
did not accord with those entertained by OF us here
no doubt true But who shall call in question his
cerity of heart and purpose' The truth of his opinions
iudp man al liz
iimen and future hlsory-the same tribunal which will
Judge us all.
His views upon subjects eminently character
lied by expansiveness, lberay and progress No man
here had more correct SAFE and national views of our
commercial relations with other nations than he had
none more extensive and accurate knowledge of the public
domain, and the purposes which it might be egmaely
and proftably applied And however his opinions upon
any subject might have differed from others here he was
always ready to sustain them with reasons worthy the
consideration of the strongest and the best In him the
antagonist of skill and power might have found foe
man worthy of his steel
But is no part OF my purpose to dwell upon any
phase of his public character but rather to improve the
moment in moral point of view. But yesterday the
man OF vgor, OF hope, OF vlruous ambition, and cheer
ing prospects, was among us aud OF We heard his
voice in the stern debate, conendng for the right as he
understood it; to-day his vgor is the wthered grass
his hope as the light which has expired his ambition
chilled and his prospects are beyond the boundary of
mortal vision. No hattery soothe the dull,
cold ear of DEATH"
Who shall refuse TO stand admonshed by the lesson
VINO VIII lnat lille is snort,
certain day " and who will shut his eyes 10 the accumu
lated responsibilities which lie beyond iti
1t IS not wrong to strive for the spendors of honor and
reputation; but their elements should be made up Of
truth, justice and charity; and all that is acquired in
violation of these will be- like the memory of the wicked,
"to rot" Day by day called to the discharge Of
arduous duty, which is sometimes mingled with anxiety
and strife. Should not feelings be cbasiened as we
behold the consumnaton of life in one, while yet the
great works which he had projected but half
pleted3 Should we not remember that our dwelling
place is in the dust!
Life has been compared to an ver.fowing stream !;
anSmost hty IL bears us, IN waking and sleeping
hours, down its current, and upon that wide expanse
from which there is no efuent And how rapid
y each OF us may be nearing the great bend which
shall disclose il in wonder his vision none can Tell
but TO him who has noby done all his duty IL oan be
matter OF but little concern:
There faith lifts up her cheerful eye
To brighter prospects given,
And views the tempest passing by,
The evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene In Heaven"
The question taken upon the several resolutions,
and they unanimously adopted
The House then adjourned.