The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-12-22
Tribute TO HON. w. r. KING.
supreme Court of the United States.
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ing, Mr.. CUSHING, the Attorney General
of the United States. addressed the Court
as follows 3 az ar ~ sTu4r ao
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HoNoRs: rise to
submit motion, which-seems to be called
f,r by the nature of the subject-matter.
God, in his inscrutable but supreme
W II, has removed from the service of the
country, and from that path of honor
which through along Lifetime ofgreatness
and goodness he had so nobly trod, the
Vice President of the United States
When the voice ofsome future panegyrist,
on the banks Of the Mississippi, the Bra
vo, or the Columbia. shall speak of the
heroes; the legislators. the statesman. and
the magistrates of our country, as he re-
counts the names borne ON that glorious
roll ofimmnrtality, he cannot fail to pause
with unalloyed satisfaction at the name of
WILLIAM r. KING. Provide nee. from
time to time, raises up men to lead armies
on to victory through tie clash of the bat
tie field. or by rare gifts Of written or spo-
ken thought to WELD at will tie fercest
impulses of nations. Such men, If tleY
Lave superlatively splendid Career. yet
have an agi-ated one. They createevents,
and tley psrtake of tie viscissitudes Of
events. T eymay-tl-ey of;en do ave
shaded sides OF the mental formation. with
out which tie bright ones would be too
dazzling'y trillisnt. Trey come to be
praieed CT dispraise1 altern ately, accord
ii,g to TIE iigtt in which their actions are
viewed, and tie fux or tie reflux o. til
tides of popular emo;ion. IfWILLrAA R.
KIM be not ofthese, yet he has an app O.
PIRATE, and, perhaps, a NOR enviable place
in tie tempe Of fame, and in tie hearts of
Americans; for OF lin it is. WITH plainest
truth to be said, tl,at, with lofty elements
in, Lis character to merit and receive the
most absolute comm. ndation, IL ere is moth.
ing in il open 10 censure. He stands to
tie memory, in sharp outline, as it were.
against the sky, like some chiseled col
umn of antique art, or some consular
statute of the, imperial Republic wrapped
in its marble robes, grandly beautiful in
the simple dignity and unity Of :: faultless
proportion. Placed at an early age, in
that august assembly, the highest, all
things considered in this or any other land
the Senate of the United States-and con-
tinuing there, save with brief. Interrupt
ton of tie most eminent diplomatic en-
ployment, during whole generation of
time--and repeatedly elevated to preside
over its deliberations,--he had grown to
be, not of it merely, but its representative
man, its typical person, its all-conspicu-
uos model of an upright, pure, spo.less,
high h-minded, chivalric American Senator
This tits, in my judgment, which consti-
tutes the distinctive trait in his character
and career, and which drew to him the
veneration and the confidence of his coun-
trymen. We think of him almost as an
historic monument Of senatorial integri-
ty, rather than as a mere mortal man of
the age. Like that gallant soldier, who
received the baton of marshal in the very
scene of his achievements. and fell, struck
by a cannon shot, in the act of grasping
the insignia of CONNER nd, so the Vice
President did but reach the pinnacle of
his greatness to die. Such death, so
timed, though premature for US whom he
has left behind for the tolls and cares of
public duty, was not premature for the
consumate completeness of his renown.
Knowing how deeply his loss must be
be dep.ored by your honors. il is deemed
fitting for me to move that this Court, in
unison with what has been done by the
two Houses of Congress, do now adjourn
in manifestation Of It's respect for the
memory of tie deceased Wee presi len.
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To which Mr.. Cief Justice Taney re-
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Tie Court is sensible that every mark
of respect is due tie memory of the lac
Vice President. William R. King.
His life was passed in tie public service
and marked throughout by lis purity. in-
tegrity, and disinterestei dcvo ion 70 the
public good. '.'3
Il is true that no part of it connected
him particularly with the Judicial branch
of this Government; but the peope OF
the United States had elevated him to the
highest Office but one in their gift; and
the loss of statesman like him, so hon
ored, and SO worthy of the honor bestow-
ed, is felt to be a public calamity by this
depar tment of Government, as well as
by that to which he more Immediately be-
longed And, as token of their high |
respect for him while living. and their sin
eere sorrow for his death. the court will |
adjourn to-day without transacting its or
dinary business.
Whereupon. the Court adjourned until
Monday morning, ! o'clock. HC
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