The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DRY OF his deceased friend.
t The resolutions were adopted.
And the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
BAIL In CIVIL CAUSES
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, asked the unanimou
consent of the House to take from the Speaker
table the Senate bill concerning bail in civil cause
in the District of Columbia; not for the purpose 0
putting it its passage, but to make it the speca
order of the day for Tomorrow at one o'clock. H
said that the bill related to of peculiar hard
ship.
1 The motion was agreed to, and the bill read TO
\ Mr. CARTIER moved that the bill be put on it
passage.
other business to come before the House, and tina
if the bill put upon its passage there might bt
serious opposition TO it, and the yeas and nays
called; thus occasioning a scene not pleasant OIL
| appropriate, in view OF the proceedings which
were to follow
The House them at his request, made the bill the
special order for to- morrow, at one o'clock.
DEATH OF THE HON "A. H. BUELL..
| Mr.. JENKINS arose and addressed the House as
follows:
MR. SPEAKER: No response to the name OF
ALEXANDER H. BUELL. will again be heard from
him in this Hall. If he be called he will not an
swer, for he has gathered his mantle around him
and laid him down to rest
| Representing adjacent districts, as we did, sit
ting at the same table as messmates here, and
tertaining opinions in many respects quite SINH
| lar, it natural that feelings of attachment
/ should grow up-friendship, which we like to lean
upon, and which gradually become part of our
| own existence. When these ties are sundered by
death, the life and character of the departed vo.
UNFAIRLY rise up as never perahing memorials be-
fore US.
Mr.. BUELL. was born the 18th day of July,
1901, in the town of Fairfield, county of Herkimer,
and State of New York. Deprived by death of his
father at very tender age, maternal care and at
lection superintendent his moral and intellectual
training until the age of fifteen, when he was
Withdrawn from the academic school in his native
village and placed a clerk in the store of re-
putable merchant of that town.
Here his extraordinary capacity for trade soon
disclosed ITSELF and when he attained his majority
his discreet employer found it for his own advan-
tage to receive him as his partner.
This was the place in which the father of Mr.
BUELL. in his lifetime had pursued the same bust
ness, and the enterprising son, with no other CAP
ital of his own to commence with than his good
name, began the occupation of his choice as prin
cipa dealer, and pursued it with unsurpassed as
| sduity and vigor. This employment he continued
to carry at his native place, and made it the
chief business of his life.
In lS45 he was honored with seat in the Leg
islature of his native State, and in the autumn of
1850 the electors of the seventeenth Congressional
district, composed of the counties of kier and
Montgomery, made choice of him as their Repre-.
sentative in Congress. He took his seat, conscious
of the rectitude with which he should perform his
legislative duties, and with determination that
efforts his part should be wanted to carry out
his long-cherished opinions Of political right and
public policy. He placed high value upon the
acquaintance which he made at the capital of the
nation, and the amenities Of his department recon-
mended him to the favorable consideration and
respectful regard of all who knew him.
About three weeks ago Mr.. BUELL. was called
home by the i'll health of one of his children On
his return here, fortnight since, he found himself
overcome by fatigue and somewhat afflicted by
frat ned lair a.
speedy cure; but disorder succeeded disorder,
holding on with such tenacity that no skill of phy-
slcans could arrest the malady. will not under
take, Mr.. Speaker, to describe the dreary passage
which leads from the abode of health to the tomb
Eminent medical ability, the assiduous care of
friends, the unremtted and most anxious attention
and heroic devotion of his accomplished and affec-
tionate wife, were unable to life; ard on Sat-
urday night, at twenty minutes past three O'clock
our colleague, with Christian resignation and in
the consoling hope of higher and happier state of
existence, closed mis- eyes upon the scenes of this
world.
AS man of business Mr. BUELL. had but few
equals Possessing the combination of
promptltude and prudence, the advantages of a
profitable investment were seldom overlooked,
while he carefully avoided the temptations of fruit
less speculation Whatever he undertook pros
pered under his management. From poverty he
arose to wealth and afluence. The poor received
ms attention; science shared his bounty; relatives
his affection and his aid; friends his hospitality;
religion his countenance and support
In the halls Of legislation he was not ambitious to
be heard, but he was ambitious to understand and
perform his whole duty The record of his votes
Mr.. Speaker, in the State to which he belonged
and of this House, bear witness to the fidelity and
ability with which he carried out the important
trusts reposed in him.
He represented liberal, virtcous, an inteIi-
gent constituency end the record of his whole life
designated him as fit representative of that con-
stituency. Such men are exampars for the rising
generation, and fill up unobtrusiye but instrue-
tive page in the history of our country
But he has gone. An aged and deeply afflicted
parent wife disconsolate, children not yet old
enough to realize their loss-illng up range
of years from infancy to eighty-are deprived of
their main staff, standing in the relationship of
son, husband and father. Tears must be shed,
anguish endured. But we look with fond de-
light through the intervening shower to some dis.
tant spot lighted BY sunshine, 80 may the afflicted
see, through and beyond this vale Of tears, the
fairer land, illumined and consecrated to higher
and happier state of being.
Mr.. J. then offered the following resolutions:
Resolued, That this House has received with deep
senslDility the announcement of the death of the
Hon. ALEXANDER Fl. BUELL. member of this
House from the State OF New York.
ResoIved, That this House tenders to the family
OF .ne deceased the expression of its sympathy in
THIS aInctng event; and, as testimony of re-
spect for his memory, the members and officers of
for thirty days.
Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be d.
!ecteo 10 communicate copy of these proceed
lngs to the family of the deceased and also to the
Senate y 10y
Resoived, That, as a further testimony ofrespect
LOT .ne deceased, this House do now adjourn.
Mr.. IVES said: Mr.. Speaker death has once
more invaded our ranks, and taken from us one
with whom we have met from day to day in this
Hall; one who has faithfully and diligently attend
ed tothe discharge of the duties of the sta
ton which he has soaby filled. By amenity of man.
ners and kindness of disposition he endeared to
large circle of friends, to whom he was ardently
devoted. By habits Of untiring industry, punctn.
atty, and promptness in business TRANSACTIONS he
won the confidence of all with whom he had deal
ngs, and secured competence for himself and
family, in which relatives and friends shared libe
rally. The village in which he long resided bears
unmistakable marks of his public spirit and bene
violence.
This lie asuitable occasion for calm consideration;