The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-06-07
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ]

TheJ Special Committee to which was re-
ferred the communication of His ESeellency, the
Governor, enclosing the proceedings of the Leg
islature of South Carolina, upon the subjects Of
the deaths of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster !;
also the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens
of Charleston, called by the Mayor "to pay a
fitting tribute of respect to the late illustrous
statesman and jurist of our State, beg leave res
pectfnlly to submit their report: You. commit
tee take melancholy pleasure in responding to
the voice. of earnest and deep-felt sympathy from
sister State, in the irreparable loss which our
Commonwealth and the nation have experienced
| in the death Of our distinguished son. We lis
ten to these words of sympathy as an earnest Of
the strength of that fraternal tie which bind US
together in patriotic devotion to the free instltu
tions of our country, and to the memory and re-
putation of those great men who spent their lives
in illustrating and adorning them: A tribute
! of respect from South Carolina to the memory of
Daniel Webster recalls the proud and pleasing
recollections" of the history Of either common
wealth, firmly united in the sympathy of COM
mon suffering in common cause. Shoulder to
shoulder they went through the revolution, hand
in hand they stood round the administration of
Washington, and it is now fit that side by side
they should follow the hearse Of the great
statesmen of the century, and guard With hal
lowed care thor graves and their memory. With
South Carolina we sympathize with the pioneer
State of the West, in the loss she was called to
meet in the death of her eminent orator and Sc
nator, Henry Clay, and the nation ard the world
in mourning with Kentucky for his death, will
recall the memory Of that distinguished son Of
the South, who completed the triumvlrate OF ia
lent, eloouence and craftsmanship. Nowhere
was the intellectual power and sefsacrificing pa
triotism of Calhoun better acknowledged than by
our own Commonwealth. We claim a part i'll
his reputation and history; we would share in
the honor which he shed upon the State to which
he was so fondly attached. The Committee un-
animously submit the following resolutions:
Resolved That the Legislature of Massachu
setts has received with melancholy satisfaction,
the resolutions of the General Assembly of South
Carolina, and the proceedings of the city OF
Charleston upon the occasion of the death OF Da-
mel Webster Differing with our great States
man, as most of the citizens of that State did,in
many of the political opinions and measures
which have agtated the county, we receive its
eloquent tribute Of respect aud sympathy IN the
fraterna spirit with which it has been offered.
Resolped, That the memory of the great
Statesmen of South Carolina, Kentucky and Mas
sachusetts, who have followed each other in such
rapid succession to the resting place which "knows
no party" is cherished with fond pride and the
eloquent sentiments of coincidence expressed in
the resolutions of q sister State and fellow mourn
cr, are most sincerely recprocated in view Of the
loss which she and the nation have experienced
in the death of him who so tenaciously guarded
her honor, and added so much to the lustre of
her history.
Resolued, That his Exceency, the Governor,
be requested to communicate to the General AS
scmbly Of South Carolina, and to the Mayor Of
the city of Charleston, a copy, Of the foregoing
report and resolutions.