Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-12-16

falteed stumbled In ascending to that place which
penang Inc enei object OF his aspiration And yet as If 10
sho~dha; even the most successful of must soone,
atrreel the emptiness Of The earthly objects of our @
pursuit that much.prized honor him The Dead S
ru when urn5 10 ashes the lips. IL came bur i; can
100 late The breath of public applique couli moi
lame which ickced in the lamp Of c In vain did ,h
assldnV u relatives and friends surround him with hs
lo ale care In vain did the aspirations Of whole neo
ascend 10 Heaven for his recovery The balmy ioarp
Of neither sea nor sky could revive restore him VIZ
the putlc messenger colhe him with the fot
office his chief earthly wish 10 see his home sncs "
and in The midst OF familiar scenes 10 die amonos t
tlends His desire was eraied Life and lis busy scenes
Oh this site The closed him yeyer hn, 10
tale remains be told. Not by me- sir O, AZ tis ~,
But II will be told in the chronicles OF his Stale hcrssf
when may become labor Of love 10 Of her sons -,
~e the Story of its founders and IL will he nit ~
our own political history by whoever may portray Tho s
rlng and cveEt!u scenes in which he ptomn.n, ~
useful plt. 1t VII; be told TO- and PERHAPS had t
most interest IN The traditions Of family which he va.
The ornament and pri e. '
MI President hose 10 whom people have been Iono
accustomed TO look IN times Of ticulty and emerpencv f
counsel and opinion Ie falling fist w. 1t
jus tang to feel their loss period Ike this peoo.n,
with change, and eamng perhaps with great and ssnoa
events. The cannot recall but lei us osso,v
memories let MS study their teachings and il win be we'll #
In many respec's. We shall follow their ex.u,plcs '
| cirr the following resolutions
'hesnlvcd. That from respect TO the late Wur,,. p
kSG Vice President Of the unet States and President OF
Inc Senate The chair Of the President Of the Sena.e bo
shoeded with black; and further testimony OF respect
ID me memory OF the deceased tho members of the Senate
WIN 90 into mourning by wearing Grape their left arm for
thirty days"
Ordered That the Secretary Of the Senate communicate
this resolution 10 the House OF Representatives
Mr.. EVERETT Mr.. President have been requested 10
second the motion which has just been made the Senator
from Virginia DO with great cheeulness. IL wac nv
good fortune 20 eHoy The acquaintance Of the late Vice Pre-
scntl hope portion Of his friendly regari-fcr
longer period probably hnn most Of those within the sound
OF yuce-a period OF nearly thirty years Such being
the case feel as # ought not .eo this lsi
Moment when relations him members OF this Sen.
ate are by the performance Of this days melancholy duy
about TO be closed forever
There Is an ancient naxim sir founded at once in Justice
and right feeling which bids SAY nothing but what il
good OF the dead obey this rule IN reference TO the
late Vice President, without violating the scupuous
dictates of sincerity can say nothing but what good Of
him. for have never seen or heard any Thing bu, good Of
him for thirty yeore that have known him personally and
BY reputation.
It would hardly be expected OF attempt to detail the
incidents Of The private life The public the ac
Vice President That duty belongs 10 Olhers BY whom
has been will 20 doubt be appropriately performed.
greet particularly this OCCASION the unavoidable abscnce
OF our colleagues from Alabama 1t is the province Of those
Of not connected with him BY political associations
pccia!ly OF those nhabng remote parts OF common
country express their cordial concurrence in the affection
praises which have been may be pronounced BY h.
fellow citizens aud Ie.hbO:s.
Few Of the pubic Of the day had been SO Intimately
associated viii; the Senate The la.e Wee President.
think had Leen member of the body for years than
any person belonging 10 Il. Besides this relation
OF different kind had grown ur between him and The Sen
The Federal Constitution devoves upon the people,
through the medium OF the Electoral Colleges the choice Of
presiding officer Of this body But whenever the Senate
called supply The place temporarily, for long course
OF years ard ill he ceased 10 belong 20 IT, turned spopa.
nsou.iy to him.
He undoubtedly owed this honor to distinguished quaKG.
cations for the chair He possessed in an empen, desroc
that qnckncs C perception, that promptness OF dccisun
tn familiarity with the somewhat complicated rules OF
Congressional proceedings, and that urbany OF
which required IN presiding officer. Not claiming al
though aut :cbe tc5aer, 10 rank with his il!us-
lrious contemporaries when now, alas! mention
only to deplore-wi:n Calhoun with Clay, and with Web
ste them alphabetically, and who Wi! presume 10
arrange them uny other principle y whose unmatched
c!oo go often shook the walls Of this the late
Vice President possessed the and hd highly important
talent of ccnroling with impG sy the Of debate
and mUdernng between mighty spirits those ardent con-
cs which at times seemed 10 threaten the stability OF the
Republic.
In fact sir, he was highly endowed with what Ciccro
BEAUTIFULLY comnends Goni Senator's pruden.iG The
"wisaym Of good Senator aud in his accurate study and
ready application ii The rules U parliamentary law ne rem
deted service the country perhaps Ol the most bril-
liant kind but nssurety Of no secondary Importance
There nothing which more distinguishes the great national
which hcong than lis sude for government BY
deli5erave assemblies; its willingness, while asserts The
liberty OF parliamentary right what Inc
self imposed restrictions al parliamentary ordcri and %
think 1t cYaggeatiou 10 say that there Is no tra
their wca has proved conducive 10 The de'
patch Of The public business to the freedom oil DEBATE
the honor Of The coUntry-l will which has done
moro establish aGd perpetualc constitutional liberty
The long and inhlu Senatorial career OF the l1e Woo
President received AT last its appropriate reward lhe peo
pI. of the United States having often witnessed Inc dspo
pf the Senate to place hin nt their head, and The dig
nited and acceptable manner III which he bore himself IN
capacity conferred upon him "rlve-rnonh since thar
Office which is shown by repeated and recent experience
above second II no, actually the first in their gilt
the Office which placed him coBsti,uonaly and permanent
y during lis continuance in The chair Of tho Senate
my sIrriuus dispensaon OF Providence npped these
crownns honots In the bud disease which The per-
peruned breeze Of the tropics afforded
no balm, overlook him al an age when he might, in the
course vf nature have reasonably lOUked forward ~ st
many years active Clothed by special and re-
marxabIr of Congress- while under foreign Jus
d,cliun constitutional qualifications TO upon
The high office which re has been elected, he returned
functions but 10 seek his mucoved home
md there 10 did, 49,
Thus sir he has left us 10 chase for little while longer
The shadows which To hos exchanged for unutterabc eB
lies He has left u.s. sir prema,urely Tor every thing but
his spolless NAME ana his entrance on The wrlrorned non
Of his unambous career And we, Senator'S iot a'
the interchange Of Kindness for all the intercourse oil PHI
he for a the acts OF cooperation In Inc puoc ser
vice. which for at least four years the Senate was looking
forward in It's couneYiun with him, have nothing t IL o.
fer his friends ard his memory but The unaValng uou'e
OF this last mGu:niu farewell.
| second the resolutions Of the Senator from Virginia.
After further remarks by mes,Is. Cass, Douglas and
Clay tUn tic resolutions were unanimously adopted
Mr.. HUHTER. Asa further mark OF respect TO the men
~ Of the deceased move that the Senate do adj urn
The motion was agreed to- and The Senate adouned0
Monday. --
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
AT the opcnng Of Cour, Friday morning, December
9t Mr. Cu:mr%a the Attorney General Of the United States
ad ressed The Ccurt as follows
May IL please your HODofe: ] se 10 submit motIoh
which b. called for by tic nature Of the sueI-c
mlt,cr Cod in his nscrrsabc but supreme will, has re-
m )ycd from tic vice OF the county and from that pan
of honor which, through long lifetime OF greatness sn-
g1UGncss lie had EubG trod the Vice President o h
United States When the voice Of some future pangy'
ris on tho banks OF the Mississippi the B:avo or Inc
umo.a shall speak OF tie heroes the egl,iators 'he
stat .su and The magistrates OF our country, as II r.
counts tc names borne that glorious roll cf imno
IA ty il fail To pause with unnl"yed satisfaction
nj the arnc OF TiLLIA, X. ki"G. Providence from time
10 lime raises up lead armies on TO victory through
IN csh of the battle rld by rarc gifts Of written Of
anoscn thought Well at vii! The Ec;ccs, mpuscs Of
nations Such men, il they have supcrat7ily splendid
c,rrr vet have apitatd They create events and
NAV parake OF the vic-siiujcs u tx=ns. They may they
ten do ave eta led sides Of the mental fprma on with
out which the b.h, wuni nc too dazzngy brilliant
They come To be praised d+pa!sed alternately according
10 he lyt in which notions viewed ard the HUI
or the relax of the tiles of popular emotion IL "iiam
King be not of these he has appropriate ana peg
Inns more enviablc place in the temple OF lame and ~ M
h.urs of Americans; for OF him II is win pIancs ruin
b sal! that with lofty elements in his character % mt'
and receive the most absolute comnendaaon lhefe sE
thing in it open censure. lie STANDS 70 Inc envS
sharp ou as il against The sky Ike some chSeI
c,sur,n OF antique some consular statue " tie LUZ,
rial republic wrapped in it's marble robes gfan1y oeau.
the simple dignity and unity OF auIles pU ,p,;n.,
Pacsi OIL un carly age that august aseemey e
all hi, 10 this DINER abui