Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-10

to mourn the loss of distinguished public ser
wants since the meeting of the present Congress
And to-day | am instructed to ask the indu
gence of the House to pause in its labors Will,
| perform the melancholy duty of announcing
the death of my worthy collepae and friend
the Hon. BRooKINs CAMPBELL. of the first con
gressional district of the State of Tennessee
He died in this city on Sunday last at one
o'clock, p. M, leaving fond wife and infan
daughter to mourn the loss of kind husband
and father. 1t is hard, sir, to die under any
circumstances, but peculiarly so when away
from home, and deprived of the kind and deli
cate attentions of the ministering angel-tht
wife-whose tears soften he pillow of the dying
husband, and whose presence blunts even the
sting of death itself. Such however, was the
misfortune of Mr.. Campbell He left home
about the 10th Of November, in feeble health
and came here to enter upon the discharge o.
the duties of the important trust confded tc
him by generous constituency.
Soon after his arrival in this city he was con
fined to'a sick, bed by a lingering disease, which
baffled the best skill of the medical profession
and prevented him from ever taking his seat
in the hall as member of this body Con
scious of his situation and impending dissolu
ton, it will be gratifying to his bereaved family
and friends to know that he met the dread sum
mons with calmness and Christian resignation
with firm belief Of his qualification and
complete preparation to pass from world Of
sorrow to one of eternal rest. IL
Mr.. Campbell was born in Washington coun-
ty, in the State of Tennessee, III the year 1918,
and continued to reside in his native county,
up to the day of his death. The many public
trusts conferred upon him by his immediate
! off ctr 10,
| can by language his many private virtues,
and his sincere and unwal ering devotion to the
public interest.
In 1885 he was elected q representative to
! the State Legislature from his native county,
and was reelected in 1887. In I84l he was
again returned to the popular branch of the
/ Legislature of his State, AMI continued mem
Der of that bodyat each successive session, until
1916. In 1915 he was, by the unanimous vote
of the democatic members Of the house of
representatives of his State, chosen as the pre-
siding officer of that body. 1t was in this re-
sponSible position that Mr.. Campbell exhibited,
in high degree, those excellent qualities ofhead
aud heart which so endeared him to his friends.
and won for him the admiration of his political
opponents His urbanity Of manner, amenity of
disposition honesty of purpose, and impartial
ty Of decision, gained for him that respect and
confidence of every member of the house so
necessary to the preservation of decorum and
good order in a legislative assembly.
In 1916 Mr.. Campbell was appointed, by
President Polk, an assistant quartermaster to the
army of the United States, then in active SER
vice on the plains of Mexico. He repaired
promptly to the post assigned by his govern
ment, and discharged the duties of his office
with an ability and fidelity which gained for
him, not only the good opinion and universal
respect Of the division of the army with which
he was associated, but the hearty approval of the
President of the United States. 1t was in that
foreign cline, and while in the military service
of his country, he contracted the fatal disease
which has cut him off in the meridian of life
and 'in the midst of his usefulness"
In 1850 he was again elected representative
to the State Legislature, and by his wise, zeal
Gus and successful advocacy of those public
measures of that session-which looked to the
development of the resources and the promo
ton of the prosperity of the whole State--Mr
Campbell acquired an influence and power
possessed by but few other members feither
branch of the general assembly. In gratitude
for his distinguished services, as well as on ac-
count of his ability and purity of character he
was chosen by his district in August last to rep
ture.
In politics, Mr.. Campbell was democrat,
and radical, too, in his political faith. He en-
gagged actively in most of the political struggles
in his native State since 1884. But no preju-
dice, no political Excitement, could make him
swerve from the path of religious duty.
For some time past he had desired to repre-
sent his district in the Congress of the United
States. He reached the goal of his ambition, and
arrived here in time only for his soul to take its
departure from the capitol of the nation to that
city above mot made with hands, eternal in the
Heavens" He
$50 lived, that when the summons came to join
The innumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
He went, not like the quarry slave at night, fed
Scourged to the dungeon; but sustained and sooth-
By an unfaltering trust, approached the grave
Like one that draws the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams
Mr. S. concluded by offering the following
resolution:
Resolred. That this House deeply laments
the death Of the Hon. BBoOKINs CAMPBELL.
who, at the time of his decease, was member of
this House from the first district of Tennessee,
and tenders to his widow sincere sympathy i'll
this most affecting bereavment.
ReS0lred, That the Clerk communicate a
copy Of the foregoing resolution to the widow
of the deceased; and further that he communi
cate these proceedings to the Senate.
Resolred, That the members and officers Of
this House will attend the funeral of the deceas
ed tomorrow, at II o'clock, M.
Resolred, las a further mark Of respect for
the memory of the deceased, That the members
and officers of this House will wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days and that this
House do now adjourn.
Mr.. CARUTHERS, OF Missouri, IN secondlng
the resolution, said:
A residence of many years in the State OF
Tennessee, where learned to admire the char
acter of Brookins ampbell--intimacy ripened
into the warmest friendship between him and my
relations there-having often seen him IN the
councils of the State, and knowing much OF
the deep love Tennessee bore the man and
will bear his memory, makes it, perhaps, pecu-
liarly proper that | should mingle my. voice
with his colleagues in mournful expression OF
their States and the country's bereavement.
How sadly frequent have become these occa-
sions in this halt The mourning in which 1t IS
shrouded speaks gloomily yet eloquently OF the
memory of the late highsouled and chlvalrous
Vice President of the United States. The
voice of eulogy of the lamented Anterior and
of sorrow for his death, still fingers here.
To-day, for the third time during this session,
| (of yet but few weeks,) we are mourners-
mourning the loss of the gifted and pure Inc
death of Mr.. Campbell has fallen upon tins M