Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-17

GTWe take pleasure in publishing the follow
ing remarks of Hon, JOHN l., DAWSON Of the
q brownsville District, Pa, on the 10th January, de-
lvered i'll the House of Representatives OH the &C.
casion of the death OF Hon. H. A. MUHLENBER0,
Bro of Pennsylvania. The voice of feeling, not OF
empty compliment, speaks in them: psi.
Mt DAWSON said: Mr.. Speaker, it is with
feelings OF no ordinary emotion that rise 10 no
1ice the melancholy event which has Just been an
nouncerl. AS associated with the deceased IN the
TepTeSentutio on this flour Of the people OF rem
syivaEia, AMI standing TO him in the relation Of
-personul and intimate friendship, leel that am
but discharging the last PAINFUL duty.
~ Henry a. MuhenbergJ as has been well remark
ed could boast Of on ancestry of eminent dlStlmc-
, ton. The brother Of his grandfather, Frederick
augustus lluhlenberg, was the first Speaker cho-
sen to preside over the House OF Representatives.
of the United States under the present ConStllu-
lion. Joseph Holster, his maternal grandfather
was among The early Governors of Pennsylvania.
His father, Henry A. Muh.enberg, long distin-
gulsheJ member Of this body, -aiterw ards clo-
sen by lem Jackson The representative OF his Gov
eminent 10 the court of Vienna; and after dis
charging With high cre dit TO his reputation the d-
ties of that responsible position, he was, shortly
alter his return to PennSyvan. a, nominated 10 the
highest office known 10 her constitution.
II will be fresh, sir, III the memory Of many who
now hear me, hOw, with the prospect of being
carried iTiumphanty 10 tie Chief MagStracy oil
that LonoTed Commonwealth, the father was slrlC-
ken down by the hand of the same invisible enc
my which now, on the Threshold OF public Gu
reer and III the bright morning oil life, has Prostrn-
led the son. n .s-a - af+-'
The deceased, sir, was man OF high character,
of innexible integrity, of1polIshed education and
manners, and with mind Ichly stored win Solu
and practical information. II was conceded by all
who knew him that lie would have been most
Invaluable member of this body. True, he had
represented his native county-the ancient county
OF BeTkS-in the State OF PennSylVanla, ana had
,n1,rN N1NNn nh tnF he In
lure. Although comparatively stranger IN this
body his death will cast gloom over every portion
OF his native Commonwealth.
As a husband and n father his happiness was
complete, and it IS with feelings Of sympathy, the
most heartfelt, thatiwe recur to the images Of the
devoted wife, aud little bOy-an Unly child-watcE-
ing anxiously, and hopefully, by the bed OF the
stricken sufeTeE soothlng by their presence ms dy
ing moments, aud TendeIing The last SAD tribute Oh
Sir, it is solemn thing to die. When we close
our eyes, for the Inst time, upon the objects OF our
affections, and the bright light OF the morning-tu
feel 10 know that When the portals OF the tomb
close upon all that pertains TO this pershing NOR
tality the spirit has taken its fight 10 "that undis-
coveted country from whose bourn no traveller le-
tuTnS!' The column whlclIwlll marx ms grave
may serve to perpeIuate by its inscription the
memory of his virtues, but the desolaIion OF his
own home nothing can supply. @.'
When we contemplate, Mir. Speaker, the domes-
tic woe, us well as the public irss which an event
nat but ferI, with abanfl sense of its reality the
uncertain tenure Of our mortal existence. But
yes erdny, and saw him within these marble col
umns, full Of life and spirits, participating in the
organization Of this House, wearing modestly the
.honors OF his trust; and Today, numbered with
The dead. II is i'll the providence Of God 70 ere
ate and to destroy. The honoTed and the lowly
crumble mike before his power. In lew short
years, and the national re resentaton now seated
around me will follow in the path of our departed
friend, and the grave become common recePta-
Gle. ELTS pr 81 Ta&=
q | second, Mr.. Speaker, the resolutions which
have been offered by my colleague.