The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-15

appeared In his seat this morning.
ExscUIyE ooMaUSIcAuoN
The PRESIDENT pro fem. laid before the Senate re-
port the Superintendent OF Public Printing showing
the condition Of the which read, laid on the
table and ordered 10 he printed
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. ALLEN submitted the following resolution, and
asked its immediate consideration
Resoed That the Senate win Tuesday next at one
o'clock rn proceed to the appointment Of the stand
Mr. HALE hoped the resolution would lie over in ac
cordance with the rule il the understanding that
the of the death of Hon JAMES BELL OF
New Hampshire would be made tomorrow.
The resolution modified, 30 rs TO change the day
TO Wednesday and then, Mr.. HALE having Withdrawn
his objection, the resolution was agreed to
Mr. WILSON said that IL was understood that senators
were preparing the list of standing committees and
he had been requested by his colleague Mr. SUNER to
say that owing TO the condition of his health he desired
tobe excused from serving upon any of the standing
committees Of the Senate.
HON. A. p BUTLER.
Air EVANS then announced the death, during the re-
cess of his late coeage, Mr.. BUTLER He said
Mr. President when entered this hall on the first day
of this session and looked around for the familiar faces
of those from whom had parted at the close OF the
last painfully impressed with the uncertainty of
human life, and the vanity of all human hopes and ex
pectations.
Little did imagine, when parted from my friend and
colleague that in the short space of two months he would
4,
years older than himself should stand here to-day to
nounce the melancholy event.
My deceased friend and colleague the late ANDREW p
BUTLER, borne in Edgefed District in the State of
South Carolina, the 18th day of November 1896, and
was at the time of his death the 25th of May last in
his sixty-hrst year.
The cheerfuness of his temper and the buoyancy of his
spirits might have indicated youthful age but
the extreme and premature whiteness of his locks might
well have passed him an older man.
His family came from Virginia. and settled in South
Carolina before the revolution Few families have been
distinguished in the annals of the State suffered
in the service of the country General William
Butler the father of Judge BUTLER served with dstnc
ton captain in the troops Of the State, and in that
bloody conflict and of determination waged between
whg and tory towards the close of the revolution the
history of which, with all its bloody Incidents has
been written He subsequently major general OF
militia and member ofCongess from 1901 to 1914. He
left large family of which my deceased colleague
the last survivor
Judge BUTLER received the ruimens Of his education
in the best school in the upper part of his native State
and graduated at the South Carolina College in 1917
with more than ordinary distinction He devoted HIM
self to the study of the law and in very short time a
he called to the bar his reputation for sound e
gal learning and forensic eoquencc such that his pro-
fessonal business large and lucrative not only in his
circuit but he several occasions called to distant
districts argue of great interest the parties and
requiring the best legal talents of the State.
When very young man he was elected a member of
the State Legislature, where his talents his diligence,
gave him high position Whilst member of the State
senate he was in 1888 elected circuit Judge and two
years afterwards, change Of the system he became
Judge Of the court of appeals the highest court Of judc
turc In the State In this court sat side by side with
him for ten years and until he elected to this hon
orable body. 1t a Judge knew him best,
and in that character feel that speak with cont.
dence of his merits To say of Judge that he in
oorruptible il but praise The breath of sspi-
con has breafhed the character of Judge in
my own State nor elsewhere in this broad land, far
know II in the administration of the law that he
illustrated that love of Justice, the highest attribute of
good man, which separates the from the parties and
dpenses justice to all equally, to friend to foe With
out favor Partially Many of his legal opinions will
be read with instruction Ia all time come and show
very concusvey that his professional requirements
of no ordinary character.
In 1916 he took his in the Senate Of the United
States and has since been twice reelected without opposi
ton In politics he belonged to the old republican State
rights party and what has been called strict con-
structions He loyal to the constitution i'm all its
express grants OF power and what necessary to their
execution but he resisted that latitude of construction
which he feared would in the end make this govern
ment of unlimited instead Of limited powers During
all the time he member of this Senate he acted
conspicuous part in all its deliberations For large part
Of it he was the head Of the Judiciary Committee in all
respects perhaps the most important of your commit
tees except that of Finance In the discharge of this
important duty he bore himself with great dignity and
uprghtness In the decision of those exciting questions
which grow out Of contested elections where party feel
ings are so apt to msead honest minds, think may
say that the love of right because was right was the
pillar of light by which he guided The triumph of
party was OF consideration with him. where truth and
the constitution were on the other side
Those with whom he lived in social intercourse best
understood the excellence Of his character 1t was there
that the kindness of his feelings the benevolence his
heart and the harity of his temper shone out in all
their beauty.
As parliamentary speaker, his style was plain logi-
cal and unadorned his manner temperate but earnest
showing the deep convictions of his understanding and
occasionally when excited, high order Of eo-
quence.
As scholar, his attachments were respectable; as
much compatible with life spent in the labo-
Tious duties of attorney, judge, and statesman.
Such. sir, ANDREW p BUTLER Surely the death of
went abroad there universal wall from the CEN
tire to the utmost border OF his State and have reason
to believe that the feeling of regret was not less intense
throughout the broad expanse of these United States
submit the following resolutions
Rs,olrsd unanimously, That the members of the Sen.
ate from sincere desire of showing every mark Of re-
deceased late senator from the State of South Carolina
for thirty days
Resolrod unanimously, That as an additional mark of
respect for the memory Of Hon Andrew p Butler the
Senate do now adjourn.
Ordered, That the Secretary communicate these rcsou-
tons TO the House of Representatives..
Mr. MASON. In rising to second the resolutions
add nothing Mr. President to the eloquent able
tribute just rendered by the venerable senator from South
Carolina to the memory Of his late colleague II is more
TO indulge my feelings of deep and sincere sympathy
with those who survive than from apy hone that NAV