The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-02-11
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ADVERTISEMENTS
Announcement OF the death Of Preston
s. Brooks in the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Rev Dsn,ei Waldo, chaplain TO the
House offered appropriate prayer, when
.ns Jouraal OF Yesterday was lead.
Nj. Neitt, OF South Carolina, then rose
Az. audressrd tne House Us follows:
Ir. Speaker, il is m, mournful duty TO
2t2ial'y aanopuce Ihe death of the Hon.
!'ise:on S Brooks, one Of its members
ran tE-1 State of South Carolina.
Mr. Brooks died at Lis residence in this
ny [" Tue, day evening, the 9th iast,
e. seven O'clock. His disease was acute
'nia .ual:on ct the throat; and so swiftly
'stal was It that lot even his medical adj
's.rs he,ie,ed him to be in danger until
''!thr The ~uE!"Fest possible period before
"u Ae> .ase. ScIeuce awaited not skill
sv.'tel not delicate assiduous attentions
-Sai''u not. IondoY vacant seat, badges
OF mourning, and %sorrowiug friesds attest
LAT he is gone from among us.
Mr. Brooks was born in Edge6eld Dis.
a,,e' South Carolina, in August 1919
us 5S.n.r was Whitfield Brooks, a son of
Il. .. Brooke, who bad gone through the
: Ite'iogs and gathered some Of the hon
.'rs Of on, Revolutionary struggle. His
Other was Miss Mary P Carroll.
lie vas educated at the South Carolina
C"'I"ye, which he left in 1880 receiving
one OF is distinctions. In Nav. lS43, he
was Omitted to its bar, and in November
.ls+4. vas elected TO the General assem-
81" Oh tie State. In ls46, when troops
were called for by the Federal Govern.
.Gtr: 10 rope. the invasion Of Mexico up
IN oar col, his native district (Edgeieldl
IA" ishGi u soGpaup to the Palmetto
ar-inent. OF which he vas unanimously
elected captain, and was mustered into
tht serrlc" in December ofthat year. He
Shared .he earlier and later events OF the
camp i'm between Vera Cruz and the
CITY ot Mexic', nM,ilg in the mean time
ue.n recalled home 10y u severe and ex-
Lasting attack of illness.
Aher the close Of tic war he withdraw
rrnn7 '"n dsvnf.T h,msaft meH,
gently 70 the pursuits Of agriculture. As
a:p'a!'ier he WAS eminently successful.-
While ,ngagcd on his plantation, Mr..
Burt, the Lieu Representative of the
ninety sixth district" voluntarily retired
from he tSust, and Mr.. Brooks was elect.
81 bis successor N FEBRUARY, 1853.
lie came here the Representative O. n
proud a"d gallant constitaeacy--a con
aiituercy whose history had been ~illus,ra.
a"G by he virtues, the craftsmanship, and
'the a'oqneuce Of Robert Goolloe Harper.
John 9. Calhoun and George McDufie,
/ viii not speak Of his services here.-
LIZ dlS arCbieyes Of the country are the
monuments OF his reputation; in the hearts
0: those who served with him upon this
floor are the testimonies Of bis character.
IN fancy Mr.. Brooks was ehaste. and
in judgment solid and discriminating . in
dlc;ion he was simple, and in taste refined.
No nd'scre.ion marked him either mental
Jy "r morally.
In his bearing he was manly and in
Intercourse generous; in dispute he was
sincere and in friendship ten ,cions. Fail.
ing, he had, for they are the allotment Of
huflaHi.y; but long may the country
movrp ere 1t rourn a better patriot or a
nobier spirit.
Mr.. Speaker had he fallen in the even
ing Of llte, Or had he even sunk down un-
der the gradual in roads Of disease, I
could havs realized his extinction in death
But .or his sun TO set willie 10 its nooaday
blaze, 1t is har.i TO feel that il will rise no
rpore. Fer gears we have been or terms
0. extreme intimacy, and he is still TO me
a presence. Even nov the living man, in
the glory Of his intellect and manhood.
n The lead man in his dreary shroud,
struggle for the mastery. Alas! the
struggle eau be but "a b,ief one; for death
bas It's victims, auG, though its stjngs may
he taken away, sn earth Il has no con.
saoerar.
sharp, however, as may DE our pangs,
sharpe. far viii be the pangs in youuder
shattered home, There u stricken wife
s"d Iosr orphan children will be smitten
!vhh the u~fui .idings to-day announced.
'HNni!in The ssnctities Of that home I will
mtrude, but supplicate Heaven for
balm to their crushed and bleeding
hearts.
Mr.. Speaker, let there be reverence 10
the memory and peace to the ashes of the
dead and let us mingie our tributes with
he funeral offerings which others will
pour around his grave. A c~onfding con.
sf'.uency will sob over il, and a State
which honored him will be choksd with
sorrow, for earth has ne'er ~pillowed upon
her bosom q truer son. nor Heaven OPEN
ed wide its gates 10 receive q manlier
spirit.
In conclusion, Mr.. Keitt submitted the
fJllowirg resolutions:
ReSoiOei, That this House has received
'grth deep sensabiiity the announcement
OF the death Of the Hon. Preston 8.
Brooks, n member Of this House from the
Sac OF South Carolina.
Resoloed. That this house tender TO the
family Of the deceased the expression of
its sympathy on this affecting event; and
ms q testimony Of respect for his memory,
tho members and officers Of this House
iii WV the usual badge Of mourning
~ az. tN laws
2 'olfsd fhe ss1ase be invited 20
attoua uIr ia.e,a, oi me deceased this