The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-02-12

| &ShS uuut ltSeT Is y ef. It's pas
slons lie hushed and still in slumbers long
and deep, nor can the storms Of t.is world,
or It's cares, or its sorrows ever disturb tn EN-
again. May kindly spirit watch over and
preserve the quiet of his deep repose; for his
must have been a kindly spirit to have
drawn to him, a. with links of steel, so
large circle Of affectionate friends. His
love OF his dependents, the devotion Of his
family, and the warm attachment of bis
friends are evidences Of his high and gener-
Gus qualities and Of his genial and attractive
nature. He has served his country in war
and peace, and in oil capacities he has won
and retained the confidence of his con.
stituents.
But, Mr.. President, il is not my purpose
to deal in the language Of mere idle eulogy.
Every human life is a history. The events
OF his have been told by another. Let that
history speak for itself. Still less do mean
to intrude upon the sacred privacy of do
mestc grief Alas, sir, what consolation
could any man offer to bereaved mother,
who survives TO mourn much loved son.
buried in an untmely gravel or to the wife,
upon whom the unexpected message fell
from the telegraph wires as thunderbolt
from Heaven! or to those children. some Of
whom may be old enough TO understand
ana appreciate their lossl He alone who
dealt the blow can heal the wound.
Nor do intend to pursue the dead with
vain regrets. Ii is true that deaths blow
Is most startling when it strikes down
the young in the flush and prime of man.
hood and in mid career. We feel as if the
book OF life had been closed whilst half its
tale WAS yet untold. The order Of nature
appears to be reversed when those, who in
lis usual course ought to have led the way.
follow him TO the tomb. 1t has been said
that IN the death of the young life's year
is robbed Of its spring. And vet, sir, had
that year rolled on who can say how weary
might have been its summer, or how much
sadder still its autumn and its close! Who
knows that such might not have been the
case in which
"rhe wiser mind
Mourns less for wha, Time takes away
| Than what it leaves behindri
We may estimate, in part ut least. what
is lost by the death Of friend: but none
can tell what is saved 10 himself, unless he
can read the secrets of human destiny,
whose book is sealed aud put away from
our view.
But, whilst will not presume TO ques-
tion the purposes of Providence, the heart
may ind relief in performing the last offices
OF friendship; and may feel that to respect
The dead Is TO honor humanity itself. We.
too, may gather from the thrilling event
which has occurred in our midst some les.
son of useful instruction to ourselves. We
may be thus admonished of the slender
thread by which we hold to life-so slender
that even the winds Of heaven NAV snap il
should they visit 1t too roughly. We may
be more Impressed, too, with the necessity
oil turning 10 the best account those golden
| opportunities which are measured bv the
wasting sands OF lifc-sands which canno,
be many and may be very few, according
TO the will of Him whose purposes are un.
known TO lis. | commend, then, that Gus.
tom OF the Senate, honored alike by time
and experience, by which, upon such occa-
s'ons as this, 1t suspends its usual business
10 afford season 10 its members in which
they may turn aside from their daily pur-
suits, their worldly schemes and machina-
lions, to pause by the grave Of brother
and take TO heart the sad lesson of morlali
ty which his death may teach us Happier
1t Wi! be for Us all should we return from such
contemplations with kinder spirit to each
other and \ deeper sense Of the duties which
we owe TO the great brotherhood of human
ity, and to Him who rules The issues of our
destiny.
From the Washington Union we extract
the following editorial account Of the fune-
raj obsequies. Truly South Carolina was
honored both in The life and death Of her
son:
FuNERAL OBsEQUIEs AT THE Carroll
The public having been previously notified
through the city papers that the formal an
nouncement Of the death Of Hon. Preston
>. Brooks, of South Carolina, would Le
made III the two branches Of Congress YES.
terday. and that the remains Of the lament
ed deceased would be taken 10 the hall of
the House Of Representatives prior to their
removal TO the Congressional Buryinc
Ground, at an early hour yesterday morn
ing thousands of our citizens repaired TO
the Caplol 10 witness tue solemn and i'm.
posing ceremonies. The crowd in the
uouse of Representatives was immense.
lhe galleries were filled TO their utmost ca.
pacty, aad on this occasion the rules Of the
nouse were SO lar relaxed as TO extend TO a
large number of ladies the privileges of the
floor. After the customary preliminary
business had been disposed OF, Mr.. Keilt, Of
South Carolina, rose in his seat, and in a
voice trembling with emotion announced
The death Of his friend aud colleague. He
spoke Of the deceased as lie knew him from
personal knowledge, first entering upon the
busy scenes OF lite as LAWYER; then as n
member Of his State legislature; then as
leading company Of his neighbors to dis.
tant fields Of glory, 81 the summons oi his
country; then US representative in Con
gress; and then as husband, father and
friend. The iaIterfng words Of the eloouen,
speaker came fresh, and pure, aud unbidden
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