Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-05-11
,,sp. ,ato Immortal, 81, loo, eI iipi for whom 10 s"''
Tile Is not t;cGj,
sunk though be &c beneath the mortar "oo''
20 sinks the day.s,ar in the ocean-bsd,
And yet anon repairs his dropping head:
And tricks his hcams. and with n7w Fpaneleu "

sunk though he &c beneath the mortar hooii
so sinks the day star in the occan.bsd,
And yet anon repairs his dropping hea"'
And tricks his beams, and with n7w fphnelcu va
Flames in the forehead OF the morning shS'
Mr. Colfax said: MIR. Speaker, when d SENATOR IIn !"
the wisdom Of year,, mild and j%udicious IN counsel,anI
tuI in the performance of duty, and Overlooking mt
| mesa in all the relations of lite, passes away anu u
gathered 10 hs fathers, the State in whose name ne
smoke. and the nation whose interests lie laDoreu ~
advance, ioin in u mutual sorrow At the portals Oh hS
- Pint I rise. in accordance with the wlsnes OF
49, 'j,,acsti,n from South Carolina, to support Tue
rssoIutions before us, with a sadness intensified oy lne
,rarm,h If personal attachment which | felt tor me
venerable deceased, whom was PROUD III pe'"e ao7
n call nv the cherished title oil irleh".
Rarely, air, have I known one 80 iul oi All tu9se
~ y,,r;hntaa which win the affectlonate regard OF
bis a:sociates. and bind them to him WIN amos. lne
love of woman. Rarely has II oeeh ny s oaSr Wv,
N eniov the confidence of one ~ho-e nua NO:
40 full of heart; whose heart was 50 nee I'D and T 80,
wboss mind was 90 devoid Of bitterness anu pI.u.
J;oa. ubose hearing was go manly, ana yets sen.e
and yrhn. in the very fullneas OF years; re'a''e' 'S
chasrful tone and the genial spirits yonth' -;.b ~.
II ,ba months that j sat at the sans table VIII ,ne
on. " s.na,or who has departed from our Inidst'
md in tha MANY pleasant eveningsi 10 whlcl: alier GU
aicts of the day were over, we enjoyed snch ifIehuly
converse, seeking rather those lh'ngs VII Ia.
we agreed than those Oh which we were porn ~ uh,
fer, | learned to know and TO value Nun ns secmru
N me like one of the patriarchs, cast ID the olaeh
mold. like one who, in the days Of The reVoiulloh'
would have been ranked a worthy associate 'oe tnose
nobl., vet u~nsssuming men, who exhibited their nero.
isun without Boosting, and were willing to give their
lives for their country without a sigh. Firm IN DIS
opinions, yet courteous in their e1pressloni laoorious
in the srduous and thsnkless committee labor devolv'
ed mon him, and yet claiming no credit for its fulfil
ment: yigilantly watchful, and ever at his post IN the
Senste. claiming no exemption for years or feeble
health, and invariably kind and aifable 10 all who
were brought in contact with him, / do not wonder
that. in that grave and disnifsd body in the oppo,
ate wing of this capitol, he was a universal iavorlie,
cherished and beloved by all HE compeers, from The
shores of the Atlantic to the golden gale oil the Ia
citic.
And while we mourn that the silver cord has been
Ioosened, and the golden bowl broken, We can ind-ed
and most ~truthfully exclaim
"As a cloud Of the sunset, slow melting in heaven,
A. a stsr thu is lost when the daylight IL gwen,
A. a glad dream Of sluinbcr which wHAens in bhs..
He has pnssed to the world OF the holy from this.
Bur oh, n one glance the freed spirit can throw
On this scene OF its troubled vocation below
Than the pride OF the mArblc-tlcp onp 81 the dead
To that glance will be dcarcr the tears which we shed
The usual resolutions of respect were then nnani'
mously adopted. Business was then suspended until
two o'clock; when the House proceeded to the Senate
Chamber, in compliance with the resolutions which
had been adopted. Subsequently the House RS HI
sembled; and, on motion, adjourned till Monday.