The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-09
WASHINGTON CITY, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1858.

alive dlsfegaid OF external appearances and the mero cD
ventionacs Of life when IA pursuit of the nai and the
useful And never WAS the great value of such ssfi
for in life fully illustrated and clearly
proven than in the OF Judge Evans ps1" 'af1s ra
Think, II you please, OF young rnsn, fNAosseadng
origin Of very mosierate share OF worldly {mie with
qualities to dazzle the world, lead fa1cy
Of his friends Place him then m a@hsse the
constant cultivation of high sentmens a honor, Of line
ago and greatness have created nation Of cavaliers
with all the lofty spirit and chivaous feeling Of the days
Of Charlcmagne Sce HIM ut first oontending fDr foot
hold then calmly moving asnid the jostlng threng,
and quietly rising higher alsd higher In the scale OF for
and of rank Soe him first suceosful lawyer then
distinguished Judge, aud finally, behold him sdttiug
amid the senators 0 tbs Union, joint representative
with other Of the sovereignty Of his proud State and
the Of Rinckney,'s Hsyns McDufie, and
Calhoun BEHOLD this picture, and tell II you do not
recognise the presence Of greatness and OF power.
I would not he understood intmatng that Judge
Nv xss WAS accomplished speaker and able de-
batter He spoke but seldom, it is true but in all that
he said there was simplicity Of language clcarness
of statement and unretending force of logic, that
unerringly mark strong and vigorous mind These
qualities he certainly had But it was his strict integ
rity of purpose, his calm unbiased judgment and his
strong sense that shonc most ccrrpouously
elements of greatness in his character With a ho Inns
left fame Of which his State may well be proud which
his family and friends may cherish with sacred afiec
ton, and which mankind may emulate with profit.
AS his life was, SO it shall stand forever His record
is made up his account Is closed, and awaits the
impartial Judgment Of his countrymen and of posterity
He himself is gone and forever. He stands now in an
asscmblago august than that OF sepaors and cabinets
and before tribunal just and certain In Its
dccrees than the public opinion of contemporaries OF
posterity. And alas how sudden, his departure
In the morning he was engaged in the quiet and faithful
discharge of his duties in the afternoon he charmed the
social circle with the genial brightness of his friendly
humor in the evening brief struggle with DEATH and
his immortal spirit wings its flight upward from earth
forever. lI aae Fa 10 CfHi bsslRfa8,ia sGsf .fI
Death snatched the caskct but the jewel is safe from
its grasp This sudden demise Of member of the SEN
ate known honored and loved, brings us, it
were face to face with DEATH We its relentless hand
stretched forth midst feel its icy breath upon
check. WHO is ready to meet its cncountcrg II
official position extensive usefulness, great popu
lary would stay its approach, then Judge Evans would
still live IL is well understood, believe that he in
tended the end Of his existing term OF service ia the
Senate 10 retire from pubic fe and devote himself cx
clusively to his private affairs and to fuller preparation
for that change which, from his advanced age he must
have known not very far of. &tF t8
But death would not stay its hand II preferred TO
take him surrounded by all the rappngs Of official sta
ton and at time when he least expected tho approach
Who them determines 10 be prepared for death to,or
row How knows he that this day will not close his ca
Nothing could console for the suddemness Of Judge
EVANS death but the excellence Of his life. have said
that he good man in the view that he inquired
into and attempted to perform all his obligations to his
fellow man. ta1 S# 1Htf aaf h2kssi lDa
But have reason TO believe that in yet hoer and
better sense, Inc good man. and that he inquired
into and attempted to discharge, his obligations to his
God also Ii this be true then how important and vau
able is the truth His friends then may have hope in
Ills DEATH and may cherish the consoling thought that
in this great change what them and the country is
great loss is TO him an everlasting gain asa M.
Thus far have spoken Of the death of Judge EVANS
an isolated circumstance. 4, II -
desire now, Veinian, to consider It In another
point OF view Within few years past how b0untiflly
has devoted Carolina reaped of the " harvest of death
Calhoun and Elorc and Butler and Evans of the SEN
ate all gone since first entered the halls of Congress-
and also, member of tho House, whose Sudden and
antimcly death generous people yet deeply mourn /
alIudc the alncntcd Brooks These the Of
South Carolina Their first and highest allegiance
due to her. But they not ai hers. s rr4stai
Their efforts for the good of every southern State
and for the advancement Of the entire country The
whole civilized world is filled with their abors9 We
claim share Mt least in this heritage of And
while South Carolina adds another to the which
she bears in her BOSOM and bends her head yet lower in
grief claim, in the Of her elder sister, Virginia,
the bouul mother of States to extend to her the hand
Of sympathy and mnglc my tears of sorrow with hers.
When my youthful mind first turned TO public af-
fairs, my attention was arrested by the bright arrayo
great who then illustrated the State Of South Caro-
lima There was Calhoun and McDulic, and Hayne and
Hamilton, and Turbull and Preston and others, whom
/ need not gs ,tetsff 80 y, ef4.,.l, ss
One BY those, i have mentioned have sunk into
the grave all and he bows his spirit beneath
the crushing weight years and in6mity. South Caro-
lima may we'll have been proud of her sons. Niobe
boisted too proudly of her children and brought down
the vengeance Of tile gods upon them. But when the
children Of Niole stricken with DEATH their mother
could bear more, and doomed to lament their
loss throughcutali time, and to rcnian forever
v avoiccIcss chidess woc'' 'it
If Carolina was proud ovcrmuch Of her mighty sons
and has thus brought down upon them tho vengeance
of Heaven she may moderate her grief because she has
yet other sons TO como forward in their stead y
When next the mighty conflict of intellect shall be
proclaimed and questions OF political and social progress
shall wake up the great ones Of tc earth then when
the bead roll OF fame shall he called b. summon the
testsns the field, Calhoun and Nc Duiiic, and Enorc
and Butler and Evans shall lie mute in the grave Bnt
others shall answer In their stcad for Carolina has
vet SONS worthy To the hnrei Why should
tsey not on to the highest point Of fame Tho
example, of those who have gone before sheds yet a
bright light upon their pa and the smiles of friendly
world encourage them to advance. There remains tho
proud and gallant State to cherish and sustain
them there remain the same constitution to protect the
great principles to maintain, and the same holy
rights to defend. oF rtp6 sfse ft,ss "A ~ .4,,it
The great men whom have named, though gone, yet
lend their propitio aid If they lights earth,
and have seemed to disappear, they mot lost They
have but gonc to join the lights that live along the
sky Their connscls and their teachings immortal
SO, too of him for whom haiinaa1 ssf p'
Sunk though he beneath tlir mortal floor;
~ W So sinks the tls bed, Nt tlft
And repairs his dropping head
And tricks idstcnn-, snd with spargicd ore
VA Flames in tho hrehcad Of ths morning sky 80
Mr.. COLfAX. Mr.. Speaker, when senator, ripe in
the wisdom Of years, mild and judtous in counsel faith
full in thc performance Of duty and ovcrlowing kindness
in NIL the relations OF life passes away, and is gathered
nation whose interests he lnbored 20 advance join in
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