The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-02-04
REMARKS OF ER. KEITT.
On IN" dcafh IF .W. R"sk, d.iir,r,d IN The U9usc

Trxls. Tho ril.;c voice has already bc,n bro
Ken into s"',s over his bier and it is fitting thu,
we now, III our high estate, should celebrate
funeral tribute To his memory. On behalf. thcu
of the commonwealth Of Soutl, Carolina, o
whose s" lie WAS born lay II glove upon hi
freshly closed grave
Sir. the sy,rh"'s "f mourning are thickrnn
around us. 4, the very threshold of our l'gi>,
tive career have been summoned away from
the passions aud siri:cs Of u"li,ica warfare, AN,
carried tn these las, of life. in which am
h,ns arc huSl,"d and rivnrirs forever silIcd -
In the brief tract "f time lying between the cl"s
of the last uni In" beginning "f the present
Congress. arnni how of The trust /"
the Iami have ,. curtains ui Time been c"S.l,
drawn. Men fresh from the Cabinet. and will
the prcSti-" ri rcnown upon ih''ir hI"wS; Sruh
tors covered with august and Il v"r"d trophies
R"prrSca; a,ivcS uplI"l"u. ia" i,>crS of popular
authority all oi these. G,iniit., from every p"r
run of tn. Union. and irAwin.! nearer and near
err, they advanced. have miu ,d i'll that ,i:ir |,
and harrow house where all human yluricS enter
and disappear forever
Over lh" l"s> "i Of these rose There Il
deeper cry of ..:"i than that "i the Lament
ed RuSk With that nuii.vr sa-aciiy whi"!:
detects genuine n"ii'. nmi that rr">ci"nt inrr-
cast which g"rs .ori, G.arlc.-iv I" meet the In-
ture, aud anticipates "v"n> ere vet they are
formed. the big hear, "t III" people felt that II
lsrra: unn had ia:l.., who's" step WAS upon
the round and top "i t.:r republican lad'irr.-
General nu>k ..'.,vi.ui" In >up"ii"rity hv the
laws "i his m"n1 anl moral nature. Th"S.
carried linn to i-iiu"I"n, tn" Instincts "t Tia"
Gly!r carry Him :,v- the mountains. up I" ili"
Very sun. Certainly il l. u"hlr thing |" bear.
like II banner. :, historical name Tor II Thousand
Years; an.l in iurnr: IL TIA" past to see. l"o,n.
ing thruu,.i, t,. i1hi %! series "i H..rr"S
barl,,l with i,"n ,irnl"..! with 'rn,., who r."
semhe y",,. and bear tn. sam" mi,n' that v"u
do but ii is >!'al "w philosophy that nnt"rva:-
the r.fn'is NJ Him VIII" ~,ait> n"bc l'n".
ISpr of bic. I,tr,l
foitun" v"nn. R,sI went t'ri, I" b""n iii" war
fare of ili". Reared mon sail still wei with ih"
blood of patriots r,!iira,r! hT S,rrin" Themes "i
heroic d.rrn. ;m! with !,rl:' c!a>'"n"d hy The
sacIiiiccs and lowered with the wealth of
historic struggle. he followed III tn" tackway "t
those great III u who h,i hung political
h-,vcn> in linht aud .s"ry. lh" spl"m'li'! c'nr
:,g" au.l m.,..mani,"u> sacrifices through which
int!rp ;ni'nrr had been w',, an.l "S' ,y'I>i,"d
he liSp!avcI u: h,!,;,;t of tli,i people Who's.
he !.a cS,,>,: nn,l on whose S'"! h" lived.
In th. very front of the foremost n.rn "f Texas
he kept watch uml wa'l.' whii' the ''l"E" star
blending lis scattered rays n;" unity ere it
wheeled upward Ia :nin:,lr It's brightness with
the blaze OF the Federal constellation.
As Secretary of War, lc or.,nzr'l the rrS"'ir
Of Texas; az military !r:,!r. l,r ""n'''i''rd
her armies T., victory legislator h" aided I"
establish her civil l'"Irv: aud rs Chief Justice,
he sysi-uni:z' i,"r Jurisprudence.
la wain. back >"fily over ll,'' path he tr"i.
and heart H. i,a'l /" win such SIGNAL Success
As an orator il was not given I" linn I" utter
those burnn. w"rl. which s'',:,rti,n"s cl"c!rity
whole p"op" il,"S,. words which strike ill" Il
flash "l lightning; which l"nrra'". which Il"
not stay :" b. scanned ..irnl.,i, vcX"l and criii
ciscl :; wiIic., Illuminate aud are ic''nr, but with
intuiivc SacacIiv Ia. cni 1" the heart of every
measure. and realizing 1t, ii slnrl'n2 II "i en-
trinsic appliances, ii" presented II III Il few short
sharp, abrupt $ri"urcS A~ :. statesman, II w'>
not ms cxc-ilrmr. !" elaborate" tirr"icS "i civil.
ecuno:iy, or cx:,uumd iI.c runr.nt, Of govern
cut: but with ready Tlt into the needs al!
sucirty, he appreciated aud administered the lv
in. principles upon which each phase of it rests
and is founded. The eminent feature i'll Gen"r-
al RuSk's stnt"<man>hip Was it rrnciicuhiliiv.-
The power uf his niu,l lay i'll the lmrIcci c'luii
Lriu.p uf alI it, forces. With equal facility he
umwo,ind til. threads ~ s"!n~i"n with which an
opunncnt hal cur"."i his S';hl"cI aud presented
the construction a,: accumulation n proofs nee
Z, sarv To its rlucidniinn.
Truth is II ray sl,", from Divinity itself. ii"
who Seek; il n,:>t SEEK il r'v"r-mt aid afraid ::
must seek it in III" a',it ns..,Ihr! by III" great
epic poet of En-. ,nd. /" ia" .hri-!'tr-; clrru'lIn
at the foo; sto" oi ia" Dunn potent THRONE VIII"
"Appr"arh not, bat Will! boil: w:n:. veil their
eyes
Yet, when possessed. when rral;z".l. h" VIII"
wonll apply il I" hu;nan ai'.,irS without refer
eucc to the atm"sI sIc!c "f m"iifyiu:. ci~cu,nStam.
ccs, only mars and hc:ravS II. WiSr s,ntr>inin
ship consists in til. ,iici"us apl'!i"aii"n "i alb
strct truth 10 the Imperfect and i'r"=rrs>vc con"
tiitons of humanity II WAS this >,ur>,naI>i,ir
that made General lsu>ll representative man.
But his claim To our homage hes not alone III
the pure and i,ii"r> vIc,"ri"s al nIin'l-
His was "a genial and gentle spirit. On" Of his
last acts was SECURE lew homclv c.,mfnt> To
his agcl ml",lcr who yet lives upon h'r native
soil in the Panr,tn Stale. OF tlii- however.
need not speak, for how many homes in the land
Of his nlopiInn have been relieved Of want bv
the hand nf hi;n now piinwcd and covered up in
his bed Of inl"r'uinb!" sInmhrr! Taken all it,
all, Gencra lsusk %! tn. who may
be ever regretted hut SIlpiird. Ar lent
minds like his keep their first "E!h,ls asrn. bu,
l,rmt mp lik" ,. central fires ~: The ear H. Cen
rroms hearts lik" his give up hr affections "f life.
s,ut worship their in the inner
0f the shrine. How sad, too, the hrr+avn,cnt7
For II ever any nilu had IL right !.,. certainly
had not tn consent L" death Ii hard
thing for him to fall in the Ini.lst "f the torch
race of fame with tn" li.hl still brightly burn
ing {" fall when he had shaken "h' The .l,ls,
yais.d hy his tagging c"npriinr to fall when
he had shnkcn off the very wcnrn.>s of the
course, and his hand lnSt r-,cicd Tor
the golden reward oI his many strivings and
tolls
But h" is gone. Gone the aspirations "f IL
generous aud n"ic intellect; gone, too, are the
I,rrcin,is hopes OF admin. friends; hut radiant
and flashing through night aud darkness, still
lives the example at hic we'll and rirtu"nSl V
spent. The captain who has carried his c"un-
irv's flag around the world, n,nv down away
out of sight. but the monuments he has reared
will speak for themselves. aud the surviving
crew will tell what storms he rode ont High
deeds aud noble ro not down tn silence,
for history emba!m's them will, phnn'I,r"nc hon
trs, and bard and minstrel catch up the glorious
theme and send it cclIoI" along llc arcl,ways Of
time. The children uf genus are bound togcIh-
er by household ties, aud the great of earth make
hut II single family. From earliest t" latest nf
those who wear the glories Of mind there rolls
"a river of ancestral blood it. rolls through priest
and warrior. through bard and king, through gen
eratons and empires. and history with ali her
wealth. There kings of aci"n well ns
Kings Of thought, and both are blazon-d in the
heruljry Of this immortal descent. Among the
first Of these Cen Rusk has his appointed l'incc
At how critical period. too, in our history,
Did he pass from the stage Of being? There are
fho IL iaiI, r1.l.i1