Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-26

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Wstaks Ehs ealaseaaw aMsxaat from EAe |
eaaress aellyarsa BY Vice pFasldens Bfse-
hssssags ~ kAs rsneyal u he senate
zsa Ehels old chamber. r. NJ. Rseek-
aaxidgs Was assigned sha duey oe sxprss-
alns III rsEassaans which world natnsal-
ly occur d sIas nsssaAsaa apaa taxing isaYs
u hafl ssgIsh had been occupied BIZ chat
body alaea UssRmhss 81, 1915 period
IL mora than thazy-nane yssrs -snd the
abe mannsr Ii wAleA be discharged that
ausy, NJ enag reasskas ssonar ap0a hlmasiI,
has added 10 mia aAFsaay saviabls Fepsta-
ten Il ia orator "a j pasalets
aIiaa Senate 10 asssmhled Ter tbs last
aima la this ehamAaRs Menee40Ekh ii Will
be converted 10 other astas pet 1t mnsk ~
main Forever connected vita assaE ssssnkas
and sacred 30 Enemaokya 81 dNmat&Ma ara
tors end statesman. who here eaNAg6a IN
high debates, and shared the p0lieT NJ khsAF
country. Hsgeaftex khe American @n6 lbs
stranger, AZ they waRaer EhFough the CAaE.
toll, win taTn with distinctive Fspaxsnee t@
view the sssot on whieh Bo nasny end great
materials have a<guRulatad for history -~
ThsY win rsenil TIE Images Of tia great
and the gsade whose renown la the e0gss-
mon properly Of the Uaioa and ehleAys
perhaps, they win lager around ths aeats
onea occupied By sAa migAtY threes whose
names and lama associated Ia life, death
has not been able To Saver nluskEioas men
who In thslr generation s0mstimsa divided,
sometimes lad, and sometimes Fe2Isisd pah-
| lie 0pinioR--foE thay Wers Of that higher
| elaaa OF statesman, who seeks the right and
follow their convictions.
@Thare aat Calhoun. tia Senator, infex-
IDLE, anKasre, oppressed but not overwhel-
med by his deep ssnHe Of The EmpcEtanes OF
his pnblic sunetioaa, seeking the truth, then
fearlessiy following TIA faaa whose aa-
| sParing futsIieet compelled all bis emotions
/ to haTmonIzs with the dsdQetions OF bis
| deep sense Of the Importance of his public
functions, seeking ths truth, then fearisssly
following it--a man whose anspaFing ia
talIeet compelled all his emotions 10 har-
moniza with tbs deductions Of bis vigorous
| logic, and whose nabla eountsnanea habit
uRlly wera The expression Of enc snga-
ged In the performance Of high public dn-
ties. rns s.. .-r
"This was Webstsr's seat. de, too, was
even such Senator, Conscious Of bis
own Tass powers, be gep0sed with coma
denes on hinsslf and Seorning the eoatFi.
Tanees Of smaller men, he stool among bis
pesrs all the greater for tie simple digni-
| u Of bis senatorial aemsaBoT, Typo os
hlA nortAsrn home be rises before tie Ina
aginAtion In the grand and granite oUtliae
Of his form aud intellect, like great New
England rock, TePelIlng new England
wave. As writer, his productions will
| be cherished By statesmen and scholars,
while the English tongue ia spoken. As q
| senatorial orator, his great efforts are his
| toEieailF associated with this chamber,
whose vary air seems yet to Vibrats beneath
the strokes Of his deep tones and his weigh
| ~ words,
"Ou the outer cirels sat HsnrY Clay
| with bis impetaoua and ardent nature IN,
tanned By age and exhibiting In the Senate
the same yehsmsnt patriotism and passion
alta slDqRsRee that Of yors electrified the
House Of Representative aud the country
| His extraordinary personal Pndownents,
bis eoarags, all his noble qualities, inyes.
ted him with an Individuality and a charm
| OF character which In any age, would have
| made him faFoEite Of history. He loved
his eountry above all earthly objects. &c
| loved liberty In all eoantEya. liiustrious
| light, at its meridian, was seen and felt ia
| The remotest part OF the civilized world
| and bis desliniag sun, as il fastened down
| the west, threw back its level beams, in
hues Of mellowed spleudor, 70 Rlum ina te
and 10 cheer the land he loved so we'll d.
"Aii me States may point, with gratified
pride to the services Ia the Senate Of their
patriotic sons. CFowdiag the memory,
come the aames Of Adams, Hayne, Mason,
| Otis, Macon, Piekaey, and the rest raR-
not nuaher Lhem-who 10 the records Oh
thslr acts aad uttaraneeas appeal to theiE
successors to give the Union 3 destiny rot
unworthy OF the past. What models were
these to awaken smuiatioa OF 10 plunge Ia
despair Fortunate will be the America n
statesman, who, In this age, or In succep-
ding ttHes, shall contribute TO Ia, est the
hew ball 70 which we 90 with historic
memories like thoRs which cluster here.
"And aow, senator's, We leave this mem
CRADLE Chamber, bearing with US, unimPair-
red, the Constitution we received from cur
forefaJheTs. Let as cherish 1t with great
81 askRR lssss asgts IS ssi shs pIgins Ppx
and whose goodness we adoF 3. The struc .
lures reared by men yield 70 the corrOding
tooth Of time, These marble walls mugt
moaIdsr into ruin; but the principles Of
constitutional liberty, guarde by wisdom
and yErtna, unlike material elements, do
not decay. Let us dsYotsly hope that
aRoths- Senate In another age, shall bear
to new and larger Chamber this eonstI =
tuition, vigorous aud invioiate, and that the
last generation Of postsrity shall witnss
the Celebrations Of the Rsnra santativ "A "a
the American States, still united, prosper
Gus and free.
"ln execution Of the order Of the Sen
ate, tie body viii now Proeted to the nav
Chamber"