The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-07

all sections of the country as gtatantlod by Tie constita
ton IL leading feature OF bis lie strictly 70 main
tain constitutional government. This sentiment
through all his ideas and all his political action Tie be
lieyed that with the federal government administered
strictly within the limitations Of e constitution al
ring and no discomfort would exist among the several
States that the constitution construed Ior interest ana
expediency In federal legislation the Of all
ills He was among the very few publlc men who lm
destood truly tho theory and practical working OF
government and who based the hopes OF the republic
the faithful adherence to lis truo constitutional prinei
pies As statesman he willing 10 sacrifice himself
to this position AS a soldier he proved In arms his
fidelity his country aud to the national
He was man OF progress and represented truly the
American sentiment
| knew General QulrsAN we'll, and may truly say
that he great and good man, lofty in the purity OF
his principles and bold In their advocacy and. what
should make him immortal, he AN honest man AS
n master he kind a father, induigcnt hus
band afectionate, aniabe and inst in all his relations
of e and honored and esteemed by all who knew him
He was equal TO every position which he was called 70
ill., In whatever department of the public service he
engaged upon whatever field of peril aslvcn
lure no embarked, he gave evidence '.tiat his not
the spirit Of the throng whose sails
10 the tempest given, but the bold spirit OF the heroic
few, whose to the breeze is set whether
storms calms
As man, such was his noble bearing and the manly
graces of his person, that it might well be said of him
that every god had seemed to have set his seal upon
him to form perfect image of his own divinity =
AS satcsnlan such was the purity of his patriotism,
that if the crown OF empire had been offered to him he
would have spued it for the liberties Of his country
AS soldier, such his daring that field of danger
would ever have witnessed his retreat but lis sword
and his epauet upon his corpse with his face to the foe
would have marked the place of his fall ii his courage
and skill could not have achieved the victory.
If he had fault, there stood by its side virtue
prominent to overshadow it and, il not entirely to
conceal it, to give to it its colong such
tent to shade it from the observation If he
committed error there stood out the purity Of his
lem md
commanding the respect of his opponents and what
might have been censured condemned In others
overlooked in him such regarded the purity Of his
heart that even his forgiven. But dwell
too long upon his character and the Incidents of his
life
Gen. Qur1MAN died at home in the bosom Of his nmi
y, surrounded by friends and the affections Of
hearts which were buried with him, and which will
sleep with him ia his grave forever and though 1t
sad yet il was sweet to him dicto witness from its
ai tenement depart spirit for earth too noble gone to
dwell with God
lie was borne to his last resting place. attended by
concourse of citizens aud friends who loved and admired
him when living, and who wept for him in death. He
was buried with the hono Of that noble order Of which
he was bright member who gave to him the first place
amongst them earth which he shall hold at the right
hand OF the Grand Master in Heaven He buried
also with civil and military honors and the looming of
cannon the roll of the mued drnm and the silent tread
OF citizens and soldiers gave deep soemnity to the
sion. His sabre and his plume laid by his side and
the one shall never wave, and the other shall gilt
ter again upon the battlefield His are folded
upon his breast, and shall again be raised in de-
fence Of bis oountry's honor, in vndicaton of his
coutys wrongs His voice is still in DEATH and shalt
more be heard in the council chamber to advise or on
the battlefield to command.
Ills grave in the cityof Natchez near his own beloved
Monmouth on the bank of the mighty Mississippi whose
tnrbid waters shall roll mnglng with his forever
The people Of his State have provided to erect him
monument not to perpetuate his memory with them
for that shall live in their hearts foeverbut to show
INTERPRETATION of his virtues and to point the pilgrim
stranger to the place where his sacred dust repose when
he shall visit that hallowed spot And while he there
sleeps vol, he hues of fame which canopy his noble
name shall ne CT grow dim " but fading into brighter
coor shall forever brighten on to mnge with the
light of his Immortality.
Mr. Speaker, send to the Clerks desk resolutions
which ask may be read and adopted
lhe resolutions published in Our yesterday ed
ton.