Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-14
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acknowledgements on DePartse
Statesmen.
Ths following is an extract from the eloquent al
dr.ss Of Vice President Breckenridge, made on Tues
dsv on the occasion Of The departure Of the senaS
tors from the old to the chamber in the natOnSA
capitol. mi.
The Senate is assembled for the last time Ia lnis
chamber Henceforh 4 viii be converted 70 49, 80,
macs: yetit must remain forever connected win
events and sacred to the memories OF tne / -
orators and statesmen who have eDgaseo - 49,
hates and shaped the policy of their country. ~
sfter the American and the stranger, as .hey .
der through the capitol, viii turn ~lln
,avarenoe 10 view the spot on which SO many gres.
materials have accumulated for history Ahey ~l
recall the images Of the great ana me g0Oe nhoss
,.snov1 4. the common property Of the Union; ana
.S3ssv nerhsps thew viii linger around the seats
once occupied by the mighty three whose names aoo
-. .sa[ocisted in life-death has lot been able
"a sever. Industrious men who, in their generation
soDsfiues divided, sometime led. and sometimes re-
sisted public OPinon--for they were OF that higner
elass Of statesmen who seek the right and follow
their convictions.
There sat Calhoun tRe SenRtor-.nfexibleY aus ere;
oppressed but not overwhelmed BY his deep sense OF
the importance OF his public notwithstanding the
truth then fearlessly following il; man whose un
sparing intellect compelled all his emotions to har-
monte with the deductions of mis- rigorous logic,
and whose noble couniensnee habiiually wore the
expression of one engaged in the performance OF
high public duties.
This vas Webster's seat He. TOO, was every inch
. Senator. Conscious Of his own vast power, he
reposed with confidence on himself and seorniDg lhe
oontrivances Of smaller men, be stood among his
peers al the greater for the simpl: dignity OF his
senatorial demeanor. Type of mis- northern home,
he rises before the Imagination in the grand snc
grants outline Of his form and intellect like grea
New England rock rePelling New England wave
As writer, his productions will be cherished bJ
statesmen and scholars while the English tongue
Is spoken. As senatorial orator, his great efforts
we're historically associated with this chamber vhos
very air yet, to vbrate beneath the strokes
his deep tones and weighty words.
On the outer circle sat Henry Clay, with MS i'm
petuous and ardent nature unnamed by age, aud ex
Knitting In the Senate the ssuevehemsnt patriotism
and passionate eloqueBce that Of yore electrified
the House of b representatives. and the country. hi
extraordinary personal endOwments, his courage
all his noble qualities, invested him with indiyid
uality aud charm Of character which, in any sge
would have made him favorite Of history. d
loved liberty 10 all countries. IIlustrous msn.-ora
tor, patriot phanthropist whose light at its mer
disn was seen and felt in the remotest PARTS of th
civilized world; and whose declining sun, it has
tened down the West, threw back its level beams i
hues Of melloWed splendor to illuminate and to chez
the Land he loved aud served so we'll