Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-01-20

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An Eloquent Speech Ct Vice PRECEDENT
Breckenridge. p. .,..
Upon the occasion Of the Senate retiring
from their old chamber, Vice President
Breckenridge made an elaborate and able
valedictory address. We have only space
for the concluding portions: -,s M .,.,.
"The Senate is assembled for the ,ast time
in this Chamber. Eenceiorih it will be con-
verted 10 other uses, yet it must remain for.
ever connected with grea. events, and S.
cred to the memories Of The departed ora
tors and statesmen who here engaged in
high debates, ana shaped the pohc,,. Of h Jif
country. Hereafter lie American ani the
stranger, as they wander ';hrelsh The Cap;
;tcl, wiil turn with instructive reference 10
view the spot On which so rnanY and great
materials have accumulated for history
They viii recall the images Of The great and
the good whose rcnowu is the conmoa
prnper,y Of the Unicr; and chiefly, perhaps,
they viii lipger around the seats once &C.
cupied by line mighty three,l whose name
aud fame, associated in life, death has not
been able 10 sever; ihus;.ous men, isho, IL,
their generation, sometimes dirided, some
times led, and sometimes resisted public
opinion-ior they were oi. that higher class
Of statesmen who seek the right and follow
their convictions. ~, lr.--. .
There sal Calhoun, tie Senator, infiexlble
austere, oppressed, bu. not overwhelmed by
his deep sense Of the importance Of his pub
l:c functions, seeking the truth. then fear
lesslY following it--a man whose unsparing
intellect compelled all his emotions TO hgr-
monize with TIE deductions Of his vigor-
Gus logic, and whose noble counteasnce hab-
iiaaliy wore the expression CT ems engaged
in the performance Ct high and public duties.
This was Webster seat. He, too, was
even such Senator. Conscious OF his own
vast powers, he reposed with confidence on
himself; and scorning the contrivances OF
smaller men, he stood among his peers all
the greater for the simple dignity OF his SEN
atorial demeanor. Type Of his northern
home, he rises before the imagination, in the
grand and granite outline OF his form and
intellect, ike great New England rock,
repclling a New England wave. As wri-
ter, his productions will be cherished BY
statesmen and scholars while The English
tongue is spoken. AS senatorial orator,
his great efforts are historically associated
with this Chamber, whose very air seems
| yet 10 vibrate beneath The strokes of his
deep tones and his weighty words.
On the outer circle sa, Henry Clay, with
his impetuous and ardent nature un,amed
by age, and exhibiting in the Senate the
same vehement patriotism and passionate
eloquenee that OF yore eieclrifiedthe House
Of Representatives and Tie country. His
extraordinary personal endowments, his
courage, all his noble qualities, invested him
with an individuality and a charm of char.
acter which, in any age, would have made
HIM favOrite of history. He loved his
country above all earthly objects. He loved
liberty IN all countries. llustrieus mani
orator, patriot, philanlhropist!--h his light at
lis meridian was seen and felt in The re-
Inotest paris of the civilized world; ana his
declining sun, as hastened down the west,
threw bacl; its level beams, in hues of mel.
lowed spendor, 10 illuminate and 10 cheer
the land he loved and served so well. --
All the States may point, with gratifed
pride, 10 the services in the Senate Of their
patriotic sons. Crowding the memory, come
The names of Adams, Hayne, Mason, OILS,
Macon, PiuckDey, and the resi- cannot
number lhem-who, in the record of their
acts and utterarces, appeal TO their success
ors. 10 give the Union a destiny not unwor-
thy Of the past. What models were these
TO awaken emulation or to plunge in despair!
Fortunate will be the Amcriean statesmen
WHO; in this age, or succeeding times, shall
contribute to invest the new Hall to which
we 90 with historic ,nemor;sa Gk,n az 49,
which cluster here :. .,,t.'p
Andsndw Senator's. we leave this men,
orable Chamber, bearing with us, unimpair-
led, the Constitution we received from our
forefaihers. Let US cherish il with CRATE
full acknowledgements 70 the Divine Power
who controls The destinies Of empires and
whose goodness we adore. The structures