The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-09


him. a sincere friend on whom We could ever lean G,r
support Always courteous dignsd without ostcntiion
assumed superiority Clear headed and ever the muster
OF a sound uigmenthow much were ifksome duties
lightened by these excellent qualities When have said
lac great and good have given him exalted
No can be truly great who is not good and have
never known a more pure hearted than Governor
Brown,
GEN ST. John b L. Skinner made the following re-
marks:
Mr. Chairman II know can add nothing TO what has
been SO ably and Justly said on this mournu OCCASION
but cannot let it pass without uniting ia my feeble way
ia this public testimonial Of respect tue memory OF
great and good man.
may not however detain you longer chan say that
in all his intercourse with u.s. GOV Brown by his uni
form Kindness endeared himself 10 every member OF the
department. and made all TO love him No man had
devoted friends and deserved them
better He was In the truest of the word, up
right honorable gentleman, n knd-hcarted, and true
friend In all the relations Of life whether public or
private he true to his friends true TO his country
and may fully believe true 10 his God for in
formed his last breath went out Ia prayer.
These severe Affections home to US with great
force and we may well be admonished by the words OF
Saviour BE ye also ready for in snoh hour as
ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.'
The meeting next addressed by James E. PEBBLES,
esq, in the following words
Mr. CnAIRnAN; Coming from that section ofthe coun-
try OF which the deceased citizen, and having for
sustained something imam an
cia relation To him, IL may not be Inappropriate III me
TO mngle private grief with the public emotion which
this painful will excite all the country, and to
add few brief earnest aud unstuded words to his worth
man, his value public officer, and his faithful
ness to his friendships.
To me, sir he something than kind and the
sddened of his loss public and private is as sud
den il will be overwhelming and irreparable had
hoped from the first moment the tdings OF his sick
reached me that kind aud beneiicent Providence
would avert its fatality and still restore and vouchsae
him To his lnbor here and to his family his friends and
his country but the gathering of these solrowing coun-
tenancgs and the of gloom that has oyerspead the
familiar places in this Office disspaes that hope, and
leaves task but that of soothing sorrow,
and of performing this last Office of official friendship aud
respect
scarcely know sir how Gar | may allude with pro
priety to the public services Of Governor Brown in this
connection but will venture to add that, great as
the loss which the postal ann of the public service has
sustained by his death and wide, aud Deep and is
certainly incicabe he has impressed his value upon
the popular heart Of this country throughout all its Dor
des in and through this department of the government
that nowhere will the grief be 80 Keen or the anguish
tain than within the borders and among the poo
pie of his beloved State, around whose esides and
in whose memories the name and fame OF Aaron Venable
| Brown will endure long the of Jackson, Car
/ roll. Gundy and Polk shall find Judgment there.
Ii is not of him. therefore, IN any OF the great civil tr
/ umphs of his life, that it is proper ! should speak now.
They viii. find faithful and fitting expression through
other and the usual forms of respect and euogy to
which the death of SO great aud good man will give
but il is of him Ia this department in the nearer and
more intimate relation of official association aud labor
that desire to add but single word That relation
! has given us all an unusual opportunity of wit
Messing the splendid abilities which he brought tc
the discharge of his official functions OF his quiet
thoughtful deliberate manner of his case and va
ried experience and of that deep and thoughtful
gacity which he displayed in the examination and settle
Of many Of the great postal questions to which thu
last few years and months have given ri'e with thess
u n Cad ,,l,,.tn
and while it cannot be said that they literally hi,
own creations yet il can be equally and safely assumed
that they the body and form Of his great Thoughts
and deliberations and though his official career has beer
short it has been long enough and glorious enough x
illustrate the fact that his mind broad enough and
his heart large enough and his plans of official duty
sufficiently broad and comprehensive to give new, use
full and powerful impetus to the postal advantages ant
convencnccs of this great country IN all its parts and
sir il may be said in spirit of cxaggeration, tina
these walls which have been the silent witnesses OF hi
devotion and his abors to the service which he pre-
sided and to-day of our sorrow, will crumble int
atoms and be forgotten forever before the remembrance
OF Gov Browne connexion with them will cease in tn
| public mind
But lis connection with in official life has been sud
denly and solemny terminated and like shadow thrown
softly and swiftly from passing cloud, death has fallei
upon him, and many asking, AS did this morning
And Is he goneY pure the purcst,
The hand that upheld our bright banner The surest
| And has he gone from struggle awayp
Cold, mute in the coffin to-day"
was his friend In life in death bring him the trib
ute of MY grief More, none of us can bestow
David Dunn, esq, also, delivered brief euogy on tn
deceased
The foregoing addresses Of Messrs. King, Skinner, an'
PEBBLES were, motion of Captain g. A. Schwarzman
directed to be embraced in the proceedings
i The resolutions then unanimously adopted, AM
ordered to be published in the city papers
/ Whereupon, the meeting adjourned, to meet again a