The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-17
NEW SERIES-NO. 424


we might hear the solemn warning-"Set
thy house in order, for thou shalt die and
not live"
We are admonished, Mr.. President, by
this event, to greater diligence, to more hon.
est and active energy in the discharge of
the duties that Immediately surround us, in
the discharge of all public and private du.
ties, and our high and solemn obligations to
Him "in whose hand our breath is and
whose are all our ways"
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT or THE SENATE.
Lieut. Gov. DoNNELLY, having called
MF. Raner to the Chair, proceeded to
speak On the occasion as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT | should poorly respond
u The promptings of my own heart did |
not unite with the Senate in its proceed-
nss on this occasion. AS presiding officer
OF your body, it was my privilege during
the last session to be brought into almost
daily contact with the deceased Senator, in
whose honor these resolutions are offered,
and learnad in tHat time to appreciate not
only his cle4rness and force of mind as a
public speaker, but his many admirable and
endearing qualities as uian aud a citizen.
Although he came among us unheEa.ded
ny any distinguished reputation, it needed
bat his first effort to ps.ca him at oncs
among the leading ntellects Of the Senate
and among the first Inind3 Of the state.
When the news OF bis uotmey .ath reach.
ed us, it fell with suidenuess and an unex-
pectedness that added not q little TO the bit
terness OF the blow. We had parted from
him full oil euergy, iul! OF hope, full of ens
deavor "a few short moaths passed and the
grave bad closed over bis career OF active use.
luluess;-he had disappeared from our midst.
I" Llk ships that have gone down at sea,
When heaven was ali tranQuillity.'
There 49, MIR. President, something pecu-
!iarly touching and and melancholy 10 the
death OF the young. The mind naturally
associates with the idea of old age the ter.
mlnation of all earthly labor the form bows
as it approaches its last resting place, the
vital forces snrluk ald abate, the harmoni-
Gus round OF life seems almost complete, and
even the SHOWS which fall softly and lightly
upon the trembling head ARE fit accompa.
niment for that winter which must close in
upon every mortal career But in the death
of the young, nature appears reversed, and
the purposes Of Providence become obscur-
ed from our sight. We behold the bound.
ing pulse of life arrested in mid career, the
slowly accumulated stores of learning SCAT
tered the we'll grounded anticipati0ns of
usefulness destroyed, and al, the elars aud
hopes of an honorable ambition dashed
rudely to the ground. Such a fate, Mr..
President, has been not inaptiy symbolized
10 the symmetrical shaft of marble, rising in
tapering beauty from the earth, but midway
broken and shattered by the ightnings of
heaven.
In the case of our deceased associate we
perform more than the ordi airy Offices OF
friendship. While we lament the death of
the citizen, and extend the Offering of our
sympathy to those GEAR and dear ones, whose
grief no griet OF ours can measure we are
at the same time called upon to mourn the
extinction OF an intellect bright with genius,
which would, had it been spared, have shone
as light Tor the feet of his fellow mer, and
assuredy have shone only upon that broad
path OF human progress to which bis heart
was so ardentIy devoted, The poet, Andre
CbSnier, the purest genius OF the French
Revolution, when the frenzy Of the popu-
lace brought him to the gui!lotine, struck
Ms head against one of the posts of the
scaifald aud sad, at is pity, fos mad
something here" His grie! was not Tor
the lite that wos about to become extin-
guishe1, but that the harvest OF his intellect,
III all lis richness and abundance. would
never rlp@n ior The benefit OF his race.
Ii, Mar. President, the siieDce and the
dast 0! thu grave have fallen upon tha lips
of our dead friend, let it be our duty to
atone in part for the equality Of fate, and, in
the proceedings OF this oody erect an humble
but enduring monuleut to his memory.
4nd LEI Us gather irom the / s50n Of his life
this one cheering conviction th4t though
we appear but Tor moment npon
the busting and crowd ID scene of
existence, though We quickly PISS
through it ani are as quickly forgotten, DO
span Of ilfe rs short winch compasses within
It's range devotion to any true aud just prin-
clple. The Immortality OF a great truth
attaches to its Voiaries; and ne has not
lived in vain and cannot die unrecordad,
who, during his career, however short, and
within his sphere OF action, however lmlted,
has striven to advance, if it De but foot's
pace, the cause and the interest OF his
fellow man.
Tne Lieut., Governor having concluded,
The CHAIR put the motion upon the
resolutions by requesting the Senators in
favor OF their passage to rise. They were
passed UNANIMOUSLY. 1a'a
Mr.. REINER lin the Chair) said:
The resolutions are adopted, and our
heartfelt tribute of respect to the memory
oil the Hon. Stiles P. Jones has been rem.
dered, while realizing in our hearts the sen.
timents OF gifted poet: @
''Aye weep and sigh tits manliness
To be heart broken here,
For the grave of earth's best nobleness
Is watered with 2 tear"
By the adoption of the resolutions the