The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-20

SENATE,

The Senate was called to order ut II o'clock.
Mr. UoLLIss, the Senator recently elected
Prlbca George, to Ill = vacancy appeared
and took his seat.
pEAru OF Ix.paxsrpENr rrLEa.
The PRxsIpEsr laid before the Senate the
following com mSnication from the Exscu-
tive: -
January Is, 1862. !
G.a,l,,ea Of tAe Senate and Housed Delegates:
JoHx TYLER departed this lifs at his lodg.
inv.. in this city, after brief illness, at IL
O'Clock last night. Mr.. TrL.R has served the
people of Virginia with ability and distinc.
tion, In various public positions, for almost
half a century. He has served in the Gene.
raj Assem- bly,, on the Executive Council, In
the House OF Representatives OF the United
states, as Governor OF the State, Senator In
Congress, Vice President and President OF
the United States, mem Der Of the State Con-
vention Of lS29-'3O, and the Convention OF
1851, and, at the time Of his death, was a
member Of the Provisional Congress, and a
member elect of the Permanent Congress OF
the Confederate States. His services have
been important and valuable; and, in all OF
these positions, he has fully met the public
expectations. The loss OF such man, at
time when his talent Is and experience are SO
greatly needed in the public councils, is a
calamity greatly to be deplored. Well may
the people of Virginia and the SOU thern Con-
federacy mourn for the less of one not less
j
brilliant career AS a statesman.
Respectfully, JOHN LErcHRx.
On motion Of Mr.. Dickinson, Of Prince Ed
ward, the communication was laid on the
table, and ordered to be printed.
message was received from the House OF
Delegates, communicating resolutions com
memorating the death OF Hon. JOHN Tyler.
The preamble and resolutions were read by
the Clerk Of the Senate as follows:
The mournful Intelligence OF the decease of
JOHN TYLER, after II brief illness, has cast Il
gloom over this General Assembly. The sad
news will spread throughout his native State
with painful effect. 1t Will be heard through
out the Southern Confederacy with deep ali d
abiding sorrow. He has filled Il large space
in the history of his country. Heaven has
blessed him with length OF days, and his
country with all her honors. He has Sc.
cured, We believe, 6liSsful immortality.
fol the page Of history his fame is destined
to occupy, it is proper ori ely to recount the
many offices he has filled. From youthful
manhood to green old age, he has served his
country faithfully, as member OF the House
Of Delegates, where his rIpening intellect
displayed the promise OF usefulness, and at
tracted attention as member OF the Exec
utiye Council, where his wholesome advice
lent wisdom to authority; as the Governor
of this Commonwealth, where his adminis.
trative powers gave efficacy to law, and his
execution OF The will OF the people expressed
by their representatives, was rendered pleas
ant by kindness and courtesy Us IN eln Der
OF ant first Convention called 10 amend The
state Constitution, in which body his ripened
experience gave his counsel the force or Wis
dom and prudence; as member of the House
OF Representatives OF the United States,
standing firm amid the rage OF party spirit,
and eInaining true 10 principle and to right !;
as Senator representing tins State IN the
senate OF the United States, IL which he
shOne conspicuous tor his strict adherence
TO Constitutional obligation and for his NAH
ly defense OF the rights OF ths States and the
nonor OF the country. AS Vice President OF
,he United States, presiding over the dellbe-
ratiOns OF the Senate with dignity and i'm
parllality, preserving the decorum of u body
tnat then was 4 m0uel for legislative assem-
olies; as President OF the United States,
when the national honor and reputation were
acknowledged unimpeacheu ana unln palreo
in every land, and the powers OF the earth
looked up TO the new government rs An ex-
emplar OF morals and OF power worthy OF re-
specl and imitation. He mus, step by step,
ascenoeG to the emlnence from which lie sur.
viewed his cOun try, peaceful and ElOrIU us, and
calmly retired III dignity 10 private station,
nanny in the contemplation OF Il bright ca
resr, happy in refined and prosperous nome,
happy IN The circle OF fanny and friends.
HIS State called him again into her service.
She was to be assem- bIed In Convention to re-
s;sL oppression, and to Withstand a CALLING
tyranny against which her best men en- afrd
His services We're invoked TO aid in main
raintng the high position she had here .otore
occupied. He came from his retirement.
He advised separation An pence, or WIT to
ylnulcatS nSE uOHOI. AAc WIS again SSleCt6U
n COMM ssioner To tender to the Government
ut Washington the terms upon which Yir-
yiuia would remain united with her former
sisters. He was hoAored with the Presiden-
CIV of that Peace Conference. HIS manly
anpeals for Justice were uttered and unheed-
ed. He returned aud recommended separa-
ton and independence. His advice WAS
taken. 1t became necessary to form and es-
tablish another Government for the new
Confederacy. He was appointed by the Sow
the Provisional Congress. While occupy
ing conspicuous place in the eyes OF the
Confederacy, and the new Government was
assuming it's permanent basis, he was elected
by the people a mem Der to the first House Of
KepreSen tatives OF the Confederate States
with fair promise still of usefulness, to
stamp his wisdom upon the enduring monu-
ments of new national existence.
But it pleased the Almighty to check his
career, and take him to Himself.
Such is the brief outline of the career of
JOHN TYLER. In private he was the perfect
gentleman, the warm. hearted, affectionate,
social, and delightful companion it may be
said of him, his kind hand mintstered to the
wants OF the distressed.
Re,oloed, By the General Assembly, as a testimo-
NAL of a nations sorrow for the death of a
great and good man, that a joint COMMITTEES
of the Senate and House of Delegates be D.
pointed to confer with a committee of the
Congress OF the Confederate States, to make
arrangements for his funeral and burial.
Res0lred That with the consent of his family
his remains be deposited in HOLLYWOOD Neme-
terry, in the city Of Richmond, near the re.
mains of James Monroe, and that the Gov.
ernor Of this State be authorized to cause A
suitable monument to be erected to his me-
mory.
aesotred, That these resolutions be forth
with communicated by the Speaker of the
House of Ueleg ates to the Congress of the
Confederate States, with request that thu y
Mr. BRANCH, Of Williamsburg, said that as
he had the honor to represent a part of the
district in which the deceased had lived du.
ring a long life of public service, he moved
the unanimous adoption OF the preamble and
resolutions which had come from the House
Mr. ROBERTsON, of the city of Richmond /:
cannot permit the occasion to pass with.
outsaytng a few words, to express my sense
of the merits and virtues Of deceased
friend. On my way to the Capitol this
morning, / learned that JOHN TYLER, late
President OF the United States had paid tina t
debt which, sooner or later, will be exacted
of us all. 1t was my good fortune to be &C.
quainted with him, l may say intimately
from early life. dating from my college DAYS.
have known him in all the walks and
through all the relations Of life. 1t were
needless for me 10 recount the attributes OF
his racter-his integrity, his high attain .
msnts, his devotion to his country. l am
not accustomed to tho language OF eulogy.-
friend, be needs none. The high places OF
trust which he has received through his
whole life, commend him to the hearts of
all.
Sir, if there was any one trait that marked
his char acter more than another, it was his
firm devotion to those principles which
carried the American people through the
war of the Revolution, and to the same prin-
ciples which / hope will before long carry
us through the struggle in which we are en-
gagged. l need not speak more fully Of the
many high offices which he has filed. They
are too we'll known to be repeated His acts
and his character are iden titled with the his.
tory of our State and country, and are known
voice will be heard upon the passage of these
rasol utions It ID IN consequence of my rem.