The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-17

Corps, Officers Of the Army and Navy. the
Corporate Authorities ofwashington, and
large concoursc Of fcitizens and strangers.
esuch honOrs IIion TO her tcfo paid
Mud peaceful slept the mighty liectOrs shade''
The House, also, unanimously adopted
the resolutions passed by the Senate and
attended the funeral cOrtege In body.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, WILLIAM
+. JOHNSTON, Governor, and the Legisla-
ture of New York, HAMILTON Fish, Cover
nor, both unanimously adopted resolutions
of respect for the illustrious dead; MORGAN
and RAYMOND, both especially particlpa-
ting, jtllEtI II III
In the United States Senate, Mr.. CLAY
seconded the resolutions offered by Mr..
BUTLER, of Sonth Carolina, and said;
"Of all the Congresses with which have
had any acquaintance since my entry into
the service of the Federal Government, In
none, in my humble opinion, has been as
sembled such galaxy of eminent and able
men as were IN the House of Representa-
tives of that Congress which declared the
war and In that Immediately following the
peace; and amongst that splendid cOnstel-
lation, none shone more bright and brilliant
than the star which is now set. No
man with whom have ever been acquaint-
ed, exceeded him in habits Of temperance
and regularity, and in all the freedom
| frankness and ailability of social inter
course. and in all the tenderness, and re-
spect aud affection which he manifested
towards that lady who now mourns more
than any other, the sad event which has
just occurred.
"Such. Mr.. President, was the high esti-
mate formed of his transcendant talents,
| thaf m fnt nd af his aprpian In tha Exaf-
utive Department, under Mr. MOnroe's ad-
lministrntiOn, the duties of which he per-
! formed with such signal ability, he had
ibecn called to the highest Office IN the Gov
ernmcnt, | should have felt perfectly as
sured that under his auspices, the honor,
the prosperity, the glory of our country
would have been safely placed.
When, Mr.. President win that great va
cancy which has been created by the event
TO which we are now alluding, when will
lie be filed by an equal amount of ability.
patriotism and devotion to what he con-
ceiyed to be the best interests of his coun-
TRY" 4Hi .m
Mr.. WEBSTER said of him:
"From that day (May, ls63) to the day
of his death, amid all the strifes of party
and politics, there has subsisted between
us, always and without Interruption,
| great degree of personal kindness.
His demeanor as a Senator Is known to us
lall-is appreciated, venerated by us all.
| No man was more respectful to others; no
man carried himself with greater decorum,
no man with superior dignity | think
there Is not one of us but felt when he last
addressed us from his seat in the Senate,
his form still erect with voice by no
; means indicating such degree of physi-
cal weakness as did, in fact possess him,
with clear tones, and an impressive, and
may say an imposing manner, who did
not feel that he might imagine that we
saw before us Senator OF Rome, when
Rome survived. - Mr.. Presi-
dent, he had the basis, the indispensable
basis, ofall high character; and that was,
unspotted integrity-unimpea honor
and character. Ifhe had aspirations, they
We're high, and honorable and noble.
There was nothing groveling. or low, or
meanly selfish, that came near the head or
the heart of Mr.. Calhoun. Firm in his
purpose perfectly patriotic and honest, as
: am sure he was, in the principles that he
espoused and in the measures that he de-
Tended, aside from that large regard for
that species of distinction that conducted
him to eminent stations for the benefit OF
the Republic, | do not believe he had n sell
fish motive, or selfish feeling.
R However. sir, he may have differed from
: others of MS in his political opinions, or his
political principles, those principles and
lHOst ODlilIOns VIII INV utSCtIu w poSbti-
: ity, under the sanction of great name. lie
has lived long enough, he has done enough
and he has done it so well. so successfully,
so honorably, as to connect himself for all
; time with the records of his country. We
shall hereafter, | am sure, indulge in it rs a
grateful recollection, that we have lived in
his age, that we bave been his cotempora-
ries, that we have seen him, and heard him
and known him. We shall delight to speak
of him to those who are rising up to fill our
{ places. And when the time shall come,
when we shall go, one after another, in sue
cession to our graves, we shall carry with
us deep sense of his genius and character
, his honor and integrity, his amiable deport-
ment in private life, and the purity of his
exalted patriotism"
Imagine CICERO and CARO- speaking thus
, ofLUCIUs CATALINA in the Roman Senate
! And yet JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN is thS
great exalted character whom MONTGOMERY
! BLAIL dares to call ''the CATALINE of tho
9 South" Yr rl W
If the "NatiOnal JOHNSON Club" can no
better invest its money than in printing
9 or its time and labor than in circulating Ii
! bells upon the illustrious dead of the Re
!, public the sooner it is dissolved, the bet
ter. At least let us have no more Demo
a cratic franking of such slanderous docu
4, ments rII .IruI. ff s.