The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-11-14
THE LASTHOURS OF JOHN VanBUREN.

HE LAN1 HUI h0 UH JOnN fdNDU ZEN.
The Telegraph has announced
the death ofHon. John Van Buren,
which occurred on Board the Sc0-
tia on his passage home from Eng
land, whittier he had been for the
good Of his health. The mails
bring the following details of his
last hours .-...
A TOUCHING SCENE.
On Friday the supreme anxiety
of Mr.. Van Buren for the restora-
ton of the Union showed itself in
an instance which is probably one
Of the most remarkable in mortu-
ary history. He was feeling ply
sically better. His mind showed,
however, no increase Of directness
or clearness upon general topics,
or upon any at all, excepting that
singular intensity with which he
contemplated the distracted con-
dition Of the country. While half
reclining, halfsitting up, suppor-
ted by the arm ofhis daughterand
niece on either side, Mr.. Van Bu-
ren's eye lighted up with unusual
briIliancy, and even in this posi-
ton he seemed to expand to the
eye with the pride and port ofthe
orator Of other days. The narrow
cabin became vast auditorium
to his view, the few friends a
mighty audience, but more tAan
all, theinterests ofthe country rose
supreme in his mind and compell-
ed utterance. He began a speech
on national affairs, and concluded
it not until he had spoken With
out interruption two and a quar-
ter hours. The gentlemen around
his bed say that tit was in all res
poets worthy Of, and in. some su-
perior to his happiest efforts. At
the first he rapidly and perspicu-
ously photographed the progress,
the purposes, and the problems of
the late war, and emphasized the
pledged faith of the government
that it could and should ultimate
only in secured Union Of free
and equal States. He then adver-
ted to the efforts Of Mr.. Johnson
to carry out that pledge in letter
and spirit, and to have for his in
spiration and guide the unmista-
kable commands Of the Constitu-
ton, and the generous magnani-
nifty Of the people. This part OF
the most remarkable address was
followed by a scarifcation Of Con
gress in terms ofsatire, eloquence
and reproach, Of which none were
so capable as he. A rapid review
of the policy of reunion and dis
union next ensued, and he thought
he was once more addressing his
fellow-citizens in his native. State.
The subject was presented with a
splended reference to the material
interests and historic greatness of
the Empire State, imperatively
demanding that she plant heself
square on the side, Of a perfect
Union Of equal and honored States.
At the close Mr.. Van Buren, pro
nounced a eulogy upon the worth,
the talent, the integrity of Hon.
John T. Hoffman. such as only a
man ofhis strong intimacy with
the subject Of his praise, and that
intensity of personal attachment,
Of which he developed such a re-
markable amount, could SO grace
fully, so sincerity, and so magneti-
cahy pronunce. AS a piece of
composition, whether viewed as a
literary, an argumentative, or an
oratorical production, his dying ad-
dress was in all respects no less a
credit to the national reputation
Of the speaker than it was a vim
dication and tribute to the cause
and motives that evoked it's utter
ance.
The Clarion and Standard, in noticing
the departure of swarm Of Yankee
"school marms" from jackson, says:
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