Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-19
dwell upon the idea with great satisac-

ton.
During his Illness, and after he became
satisfied he should not recover, he loved
10 speak of his being carried back to his
native State; of being buried under the
shadow of her grand mountains and her
green hills, and within the sound of her
waterfalls and that his grave would be
among his own people, whom he loved,
and who loved him so well. Mr.. Foot's
real greatness and the cause of his uni.
versal popularity, | have not yet named.
Some men are called great from a single
great action; Others by a few great
deeds. Mr.. Foot was great man by
reason of his great heart; not single
act or several acts of great statesman
ship, but lifetime of good and gener-
Gus and unseish deeds was what made
him great, and gave him such hold on
the hearts of the people of his own
State and Others who knew him.
His mental faculties were of high
| order; his requirements were very re-
spectacle indeed his judgment was eX-
Cellent he had extraordinary gifts of
person and manners but many men
possessing all these in equal degree
would never have attained q tithe OF the
| honor and respect he did. 1t was his
! generous, warm hearted love and sym
| pathy for his fellows, and his eXhibi-
| tiOn of it to them and for them at all
times, that induced their love and re-
| speCt for him. You saw with me the
general exhibition Of sorrow for his
death here, where he had been so long.
and was so well known and so hfnhiv
respected but 1t was my fortune to be
one O. your committee TO attend his re-
mains to his old home and among the
neighbOrs and associates of his "daily
home-life." Had you witnessed the deep
gloom and sadness that hung over that
whole community, the tears that filled
so many"eyes, as we fulfilled our melan-
chOly duty, you might well have ex-
claimed, Behold how they loved him !"
Living n another part Of the State from
Mr.. Foot, and our pursuits for many
years having been so different, | had
never much personal intimacy with him
until the commencement Of the present
session, when | became his colleague.
From that time till his death we lived
in the same house, and till his sickness
sat at the same table. | soon saw why
all loved and respected him, and shared
their sentiments in the fullest manner.
. The Infinite pains he took to make any
position agreeable, to make me acQuaint-
ed with the course and detail of busi-
ness in the Senate; the proper offices
and departments for every thing, in
short, the Whole routine of Congression-
al drudgery, which it is so important
for a man to know, ard still every man
is expected to find out fOl hlmselt-Was
what | did not expect from him, and
probably should have received from no
other man. But with his nature he
could hardly have avoided doing it.
The circumstances of his sickness and
death were such that general publicity
has been given to various interviews
and partings between him and valued
friends, solemn and affecting in their
character and interest I took my last
leave Of him on that same afternoon be-
fore his death. / could not now attempt
to describe it, but | shall never forget
his atieCtionate language, or his solemn
benediction at our parting. | mourn
his loss in common with all who knew
him; but with all who believe in the
heaven hereafter, | doubt not that our
loss is his infinite gain. His triumph
ant Christian death was fitting end
for so loving and useful life. Well
may we all pray that our lives and our
deaths may be like his SOrely indeed
has my native State been stricken her
two most distinguished sons, long her
joint representatives in this body, when
they represented her with so much
ability usefulness and credit, both
taken away by death, and so near to
each other, that the stirring effect of the
first blow had hardly passed when the
other came. God grant those who have
survived and succeeded them may be
enabled in some degree TO emulate their
virtues and usefulness to the State and
people thus bereaved
Senators Fessenden and Sumner paid
feeling and eloquent tributes to the
memory Of the deceased, from which we
make the following extracts.
Senator Fessenden said
An event like this, touching in it's
significance, becomes the more striking
when following closely upon another
scarcely less impressive. In a single
session Of the Senate within few short
mouths we hear the announcement that
death has laid his icy fingers upon both
Senators from one of the States Of this
Union--each man Of eminent mark In
this body-and at a period when the
loss of their wisdom, their experience,
their patriotism, their answering in
tegrity aud unsefsh devotion to their
country's good is most severely felt,
That State has many noble and most
worthy sons among whom it may choose
for places of trust and honor: but no
State can give at once to the public
| councils the assurance, which time only
can bestow, of that fitness which expe-
rience and trial alone can prove and Sc
cure.
Often, sir, when we look upon the
chair you occupy-howeve ably and
faithfully it may be fllled-must we
think Of him whose admonitions we
well remember, and to whose mistaken
irmness and unWearied patience we