The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-29

hesotced, That these resolutions h0
ilshea In the Sentinel and Standard pub
city, and copy furnished to the fan,;,t .ns
the deceased. '"n'''y Of
Mr.. Sweet addressed the Senate 10 E,
lows: 's ioL
MIR. PRESIDENT: My acquaintance No.
menced with the deceased in the Cora von'
tional Convention. His quiet demcannrO,
personal appearance favorably imnresa4I
every one that he was man of s,arl;ea
worth and reliable character. lung
But yesterday, the deceased was in A..
Hall; he was as lively and seemingly as waS S
as ever saw him; to day he sleeps tba.
sleep that knows no waking. Unknown ~
his room, without hand to SMOOTH hil l
brow in his dying moments, to carry ons
message to his sad family and relatives ' nv
has passed to that UNEMPLOYED country tro NY
whence no traveller returns. This aii
wise act of Providence should not fa;, Il
call to our minds that we too must follow
the same steps of our lamented and deceosa ~
brother. Truly we should take warn;no.
from the Holy Word thatsinvokes Ne *
watch, therefore, for We know neither thO
day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man
cometh" "u
AS a gentleman, as father. as husband
as friend he was in all respects a fit modal
for those of us he has left behind.
Mr.. Rich said:
Mr.. President. The shadow of croo.
griefis upon us, and our hearts are drsned
in mourning, for the 'angel that comes snd
denly and tarries not" has waved his wand
in the Capitol and a brother Senator ia
dead.
He has fallen in the prime of life, in the
fullness of his strength, amid the great tri.
umphs OF the great principles for which he
labored. Suddenly and without pain, like
a warrior in the heady fight Truly "aftpr
life's fitful fever he sleeps we'll"
Not myself personally familiar with his
early history, understand he was native
of the Old North State, and sprung from
that hardy stock that has made the middle
classes the highest type of true American
character.
Although bred and nurtured in the midst
of influences unfavorable to the development
of a hearty loyalty and just independence
himself planter-he yet early inhibited a
love for the illustrious principles which have
made this Republic glorious, and our coun.
try an asylum indeed for the down trodden
and oppressed of every race and name.
10 these principles he ever exhibited
hearty devotion and an earnest loyalty.
Too often, alas. among men, prejudice and
passion may swerve from the path of recti
tude and trivial ideas change the current of
opinion. History even fades into fiction and
fact becomes clouded by doubt and con,rL
versy, but with him they were no day dream
to be INDUCED only in the luxurious Stun.
Der of an idle and effeminate aristocracy. hut
practical reality established in the Con-
stitution OF our fathers, for the whole people,
and in which he believed as the christian
believes in his God From these no brill
liant fallacy could seduce, nor armed force
compel, and over him we pronounce the
proud eulogy of Antony over Cesar: This
was indeed Il man," brave and true
His was a courage which has passed the
tcst-when the passions of men ran riot in
the hideous carnival of secession, he was
conscripted and his property confscated-
Unwilling to redden his hands in the blood
of his country's defenders, or insult the flag
he had sworn to protect, he awaited himself
of the first opportunity to leave the Conled-
crate army, seeking an asylum where, at that
time, asylums for Union men were scarce in
deed.
FOR him personal malignIty and official
cruelty have done their worst. Stripped of
his possessions and followed by the hatred
and scorn of friends and ncighbors, no
words of mine can truly delineate his mis-
fortunes. Even when elected to the Const-
tutioual Convention by decided majority,
he was ,assailed by fraud and contumely, and
only succeeded in securing his seat near the
close of the session. Thank God, that over
him in this life the calm sky and serene at
mosphere ofpeacc finally restedl
To this body which now mourns his loss,
he was both an ornament and an honor, and
deeply shall We miss his manly form and
patriotic eounsels.
In private life he was the genial and ac-
complished gentleman. and true friend in
all that constitutes ennobling friendship.
His sun has set at the zenith, its eclipse
was at MONDAY.
1.-THE hands of the reaper plucks the years that
are hoary,
But the voice of the weeper walls manhood in
glory,
The autumn winds signing, wait the leaves that
are serest
But our flower was in flushing when blghting
was nearest
He has gone in the prime of life and in
the heighth of his usefulness. He has gone
where passion and hatred and malice shall
assail him no more, and is hencetorth en-
balmed in the affectionate remembrance of
those who knew him so well.
The humble of every race will claim him
hair hoc al Ioc.p lao, ,f
race regenerate and enfianchised will fall
upon his grave in grateful showers, for to
them I've was.a generous and faithful friend
Wrap him in his country's flag and bury
him where the free air fans only the faces cf
free men and women, for he is one of our
loyal dead, and think of him only in this
moist, warm midsummer morning us alert,
alive, immortal"
Mr.. Robbins said: Mr. President, take
pleasure in endorsing the resolutions, and
express my regrets at the unexpected death
OF our brother Senator He and differed
in political matters, but upon such an occasion
as This, we should forget all past differences
and chickering's of whatever nature, and
spend this day in peace. In the shadow OF
death only remember, that like myself, he
was man-one of our brother Senators
that he has family and relations to mourn
over his untimcly end, and to weep that
his spirit. sought the presence of its Maker
with no one to administer single want
or invoke prayer, while his immortal
soul was passing from this earth of strife
and unhappiness to that world where the
streets shine with the reflection of the Great
Rulers glory, and the weary are at rest, and
the wicked cease to trouble" | hope the
finger of Gods providence, which we see so
plainly in the death of Mr.. Hail, will serve
to bring US together in the bonds of unity,
and cause us to forget all that will serve