The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-10
DEBATES OF TIE SENATE.

JANUARY Recommendations from Brevet
Major General r.. G. Buchanan and the governor
Of the State having been laid before the Senate
by therpresident,
Mr.. 0gden-I offer the following joint resolu.
ton
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God, the giver of life
and the controller of destiny, TO call from this
world Of discomfort strife and sorrow the spirit of
Lowell ID. Rousseau, late major general command
ing this department
BE q resolved by he Senate and House of Rep
resentdttues i,s General Assembly convened, That
though we acknowledge and worship the Infinite
wisdom of God, and would not murmur against his
fats, yet we recognize In General Rousseau q man
who at all times and under all circumstances, was
gentleman of his word and soldier of honor,
Ipodiss as pure s,, as ne was enlightened
man who, rejecting the sentiments Of On
honest heart, was the mirror of chivalry, useful
member Of society and q cherished ornament of
his friends. In his death the country has sus.
tanned great and deplorable loss, the army Ia
brave champion and the State q sincere friend.
Be IL further resolUed, etc., That the Senate
and House of Representatives do now adjourn as
an evidence of respect to the memory Of the de-
ceased, TO meet on Monday next at twelve NJ, and
that the Senate and House do in o body, attend
the funeral. That the sergeant alarms be in-
strueted to have the flag on this building lowered
TO half-mast for thirty days and draped with
Grape, and that copy Of these proceedings be
transmitted TO the bereaved family of the de-
ceased.
Mr.. Ogden then spoke as follows:
Mr.. President, in Offering these resolutions ana
doing, cir, what five years ago ! would have
thought impossible for me to do. am strewing
with garlsnds of forgetme-nots the tomb of man
who, at that time, was enemy of my cause--a
man who fearlessly unsheathed his sword to up
hold government that was then, to me, obnox-
ious, cruel and unjust But. sir, times change,
and with them change our sentiments.
To-day mourn his loss with the same deep re-
greet as If he bad been my frSnd of old. The
the hearts of bis companions and friends rests
mournfully on me. could drop tear for the
memory of his name, and feel that my manhood
was ennobled by my sympathy.
j can recollect, cir, when no holder man In the
advocacy OF freedom could be found than he
whom now we mourn no one Drawer than he who
unfurled the banner of the Union, and throwing
his stalwart form even into the very breach. bat
tied for the Constitution and the Union, one and
insepsrsble.
Born and raised in the South. his sympathies
were with her. His numerous friends were bat
Ting in Der ranks. The bones of his loved ones
rested In her soil and yet, with all these sympa
thes and tender ties binding him with letters al
most too strong for resistance. we find him dis
playing fortiude that would have honered Ly-
curgns, and casting from him all thoughts OF
friends, or love, or sympathy. clinging TO a gov
eminent which he had been taught to reverence
and believing that the Union and Constitution
were attacked, perilled life. fortune friends and
wealth as an evidence of his devotion and his
uutn. his name, SIT, was tower OF strength.
and his services will live In the history Of his
country. In wer, brave as lion whose angry
roar struck terror. Un1inching In his devotion
10 the Union as he was fearless In her cause, the
very moment that grim .visaged war smoothed his
wrinkled front and peace with outstretohed
wings was lowering over our distracted land as IL
uncertain where to rest, he sheathed his sword.
andfdispeng the cloud of smoke that had dmmed
his vision on the battlefield, saw the bleeding
wounds of his country and his whole country,
ard with magnanimity that was a worthy exam
pie hastened to staunch those wounds.
IL was my good fortune, sir, to have been
thrown with him in times that try mems nerve,
and can speak, cir, of his determination, tenn
pered with gentleness, his Judgment quick as it
was correct, his courage positive as was noble.
He stood here, SIR in the most nnenviable Of eli
positions. target for all men to practice at. Po-
liically Democrat he was assailed by the Re-
publicans, and yet bis own political friends could
never make him swerve from the strict path Of
duty. He was as impartial as the bandsged God
dess OF Justice, and his friends and enemies will
now accord this fact.
Coming here q stranger. be won the confidence
and the love Of our people, and exacted for him
self, irrespective of party differences, reputa-
ton as enduring as it is unsullied He sir, by his
quiet, modest, earnest, just and noble bearing.
has done more towards accomplishing reconstruc-
ton than thousand politicians might attain.
offering is modest one. God grant that his spirit
is at rest in the brightest eyslum Of eternal joy,
and that his noble example may guide others Ia
the path of duty.
move now, sir the adoption of the resolution.
The Joint resolution was adopted and sent to
the House of Representatives for concurrence.
The Senate then adjourned.