The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-11
Resolutions.

John M. Bolts. Mr.. Horace L. Kent call
ed the meeting to order, and on his motion
Mayor Chahoon Was appointed chairman
and Samuel Eaton secretary.
| Mr.. Kent moved that o committee Of five
be appointed to prepare resolutions for the
action Of the meeting. Adopted.
The Chair appointed Judge Alexander
Rives, II. L. Kent, George Rye, R. F.
Walker, and B. Wardwell,, who retired,
and subsequently reported through Judge
Rives the following resolutions, which were
adopted. The committee asked time, until
6 o'clock, to make further report.
| al Reso1ued, That committee Of three be
appointed to wait on His Excellency Go
vernon Wells to request the use of the Senate
/ chamber in the capitol for the reception OF
| the remains.
"2. Reso1ped, That twenty persons be ap-
poip ted by the chair to attend at the depot to
| receive and take charge of the body on the ar
| rival of the cars this evening. 1890
u3. ReSoEped, That the Governor, State off,
cers, Mayor, City Council, and military au-
| thorities, with the Judge, Justices officers OF
| the Hastings Court, and citizens generally, be
invited to unite in escorting the remains to the
| capitol this evening.
| ft4 Resoloed, That the committee of twenty
be charged with the duty of taking order for
| the funeral obsequies.
"5 RESOLVED, That the Chair appoint twenty
persons as pail bearers.
"6. Resolved, That after the appointment OF
! these committees the meeting adjourn to the
| hall Of the House Of Delegates, after the re.
| ception of the body, to act upon the general
report of this committee" zf&
The Chairman appointed the following
committees under the foregoing resolutions
| To Wait on the Gouernor-L. H. Chandler,
Henry Miller, and Thomas r. Bowden.
| To Receipe the Re1nGias.-B. Wardwell Geo.
| W. Smith, J. NJ. Humphreys, Dr. Z. II. Smith,
George Rye, John L. Van Lew, D. B. White,
| H. K. Ellyson, James Collins, James Hayes,
Henry J. Smith, Thomas Dodamead, G.. L.
Richardson, p. J. Orump, Q. g. THOMPSON,
Colonel J. G. Shields, Jacob Ezekiel, A. Mill
| spaugh. -s- ~ a1ef 90
To .Act as Pau-bearers.-G Governor Wells,
| Judge Burnham, General Williams O. Wick.
ham, Judge John A: Meredith, Judge Alex
| ander Rives, General John E. Mulford, n. L
Kent, A. Washburne, r. F. Waller, Frank
| lin Stearns, James T. Tyler, T. a: Davis, ) H.
| Clements, b. Bragg, John T. White, Ma
| hone, George K. Crutchfleld, William F. Tay.
! lor, John Fl. Knowles E. G.. Tompkins. On
motion, Mayor Chahoon was added
The meeting then adjourned until P.
NJ. to the hall of the House of Delegates to
receive the report of the Committee on Re-
solutions.
49, RECEPTION OF THE REMAINS.
The committee appointed to meet the re-
mains met at the Mayors Office at "a O'Clock
and proceeded to the Central depot. Upon
the arrival of the train the remains were
placed in hearse and conveyed to the ca
pitol building. They were here placed in
state in the Senate chamber, where bier
draped with the national flag had been
placed.
Mr.. Botts's remains were accompanied
by those Of his wife's sister, who was con-
trmed invalid up to the time Of her death,
several months ago. Her last request was
that she might finally be buried alongside
of Mr.. Bolts, and the removal of her re-
mains was in accordance with this request.
THE ADJOURNED MEETING.
The adjourned meeting was held in the
hall of the House of Delegates at few
minutes past o'clock the body had
been laid in state-Mayor Chahoon in the
chair.
The Chair stated the object of the meet
ing, and Mr.. Eaton, the secretary, read the
minutes of the meeting in the morning.
| Judge Rives, on behalf the Committee to
Draft Memorial Resolutions, presented the
| following:
"To the country at large, but more espe-
cially to the people of this State, the death of
John Minor Bolts is no ordinary bereavement.
His sagacity and intrepidity as public man,
| his strength of mind and talents as debater,
were displayed at memorable epochs In Con-
gress; but to his constituents in TINS State
and his more immediate friends and acquatnt-
ances, it was given in a peculiar manner 10
know and appreciate his character and wor tn.
"Drawn together by common sentiment OF
| grief at his death, Of gratitude for his emil
| nent public services, and profound respect for
his memory, we here assembled propose to
| manifest our sensibility 10 this public and
private affliction by the following resolutions
| 81. That in all the relations Of life the emf
| nent man whose loss we deplore displayed an
| exalted public spirit and an inflexible recti-
tude which inspired the public with conf
dence and his friends with affection.
"2. That the distinguishing attributes OF
| his character consisted Of the native power
| and maj aiesty of his intellect his fidelity under
| all discouragements to his convictions, ais
| fearless pursuit of them in the face OF all OBJ
stacles and dangers, and his stern ana LOFTY
| superiority to all the temptations of private
| interests or the seductions OF worldly OF
venal prudence likely to betray him to tenn.
| poriZing policy as promotiye OF his individual
| advancement and popularity. +. as
| "S. That his sagacity in public affairs was
\ of that rare order that while ontstripping
| the tardy progress of public opinion, and dis.
| daining the trammels of popular prejudices
/ and passions, it could calmly seek and clearly
/ discern the lasting interests of the people
| and was thus sure in the end to win the nc
| knowledgment and meet the approval OF thai
/ public whom he labored to serve, notWith
standing all the arts of time-serying and De
| traction employed against him; 30 that his
| public career, more than that Of any other
| American statesman, was illustrated by in
| stances of public plaudits following fast upoT
the heels Of public censures. go
| "4 That the example afforded by his public
conduct, of his courageous devotion TO HI.
country, of his contempt Of the ephemera
popularity that waits on unworthy compli
| ances with the passions or delusions of tnt
| hour, and his quiet, dignifed, and manly re
| lance on the ultimate judgment ofthe people
| will ever be cherished in the memory OF hls
friends and admirers as the highest and mos
unerring testimony of his true greatness, anC
should exert a. just influence in exalting ths
! aims of those who would truly subserve tht
| ends and advance the cause of popular go
1 tyernment. - sas 3.
a5. That we have peculiar reason to 1amenr
his death at this time, when the blessings o.
| that National Union to which of late3he spe
cially consecrated the great powers OF I'LL
| mind and the affections Of his heart were
about to be restored to his beloved nativ'
State, and his friends were eagerly anticfpa
/ ting for him those public honors that shouic
have been the fit reward Of his far seeing pa
/ triotism and the means OF giving TO his whole
/ country the fruits of his mature wisdom ane
/ "s. That while thus exalted as q public bene
factor and intrepid statesman he was not les
1 distiI enished for the domestic and social yir
tues. which endsared him to his family ant
friends and in spite Of experiences tendint
/ to Impair conf ldance and weaken tue ties O
j friendship, the generosity Of his disposition
i the amenity OF his temper, the magnanimit,
ship, though sometimes doubted by the world
/ were not the less conspicuonsly known ant
felt in that inner sphere of life in which hi
| friends land better and more constant no maj
ever had) were ever cordially admitted ant
i nnariRhed. rtsf x rYdes. q q.