Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-14
Statesman.
I'M MEMO ORIAM.

I'm 7MEMO ORIAM. Z
The following are the addresses de-
Ilivered in the House of Representatives
on the decease of Hon. ANDREW GER
HART, late Representativefrom Richiend
county, and Hon. II. J. beginner. Rep
resentative from Putnam and Henry
counties, Jan. IL, 1869, in response to
resolutions offered by Messrs. BUSHNELL,
of Richland. and MooRE, of Putnam and
Henry counties, successors Of the de-
ceased:
Hon. Andrew Gerhart.
2 Mr.. COCKERILL said:
/ Mr.. SPEAKER-In common with eve
ry member upon this;foor,1 / condole with
the family of the late Mr.. Gerhart upon
the great personal loss which they have
Sustained, and with the constituency of
the county of Richland, from whose SER
vice faithful servant has departed.
am not sufficiently acquainted with
the life and history of the deceased mem
ber to utter a proper eulogy on this oc-
casion, for my first acquaintance with
ihim was year since, at the commence
lment of the last annual session of this
General Assembly. But, sir, I know
that 1 speak the unanimous sentiment
of this House when I say that in his
private life and conversation he possess
ed all the attributes that adorn the life
and character of Christian; that in
fhis intercourse with the members of this
House he was the accomplished
and perfect gentleman that in
the discharge of his public duties he
was the true and faithful Representative
of the rights and interests of the people.
But death has chosen him for its victim,
and in the mysteries of that Providence
tby which we are surrounded and of
whose ways we know nothing, he has
1 been taken from the field of usefulness
to the State and his people and cut down
| in the flower of his manhood, "and those
I that look out of the windows are dark
ened and the .mourners go about the
streets J" "the silver cord is loosed and
the golden bowl is broken"
Mr.. WELSH said:
IL Mr.. SPEAKER 1t was with sur
|prise and sorrow that 1 heard of
j the death of Mr.. Gerhart. I was sur
prised, from the fact. that he was COM
4 paratively young man, and as 1 sup
posed, healthy man. If the fact had
been known that some OF our number
would be called away by death before
4 this time, would not have selected him
as probable victim. 1 would have Sc
llected one of the aged and infirm of this
body. But why should 1 have been sur
| prised? Death is no respecter of per-
sons Neither age nor condition, nor
WORTH exempts from his claims. We are
all liable, every hour, to be compelled to
obey his dread command. In the
midst of life we are in DEATH"
II I was made sad on account of the
ecclesiastical relation he and sustained.
He belonged to the same religious de-
nomination, and was a member of the
same presbytery to which belong. As
|. christian man and a minister, he was
beloved by his brethren, and his death
| is deeply deplored by them. I have no
doubt the community in which he lived
i feel that they have sustained great loss
in his death. When good man dies
: the world misses him.
As a member of this House, he was
unassuming, quiet, attentive to business
: gentlemanly in his behavior, and social
and companionable in his intercourse
, and although we all may not have ap
proved of some of the votes he cast in
this body, yet who does not feel that in
j, his death, the House has lost a christian
gentleman, good man and a worthy
: member?
n T. Ought we not so to live and act, that
J. our friends may have the satisfaction te
speak and think of us, when we arr
!. called away from, time, as we do to-day
of our. departed friend. Although We
: are sad, to-day, that Providence did mo-
2 permit him to take his seat in the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ohio, it il
$ pleasing thought to indulge, that HI
u has called him to seat in the genera
/, assembly and church of the first born
May we all be prepared to meet him il
that better land.
Mr.. LEETE said:
5. Mr. SPEAKER Since the adjourn
: ment of this House in May last, tn,
messenger Of death has sped close by us
d and summoned two members of this body
to appear in the court of death the on
Judge Behmer, of Putnam, in the full
: measure of years, and the other Rev
Andrew Gerhart, of Richland, in tn,
meridian of life. sE, gs@
/ shall speak more particularly of Mr.
: Gerhart, because he was ten years my
d Pennsylvania. His manhood was ma
: tured under the influence of the institu
ID tiors of this State. and in one of it
most favored localities. Richland county
My acquaintance with the deceased
commenced with this General Assembl,
, one year ago. That acquaintance soor
s. passed into friendship, and respect for tn
man, which genuine merit always com
mands. All who knew him will bea
testimony that he was man of deep an
earnest convictions, fearless, only, c
wrong, and conscientious in the dis
: charge of every duty that devolve
upon him. His mental and his mora
powers were so happily tempered an
: disciplined that they seemed to hold tn
selfish qualities of our nature in sue
complete subjection, that his conduc
was always in harmony with the socis
rs and moral state of man. He aimed ne
so much at distinction as to be usefu
: The most active years of his life ha
been devoted to the acquisition and di
fusion of knowledge through the mediul
Ia of the common schools of his own cour
. ty as practical teacher. His usefulnes