The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-17
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In the Senate OF Maine on Friday, Mr. Rsed
OF Cumberland rose and said.

IN the Senate OF Maine on Friday, Mr.. Reed
OF Cumberland rose and said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: I desire to call the atten-
ZION OF the Senate to a short memorial and
resolution relative to the death OF William
Pitt Fessenden. He died in the service of the
State in which he had passed the larger part
of an iluStrious lie Since his death the
ablest men of all parties friend and foe allie,
have wed with each other in their tributes TO
his memory, To tributes l shall not pre-
sumo to add any words OF mine, nor is it need
tul. Here he was known, and We have long
recognized those qualities which made him
whal he was and helped TO make his country
what it Is, and yet it seems to me requisite not
for his honor and credit, but for our own, that
we should here give some token, however IN.
adequate, to our successors, that we were no1
unmindful OF the virtues of the Statesman w
whom we can never again call 10 the poS' u
difficulty and danger. ,oe.,,.
therefore at the request OF nldh1peia Vi .ho
Senate and the House presehO tue iol'o"lnS'
The poo,zo ofthe STATE Of MaaYle, By their Sen
dtors and Represe!es@e..geS az Leg;Ssdtufe as
OVER the death OF William Pitt Fessendel. with
a sorrow peculiarly their own, deem it fitting
that there should be on record at the capitoi
some memorial showing their appreciation of
Tue career OF great man, who has hopored
mem py MS Geeds more than they can honor
MIN py their words. His history needs not TO
oe mere recorded. Here were the scenes of bis
oarler triumphs, and from this place he was
three times sent TO fill the highest Office in the
GIT OF the State. 1t was here that he first
showed those great qualities that made him in
that large arena as easily without q superior
as ne was among us without peer.
lie was many times representative in the
Legislature and in Congress. He was Secre-
tary OF the Treasury and three times Senator
OF the United States. He first stated the prin-
clple on which his country, rent asunder was
afterwards solidly united. II the high positions
ne filed and the deeds he did do not preserve
him much lobger than most men from the
OBLIVION hlch sooner or later awaits the NIGH
TEST, II Will be because he always preferred to
lame the consciousness within himself OF doing
with all his might what his hands found to do
Tor the safety and stability of his country. As
citizen he was without reproach. As law
yer he was always true to his client but never
untrue to justice. As a statesman he was "a
friend of liberty When her friends We're few
lie was tried on many critical occasions and
was equal to all, and at last crowned long life
OF service by Steadfastly enduring, for what he
thought right, the reproach of friends and the
praise of foes. The example of his stainless
character and of tie steady courage with which
he met obloquy for the sake of conviction in its
effects upon the lives OF those who will come
after him, will carry his influence and power to
centuries which his name may never reach.
In recognition of his worth it is
ResotCed, That as q testimonial of the rever-
ence IN which we hold his memory, the fore
going be spread upon the journals OF the Sem
ate and House, and copy sent 10 his family.