Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-24

an act to incorporate the FalrhaVen saw
ings Bank.
From committee on banks in favor OF
H. liz, to amend the charter of the
Vermont State Trust Company.
From committee on corporations in
favor of S. 10, to incorporate the Bran
don Hotel Company, passed.
som committee on corporations IN
favor of s. 90, to amend an act to incor-
porate the village of Rutland; passed.
From select committee in favor of II.
90, laying a tax on the county of Chit
tenden third reading ordered.
From committee on corporations in
favor of II. 81, to authorize the Brandon
Mining Company to reduce It's capital
stock and issue preferred stock; third
reading ordered.
From committee on corporations in
favor of Fl. 6, to incorporate the New
ton and Thompson Manufacturing com
pany third reading ordered.
ResoEatti0n.-By Mr.. White, of Tops
ham, that the clerk be directed to insert
at the. head of all printed bills, the name
of the committee to which said bills are
referred; adopted.
Joint Res0ylttiO7aS.-B Mr.. Pitkin. of
Montpelier, from committee on public
buildings. for the removal of the Adju-
tant Generals Office from room No. to
room No. 4 adopted on the part of the
House.
From the Senate, relating to the death
of William II. Seward.
Mr.. Haskins of Brattleboro said:
Mr.. Speaker: With every revolution
of the earth may be recorded the death
of some great and good man-his prais-
es are sung. and his virtues are recount
ed by lips familiar with his lIfe's history
his immediate relatives and friends sim
cerely mourn his loss, but he soon passes
from the remembrance of all and is for
gotten. But when a wise and distin-
guishcd statesman, with a reputation,
national and worldwide, is stricken
from the number of earth's children, the
whole people mourn, and it is not I'M
usual for their Representatives. whether
assembled in State or National council,
to commemorate the mOurnful event in
the manner Of the resolutions now be
fore us.
Ishall attempt no culogy here, for !
have not the power Of speech to do JUS
ticc to the memory Of the illustrious
dead. But it having been suggested
that | should take part in the exercises
of this hour, | cheerfully do so, for !
feel that it is an honor to be accorded
the privilege Of doing honor to the mem
DRY of the good; and patriotism finds a
grateful exercise in recalling the ODliga-
tons under which a nation rests to those
who have done service to her in places
of distinction. Such tributes also, rs
these we now bear, cannot fail To benefit
the living, as well as honor the dead, for
thew show to those i'm life what 4 noble
thing it Is to earn a name and a fame
to live after death. and grow brighter
and brighter as time rolls on.
The Hon. William II. Seward died ut
his home, in Auburn, \. Y, on Thurs
day. oct 10th. in the seyenty-sccond
year Of his age he had 0utlived his
three score years and ten, and beyond
the common lot of man. lie was born
May 1G. 1901, and we learn that after
receiving a liberal education, he studied
law. was admitted to the bar in 1922 and
at once entered upon a successful prac-
ticc. and an honorable and illustriOus
career in the political arena Of his state
and the nation. In 1890. he was elected
to the Senate of the State of New York,
and in 1893. he was triumphantly elected
Governor Of his state. over Governor
Marcy, his successful competitor for the
position four years previous. This office
he held for four years, and the hOnOra-
bic course he pursued, and the acccpta-
bic manner in which he administered
the affairs of his state, during the great
financial CONVERSIONS of that 6arjod earn
ed for him a national reputation. In the
winterOf 1S4S-49, he was elected to the
uitcd States Senate. and il was there
that, on the 18th of March, 1850, in IT,
plv to the snpcch of Webster. delivered
on the 18th. he declared his unaltcrablc
determination to make no further con-
cnssione to fine slave mower and inferred
those ever memorable words There is
q hiuhcrla tlantho Constitution. which
regulates onr authority" ON all uuss.
ti0ns of public imnr0yrmcnt and nation
nj interest he maintained high and adj
yancpd DOsiiioD. lie served with honor
and distinction in that body until March
1 1861 when he wa. called tOa liuhpr
and more cxultcd field Of useful and
Lonorah1o service lie v..ts in fact one
of fine princiDal founders of the Repuh-
Tcan ,,arty, md tool, an innoriaDt mart
in tbe nGIitical camnairns of botb the
State and nation II wa. durinu the cy-
element of \ fierce political canvass that
in 1Q59 Of Rochester n \ he ikened
fine two systems of sIavelabor and free
Labor as ..an irrcnressible conflict he
tween onnosinr forces and made the
nredirtion since frIIv verified That ..tbc
I-nitrd States mnst and win sooner or
LATER become either entirely a Slave
bnIiinr nation or entirely q frcc-IaLor
notion" Tn 1870 ne was nerbans the
most nro,ainont TannbIiran oandidatc
thronghout the north for fine Presidency
and an the first ballot AZ tbp CbicaGC
Convnntion received the LARGEST nun,brr
of votes cast for anv one candidate Hrt
in this contest he lost and Abraham
Lincoln was placed in nomination. Not
vithstandinr this defeat for a nosition.
tha HIGHEST IN the Gift Of the ne6nIa and
t. l,t sanIre which he had bonorahII sou@ht
and No doni,t avnccfeJ IN receive ne Was
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