The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-06

And because We TealiIe ulat tueIe Is Iuts
tendency 10 deterioration In commercial, as.in
political life, here as elsewhere, that we feel
the more deeply the loss which probity and
honor have sustained In the fall Of one who
was 80 staunch an ally and gallant compan
ion-one who was so true and just IN all his
dealing, and who not only by bis personal
popularity maintained the influence Of the
whose life Itself was an example of their wis.
dom; exemplifying not metely the common
| place and not very lofty maxim, "honesty is
| the best policy" but the higher one, that ad-
herence to principle Is proof Of the greatest
eagacity and the highest wisdom. -.
1t Is common reproach 10 those ABSORBED
| In the active struggle Of life, that when one
of their number falls there Is no time to pause,
the ranks close over him, and he disappears
and leaves no mark behind.
Let this case be one Of the exceptions. Let
! us. as we recall our fallen comrade, pause In
! the eager race, and. while we dwell with
| fond affection on the memory OF the friend We
have lost, let us draw practical lesson tor M
the present from the contemplation of his
| character.
He was as earnest and eager as many of'us
| in the pursuit Of success In his calling, but
there was something he held higher than sue
cess-princlple and honor.
Let US be like him In this, and then, how
| ever, we may
"To catch Dame Fortunes golden smile,
Asslduous walt upon her;
And gather gear by every vile
That's justified by Honor,"
! we would not be unmindful of the rest of the
poets Injunction
.But where ye feel your Honor grip,
| Let that aye be your border;
Its slightest touches Instant pause
Debar all Side pretences;
And resolutely keep It's Laws
Uncaripg consequences"
Ex.President Colonel A. 0. Andrews next
rose and said:
Mfr. President and Gentlemen Of The Chamber
Of Commerce:
There ts mournful privilege to me Ia as
sisting in these ceremonials. 1t IS privilege
to lay garlands o'er the bier of the dead, but
| it is yet higher privilege to have our dead
ones worthy Of our garlands-to s ne aoie Ns 10 10
our loved friend, upon career suddenly
brought to an eud; and feel that 1t has been
| throughout nspotted-trodden only IN the
paths of honor-the record of useful Industry,
| Intelligent enterprise, warm sympathy with.
and generous effort for, the public good. And
| to these were added heart Instinct with the
kIndliest emotions-in full accord with what
soeyer might sweeten and give grace and ele-
yaIion to social life, and whose beat answered
ouick and warm, and 1t did quietly and deli
| cately whensoever the muff1ed notes Of
another's woe struck Its chords. We know
| that the eve will moisten with the tears Of
natural sorrow, because that all these are now
gone; yet through these tears the sunshine
Will Oft break, soft as the mellowed rays at
evenlide, In the remembrance that their pos
SCISSOR was one Of us-that he was our brother
that the growth aud culture and ruition Of
| his MANY admirable attributes were shared In
and had their wholesome exercise here, IN The
commingllngs of this Chamber-in our daily
walk and intercourse our joint MEMBER
ship, In our joint citizenship, IN our joint fel-
lowship. .
Mr.. President, the voice of mourning has Of
late sounded oft and IN quick succession
through these halls. And It's note has been
| lifted up for the useful, the prominent-men
| least to be spared, who had borne, and were
still bearing well, the burden OF taeir day;
The sables for your immediate predecessors
had scarce lost their gloss when like the
alarum bell at midnight pealed the knell for
the salwart Taylor-stalwart IN form and
stalWart in character. Alas, "lhe wheel Is
| broken at the cstern," when the draught
thereon is most needed, and its promise OF
brave service seemed most fair. Joseph WAL
ker, his loved associate irom youln IN n every yer
| industrial enterprise, whose aim was the pub.
lie good had still the dews of general grief
Glistenine DER his neEly-made grave. But q
short interval, and again Rhe clouds return
after the raIn," and they strike beneath the
sod. as the husbandman embosoms the good
seed, whose harvest shall be fereafter-the
| venerable McCarter -Veneraole oy years
ting the yery spirit Of work all bis way,
through @ a long life Who will soon forget his
GENIAL greeting and the CHEEKY words, which
sent YOU on brighter and lighter, how dark
@ soeyer your way? Yet little while again,
and we said to each other ''io! the winter Is
past and the rain Is over an and gone"
Alas It was not so. 'The flowers will ap-
near aoaIn ON the earth; the time Of singing
brds Will come again; and the voice of the
turtle he heard In our land"-but the "doors
are shnt In the streetsn-because this, our
Younger brother, he whom you had just man.
lied with your honors, "goes to his long
home p Yea, while his sun was even at nigh
and the GLAD beams len 10 gnd5
ali around-blesslng 80 many-making 80
many to ioy therein-even at such time, it Is
suddenly darkened and In the night of death
noes down forever And again for us 1.-THE ell
Yer chord is loosed," and again 1.-THE golden
bowl is broken -
CANAAN Geo. q. Walter said he had little
TO add after the beautiful and well merited
tributes which had been paid the deceased.
From boyhood Francis Porcher had exhibited
all those virtues which win the admiration of
men aud are worthy of being treasured in our
,nmost hearts. He had known him long and
well. As boys, they had left school together,
and together they had entered the busy marts
and constant friend, and had never made q
promise which was not 10 be fulfilled. He
had left behind bright example for imitation.
The preamble and resolutions were unanl.
On motion of Dir. John B.. Devereux, 1t was
resolved that the hall of the Chamber be
draped in mourning for thirty days as marx
vice-president. ,,