The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-26
REMARKS OF Mr.. BLAND.


modest wreath upon the altar of friendship
and mingle our tears with those Of the true
and faithful hearts that loved and now
mourn him crowd of pleasant associations
comes thronging back to memory, while Il
tide of emotion swels up from the fountain
OF the heart too deep for utterance.
Death in its most pleasing aspect is pain
fol. is always sad, whether it nips in the bud
the sweet infant, around which cling the
tendris of mothers heart, or bears away
in Its cold embrace the aged Christian who
has fought the battle Of life, and who, full Of
wears and full Of honors, is only waiting to
pass over the dark river. But when the
strong man is cut down in the zenith Of life.
who gave promise Of years Of usefulness, we
wonder at the mysterious workings of Pro-
violence, and, looking upward, can only ex-
claim, I" Thy ,ctN be done."
1t was my pleasure, Mr.. President, to have
made the acquaintance of Colonel Thomas
II. Wynne some eight years ago, and he I'M.
pressed me at that time by his urbanlty and
his genial manners. Years passed by, and
we again met upon this floor at the begin.
ming of the last session, where L found
him the same refined and diguitled gen.
tleman. During a part OF two sessions
[ have been an inmate OF his family,
and with this intimate ASSOCIATION time
7 did but intensity my attachment and
admiration for him. l have known him
in nearly all the relations which man can bear
to man, and can bear testimony to his many
noble qualities of head and heart. As huS-
band, he was kind and atfectionate as q
father, tender and loving; as friend, cor
siderate and Warm-hearted; as citizen, lib
eral-minded and broad in bis views; and, as
a Virginian, noble and patriotic; and his
death will send q thrill of pain to his many
friends in this city and throughout the Com
mouwealth.
Another seat is vacant in this Senate cham
ber-another warm heart has been hushed
By dealh-and no more shall our friend min.
gle in our councils, nor his manly form be
seen amid the busy haunts of life; and bis
death should warn us that we should at all
times he ready to meet our God.
| He will soon rest in st. Johns church
ward, the Westminster of Richmond, around
which hover the genius Of the past, aud
where sleep many illustrious dead. 1t is 8
tit resting.place for our friend, where the
rising and setting sun will warmly kiss bis
grave, and where the noble James will muir.
muir its soft music to his memory.
REMARKS OF MR.. HUSDLEy.
Mr.. President. l shall attempt no elaborate
euogy Of the deceased senator; that has been
done by other and more competent hands
To my mind his vacant chair speaks to Us
more eloquently than can the tongue OF any
mortal. 1t reminds us that the casket Is here,
but the jewel is gone; that the form which
so recently moved In our midst and on the
streets of this beautiful "City Of the Hills
amongst the throng that daily pours along
like living stream, is about to make its
dwelling place in that other City OF the
Dead" which silently rests near the banks OF
the " beautiful river"
1t reminds US that his spirit has fled like
the dove from the ark of life, and it is to be
hoped with the EN- ,lem OF peace in its beak,
prepared to dwell evermore in the pleasant
groves and by the eternal streams of new
and better land. 1t is not for me'to speak of
the public career Of the deceased. His life
has been spent, as it has ended, in the service
of his beloved city and native State, and 1t
were superhuous for me to recount bis deeds
in the presence of those who have been the
daily witnesses of his walk and conversation.
Suffice it TO say that he was not negative
character. but entered upon his career like a
knight full armed, in whom the l0ftiest oppo-