The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-14
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saatesln- n---Hon. G G. Williams II.
O., on the late Senator Norton.


O., on the late Senator Morton.
ON January 17th the following res
buttons were. taken up for considera-
ton in the House Of Representative 4
In THE SENATE OF TIE Ill s.
January, II, 1878.
s.ResoE0ed, That from an earnest de-
sire to show every mark Of respect toll
thelmemory Of Hon. Oliver p. Merton,
late a Senator of the United States
from the State of Indiana, and to man
ifest the high estimate entertained OIL
his eminent public services, his. distin-
guished patriotism, and his usefulness
as q citizen, the business of theeSenate
be. now suspended, that the friends and
associates of the deceased Senator may
pay, fitting tribnts to his public and
private virtues.
.Re9atDed, Thatsthe widespread and
public sorrow on the announcement OF
his death attestedthe profound sense
Of the loss which s4he whole country
had sustained.
Recalled, That as a mark of respect
for the memory os Mr. Morton. the
members of the Senate Will go Into
mourning by wearing Grape upon the
| left arm for thirty days.
| 4RsSelped, That the Secretary of the
Senate communicate these resolutions
to the House of Representatives.
Hon Chas. G. Williams then deliver
led the following eloquent tribute:
..Mr. Speaker, when the wife of Gil
l.veE 2. Morton, at the bedside of her
dead husband, exclaimed: ~Oh, any
/ boys,"2a nation realized how siren G
the chards that had been broken, how
great the life that had gone QUIT
i Real greatness and true w0E3h
|achieve their loftiest triumphs and
their best estate, when, while lighting
i the battles Of a nation they intreneh
themselves deeper andL.3tronger in the
u affections of wife andtGi,ildren, neigh
I bor and friend. +
\ Such4a man / tfinl4HYas Oliver T..
4. Morton. If he was great in head, he
y was. great also in heart. He ever tools
lEthe sidofGf the weaker 8aarty. He was
lis friend Of the friendless and cham
I9pion of the oppressed, 4l'heir wrongs
n &Tere his, wrong; their g,iefs were his
i grief, and21f when the sense Of Justice
was touched and all his energies were
\ reused, he fought withNne fierceness
II a,afl courag9 OF. the hon SC when the
i eantest3W@s over he forgaz7e with the
II simplicitysa and tendernesssof & child.
i .4e only ". anted 10 knew that the
i senEiment, s@Thatever it nlght be, was
genuine and sincere He hated all
ii shMns and pretenses. He sKneW moth
! Ing OF ircua2locution; heWent straight
Il to the question before him, and as his
own words sped like bullets to the
maIk SO finegphrases and tAa tricks Of
| speech had no charm for hi34 except as
/ they stood for the very traE5h OF the
! fnattaE in, question. He wac no tenn
poriaer.
/ Helhad no heart to build where he
| felt there Wasaa flaw in the Foundation.
He Mozld sooner dig to the bottom
and replace all rotten tinabers with
sound asateriallthan rely on aIa8 props
and stays Of expelients to giyeS3rerght
to the saperstructure.
/ In his earnestncss Of purposeand in
the fire and heat sof debate he was not
always the mostschoice in hlsause of
language, but no tnaan, either friead or
foe, ever G2istook its honest meaning.
He was q true MAN He shsinked
no responsibility and stunned no
duty, but whether in the widest .llour
Of rebellion he struggled for the honor
and fidelity of his native State or for
the integrity and glory of the entire
Union, his sledge-hammer bANws
brought doWm upon the great anvil of
public opinion rang G2lt the notes TO
which patriotic land responded.
For such a Gaan the1e was and could
be but little rest.
We are told that he l0ved his hons
and all the joys of domestic peace, butt
| his public life was a life of storm andg
EDattle. 1t could not we'll be otherwise: y
| Tor While in all the land there was one3
hslman being, even one of the humblest
Of Gods creatures denied a single con-
stktutional right, Oliver p. Morton
conld not and would not be peaceable.
Whatever others might say 81 do, when
he believed that scores and hundreds
Of American citizens Wege being
slaughtered in cold blood for the bare
assertion Of their political rights, he
never finched from saying SO either
from tbs rostrum, before the people. or
from his seat in the Senate in the pres
|ence of AL his peers.
For such man, | repeat, there was
aad could be no peace; and had his
life been spared as long as some Of lis
nafght have hoped, it would have been
all the same. The contest would have
gone on; he would have been assailed,
abused, and vilifed while living; he
would have been loved, honored, and
revered when dead.
Mr.. Speaker, these are the penalties
and these are the rewards which God
himself has attached to the conscien-
tious performance of public duty. Mr..
Morton was not only a courageous but
he was an honest man. His lot was
cast in the stOrmiest DpriOd of tha Rp-I