The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
MOURNING FOR MORTON.
Eulogies on the Dead Giant.-North, South
and West Shake Hands Over His Grave
and Pay Tribute to His Memory.
WASHINGTON. Jan. /

OCudCOA oiuSC3 VI NA1ooAooIPkV, IL SeiAo2J
of Mr.. Morton, was greatly admired. !
exceeded in pathos and was hardly shor
in poetry of the closing harangue deliv
cred by Mr.. VOORHEES,.
The tribute to the dead war Governor
by Senator Mcdonald was very touch
ing.
Morning business having been disposed
of, Mr.. Mcdonald, of Indiana, submitted
the following:
ResoWed, That from an earnest desire tx
show every mark of respect to the mem
ory of the Hon. Oliver P. Morton, late
Senator of the United States from thu
State of Indiana, and manifest the high
estimate. entertained of his eminent pub
lie services, his distinguished patriotism
and his usefulness as citizen, the busi
ness of the Senate be now suspended
that the friends and associates of the de-
ceased Senator may pay fitting tribute te
his public and private virtues.
ResOlued, That despread and pub
| lie sorrow on the announcement OF his
death attested the profound sense of the
loss which the whole country has sus'
tanned.
Resolvea, That as mark of respect fol
the memory of Mr.. Morton the members
of the Senate. will 20 into mourning by
wearing Grape on the left arm for thirty
days. 'f2s'' -, -. -. -. 80,
| Resohed, That the Secretary of the
Senate communicate these resolutions to
the House Of Representatives.
I Agreed To. = - ~.
MI. Med reviewed at length the
life, character and services of the late
Senator, and said that by his death 8
great name had been stricken from the
roll of the Senate. Nowhere would his
loss be felt so, severely as among his
friends and followers in his native State.
He spoke of the warmth and strength Of
the affections of the dead Senator, and
said that if he had faults, let them be
buried with him. Let his friends and
associates remember and cherish only
those kindly feelings and sentiments
which his higher and better qualities in
spired. :" ,}[' u ,' !. ~
Mr. Thurman. of Ohio, said that occa-
sions like this were not the proper time
for universal praise on the one hand OF
criticisms on the other, of the political
| life Of deceased Senators He MIR.
Thurhan) would speak of the late Sena-
tor as a man, not as q politician, though
| it was difficult to separate the man from
the politician, for he lived and moved
and had his being in the atmosphere OF
| politics. In any sphere of life he would
have been remarkable man. He was
a. scholar, but, his speeches were distln-
guished for earnestness. In social inter
conrse he was universally courteous and
amiable, and it was gratifying to him
(Mr. Thurman) to say that no unkindl
word ever passed between him and the
late Senator. -, :
Mr.. Conkling, of New York, spoke of
the practice Of ancient times, when those
nearest the dead spoke at their funerals
and extolled the virtues of loved ones,
and referring to the certainty Of death,
said that the dark valley with its weird
and solemn shadows, although illumined q
by Christianity, is still the ground which
man shudders to approach. BE then re-
| ferred to the services of the late Senator
and the usage of the Senate of paying
public tribute to those, of the members
who have gone before. When q Senator,
worn out with labors which observed no
hours, crowned with honors well earned
| and duties well done, beckoned by the
shadowy hand, retreated from the din OF
life, and the gates had been closed behind
him forever, it was decorous that those
| who were so soon to follow should pause
and testify to the public the esteem in
which they held him and the appreciation
which they knew he deserved. BE arose
only to add his tribute of respect and ad.
miration for the services and the genius
of the remarkable man whose death. was
mourned to-day. As a party leader he
was too great for any State or any party
to readily supply his place. AS yigi-
| lant representative he had no superior in
either House of Congress. Crippled by
bodily infrmity, his mind never faltered
or tagged. No labor discouraged him
no contingency appalled, him; no disad-
vantage dismeyed him; no defeat dis,
heartened him. Those who encountered
him in debate would never forget bis
ability, his courage, and above all his in
domitable heart. He would 60 down; to
a far hereafter, not as one who embell.
liished his name by a scholastic and studied
use of words, but rather as one who, day
by day on the journey Of life, met reali.
ties. and affairs, and grappled them with
a grasp resolute and quick. he needed
no epitaph' but his name, and though
brass might corrode and marble mould.
men would still remember Oliver 2,
Morton as leading and manful deten-
der of the Republic, in the Republics
most dire and heroic age.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, said that
upon an occasion like this, when nation
was paying its respect to 8 dead Senator
lit was not fitting that the section which
\ he represented should be silent. Ala
bama laid upon the tomb of the late
Senator bow of her evergreen magnolia
crowned with the white emblem OF peace
and with it extended to Indiana hel
heartfelt sympathy. He then spoke o.
the prominent traits of: Mr.. Morton's
! character, and said that though his ma
ture was intensely combative, his ear was
ever ready to listen to the bugles of truce
He was no conspirator. His nature wa
above that mean level. He was an open
bold and defiant antagonist, and his cp
ponents always knew where to find him
| He lived during the most corrupt era Of
our history, and had every opportunity
to grow rich by stealth, but he escaped
eyery suspicion of dishonesty. He wa!
an honest man. ::
Mr.. Bruce, of Mississippi, said that the
deceased Senator possessed the elements
of great statesman. He then alluded
to the attachment which the colored peo
pie felt for him, and said that perhaps
few public men, except Abraham Lin
coin and Charles Sumner, were bette
known to the ,colored people and more
loved and revered.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, concluded
the eulogies, and said that the Senat'
had been uttering the last words over tn
grave of one who played a bold part il
politics.. The late Senator and himsel