Western Kansas world., 1889-03-09
INGALLS, ORATI
Such Occasions Usually apuu
Day in the Senate.
The Senate Chamber Packed to Hkar
sAe Kansas senator's Eulogy USkn
James N. Burnes, the Dead Nissou4
Consressman-His the Only speech
Printed.

snas no further business will be transacted,
and not caring to hear spesches that thoy
are usually justified in guessing viii bo
stereotyped and tiresome, 60 TO their COM
mittee rooms or to their homes and the
chamber is deserted except by thoss Who sx-
pect to speak and the reporters and other
employees who cannot &c. away. But the
mere rumor that Senator Ingalls was to
speak on Monday when the senate had nm
Ter consideration tho resolution Of respect
70 the memory of James N. Burnee, late
member from Missouri, was enough to
cnange all that. Every senator was In his
chair, the sofas and extra chairs were ocCu-
pied by representatives who had come over
from the house, and the public and reserved
galleries were crowded. Senator Dolph had
been called to the chair, and as Mr.. Ingalia
every e7e in the vast assemblage Was Axed
on him and every ear vas strained to catch
his Ii htest word.
Kansans may take some pride in learning
however, that it was the only address that
was printed in full by the Washington
papers, although Senators Cockeril. Vest
and bale and Voorhees, and Morgan were
among the speakers. It is a pleasant thing
to say that no othe senator could have drawn
90 great a croAd on such an occasion.
INGALLS, SPEECH.
The following is the already famous
speech delivered by Senator Ingalls' on the
occasion of the memorial services over the
late Congressman Burnes:
These are the eliminating hours OF the
closing scene in the drama of our national
life. When this day week returns one po-
Utica party will relinquish and another as
sumo the functions of government. On
every hand are visible the preparations to
welcome the coming and speed the parting
guest. Events of great pi,h and moment
are awaiting on the brief interval. While
pleasure wanders restlessly through the
bltion. cupiditY and revenge sit IN the ga
leries or stand at the gates, eager like the
dying Elizabeth) to exchange millions OF
money for that inch of time on which sue
cess or failure. wealth or penury, honor or
obloquy, depend. At this crisis and juno
ture, when every instant is priceless, the
senate, resisting every inducement and 60
to consider resolutions of the highest priv
ilege-reported from no committee, having
no pla,e on any calendar, but which take
precedence of unfinished business" and
Especial ORDERS" ON which the yeas and
nays are never called, and on which no
Teverently pauses in obedience to the holiest
impulses OF human nature to contemplate
the profoundest mystery of human destiny,
Tho mystery of death.
In the democracy of death all men, at
least, are equal. There is neither rank, nor
station, nor prerogative il the republic OF
the grave. At that fatal threshold the phil
osopher ceases to be wise, and the song Of
the poet is silent. At that fatal threshold
Dives relinQuishes his millions and Lazarus
his rags. The poor is as rich as the richest
and the rich as poor as the pauper. The
creditor loses his usury, and the debtor ls
acquitted Of his obli cation. The proud
his honors, the wording his pleasures:
iere the invalid needs no physician, and
the laborer rests from unrequited toll.
Here. at least, is natures final decree In
equity. The irony of fate is refu;ed. The
wrongs Of time are redIessed and
dise.buson IS Of Hssth Of Sonol
capacity, pleasure and opportunity. which
make life 20 cruel and inexplicable tray
edy, ceases in the realm of death. The
strongest has, therefore. no supremacy and
the weakest needs no defense. The mightieet
captain succumbs to that irwin oible adver-
sary who disarms alike the victor and the
James Nelson Burnes, whose life and vir-
tues We commemorate,,w was man whom
Plutarch might have described and Van
Dyke portrayed. Massive. rugged and ro-
bust, in motion slow, in speech serious and
deliberate, grave in aspect, serious in de-
meanor, of antique and heroic mold, the
incarnation of force. As / looked for the
last time upon that countenance from
which (for the first time in 80 many years.
no glance Of friendly recognition nor word
of welcome came, reflected upon the i'm
peuetrable and iDsoluble mystery Of death.
But, if death bs the end, if the life Of Burnes
terminated upon ''this bank and shoal Of
time" if no morning Is to dawn upon tho
night in which he sleeps. then sorrow has no
consolation, and this impressive and solemn
ceremony which We observe, has no more
significance than the painted peagant OF the
stage. If the existence of Burnes was but q
troubled dream, his death oblivion, what
count his virtues? Neither veneration NOR
reverence is due the dead If they are but
dust; no cenotaph should be reared to pre-
serve for posterity the memory Of their
achievements, those who come after them
are to be only their successors in annihila-
tion and extinction. II IN this world only
We have hope and consciousness, duty must
be chimera; our pleasures and our pas
sions should be the guides Of conduct, and
virtue is indeed . superstition il life ends
at the grave. This is the conclusion which
the philosophy of negation rn1st accept at
last. Such is the infeliclty cs those de0rad-
ing precepts which make the spitaph the
eOOs ~ bu0 A4X0 Va OOA000 10 % . S0R0S ssso0
10 burned out, them Nc treasure bis memory
and example in vain. And the latest payer
Of his departing spirit has no more sanc1ty
to us, Who soon or late must follow him.
than the whisper Of winds that stif the
leaves of the protesting forest, or the mur-
muf of waves that break upon the complain
ing shore.
Shadowed by British Spies.
Nvv Yonx- March k-"Rrifish sniaa ara
as plenty ss blackberries on IN Irish hedge
row." said prominent Irishman. 'sBesides
the Le Caron type there are hundreds Of
spoilers who shadow every prominent NJ
tionalist In this country and are source Of
greet personal annoyance." Among the
1rishmon who have been psEseoufed n TIM
way Augustine e. Costello, tbs publishef, =
q notable instance. In bis younger days
Mr.. Caste1lo was member Of the FentGn
brotherhood in this city. He IL now . GSone
supporter Of Mr.. Parnsll's policy, and nsvsf
had any connection With dynamite ploiu,
but he 10 watched BY detectives o. Il ho were
. most dangerous oo0spirator."