The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-20


not presumptuous, it is in us, who
are the. tenants of an hour in this
earthly abode, to wrestle and struggle
together with a violence wh;sh would
not be justifiable If it were our per-
petual home !'''fai; ~; S|s5 /,
VI What Webster Said.
Three otter Senators spoke: Web
,ster, Of Massachusetts Rusk, of
Texas and ,Gleme ns; Of Alabama. Our
limits allow us, though the full text
of these three speeches are in hand,
but a paragraph from each of the two
first named. Mr.. Webster said:
"Sir, I have not in public nor in
private life known more assiduous
person in the discharge of his appro-
pirate duties. 1 have known no man
who wasted less Of life in what is
called recreation, or employed. less of
it in any pursuits not connected with
the immediate discharge of his duty.
He seemed to have no recreation but
the pleasure Of conversation with his
friends. Out of the chambers of Con-
gress he was either devoting himself
to the acquisition Of knowledge per-
tanning to the immediate subject Of
the duty before him, or else he was
indulging in those social interviews
in waich he so much delighted.
Oonofo, FTbopaoc ToPpor.o,, D,,,l, -
Texas, was son Of the man who
built the "Old Stone Church." In
his brief address he said:
"Mr. President, I hope it will not
be considered inappropriate for me
TO say a word upon this solemn oc-
casion. Being a native of the same
State with the distinguished Senator
whose death has cast a gloom upon
this Senate and the audience here as
scmbled, | had the good fortune at
an early period of my life, to make his
&ccns; :anc.. Al that time he was
just entering on that bright career
which has now terminated. / was
then a boy, with prospects anything
but flattering. TO him, at that per-
iod, I was indebted for words of kind
ness and encouragement, and often
since in the most critical positions in
which | have been placed, a recur-
renee to those words Of encourage
ment has inspired me with ..solution
TO meet difficulties that beset my
path. -Four years ago ! had the plea
sure of renewing that acquaintance,
after an abscn1c Of some fifteen years,
and this took place after he had taken
an active part in the question of
Texas to the United States,
adding a new sense Of obligation to
my feeling Of gratitude.
Funeral Exercises in Senate Chamber.
The remains Of the deceased were
brought into the Senate at IL clock.
April 2, attended by the committee
of arrangements and the pallbearers.
The committee we're: Messrs Mason,
Davis, Atchison, Dodge, Dickinson
and Greene. The pallbcarers: Messrs.
Mangum, Clay, Webster, Cass, King
and Berrien.
The chaplain of the Senate, the Rev.
G. M. Butler, preached a sermon from
the sixth and seventh verses of the
SD Psalm: 81 havcs aid We are gods,
and all Of you are children Of the
Most High, but ye shall die like men,
and fall like one of the princes.
The funeral cortegc left the Senate
chamber for the body was Temporal
rily deposited, in the following order:
The chaplains of both houses Of Con-
gress, physicians who attended the
deceased, committee OF arrangements,
pallbearcrs, the family and friends Of
the deceased, the Senator and Repre-
scntatives from the State of South
Carolina, as mourners, the sergeant
alarms of the senate Of the United
States, the sergeant-at-arms Of the
House Of Representatives, the House
Of Representatives, preceded by their
speaker and clerk, the President Of
the United States, the heads Of de-
partments, the Chief Justice and AS
sociate Justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States and it's officers,
the diplomatic corps, Judges Of the
United States, officers Of the execu-
tive department, officers Of the army
and navy, the mayor and councils Of
Washington, citizens and strangers.
In The House Of Representatives.
Appropriate exercises were held in