chaste their lives, however pure their intentions, however disinterested their acts, who have not had hurled at them the poisoned arrows of partisan rancor. But the manly and generous qualities of our deceased friend were a shield to his character, and whatever may have been said against him in the heat of partisan anger was never eherished in the hearts of those who may have thus hastily spoken.

His political course was short and successful; labor and not words. was what he relied upon for success; and no person, of whatever party, or however much they may have differed with him in opinion, ever doubted his intentions or failed to admire his fidelity to his party and his friends. His zeal in the performance of his duty kept him steadily at his post; and no movement, either of order or business, failed to attract his attention.

He was the first and only one of those who have been honored with a seat in the national council from the State of Nebraska who

has departed hence for a world of peace; and yet he was the youngest of them all. He was cut down in the bloom and prime of his manhood, in the full possession of his intellectual powers, and has passed to that shadowy land from whence there is no return.

Mr. President, the record of the tomb is fast filling up with illustrious names. In the providence of an all-wise God a number of victims greater than is usual have been snatched by the hand of the dread destroyer from the councils of the nation during the present Congress. In the course of a very short service in this Chamber it has been my sad experience to witness with sympathizing sorrow an unusual number of occasions of this character, in memory of the departure of respected members of one or the other of the two Houses of Congress. How impressively sad this warning, reminding us of the mutability of human life, of how powerless the earthly hands of love to save, and verifying in this case the saying that "in the midst of life we are in death"! Let these frequent admonitions, so solemn and awful, find a deep place in our hearts who yet remain behind.

Our late associate has gone hence, sir, but his memory will survive, embalmed in the hearts of those who knew him and appreciated his manly qualities. He died, as he lived, deserving and possessing the warm-hearted esteem of many and the ill-will, I trust, of none. In private life in the State in which he lived he was respected, confided in, and beloved to a very remarkable degree; and I have never witnessed a community apparently more deeply impressed by the death of one of its number than in the exhibition of sorrow over the death of our deceased associate.

The integrity of his character, the soundness of his judgment, and the kindness of his heart were well attested by the confidence and affection bestowed upon him in his life and the intense sorrow with which his untimely death was deplored.

Let us commend the heart-stricken widow, the fatherless children, and the bereaved relatives and friends to the tender mercies and teachings of Him who doeth all things well, and who alone can heal the bruised heart and calm the whirlwind of grief in the afflicted soul.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolutions proposed by the Senator from Nebraska [Mr. PADDOCK]. The resolutions were agreed to unanimously.

Mr. SAUNDERS. As a further mark of respect to the deceased I move that the Senate do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; and (at five o'clock and thirty-eight minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned.