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 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, 
 
 FEBRUARY 1st, and 3d; 1851. 
 
 

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OBITUARY SERVICES. 
 
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1851. 
 
 The Journal of yesterday having been read, 
 Mr. HOWARD, of Texas, rose and addressed the House as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Mr. Speaker : It is my melancholy duty to announce the death 
 t)f my colleague, the Hon. DAvm S. Kaufman. On yesterday, 
 about two o'clock P. M., he came to my seat as he passed out of 
 the Hall, and we conversed in relation to a subject connected 
 with our official duties, and the interest of our State. He ap- 
 peared, so far as I observed, perfectly well — the image of robust 
 and vigorous health. Few men in Congress, to all appearance,, 
 gave greater assurance of a long, active, and useful life. At the 
 close of the day, a message was brought me that he was dying, 
 and when I reached his lodgings he was already lifeless, and pale 
 beneath the cold hand of death. It seems he had left the Capitol 
 before three o'clock in a carriage, and took his bed on reaching 
 his hotel. A friend who saw him get out of his carriage remarked 
 that he looked pale. He answered that he was unwell, and com- 
 plained of oppression in the chest. At about five o'clock he 
 breathed his last, almost without a struggle. The physicians in 
 attendance pronounced the disease which had so suddenly termi- 
 nated his life, to be an affection of the heart. 
 
 A summons of one of us by the Great Messenger, so unlocked 
 for, so sudden, mounfully admonishes us "what shadows we are, 
 and what shadows we pursue." 
 
 When we are thus reminded how attenuated is the veil of time 
 that separates us from eternity, the strife of party, and the intoxi- 
 cating pursuits of ambition and fame, appear but the vocation of 
 children of a larger growth. 
 
 Mr. Kaufman was a native of Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and 
 was born in 1813. He was graduated at Princeton College in 
 1833. He appears to have held a high rank for scholarship at 
 that distinguished seat of learning, which has produced so many 
 able men. During the last session of Congress he was selected 
 
to deliver an annual address before one of the societies of his 
 Alma Mater. 
 
 Not long after he had finished his collegiate studies, he removed 
 to Natchez, Mississippi, where he read law in the office of that 
 accomplished gentleman, lawyer, statesman, and soldier, John A. 
 Quitman, whose confidence and esteem he always enjoyed. 
 
 In 1835, Mr. Kaufman settled in Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 
 the practice of his profession, and obtained a fair share of busi- 
 ness, although surrounded by able and older members of the bar. 
 Indeed, few men had naturally more of the elements which ensure 
 success in any pursuit to which he might have directed his attention. 
 
 That brilliant event, the battle of San Jacinto, turned west- 
 ward the attention of the young and the adventurous to the star 
 that had just arisen above the political horizon. In the Spring 
 of 1837 Mr. Kaufman emigrated to Nacogdoches, in the Repub- 
 lic of Texas. In 1838 he had already so far won the confidence 
 of the people among wliom he had established his home, that he 
 was elected a member of the Texan Congress. He was twice re- 
 elected, and twice chosen Speaker of the House, an office which 
 he discharged with much ability. Indeed, few men in this House 
 understood better the rules of its proceeding, and the general 
 parliamentary law. 
 
 In 1 843, having removed to Sabine county, he was elected to the 
 Senate, and from the Committee on Foreign Relations, in 1844, 
 presented a report in favor of annexation, characterized by much 
 force and strength of argument. He took an active and zealous 
 part in favor of that measure, and contributed much to its consum- 
 mation. He was imbued with the general spirit that pervaded 
 the public mind in Texas — a longing after "fatherland," and the 
 hope of enrolment beneath the stars and stripes, which always 
 will be the highest glory of any true-hearted American. He feels 
 a proud consciousness that wherever they float, American cannon 
 shall protect American liberty. 
 
 Neither was the service of my colleague to Texas confined to 
 her legislative councils. During three diff'erent years, he partici- 
 pated in as many campaigns against the enemies of his adopted 
 country, and bore a wound conspicuously upon his person, the 
 living record of his gallant conduct. 
 
 Afier the adjournment of the Texan Congress, in 1845, Mr. 
 Kaufman was appointed Charge to this Government, but t hat office 
 having been superseded by the final act of annexation, he was 
 
elected one of the first members to this House from the State of 
 Texas, in which position he had ever since been continued. 
 
 David S. Kaufman possessed an intellect of a high order, which 
 had been well cultivated. He was patient and laborious, always 
 presented his subject in a strong point of view, with clearness and 
 precision. He gathered up the bearing of his topic, without 
 which no one can be able to command success. No Representa- 
 tive was more zealous in the discharge of his official duties. No 
 member labored more, in season and out of season, to perform his 
 whole trust, and discharge the humblest business confided to his 
 care. It was this fidelity that rendered him perfectly invincible 
 in his district. 
 
 Of the social qualities of my colleague all will bear testimony. 
 He was amiable and kind in his intercourse on all occasions. 
 He was an obliging, good neighbor, always ready to assist the in- 
 digent and to aid the young and meritorious. He was a devoted 
 husband and affectionate parent. What the bereavement and loss 
 of his relatives must be under this most afflicting dispensation I 
 shall not attempt to portray. Grief is, i'n my estimation, too sa- 
 cred for the measured language of sympathy or condolence. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, when the aged man, who seems to have finished 
 his mission, is gathered to his fathers, we feel a mehmcholy re- 
 gret ; yet there is a consciousness that, after having finished the 
 objects of his life, he has at last fulfilled his destiny, and paid the 
 final debt of nature which we must all satisfy. But when one, 
 like my colleague, full of vigor, in the meridian of life, and with 
 brilliant prospects, is thus summoned, without a warning, to 
 another existence, the regret cannot be otherwise than profound. 
 It is our duty to submit, without a murmur, to the inscrutable 
 will of Providence ; yet it cannot but appear to our short-sighted- 
 ness that something has been left unfinished and incomplete. 
 
 This sudden demise ought to admonish us how feeble is the 
 hold of the strongest upon life, and how urgent the necessity 
 of always being prepared for the great event to man. 
 
 Mr. H. concluded by offering the following resolutions : 
 
 Resolved, That this House has heard, with deep emotion, the annunciation of the 
 death of the Hon. David S. Kaufman, a member of this House from the State of Texas. 
 
 Resolved, That this House tenders to the relatives of the deceased the expression of 
 its sympathy on this affecting event ; and, as a testimony of respect for the memory of 
 the deceased, the membeis and officers of the House will go into mourning, by wearing 
 crape on the left arm for thirty days. 
 
Resolved, That the members and officers of the House will attend the funeral of the 
 honorable David S. Kaufman, deceased, from the Hall of the House of Representatives, 
 on Monday next, at twelve o'clock. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee be appointed for superintending the funeral of the de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate be furnished with a copy of the foregoing resolutions, and 
 that they be invited to attend the funeral of the deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this 
 House do now adjourn. 
 
 Mr. MORSE said: In seconding the resolutions that have just 
 been read, I hope that I shall be pardoned if I add one word to 
 the eloquent notice which has been taken of his decease by his 
 colleague. There are reasons why the portion of Louisiana 
 which I have the honor to represent upon this floor, should min- 
 gle her voice with that of the Representative of her sister State. 
 
 Mr. Kaufman was for some time an inhabitant of the town of 
 Natchitoches, in the district I represent, and at this day his name 
 is there recollected with kindness and consideration. Besides his 
 having once been a constituent of mine, a large section of coun- 
 try, seven miles broad by nearly one hundred miles long, was ta- 
 ken from the district that I represent, and added to the eastern 
 district of Texas. 
 
 Sir, I know that these, my old constituents, would not pardon 
 me if I did not now represent their feelings in expressing their 
 sincere regret for, and admiration of, the character of their dis- 
 tinguished representative. 
 
 Sir, when a few years ago I had the honor of presenting Mr. 
 Kaufman as the first member elect from the State of Texas, the 
 district I then represented was the most remote district in the 
 United States. Sir, since that time an e.npire has arisen upon 
 the Pacific ; an empire has been added to this Government, and 
 is now represented in this House and in the Senate of the United 
 States. The reflection is calculated to elevate and raise the feel- 
 ings of American pride ; but there is something in the scene pre- 
 sented to us that reminds us of the frailty of all human eff'orts. 
 
 Not twenty-four hours since he was here in our midst, engaged 
 in the active duties of legislation ; nor was there a member of this 
 body with a brighter prospect for a long and useful career. Mr. 
 Kaufman was among the youngest, most robust, and noble-looking 
 men in this body. 
 
 There is no more trite or truer sentiment than how frail the 
 tenure is by which we hold our lives ; and the recent melancholy 
 
event is only another evidence of the certainty of death, and he 
 is the only true philosopher who, believing the truth of the poet, 
 is always prepared — 
 
 -"If it be now, 'tis not to conre; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not 
 
 now, yet it will come; the readiness is all." 
 
 Mr. McLANAHAN said : Mr. Speaker, I feel that it would not 
 be altogether inappropriate for me, on this solemn occasion, to 
 offer my tribute of respect to the memory of the dead. 
 
 Mr. Kaufman was a native of Cumberland county, in the State 
 of Pennsylvania — a county which I have the honor to represent on 
 this floor. Although I never enjoyed the pleasure of a personal 
 acquaintance with him until I met him here, I felt that I knew 
 him by a reputation which won the admiration of every Penn- 
 sylvanian. The announcement of his sudden death will cast the 
 gloom of sorrow over a large circle of attached relatives and 
 friends at the home of his boyhood, while it will burst open the 
 deep fountains of grief in the bosoms of those united by the ten- 
 derest ties of nature — a brother and a sister. May we not be 
 permitted to indulge the hope that this sorrow will find some 
 mitigation in the profound S5'mpathy felt by every member of this 
 House, and so appropriately expressed in the resolutions which 
 have just been offered. 
 
 The character and position that Mr. Kaufman attained at so 
 early an age, while they exhibit his own talent, energy, industry, 
 and honorable ambition, beautifully illustrate the fostering influ- 
 ences of our free institutions — institutions always proffering ardor 
 to the genius, vigor to the hopes, and success to the perseverance 
 of every worthy aspirant. 
 
 Starting under circumstances rather calculated to dishearten 
 than encourage, he manfully conquered every difficulty, and 
 pressed onward to the attainment of the nobler purposes of his 
 life. 
 
 If to him 
 Misfortune came, she brought along 
 
 The nobler virtues; 
 For so many great, illustrious spirits 
 Have conversed with wo, and 
 
 In her school been taught, 
 As are enough to consecrate distress, 
 And make ambition rather seek 
 
 Than shun the frowns of fortune. 
 
 It is, sir, unnecessary for me, after the interesting remarks of 
 his friend and colleague, to enter into the details of the history of 
 
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 Mr. Kaufman's life— a life, alas ! so suddenly closed ! What a 
 startling warning of the uncertain tenure by which we hold it ! 
 
 " Man walks forth a lord of the earth to-day, 
 To-morrow beholds him a part of its clay." 
 
 Mr. McCLERN AND said : Mr. Speaker, I would not unduly pro- 
 tract this melancholy sight, but my feelings prompt me to speak, 
 and I trust the House will indulge me while I add a few words 
 to what has been already so eloquently and appropriately said by 
 others. Having known the deceased from the date of his service 
 in this body, in 1846, to the hour of his death, my opportunities 
 enable me to bear testimony to his high merit ; and I can truly 
 say, what I feel, that he was an amiable and courteous gentle- 
 man, a true and generous friend, and an able and efficient Repre- 
 sentative. His entrance into this body was marked by the close 
 of an epoch of angry political contest, connected with the admis- 
 sion of Texas into the Union — a contest which fixed on him the 
 scrutinizing, if not jealous, eyes of many observers, and which 
 devolved on him a very delicate and responsible part in the coun- 
 cils of the nation. This part he triumphantly sustained, challeng- 
 ing even the approval of the indifferent, adding to his rising 
 reputation, and conferring large advantages on his State. But, 
 alas! our friend and fellow Representative is no more. His 
 ready greetings will be no more welcomed ; his voice will be no 
 more heard in the persuasive eloquence of patriotism, or in the 
 sharp conflicts of parliamentary debate. Death — the arch-enemy 
 Death — has struck down the sentinel on his watch. The strong 
 man, the buoyant hope, the high career, are all crushed. The 
 body of our associate is given to the cold grave — his spirit is re- 
 turned to its author and original, God ; and, startling to say, this 
 fearful change, from joyous life to inscrutable death, is the work 
 of a few hours. Let us who linger behind for a season, be warned 
 and instructed by the solemn and impressive dispensation. A 
 void is created in our midst. The State lately so ably represented 
 by the deceased, has sustained a great loss ; the country at large 
 has sustained a loss ; and, more than all, his bereaved, distressed 
 family, to whom, in common with the members of this body, I 
 offer the sincere condolence of a sympathizing heart. 
 
 The question was then taken on the resolutions, and they were 
 unanimously adopted ; and 
 
 The House adjourned till Monday. 
 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1851. 
 
 The following message was received from the House of Repre- 
 sentatives by Mr. Young, their Clerk. 
 
 "Mr. Phesidevt: I am directed by the House of Representatives to notify the Sen- 
 ate of the death of the Hon. Datid S. KArrMAif, a member of the House of Represen- 
 tatives from the State of Texas, and of the proceedings of the House thereon : 
 
 "House of Representatites, February 1, 1851. 
 
 "Resolved, That the House has heard with deep emotion the annunciation of the 
 death of the Hon. David S. Kaufman, a member of this House from the State of Texas. 
 
 " Resolved, That this House tenders to the relatives of the deceased the expression of 
 its sympathy on this afflicting event; and, as a testimony of respect for the memory of 
 the deceased, the members and officers of the House will go into mourning for thirty 
 days. 
 
 " Resolved, That the members and officers of the House will attend the funeral of the 
 Hon. David S. Kaufman, deceased, from the Hail of the House of Representatives, on 
 Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M. 
 
 "Resolved, That a committee be appointed for superintending the funeral of the de- 
 ceased. 
 
 " Resolved, That the Senate be furnished with a copy of the foregoing resolutions, 
 and that they be invited to attend the funeral of the deceased." 
 
 The resolutions having been read — 
 
 Mr. RUSK said : Mr. President, I rise to perform a mournful duty 
 in connexion with the announcement just made to the Senate of 
 the death of my late colleague, the honorable DAvm S. Kaufman, 
 one of the Representatives from the State of Texas in the Con- 
 gress of the United States. He departed this life at his lodgings 
 in this city about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, surrounded by an 
 affectionate family. Death usually gives warning of his ap- 
 proach ; but in this case there was a fearful suddenness in the 
 summons from the active and busy scenes of life to the silence of 
 the tomb. Of the early history of Mr. Kaufman I have but little 
 knowledge. He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, 
 in the year 1813, and received his education at Nassau Hall, 
 Princeton, New Jersey. My first acquaintance with him began 
 in the year 1837, in Texas, when that Republic was in the midst 
 of the trying scenes of her revolution, in the dangers of which he 
 actively participated. In the year 1838 he was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Congress of Texas, and took a prominent part in her 
 legislation. In 1839 he was a second time elected to that Con- 
 gress, and chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, which 
 position he filled for two sessions with great credit to himself. In 
 
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 1843 he was elected to the {Senate, which office he held until the 
 annexation of Texas to this Union — a measure which had his 
 warmest support. After the acceptance of the proposition of the 
 United States by Texas, he was selected and sent to this Govern- 
 ment as envoy by President Jones. His services to Texas weiie 
 not in a civil capacity alone. During several campaigns he bore 
 his full share in the struggles of his adopted country for liberty, 
 and participated in several battles, in one of which he received 
 an honorable wound in the face. At the first election after the 
 entrance of Texas into the Union he was chosen a member of the 
 House of Representatives. Of the zeal and fidelity with which 
 he discharged the duties of this position it is unnecessary for me 
 to speak. His constituents at the second election manifested 
 their approval of his course by an almost unanimous re-election 
 for a second term, in the midst of which he has been cut off. For 
 fourteen years I have had the honor of an intimate personal ac- 
 quaintance with the deceased. I have been an eye-witness of his 
 ability in the councils of his country, and his chivalry and gallant 
 bearing on the field of battle. But he is now gone from among 
 us, and " the places that have known him shall know him no 
 more forever." I trust his spirit has winged its way from a 
 world of care, trouble, and anxiety, to the mansions of eternal 
 bliss, where pain and sorrow never enter. 
 
 Our lamented friend has left behind him an affectionate and de- 
 voted wife, and a most interesting family of children. His chil- 
 dren, although at present too young to be aware of the loss they 
 have sustained, will, as their intellectual faculties shall be de- 
 veloped, find in the history of their father's short but useful career, 
 bright examples to guide their footsteps. May the all-merciful 
 Being who is a husband to the widow, and a father to the father- 
 less, watch over the bereaved partner of his bosom and her sor- 
 rowing children, and sustain them in their time of affliction ! 
 
 Mr. President, this afflicting dispensation should be a warning 
 to those of us who survive. Three hours before our lamented 
 friend was called to his last account, he was as actively engaged 
 in the business of life as any one of us. He was doubtless animated 
 by as strong hopes of a prosperous and honorable future as we 
 are. Now, the voice of censure and of praise falls alike unheeded 
 upon the dull cold ear of death. 
 
 Sir, we should learn to look forward to the event which must 
 happen to each of us, not with the timidity which paralyzes exer- 
 
tion, but with the calm confidence inspired by the belief that life 
 has been bestowed upon us by an all-wise Creator as a gift to be 
 employed for the advancement of human happiness, and with the 
 determination that, come when it may, death shall find us endea- 
 voring faithfully to discharge the great duties of life. 
 
 Mr. President, I move that the resolutions which I send to the 
 Chair be adopted. 
 
 Besolved, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the message from the 
 House of Representatives announcing the death of the Hon. Datid S. KAUFMAir,a Re- 
 presentative from the State of Texas. 
 
 Resolved, That in token of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate will 
 attend his funeral at the hour appointed by the House of Representatives, and will wear 
 the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, 
 the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and the Senate 
 adjourned. 
 
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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1851. 
 
 After prayer by the reverend Chaplain of the House, 
 
 The Clerk read the journal of the previous day's proceedings. 
 
 FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 
 
 Shortly afterwards the corpse of the late David S. Kaufman, a 
 member of the House of Representatives from the State of Texas, 
 (received by the House standing,) was brought in, preceded by 
 
 The Committee of Arrangements, 
 
 Mr. HowAHD, of Texas, Mr. McLhtahak, of Pennsylvania, 
 
 Mr. AsHMux, of Massachusetts, Mr. SaEPPEnn, of North Carolina, 
 
 Mr. J. Thompson, of Mississippi, Mr. F. E. McLean, of Kentucky, 
 
 Mr. J. K. Miller, of Ohio, Mr. Morse, of Louisiana, 
 
 Mr. McClernand, of Illinois. 
 
 And the Pall-hearers, 
 
 Mr. Job Mann, of Pennsylvania, Mr. J. G. King, of New Jersey, 
 
 Mr. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, Mr. James H. Duncan, of Mass., 
 
 Mr. A. Burt, of South Carolina, Mr. J. L. Taylor, of Ohio, 
 
 Mr. R. W^. Johnson, of Arkansas, Mr. M. P. Gentry, of Tennessee. 
 
 The corpse was followed by the relatives and iViends of the de- 
 ceased. 
 
 The Senate of the United States were announced by the Door- 
 keeper ; when that body (the House rising) entered the hall, 
 headed by their Chaplain, who repeated on their way down the 
 aisle a portion of the funeral service of the Church of England. 
 
 The Doorkeeper next announced the President of the United 
 States and Cabinet, when those functionaries appeared at the 
 main entrance of the hall, and proceeding down the main aisle to 
 the area in front of the Clerk's desk, in which the corpse rested, 
 were received by the House standing, and took the seats provided 
 for them. 
 
 The Doorkeeper next announced the Supreme Court of the 
 United States ; whereupon that body, preceded by the United 
 States Marshal for the District of Columbia, entered the hall 
 (being received by the House standing,) and seating themselves 
 in the places provided, the reverend Chaplain of the Senate read 
 a portion of the service of the Episcopal Church. 
 
The reverend Chaplain of the House then delivered the folloW' 
 ing discourse : 
 
 FUNERAL DISCOURSE, 
 
 By the Rev. R. R. Gurley, Chaplain of the House. 
 
 "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death." — Corinthians, xv. 26. 
 
 On a former funeral occasion in this Hall, while an honored 
 Chief Magistrate of this nation sat on the right, and before me 
 and upon me was the expressive countenance of the late eminent 
 Senator from South Carolina, and near by a respected Represen- 
 tative from the same State, (all, alas ! and doubtless many others 
 then present, now gathered to the great congregation of the dead,) 
 I said, "The recent experience of our friend and brother who has 
 just fallen in the midst of us must be ours, and the interest of 
 each and every one of us in the change of death is no less than 
 his. * It is appointed unto men once to die.' I hear a voice from 
 his shroud, it comes to us from ten thousand sepulchres, it is borne 
 to us as on every breeze from wasted and buried nations, it is 
 written in the sacred records, and echoed back from the depths of 
 eternity, 'Be ye also ready, for ye know neither the day nor the 
 hour in which the Son of Man cometh.' " 
 
 How becoming to an occasion like this are silence, awe, and 
 prayer ; how unsuited and unworthy a word, thought, or even an 
 imagination tending to withdraw our minds from the fearful un- 
 certainties of our condition, our high relations to God, and the 
 interests of our nearly approaching eternal state. Far be it from 
 any one of us vainly to imagine that death is one of the original 
 laws and necessary conditions of our present existence. Human 
 reason can never show why we should not exist on earth as im- 
 mortals, and if invited to other worlds, be translated thither like 
 Enoch and Elijah, and never see death. Not merely a terrible, 
 but an inscrutable mystery would be the sudden and appalling 
 event which has summoned us together, but for the voice of the 
 Christian Revelation, which on this subject leaves nothing to 
 doubt, nothing to conjecture. "Wherefore," says the inspired 
 apostle, " as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by 
 sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." 
 Death, then, is the effect of sin — an evil brought upon our race 
 by the original apostacy of our First Parent, a symbol of the of- 
 fended justice of Heaven, a premonition of still heavier judgments 
 to be revealed against incorrigible, unpardoned transgressors, a 
 
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 shadow of the Divine displeasure against iniquit}', darkly cast 
 over all the ages, countries, and nations of the world. Ever since 
 the malediction was pronounced to Adam, on the day of his trans- 
 gression, "Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return," it has 
 been the great and universal alHiction of our race, filling all the 
 families of the earth with lamentation, mourning, and woe. It is 
 the evil of all seasons, of all ages, of all places, and all conditions. 
 Even those escape it not who have not sinned after the similitude of 
 Adam's transgression, nor those faithful souls, to dispel whose fears 
 Jesus Christ himself passed through its darkness, that through 
 death he might destroy him who had the power of death, and having 
 overcome its sharpness, open the kingdom of glory to all believers. 
 
 How incessant, from the death of Abel to the event which we 
 now deplore, has been the warfare of this enemy upon our race ; 
 how many and mighty generations have in quick succession sunk 
 to oblivion beneath his power ! His are all powers of attack, his 
 the elements, the uncounted agencies, instrumentalities, and subtle 
 forces of nature. He walks forth proudly on the high places of 
 the field — the confused noise of the battle of the warriors is 
 silenced, and their garments rolled in blood ; or mingling his ter- 
 rors with the fury of stormy seas, breaks ships and navies into 
 fragments, or overwhelms them in the deep ; or tainting with his 
 breath the vital air, our strength perishes, and as a cloud is con- 
 sumed — we vanish away. He disappoints all our calculations, 
 mocks at all our precautions, and has no respect of persons. 
 How often does he show himself when we least expect and are 
 least prepared to meet him; how often force open our well-barred 
 doors, and come suddenly upon us in our security, in the expres- 
 sive language of our Saviour, " like a thief in the night." 
 
 But if Death be our great enemy, he is also a great teacher. 
 
 Consider this scene, and receive instruction ; consider it well, 
 and through the grace of our blessed Redeemer, who is mightier 
 than death ; who, in his own person, hath abolished death ; who 
 shall reign until this last enemy shall be utterly vanquished and 
 cast under his feet, may it make a deep, permanent, religious 
 impression upon your hearts. " The thoughts of death," says an 
 able preacher, " are the most efficacious and sovereign remedy 
 for restraining our passions, the best and surest rule to direct us 
 in our deliberations, the most powerful means to inspire us with 
 a holy fervor in our actions. 
 
" You are hurried and borne away by the tide of passion that 
 you cannot stem, but seem to yourself unable to command your 
 ambition or lust. Remember what in reason ought to be the 
 ambition and lust of a man who must yield to death. 
 
 " You deliberate upon a matter that nearly concerns you, a 
 matter of consequence, and are unsettled in mind as to your reso- 
 lution. Remember the resolution that besets a man that must 
 yield to death. 
 
 " You are slow to perform, negligent to acquit yourself of your 
 religious duty. Remember how important the performance of 
 such duty to a man who must yield to death." 
 
 If distinguished talents, a thorough education ; if early honors, 
 a vigorous manhood, not far advanced, and an aspect* of perfect 
 health ; if a high position, the approbation of his constituents, 
 and the confidence and esteem of his associates ; if dispositions 
 generous and amiable, and manners winning ; if fidelity to every 
 public trust, and exemplariness in his domestic relations ; if fair 
 and expanding prospects of usefulness and distinction, the attach- 
 ment of friends, and the love and tears of his family could have 
 averted the fatal blow, this our brother had not died. 
 
 Magistrates and Councillors of this nation. Judges of this people, 
 Generals, Senators and Representatives of this Congress so soon to 
 close, when you will separate, never again to meet until you meet 
 in eternity in the presence of God, open your minds and hearts, in 
 this territory of sin and death, amid these badges of grief and 
 vestiges of ruin, in view of these tombs, opening their doors to 
 receive you, open your hearts, I entreat you, to the light and truth 
 from Heaven, and be not faithless, but believing. "The sting of 
 death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, but thanks be to 
 God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 
 "Therefore," (how just this conclusion,) "therefore, my beloved 
 brethren, be ye steadfast and immoveable, always abounding in 
 the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is 
 not in vain in the Lord." 
 
 " The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Hear it ye 
 who are building your own sepulchres, ye who sit in the dust, 
 ye who mingle your drink with weeping, ye who clothe your- 
 selves with sackcloth, or wander inconsolable among the decay- 
 ing and crumbling monuments of the dead ! Hear it, O •-arth, 
 smitten by the curse of God, and ye troubled nations vanishing 
 before the breath of his displeasure ; " The last enemy that shall 
 
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 be destroyed is death." A world, surely, surely there is, where 
 there is no sickness and no night — a kingdom inacessible to our 
 vicissitudes and sorrows, and which sin and death shall not in- 
 vade. Hear the voice of Divine consolation: "Let not your heart 
 be troubled ; ye believe in God, believe in me." "In my Father's 
 house are many mansions ; if it were not so I would have told you» 
 I go to prepare a place for you ; and if I go and prepare a place 
 for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where 
 I am there ye may be also." Believe in Him who uttered these 
 words, and death to you shall be the gate of an endless life — the 
 entrance to mansions not made with hands, of immortal purity, 
 perfection, and joy. More than conquerors through Him that 
 hath loved us, you shall stand exulting witnesses of the fulfilment 
 of the gracious promise in the text. " The last enemy that shall, 
 be destroyed is death." God grant this to each and every one of 
 us, for Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 And then, the Clerk calling out the order of procession, the 
 funeral cortege left the hall in the following order : 
 
 The Chaplains of both Houses of Congress. 
 Physicians who attended the deceased. 
 Committee of Arrangements. 
 Mr. HoWAHD, Mr. McLawahan, 
 
 Mr. AsHMCs, Mr. Sheppehd, 
 
 Mr. Jacob Thompson, Mr. F. E. McLeaitj 
 Mr. J. K, MiLLEH, Mr. Morse, 
 
 Mr. McClehnand, 
 Pall-bearers. 
 Mr. Job Manw, Mr. J. G. King, 
 
 Mr. Linn Boyd, Mr. James H. Duncan, 
 
 Mr. A. BuHT, Mr. J. L. Taylor, 
 
 Mr. R. W. Johnson, Mr M. P. Gentry. 
 
 The family and friends of the deceased. 
 The Senators and Representative from the State of Texas, as mourners. 
 The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. 
 The House of Representatives, preceded by their Speaker and Clerk. 
 The other officers of the House of Representatives. 
 The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate of the United States. 
 The Senate of the United States, preceded by the Vice President of the United Statesj 
 
 and their Secretary. 
 
 The other officers of the Senate. 
 
 The President of the United States. 
 
 The Heads of Departments. 
 
 The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 
 
 and its officers. 
 
 The Diplomatic Corps. 
 
 Judges of the United States. 
 
 Officers of the Executive Departments. 
 
 Officers of the Army and Navy. 
 
 The Mayor and Council of Washington. 
 
 Citizens of the State of Texas, now in Washington. 
 
 Citizens and Strangers. 
 
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