Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Eli Thomas Stackhouse: A Representative from South CarolinaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - 48 Seiten |
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ADDRESS adjourned agriculture Alliance announce appointed body born in Marion brave business of farming BUTLER called character citizen Clerk communicate Clerk read communicate these resolutions Confederate army conscientious constituency courage dead death deceased devoted discharge distinguished distinguished gentleman district of South doctrine dust elected ELI THOMAS STACKHOUSE enjoyed esteem eulogies faith farmer felt fidelity Fifty-second Congress fought further mark grave hand heart highest honest honor House of Representatives immortal intimate JANUARY 28 judgment JUNE 14 justice knew labor late a Representative legislature Little Rock lived loved man's March 27 Marion County mark of respect MCLAURIN memory ment mind neighbors never o'clock old South Carolina patriot political praise President prosperity protest proud Resolved sacred Secretary read Senate sense Sixth district soldier sorrow soul SOUTH DAKOTA Southern Speaker spirit STACKHOUSE was born STANFORD thou thought Tillman tion toil true white and black youth
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Seite 23 - tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Seite 23 - The peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap; The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the steep; The beggar who wandered in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven; The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven; The wise and the foolish, the guilty and just, Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust. So the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed, That withers away to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, even those...
Seite 19 - Why weep ye then for him, who, having won The bound of man's appointed years, at last, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed...
Seite 22 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear ; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not Good Night,— but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Seite 20 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Seite 23 - The hand of the king that the sceptre hath borne; The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn; The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave, Are hidden and lost in the depth of the grave.
Seite 23 - Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? — Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high. Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
Seite 18 - And woman's tears fell fast, and children wailed aloud. Then rose another hoary man and said, In faltering accents, to that weeping train, " Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead ? Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain, Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow woods shake...
Seite 18 - Then rose another hoary man and said, In faltering accents, to that weeping train, Why mourn ye, that our aged friend is dead ? Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain, Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow woods shake down the ripened mast.
Seite 35 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives, and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Representative the Senate do now adjourn.