Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Thomas A. Hendricks (Vice-President of the United States); Delivered in the Senate and House of Repres

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1886 Excerpt: ... ADDRESSES ON THE DEATH OF THOMAS A. HENDRICKS (VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES), DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 26, 1886. Address of Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana. Mr. President, for the eminent citizen of the Republic who lately fell from his high place among living men, and who sleeps now in peace and honor in the bosom of the State he loved and served, we can do no more than has already been done by tongue and pen, and by every method which human affection can inspire. The heavy drapery of woe has darkened alike the public building, the stately mansion, and the doorway of the humble home; the proud colors of the Union have drooped at half-mast throughout the United States and in all civilized lands beneath the sun; eloquence in the forum and at the sacred desk has paid its richest tributes to his exalted abilities and to his stainless character; the tolling bell, the mournful dirge, the booming solemn minute-gun, the mighty multitude of mourners, have all attended the funeral of Thomas A. Hendricks, and borne witness to the deep love and grief with which he was lowered into his last earthly abode. All the honors due to the A most illustrious dead have been paid by the Chief Magistrate of the Government, by the authority of States, and by the unrestrained affection of the people. In the Senate, however, we may not be silent even though the cup of honor to his memory is full and overflowing. In this exalted theater of action, here on this brilliantly lighted stage, he fulfilled his last official engagement and closed his long and commanding public career. When this body adjourned in April last he went out from these walls to return to them no more forever. The chair to which he had been called by the American people was vacant when Sen...