Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Thomas H. Tongue (Late a Representative from Oregon) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Address Of Mr. Dovener, Of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker: Again we have met in this Hall in sorrowful remembrance of our friends and colleagues who have been parted from us by the stern mandate of death. The large number of such bereavements experienced by this House can not but furnish us all a solemn and impressive reminder of the brevity of life and the uncertainty of its tenure; and the vacant chairs which we see about us on every hand seem to warn us, " Be ye also ready." As one who had grown to know and thoroughly appreciate the value of his friendship and society, I desire on this occasion to bear witness to the worth of our departed fellow-member, Thomas H. Tongue, and to express my deep regret for his untimely death. Mr. Tongue was still in the prime of life, and apparently had only just begun a long career of public usefulness. This was his third term in Congress, and his experience gained in the Fifty-fifth had enabled him to become in the Fifty-sixth and the present Congress a legislator of force and influence, a man of distinction and power. His death was a loss to family and friends, a loss to the interests of national legislation, a loss to the General Government and the nation, a loss to the State of Oregon, that he so faithfully and ably served. Mr. Tongue was comparatively young in the public service. Two whole decades of his life...