Excerpt from Obituary Addresses on the Occassion of the Death of General James Hamilton, of South Carolina On opening the Court, Mr. T. N. Waul announced the intelligence of the death of Gen. James Hamilton, and moved that the Court adjourn. Mr. Waul said. May it Please the Court: Since the adjournment last evening, the mournful intelligence of the death of Gen. James Hamilton, of South Carolina, has cast its sorrowful shadow over this city. The Governor of the State, by special message - the Senate and the House of Representatives, by resolutions, have expressed their grief for his loss, and their deep sympathies for his bereaved family. The sad duty has devolved upon me to suggest some appropriate testimonial from the Supreme Court of the State. Your presence, sir, as Chief Justice, long his personal friend - our early association in the same State - renew the memories of past years. The dead seem alive, and Gen. Hamilton as he was in 1830, appears in vigorous manhood, gifted in person and intellect, persuasive, eloquent, and earnest: he was in every sense of the word an orator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Obituary Addresses: Occasion of the Death, Hon. John C. Calhoun, a Senator of South Carolina, Senate of the United States, April 1, 1850 On the motion of Mr. King, the reading of the Journal of Thursday was dispensed with. Mr. Butler rose and said: - Mr. President, I rise to discharge a mournful duty, and one which involves in it considerations well calculated to arrest the attention of this body. It is, to announce the death of my late colleague, the Hon. John Caldwell Calhoun. He died at his lodgings in this city, yesterday morning, at half-past seven o'clock. He was conscious of his approaching end, and met death with fortitude and uncommon serenity. He had many admonitions of its approach, and without doubt, he had not been indifferent to them. With his usual aversion to professions, he said nothing for mere effect on the world, and his last hours were an exemplification of his life and character, truth and simplicity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.