Mr. FESSENDEN. Mr. President, in attempting to speak of one so long associated with us, and en eared to us by so many rare and excellent qualities as the late Senator Foor, I cannot but feel impressed with the difficulty of doing perfect justice either to the man or the occasiona difficulty increased by the long, uninterrupted, almost brotherly friend ship which existed between him and myself. But, difiienlt as the task may be, I cannot, if I would, withhold my tribute to the character and memory of one so much beloved, and who is held by all his associates in most affectionate remembrance. The death of our friend was so unlooked for, his promise of prolonged life and continued usefulness seemed so secure, it is hard to realize that his place is vacant and that we shall see him no more upon earth. But yesterday he stood among us, imposing in the beauty and stateliness of perfect manhood, his face beaming with kindliness, his whole aspect dignified and serene, glowing with health and vigor. Today all that was mortal of our friend and brother reposes in a distant grave. among those by whom he was loved and truste and honored, a grave watered by many tears and venerated for its sacred dust, while the true and noble spirit which once animated that clay has ase ended to give an account of its mission upon earth, an to enjoy, as we may well believe, the reward of a well spent life. An event like this, touching in its significance, becomes the more starth ng when following closely upon another scarcely less impressive. In a single session of the Sengtc, within a few short months, we hear they an nouncement that death has laid his icy fingers upon both Senators from one of the States of this Union, each a man of eminent mark in this body, and at a period when the loss of their wisdom, their experience, their patriotism, their unswerving integrity, and unselfish devotion to their countrys good is most severely felt. That State has many noble and most worthy sons umon whom it may choose for places of trust and Ilionor, but no State can give at once to the public councils the assurance, which time on y can bestow, of that fitness which experience and trial alone can prove and secure. When, Mr. President, a man, however emi nent in other pursuits, and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member of this body, he has much to learn and much to endure. Little does he know of what he will have to encounter. He may be well read in public affairs, but he is unaware of the difiicu ties which must attend and embarrass every effort to render what he may know available and use ful. He may be upright in purpose and strong in the belief in his own integrity, but he cannot even dream of the ordeal to which he cannot fail to be exposed, of how much courage he must possess to resist the temptations which daily beset him; of that sensitive shrinking from undeserved censure which he must learn to control; of the ever recurring contest between a natural desire for public a probation and a sense of public duty; of the load of in justice he must be content to bear, even from those who should be his friends; the imputations on his motives, the sneers and sarcasms of ignorance and malice, all the manifold in juries which partisan or private malignity, disappointed of its object, may shower upon his unprotected head. All this, if he would retain his integrity, he must learn to bear unmoved, and walk steadily onward in the path of public duty, sustained only by the reflection that time may do him justice, or, if not, that his individual hopes and aspirations, and even his name. among men, should he of little account to him when weighed in the balance against the welfare of n people, of whose destiny he is a constituted guardian and defender. To such an ordeal, Mr. President, our lamented friend was subjected for 14 years at a most trying period, and admirably did he bear the trial. Comin to the Senate when 2 antagonist forces adproclaimed what soon proved to be a hollow truce, he was awitness to the outbreak which marked its termi nation, and was a party to the struggle which, after several years, eventuated in civilWar. From the 1st moment his course was clearly defined. Representing a people of strong convictions, and himself a child of free institutions. he could not but become their champion. Assuming no leadership, content to follow so long as the measures proposed commended themselves to his judgment and his conse ience, his firm and vigorous support was always to be relied on as a certainty. He was not one to make capital for himself at the expense of his country or of those with whom he acted. If work was to be done he was read to do it. If a trying moment came it foun him prepared. “r hatever of dire portents might shoot across the political sky, with unshrinking heart he stood erect to meet, and if possible to avert, the threatened calamity. Deeply lamenting the terrible issue, sad and sometimes almost de spairing as he witnessed its sanguinary results, there was no moment of doubt, not even of hesitation, with him. Let us rejoice and be thankful that he lived to see the dawn of a brighter day. Through all this long period of 14 years, checkered as they were with great events, the course of ordinary legislation has required a.high degree of intellectual power. In a country like ours, where progress is so rapid, change so instantaneous, the human mind so active, new fields of effort so broad and diversified, legislation must accommodate itself to the necessities and often to the impulse of the hour. It is impossible here to travel steadily in ancient ways. The legislator who stands still will not meet the requirements of our day. Of such our friend was not one. With an intellect broad and powerful in its grasp and enlarged by study and reflection, limited by no narrow or sectional views, just and liberal in spirit, looking upon his country as a whole, and loving it in all its parts, nothing that could aid in its development or advance its best interests failed to receive his sympathy and support and seldom was his deliberate judgment at fault. To say that he might not sometimes have erred would be to proclaim him more than human. To assert that he was never willfully wrong, or erred but where wise and good men might well differ, is doing him no more than justice. The crowning beauty of his public life, more than all else, was that whatever he did, however he might act, no spot was left upon the perfect enamel of his character as a legislator. Malice could not stain its white ness. In all that he did there was that transparent trnthfulness which attracts and secures the confidence of friends, and compels the respect, and even the admiration, of adversa riesenemies, he had none. A stranger, Mr. President, upon entering this Chamber, and casting his eyes around upon the Senate, could not but be struck with the imposing presence of our departed friend and associate and attracted by the rare union of mildness and dignity in his expressive features. If he rose to speak, the commanding yet pleasing tones of his voice, the noble grace of his demeanor, the elegance of his language, and his clear and forcible statement would deepen the 1st favorable impression. If called to the chair, as he was more often than any other, that seemed to be the place he was made to fill. There was exhibited his remarkable love of order, his impartiality, his sense of senatorial propriety, his entire fitness to preside over and control the deliberations of what should be a grave, decorous, and dignified body of thoughtful men charged with great trusts and alive to their importance. whatever was in the least degree unbecoming was offensive to his feelings and his taste, but however these might be offended he never for a moment forgot what was due to the Senate, and to himself as its officer. Would that his precepts and his examplein these particulars may not be forgotten. ften sir, when we look upon the chair you oecup, however ably and faithfully it may be filled): must we think of him whose admenitions we well remember and to whose unshaken firmness and unwearied patience We were so often indebted for the preservation of that respect which we owed to ourselves. Averse to much speaking, Mr. Foor did not often address the Senate, and never but after careful thought; and yet he possessed every advantage for distinguished success. His mental powers, as I have before remarked, were carefully trained and cultivated, his command oflanguage was excellent, his taste correct, his voice sonorons, and his action at once graceful and did uified. That with such advantages he should have taken so small a share in debate, especially in later years when he had become fzflniliar with public affairs, must seem not a little sin lar to those not acquainted with his habits o thought and his peculiar temperament. The explanation, however, is simple, and may be found in his remarkable want of self appreciation. Modest to a fault, he never did anything like justice to his own powers. To others, and especially to those who possessed his confidence and affection, he did more than justice being too ready always to receive and defer to the opinions of others in no respect superior to himself. Thence it followed that he seldom addressed the Senate upon subjects which occasioned general debate; Upon those rare occasions when his voice was heard the questions were such for the most part as in his opinion had not received the attention their importance deserved. We all know the respect with which he was invariably listened to, and the light shed by his intellect and his industry upon whatever subject he chose to touch. His political friends are well aware how this want of self assertion in merely personal matters was exhibited in all his relations to and intercourse with them. Though long the oldest member of the Senate in consecutive service, he invariabl avoided cons icuous place. While others might seek for an claim desir able positions upon leading committees as due to their States, if not to themselves, he was satisfied with any that was assigned to him, however derogatory it might seem to his age and standing referring and urging the claims of others, and esiring only that all should be satisfied. Often have I known him to insist that his name should be struck from an important committee, in order to replace it with the name of a friend or associate to whom he thought the distinction would be grateful. To him more than any other was assigned the unenviable task of arranging these committees not only because all confided in his sense of justice, but because of his disinterested mag nanimity. I have often thought that such Generous nbnegation of self should not have been permitted. I know that on several occasions it was peremptorily overruled. That such a Senator, so useful, so modest, so unassuming, so courteous, so kind, of a de portment so unexceptionahle, should have won the good will of all his associates and the love of many, and that hisloss should occasion Universal sorrow, may well be supposed. These, however, who saw and marked the crowds as sembled to witness the lastsad ceremonies, and who noted the many weeping eyes which looked upon his coffin, would naturally be led to consider that nothing in the routine of his public career could account for a grief so deep and so general. Men are not apt to be mourned with tears for public services, or even on account of public or private virtue. Great intellectual preeminence may excite admiration, but when the light goes out its absence occasions but aweak and transient emotion. Gifts and qualities like these “come not near the heart.” The secret of all that genuine and unaffected sorrow for the friend we have lost lies in the feeling of all who came within his sphere, that his was a true and noble and loving nature. imulsive and ardent in temperament, he was ind, generous, and forgiving. If injury excited him to anger, it was a Generous anger which could hardly outlive the occasion, and perished of itself if let alone. Enthusiastic in his friendship, no labor was too severe, no sacrifice too great, for those to whom he gave his affection. He was proud of his country, of his State, of his friends. For himself he was humble. Of an open hand, his charity was instantaneous and unsuspecting. If “ Ha prayoth best, who loveth best All things, both great and small, " then was he a man of prayer and if “the chamber where a good man meets his fate" is holy, then may we rejoice who were permitted to feel the loveliness ofhis dying hour. Admirable Senator! patriotic citizen! good and true maul dear and cherished friend! this scene of your many labors will know you no more, but long will your memory dwell in these Hallsl glhis marble pile, bearing the impress of your watchful care, is one of your monuments. Its massive pillars will stand erect giving their testimony to our countrys grandeur long, long after we and generations yetto come shall have passed like shadows upon the water; yet he who, like yourself shall have performed his duty in life and die with a Christians hope will survive when all these columns shall be lost to sight in the accu mulated dust of ages.