And so we leave him. His life went out with the century
of which he saw almost the beginning. What the future may
have in store for us we cannot tell. But we offer this man
as an example of an American Senator and American citizen
than which, so far, we have none better. Surely that life
has been fortunate. He is buried where he was born. His
honored grave is hard by the spot where his cradle was rocked.
He sleeps where he wished to sleep, in the bosom of his beloved
Vermont. No State ever mourned a nobler son; no son was ever
mourned by a nobler State. He enjoyed to a ripe old age everything
that can make life happy--honor, love, obedience, troops of
friends,
The love of friends without a single foe,
Unequalled lot below.
He died at home. The desire of the wise man,
Let me die in my nest,
was fulfilled to him. His eyes in his old age looked undimmed
upon the greatness and the glory of his country, in achieving
which he had borne so large a part.
CHAPTER VII
COMMITTEE SERVICE IN THE SENATE
I was appointed upon the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
March 9, 1877, and have continued a member of it ever since.
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