MEMORIAL ADDRESSES.

Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution.

The Clerk read as follows:

Resolved, That this House has heard with sincere regret the announcement of the death of the Hon. WILLIAM JOYCE SEWELL, late a Senator of the United States from the State of New Jersey, and tenders to the family of the deceased the assurance of its profound sympathy with them in the bereavement they have been called upon to sustain, and the further assurance that this House recognizes the lofty patriotism and eminent abilities of the deceased and the value of his long and distinguished public service to his country.

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to transmit to the family of Mr. SEWELL a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.

Mr. GARDNER of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, before proceeding, I desire to ask unanimous consent for general leave to print on this resolution. It so comes about that at least five distinguished gentlemen who were to speak here to-day, Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio; Mr. Bingham and Mr. Adams, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. McDermott, of New Jersey, are either confined to their homes by sickness or are unavoidably absent. It is desirable that they, at least, should be able to place their tributes of respect upon the record.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey asks unanimous consent that general leave to print may be granted upon the resolution just read. Is there objection? [After a pause.] [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.

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ADDRESS OF MR. GARDNER; OF NEW JERSEY.

Mr. SPEAKER: We are met to commemorate the life and achievements of Gen. WILLIAM JOYCE SEWELL, late a United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. His was the distinguished life of a distinguished man, and his a distinguished character in a country and generation prolific of remarkable men and remarkable achievements.

His life was an attestation of the merit of industry, integrity, and valor-valor not only to lead the charge on the field of war, but also to follow conviction in civic affairs, whatever the threatened consequences. So it was everywhere said of him that his word was a bond, his promise performance. Foes vied with friends in admiration of his character, and at length he came to be regarded as the embodiment of New Jersey's civic and military wisdom-the best representative of a magnificent State with a most splendid populace.

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The life of this man was simple, earnest, and eventful. rose to high rank and commanding power in every field he entered. He commanded the unquestioning faith of superiors in civil and military organizations, and the confidence of the public in political affairs.

The biographical story of General SEWELL has been told and is written in the record. I shall not repeat it at length. He was, in part at least, of Scotch-Irish blood, a strain which has contributed much to the country's strength from the days of the colonies to the present. It may not be true, as sometimes contended, that "If it had not been for the Scotch-Irish in America there would have been no United States of America." And again, "There would have been no Revolution, no revolt." It may or may not have been stated too strongly

when it was said that "They formed the backbone and the best part of Washington's army;" but the names of Stark, and Knox, and Pickens, and McIntosh, and Patterson, and Scott, and MacDougall, and St. Clair, and Henry, and Rutledge, and Clinton, and Livingstone, and McKean, and John McKinley, and Richard Caswell, and New Jersey's own William Alexander form a mighty group among the immortals of that period. SEWALL was an adopted citizen-one among the millions who have come to America and have been invaluable con

tributors to our strength and greatness. They have joined in the development of our industries and in expanding our commerce, have added to our scientific attainments, adorned the professions, embellished our literature, and defended our institutions in the forum and on the field.

Senator SEWELL was born in Ireland. He was English on his father's side and Scotch-Irish-perhaps Irish and Scotch-Irish-on his mother's. He came to the United States at the age of 16 years-shipped on a merchant vessel as a sailor for a voyage around the world and returned mate of the ship. Soon after the return he was mustered in as a captain of a New Jersey company for the civil war. He served until its close and retired a brevet major-general. Being now in private life he took employment with the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company. He remained a railroad man by occupation for the balance of his life. In the early seventies he also entered the field of politics, from which he retired only at death. He was chosen to the State senate for three terms of three years each. He left that office to enter the Senate of the United States. Although he twice failed of reelection to that body, because of the defeat of his party in the State, he remained the leader and was each time the candidate and the choice of his party for the high office. He was afterwards twice reelected to the Senate and died a Senator.

The sailor boy, the captain of volunteers, had become a general and a Senator of national renown and the commanding figure of his State.

New Jersey is honored by a long roll of names great in war and peace. In the war of the Revolution, Alexander, Maxwell, Dayton, Winds, Newcomb, Shreve, Martin, Brearly, Ogden, Rhoa, and many more achieved fame befitting a

monument.

In the war of 1812, Perry with others won immortality and added luster to their country's arms and history. Kearney and Stockton added new glory to her page in the war with Mexico. No monument could rise broad enough and lofty enough to bear the names of her sons who merit imperishable fame for deeds done on the fields of the great civil conflict. Her sons have been not less eminent as jurists and statesShe had her Daytons, her Stocktons, her Frelinghuysens. As an explorer, her Albert Montgomery Pike left his name towering forever on the peak above the clouds. And yet it has some how come about that the unassisted, self-made SEWELL is adopted as her popular hero, and to him she will probably erect the first monument commemorative of a distinguished son.

men.

WILLIAM J. SEWELL was one of the few who could walk alone. He was wholly self-reliant. His opinions were formed from influences within rather than without, and never depended upon what another man thought or wrote or said. In both civil and military affairs his determinations were quick as the promptings of intuition and, if authority or responsibility were his, action was as prompt as decision, and he pursued the course determined upon with singleness of purpose and disregard of personal consequences. Those who knew him well in arms best understood his self-reliance and