Tribute of Hon Thos L Jones to the Memory of Hon Edward Y Parsons in the
Tribute of Hon Thos L Jones to the Memory of Hon Edward Y Parsons in the
Thomas Laurens Jones
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Speaker, was his taking oft"! When the news ■came and rang through this House we could not have been more ap- palled if a bolt from heaven at noon-day with the sun in his glory had rent asunder the dome of the Capitol. When but an hour after I entered his chamber and laid my hand upon that majestic brow, pulseless and cold as marble, how truly was it manifest "' In the midst of life we are in death. " Mr. Speaker, what a transition ! Think of it. At twelve o'clock, high noon, this man stood in ...noble stature and perfect health with every apparent promise of length of days and increasing honors, and at twelve o'clock at night he was dead, his body embalmed and on its way with congressional escort to his home for burial. Thus was our young brother stricken down aud spirited away. Death indeed found in him "a shining mark. " How vain and transitory is life in its highest aspect ; how futile man's ambition ; how appai-eutly worthless all his labors ; how his brigiitest hopes are suddenly blasted!
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