the man and should but repeat that which is eternal, common to all, when I say that

"Soon or late

wrote to our friend who has spoken so eloquently about him to-night, I was more impressed than I care now to say at that time.

He contemplated his passage from this world into eternity, not only with fortitude, but with serenity. Death seemed to have no terrors for him. He spoke of it as unavoidable; he spoke of it as not to be dreaded; he spoke of it as the natural termination of life; he spoke of it with the consciousness of a man who had tried according to his abilities to play the part assigned to him fairly and correctly; he spoke of it almost with pleasure as a release from a long bondage of pain and

Stern Death will knock with equal pace, At the palace as the cottage gate." Mr. BIDDLE. Mr. President: I feel that I must add my humble tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased friend, coming as I do from a section of the State separated from his residence by the whole breadth of the State, and yet feeling a close union and brotherhood with him, as I do with all the members of this body who have been engaged now for more than a year in the labors, the result of which so many of us have been permitted to witness; and the more par- suffering. When, during our adjournticularly, because before I met our deceased friend in this body, I had already known him and to some extent formed an acquaintance with him. It was my privilege to have made Mr. Craig's acquaintance about the year 1870, possibly in the previous year. We were, both of us, engaged in an important case originating in his own county and transferred in one of its phases to the city of Philadelphia, and I enjoyed the privilege of epistolary and personal communication with him.

I too can bear witness to the earnestness and zeal which, if he did not always show by words owing to the condition of his health, he felt in regard to the discharge of his duties. I recall one occasion when, although under the pressure of very severe sickness, he rose to take part in a discussion, prefacing the remarks that he was about to make with a reference to his bodily condition, and making a most admirable exposition of his own views and of the views that a large number felt with him on the report of the Judiciary Committee. I shared and entertained the same opinions that he did in regard to that subject, and I was extremely gratified to find that he brought the aid of his very considerable abilities to the same subject.

ment, I heard of his death, I felt greatly distressed, although I knew his near end was inevitable, that he had not been permitted to see the crowning of our work. I know that he felt deeply, that he felt strongly in regard to its success. He was one of those men of whom I should like to see a great many more.

This is not the time nor the place to speak of his peculiar opinions; but whatever those opinions were, he was honest in their adoption and steadfast in their maintenance. I believe from his views

in regard to a very great and very awful subject, as upon all subjects, he would have maintained his opinion with the utmost fortitude. He was one of those men who, if he had lived at another era of the world's history, would have been made a martyr of. He was heroic in bis temperament, and I am satisfied that if all the members of this body had had the same ed, they would have felt that they have opportunities that I to some extent enjoylost in Mr. Craig's death one of our most valued, as well as one of our most useful

members.

This much, Mr. President, I have felt

it as an obligation to say, the more particularly as all of the gentlemen who pre

ceded me are from his own immediate neighborhood.

The PRESIDENT. The question is on the resolutions.

Mr. HARRY WHITE called for the yeas and nays.

Mr. Craig was a very remarkable man in some respects. He was a man of extraordinary resolution of character. He had a good deal of the antique Roman in his composition. When he formed his opinions, forming them (as I have no Mr. DARLINGTON. If the vote be unanidoubt he did from the structure of his mous, I suggest that we insert the word mental character) after considerable re- "unanimously," so as to read "Resolved flection and mature deliberation, he ad- unanimously;" and that will do away hered to them; and when I enjoyed the with the necessity of calling the yeas and privilege of reading a letter which he nays. 49 Vol. VIII.

The PRESIDENT. The yeas and nays had better be taken.

Mr. J. N. PURVIANCE. I move that the Convention adjourn sine die, the vote to The yeas and nays being taken resulted be taken on this motion as soon as the as follow:

YEAS.

Bartholo

Messrs. Achenbach, Addicks, Alricks, Armstrong, Baily, (Perry,) Bailey, (Huntingdon,) Baker, Bannan, Barr, mew, Beebe, Biddle, Bowman, Brodhead, Brown, Buckalew, Bullitt, Calvin, Campbell, Church, Cochran, Corson, Cronmiller, Curtin, Darlington, Dodd, Dunning, Ellis, Gibson, Gilpin, Guthrie, Hall, Hanna, Hay, Hazzard, Horton, Howard, Hunsicker, Kaine, Lamberton, Lawrence, Lilly, Littleton, Long, M'Camant, M'Clean, Mantor, Mitchell, Newlin, Palmer, G. W., Patterson, D. W., Patterson, T. H. B., Patton, Porter, Purviance, John N., Purviance, Samuel A., Reed, Andrew, Rooke, Ross, Russell, Smith, H. G., Smith, Wm. H., Stewart, Stanton, Struthers, Temple, Turrell, Wetherill, J. M., Wetherill, John Price, White, Harry, Wright and Walker, President-72.

None.

NAYS.

So the resolutions were agreed to. ABSENT-Messrs. Ainey, Andrews, Baer, Barclay, Bardsley, Bigler, Black, Boyd, Broomall, Carey, Carter, Cassidy, Clark, Collins, Corbett, Curry, Cuyler, Dallas, Davis, DeFrance, Edwards, Elliott, Ewing, Fell, Finney, Fulton, Funck, Green, Harvey, Hemphill, Heverin, Knight, Landis, Lear, MacConnell, MacVeagh, M'Culloch, M'Michael, M'Murray, Mann, Metzger, Minor, Mott, Niles, Palmer, H. W., Parsons, Pughe, Purman, Read, John R., Reynolds, Runk, Sharpe, Simpson, Smith, Henry W., Van Reed, Wherry, White, David N., White, J. W. F., Woodward and Worrell-60.

THANKS TO PRESIDENT WALKER.

resolution of my friend from Washington shall be disposed of.

The PRESIDENT. Gentlemen: Your work is done. It has been well done, as the election upon the sixteenth of this

month has demonstrated. That vote

makes it unnecessary for anything to be said by me or by any delegate in this Convention approving of your work. One other remark I may make, for that was not as distinctly known to our constituents as it is known to ourselves, certainly as it is known to me, and that is this: That from the day we assembled here until this hour we have been ruled, we have been controlled, not by any political notion, [applause,] not by the idea of making a Constitution for a section or clan, but by the desire to make an organic law under which the people of this State may for years live and prosper. [Great applause.] I believe, fellow-delegates, that we have succeeded in this. We have presented to the people, and they have adopted, a Constitution up to the hour in which we live. [Applause.] It may have mistakes in it; but what instrument has not? There never has one been produced, and never will be one by mortal man, but what has orrors and mistakes. I believe as firmly as I believe in my present being, that we not only intended to do what was right, but that we have done what was right, [applause,] and that the people appreciated our work by the vote that was taken on the sixteenth inst.

Now, delegates, for myself, I return to you, (which I should have done long since,) my sincere thanks for the honor that you have conferred upon me by electing me as your President; and not only for that, but for the kind manner in notwithstanding the many errors that I was liable to fall into and more than one that I did unintentionally fall into. I believe that every delegate here will bear me out when I say that I tried to do and did do the duties of this Chair with impartiality, without paying regard to this one or

Mr. HAZZARD offered the following res- which you have sustained me, olution:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are due and are hereby tendered to the Hon. John H. Walker for the dignified and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of this body.

The resolution was read the second time that one. and considered.

Mr. DARLINGTON. I move to amend by inserting the word unanimously, so that it will read:

We have had a little conflict of opinion, but it was but the ebullition of the moment.

I will remember, my fellow-delegates, to the day of my death, the honor of beResolved unanimously, That the thanks ing your presiding officer, the honor of

of this Convention are due, &c.

being sustained by gentlemen as intelli

gent as you are, selected throughout this Commonwealth. It now remains but to adjourn. The yeas and nays, I believe, have been called for. The Clerk will call the names. [Applause.]

The CHIEF CLERK. The question is first on the final passage of the resolution thanking Mr. Walker.

The resolution

mously.

The PRESIDENT.

nays

The yeas and are called for on the motion to adjourn

sine die.

Loud and repeated calls were made for Governor Curtin.

Mr. DARLINGTON was loudly called upon but declined to respond. The result of the roll call was then announced, as follow:

YEAS.

Messrs. Achenbach, Addicks, Alricks, Armstrong, Baily, (Perry,) Bailey, (Huntwas adopted unani- ingdon,) Baker, Barr, Bartholomew, Beebe, Biddle, Bowman, Brodhead, Brown, Buckalew, Bullitt, Calvin, Campbell, Church, Cochran, Corson, Cronmiller, Curtin, Darlington, Dodd, Dunning, Edwards, Ellis, Fulton, Gibson, Gilpin, Guthrie, Hall, Hanna, Hay, Hazzard, berton, Landis, Lawrence, Lilly, LittleHorton, Howard, Hunsicker, Kaine, Lamton, Long, M'Camant, M'Clean, Mantor, Mitchell, Newlin, Palmer, G. W., Patterson, D. W., Patterson, T. H. B., Patton, Samuel A., Reed, Andrew, Ross, Runk, Porter, Purviance, John N., Purviance, Russell, Smith, H. G., Smith, Wm. H., Stanton, Struthers, Temple, Turrell, Wetherill, J. M., Wetherill, John Price, White, Harry, Wright and Walker, President73.

Mr. KAINE. I suggest that the yeas and nays be called on the adjournment, and then before the announcement of the result, any gentleman may be called upon to make a speech.

The PRESIDENT. The Clerk then will

call the roll.

The CLERK proceeded to call the roll, at the conclusion of which the calls for Governor Curtin were vigorously renewed.

Mr. CURTIN. I am very much obliged to you, gentlemen, for the compliment, but I will not make a speech. ["Speech." Speech!" I do not know anything that you do not all know. [Laughter.] If I could say anything new, it might possibly be true, and if I were to say anything true, it would not be new to any of you. [Laughter.] I said in Philadelphia that members of this Convention were all king bees, and I think the people have ratified what I said. I have nothing to say except to commend the work which has been so ratified by the people, and now in this solemn hour when we are about to depart, with the solemnity of the speeches made over the death of the fourth colleague who has been called since our session commenced, and inspired by the happy effort of our President, I can only wish you all farewell. [Applause.]

None.

NAYS.

ABSENT.-Messrs. Ainey, Andrews, Baer, Bannan, Barclay, Bardsley, Bigler, Black, Boyd, Broomall, Carey, Carter, Cassidy, Clark, Collins, Corbett, Curry, Cuyler, Dallas, Davis, De France, Elliott, Ewing, Fell, Finney, Funck, Green, Harvey, Hemphill, Heverin, Knight, Lear, MacConnell, MacVeagh, M'Culloch, M'Michael, M'Murray, Mann, Metzger, Minor, Mott, Niles, Palmer, H. W., Parsons, Pughe, Purman, Read, John R., Reynolds, Rooke, Sharpe, Simpson, Smith, Henry W., Stewart, Van Reed, Wherry, White, David N., White, J. W. F., Woodward and Worrell-59.

Whereupon, (at nine o'clock and four minutes, P. M.,) the President declared the Convention adjourned sine die.