given number of officers are lawfully employed by the government of the United States. They have been employed at certain fixed salaries. They are entitled to those salaries.. They have been kept out of those salaries for months."

General Burnside was much esteemed by his associates in the Senate. When, during the exciting debate on the admission of Governor Kellogg as a Senator from Louisiana, he asked Senator Ben. Hill some sharp questions, the eloquent Georgian replied: "I will answer the Senator from Rhode Island, for whom I have very great respect, and I would not say anything to him that was not respectful for any consideration on earth, although my language sometimes appears to these other gentlemen to be disrespectful, when I do not mean it." He then answered the interrogatories.

Senator Jones, of Florida, when the Senate was paying its tribute of respect to the memory of General Burnside, bore the following testimony to his senatorial popularity :

Every man who dies in his place in the Senate must have something said about him, and as no one will ever be found to express anything but praise on such occasions, it has been accepted as a truism that no man ever died in the Senate who was not entitled to his share of senatorial commendation. How often has it been noted here that the political adversary, who in the life-time of his antagonist could find in him nothing to admire or praise, after death had ended his career was found disclosing to the country in luminous sentences the varied virtues and talents which distinguished the deceased. I rejoice, Mr. President,—if such a word is at all permissible on such an ocasion,- that I am able to say over the ashes of our departed friend, what it was often my pleasure to say when he was living; that in all the best qualities of manhood, in heart and generous feeling, in unsullied integrity, in gentleness and courage, in conscientious devotion to duty, in true patriotism, in fidelity to friendship, in contempt of everything low and ignoble, in appreciation of all that was high and honorable, in charity and love for his species, in all the boundless resources of a great, manly heart, Senator Burnside has left

no superior behind him in this chamber. In order to do justice to this distinguished man it is only necessary to portray his true character. He made no pretensions as a master of oratory. He aimed at no distinction for sharpness in debate. He never, within my recollection, attempted any display on this floor. The plainness and pointedness of his speech was in keeping with the openness and candor of his heart, the honesty of whose purposes required no richness of vocabulary to relieve it from the suspicion of insincerity.

Kind Nature, in the bestowal of her gifts, both to animals and men, has ever regarded the wants which their imperfections created. The lion is not gifted with the activity of the deer, but he is armed with a power as well adapted to his protection as the fleetness of the other. The plain, open, unsuspecting heart needs not the polished phrase of oratory to give effect to its convictions. The man whose character is a beacon-light of truth, honor, and integrity will be felt in the simplest speech, while the artful and cunning deceiver requires all the best power of expression to enable him to convince the world of the honesty of his purposes and the integrity of his principles.

Need I appeal to the Senate to verify this assertion? When our departed friend rose in this chamber, who, even among his political adversaries, ever for a moment questioned the truth and sincerity of his statements? All felt that, whatever might be the weight of his argument, it was the emanation of a mind honestly impressed, and free from every taint of deception or insincerity. Well do I remember when, during the extra session, he rose in his seat and rebuked this side of the chamber for what he called our want of dignity in resorting to dilatory motions; and when reminded by my friend from Kentucky that, on a previous occasion he was himself an obstructionist by retiring to the cloak-room to avoid a vote, without the slightest hesitation or effort at prevarication, he admitted his delinquency, and said if God would forgive him he would never do so again. Although he took his place in the Republican ranks, and was a true party man, still all could see that he was at times too broad and liberal, too good and kind, too great a lover of his country and his fellow-man to follow any party beyond the bounds of charity, justice, and right. While he was one of those who had drawn his sword for his government when force was to be met with force, yet every one knew that his countrymen of the South, in the days of sorrow and misfortune, received nothing but kindness and generosity at his hands. In his intercourse here with men of all parties and from all sections, his conduct was always that of a kind, conciliatory spirit, ever considerate of the feelings and honor of others, while he was always watchful and jealous of his own. No man was so humble or lowly as to be below his consideration and kindness, and no man was so high as to be above his contempt and

scorn, when his conduct merited his reproach. He combined the tenderness and gentleness of a woman with the lofty courage, the high bearing, and stern demeanor of a Roman senator. And while his great heart would melt with charity for the sufferings of his fellow-man, when the occasion which moved him had passed away he could resume his place here with immovable firmness and decision, and exact every formal right that was due to the dignity of his position. In his intercourse with his brother Senators, no man knew better than he did where to draw the line between overstrained dignity and haughtiness, and vulgar familiarity which often destroys the charm of social life. While never forgetting that he was a Senator and a gentleman, he made it easy for all to approach him and converse with him, and if the sternness of integrity repelled those whose motives and purposes were bad, his warm heart and sympathetic nature gave a sure passport to his presence to all who in any way were deserving of recognition.

General Burnside kept house in the city of Washington, having with him his faithful colored servants who were so devoted to him. He was very hospitable, and it was his great pleasure to gather friends around his social board. Senator Maxey, who had been his classmate at West Point, and who represents Texas in the Senate, said of him: "When off duty' he gathered his friends around him for social intercourse. The most pleasant nights of the few I could spare from duty in Washington have been under his hospitable roof, where he delighted to gather his old-time friends without the slightest regard to whether they had worn the blue or the gray. I have been in these gatherings where the only man who had not been at West Point or in Mexico with Burnside, would be his beloved colleague, the senior Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Anthony, who was always on such occasions an honored guest, contributing his full share of valuable instruction. and interesting anecdote in a kindly, pleasant way. I think Burnside would have thought any party at his house incomplete without Senator Anthony. Devotion to his friends was a leading trait in his character. Burnside and

I differed in our political creeds, yet it never made the slightest difference in our personal relations. Among the first of the telegrams I received last winter, on my reëlection, was one from him, and not one did I prize more highly."

In Washington society, General Burnside was a great favorite, winning all hearts by his kindness and his cordiality. One well acquainted with the American metropolis wrote, after his death: "Externally, General Burnside was a showy and impressive man, with a great deal of 'deportment'; internally he was something still better, a brave and knightly and gentle heart. But a few days preceding his sudden death I was at a suburban party among a little knot of Washington and Georgetown old families. A bright lady guest of one of these families, residing in Providence, was present, and she talked to me vivaciously about Rhode Island's Senators, both of whom she knew

very well at home. She said, merrily, that it was always a treat to meet General Burnside at a party; that he would come up in his superb, soldierly way and offer a cordial hand to her, saying: How do you do? How do you do, my dear madam? How do you do?' and without another word, go on to the next acquaintance similarly, leaving her with an impression of having had a very nice talk with him. I know there is nothing weighty behind that grand manner,' she added; 'I know he adds just nothing at all to the intellectual wealth of the Senate; but what a treasure he is, after all. Rhode Island likes him, and always

will.'"

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HE first session of the Forty-fifth Congress terminated and the second session commenced on the

3d of December, 1877, the Constitution of the United States having prescribed that the two houses shall meet annually, on the first Monday in December. General Burnside was re-appointed chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, and he was placed second on the Committee on Military Affairs.

The death of Senator Morton, a few weeks before the commencement of the regular session, was keenly felt by General Burnside. They had been friends in their boyhood, and they used to pleasantly recur to the fact that when they were apprentices Morton had made a hat for Burnside, and Burnside had made a coat for Morton. They had left their neighboring homes to enter college in