APPENDIX.



which term Governor CRITTENDEN resigned, and the admin-
istration of the affairs of the State fell upon Gov. HELM
for the balance of the term. The history of his adminis-
tration is well known to you all. He was elected, as you
all know full well, last August to the Chief Magistracy of
this proud Commonwealth, and died in one week after
his inauguration. His history is an eventful one, and is
well known to many of you. He left a lovely and de-
voted family, and I greatly sympathize with them in their
sad bereavement.
  No one knew him but to love and admire him, and his
memory is indelibly written upon the hearts of the people,
and the State to-day stands draped in weeds of mourning
because of the death of her honored and beloved son.
  Sir, Governor HELM was a good as well as a great man.
He was the noblest work of God-an honest man, true to
his friends, and lenient to his enemies. He was a good
neighbor, a kind husband and father.
  He was a statesman and patriot of the first order, and
it seemed through all his life that his chief object was to
promote the interest of his State and people. He never
held a Federal office in his life. He ran one race for
Congress many years ago, and was defeated by a small
majority by the Hon. WILLIS GREEN. Although he and I
always differed in politics until within the last few years,
yet our relations and intercourse in life were of the most
amicable nature.
  Yes, I repeat, Governor HELM was a great and good
man. He was held in the estimation of the people of his
State as ALEXANDER the Great and WASHINGTON were and
are held by the civilized world. ALEXANDER is claimed as
the world's warrior, and WASHINGTON is held and claimed
as the world's patriot and statesman; and any prefixes
attached to their names would but detract from their
greatness. The name of ALEXANDER and WASHINGTON is
enough; they need nothing more; the mention of their



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