50 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



American, saccessful in all that he undertook, characteristicalh'' of a 

 broad and generous nature, a self-made man in the best sense of the 

 term, a complete man in all his developments; a Vice-President of the 

 United States most loved and honored and most conspicuous in the dis- 

 charge of ofGcial duties, enjoying the friendship of the President, of 

 the Senate, of all with whom he associated, and of the people of the 

 United States. While we mourn his loss we admire his life and his 

 character. 



Hesolved, That these resolutions be placed upon the records of the 

 Institution and an engrossed copy thereof transmitted to his widow 

 by the Secretary. 



Respectfully submitted. 



S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the ISmltlisonlaii Institution. 



