Benjamin Silliman, 9 
in the Senate chamber ‘at Washington; but he still remained 
rm, fur he recognized in this war a slaveholder’s rebellion. 
All the lofty sentiments of patriotism which were awakened in 
childhood, as he witnessed the commencement of national life, 
were intensified by this struggle to maintain the Union. He 
was sure that the nation would be purified by the conflict, and 
liberty established through all the land. 
Mr. Silliman has always been remarkable for uniform good 
health, and in his later years manifested but slightly the en- 
croachments of age. To the last, his form was as erect, his brow 
as serene, and his features as full of life and cheerfulness as in 
his earlier days; and his gait was only a little slower and more 
cautious. 
attending the public services of the day, of the happiness of his 
home, oF ; 
a brighter morrow. 
Am, Jour. Scr.—Szconp Srrres, Vou. XXXIX, No. 115.—Jan., 1865. 
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