Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-09-15
cFom The Buffalo Courier.
sie lnte silas Wright.

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sper, at this time, than to devote it to some
!. particulars Of the life, character, and
public career Of the emncn, Statesman
!. who has so suddenly been stricken from
the walks Of life, and whose loss, all men,
OF all parties, dep|ore with no common
sorrow. From all quarters, the papers
come to us with emblems Of mourning and
filled With eloquent eulogium, of the de-
parted. The asperities of our political
contests are for the time forgotten, and
the differences in sentiment or principal,
on national and governmental questions,
are laid aside, to join in that common tri-
butte Of admiration and respect due to the
great man whose fame will be gratefully
aand proudly cherished by US all.
a The, following extracts, briefly MOTTO
ing DISAPPOINTMENT points of Mr.. WR1GHr's
public ca,eer,are from the Albany ATLAS >
"Mr. Wright was born in the town of
Amherst, Mass, on the Gath day Of May,
1895. The subsequent year his father
and his family removed to Vermont. In
1915 he graduated at Middlebury College
IN that State, and in the fall Of that year
removed to this State, to commence the
study Of law at Sandy Hill. In the fall
OF 1898 he was elected to the State SEN
ate, from ST. Lawrence county. In 1895
he was elected to Congress. In 1929 he
was chosen State Comptroller, TO which
office he was in 1882 reelected by the
Legislature. In 1888 he was chosen u.
States Senator, to which office he was re-
elected in 1887, for the term Of six years.
IN l843 he was again reelected, and in
+. 1874 was called from the Senate, to take
the post of Governor, on which he enter
ed on the LIST OF January l845, aud from
which he retired on the LIST Of January,
1917. He died aged Sc years.
'1is public career is part of the His
tory Of the Country. Entering upon pub
lie life in 1894, as a State Senator, and
passing rapidly through various stations
as Representative in Congress, Comptroll-
or, U. S. Senator, and Governor of this
State, he evlnced in each and all of these
stations, the same remarkable aptitude
and capacity. His strong good sense, sin
gular purity and simplicity Of character,
eminent clearness and strength Of intel
lect, directed and governed by remarka-
bic combination Of high moral qualities,
secured the public interest, to which they
were devoted, and at the same time his
own distinction. In the prime of life and
the vlgor of manhood, his friends broadly
imugined, honored as his past life had
been, that he was but entering upon the
higher and more brilliant career that lay
before him. Although rejecting, with
that striking disinterestedHes that was
his cheif Characteristic, the posts Of Jus
iice Of the Supreme Court, and Secreta-
ry ofthe Treasury, and nominations for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency when
offered to him under peculiar circumstan-
ces, the mass of the people Of the North
and West and East, fond!y hoped that the
hour was approaching when no motives
OF delicacy nor personal repugnance to
public station, would be allowed to defeat
the high expectations they had formed
sforg him. nor TO prevent The bestowal Of
that honor which no citizen would feel at
liberty to decline, when spontaneously
rendered by free people. But all these
nuticlpations are dashed and turned to
ashes by the sad calamity We have re-
corded; and nothing remains for his af-
ficted friends, but 10 cherish his memo
~ with the same fond and jealous care
with which they have watched his fame
while living. Mr.. Wright leaves no chill
dren, and of him it may be remarked as it
has been beautifully said of Washington
and Jackson-that s'Proyidence denied
him children, that he might be the Fa.
thor Of his Country"
"We copy the following sketch Of his
chafacter from an article published in
4he ''st. Lawrence Republican," in 1914
written by one who knew him we'll and
long. The writer says:
81 first saw Mr. Wright in the spring
of 1890. lie was then commencing the
practice Of law in the village of Canton,
where he now resides. recollcct this
remark, then made by shrewd farmer
thathe was the first lawyer he ever saw
whose law was all common sense, and that
he always gave plain, sensible reasons for
all his opinions on all subjects. Soon az
ter he became magistrate OF the village
where his dislike to injustice and discord
we're clearly and strikiugy illustrated
Instead Of promoting and encouraging
litigation, hs uniformly discountenanced
il, and acted as peacemaker, by induc-
ing reconciliation in matters of con,en-
ton. Such was their confidence in his
advice to his neighbors, that it seldom
failed to reconcile differences, and to in
duce them to live in peace.
"W hateyer tended to promote the sub
stantial interests Of his town, was certain
to receive his, attention. The construc-
ton Of roads and bridges-the erection
of churches and public ediices, were OBJ
jects that attracted his early attention,
and we're essentially promoted by the la
Dor of his own hands. Until public duty
called him away, he often acted as path
master in his district, and personally per-