The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-28
For he IHdHe5uy GGIcry.
,1YNCAIENT To HAS WRIGHT.

A,a 1aectine Of sic citizens Of WcyLr;l@c and
.'rinity. pursuant 10 4 previous notice III tic
Il l%d'chury Galaxy. holden att!e congregational
N cling llousa il W,yh-ii.c. on Tic 10Th Of
iarch inst. p. c. Tucker M. was appointed
Thurman. :. 6. Drake i.sq. Secretary.
5. ". Jewttt ESQ. presented the following
i'rlllhic and Resolutions. which, after discus
=io;, were unanimously adopted:
The ercat man whose death has heen the oc-
casion Of this meeting, was our relative, Our
iricnl. and oar ncighbor in his Younger days.
Un the Ist of March 1856. Mr.. Wright. then
,ine months old. accompanied his parents from
Amherst. Mass, TO this town, and settled on the
fam purchased by his father the year previous.
IL c he received his private education, and at the
ne Of 20, graduated ct AIiddiebury College.
IN tMc fall Of 1873 he commenced the Study Of
Law NJ Sandy Iliil. in the STATE of New York,
completing his studies as Law Student in the
slice of Roger Skinner. In 1878 he left hi
home i'll Wcybriigc. 10 commence the practice of
law in the village of Canton. ST. Lawrence Co.
y. l.. where hc was elected first to the State Sen
80, in 1923. In 1926 he was elected 10 CongIcss.
In 1928 he was chosen State Comptroller, to
@hich Office he was in 1882 reelected by the
legislature. in 1883 he WAS chosen United
Safes Senator. to which Office lie WAS reelected
N 1887. for the term of six ve=Ts. in lSl3he was
'EHiAl kNl- anu Ill ~ fAIE "N+-EN
Senate to take the post of Governor, on which
tie entered on the lst of January, lS45, and
fsGm which he retired on the LIST January, lS47,
md died on his farm at Canton, the 9th of Au-
gust, while in the midst Of usefulness, and IN the
ioweI of his age.
No e%uloeium which We can pronounce upon
lis character. can add to the brightness OF the
halo which surrounds his name and fame. lie
VAS a man of most equablc temper, most atfable
r-,,,..- 49,. -, boort oul uOacCum-
in in intercourse. His intellect was profound,
lis prudence unfaiiing. and his integrity beyond
suspicion. He stood a peer among the master
spirits OF his country, and his age, and a compan-
ION for every one who made his acquaintance, and
sought his society. He shared the respect OF the
highest, and the friendship and esteem of the
lowest. who knew him.. In the language OF an
Oder, MIR. Wright might have been copied
Without any coloring of the Imagination, rs an
complication of the genius of ours-of what it
is and what it ought to be-of its simplicity, its
luritv and its strength. Plain and unostentatious
III his manners, serene amid all the agitatiCns of
LIE, unamhitions of wealth or of honorS, singu-
anr courteous and kind in his intercourse with
glers, equally d%igniiied. whether dealing with
Ire most complex questions of public policy in
Senate Chamber, or when tlillng. with Ro-
ian simplicity. his own fields he called TO mind
lose classical examples of distinguished patriot
IN anu virtue, WHICH gave luoHC ~ III nv IA
"lIieh they existed, and which have com down
Il Us consecrated by the memory of ages"
y man 0 fsuch qualities of mind and heart. and
such services, was, of course, revered and loved.
lis death must, therefore, be regarded as a pri-
vl;e. a social, and a public loss and it becomes
hose who can best appreciate the gifts and ac-
quiremcnts which endeared him to friends, society
and country, TO present to the world a monu-
A'tnt which VIII perpetuate the memory and vir-
tues Of so great and good 4 man. Therefore
Resolved, That this meeting Will take mmc-
al2te measures to erect an appropriate monu-
'nent to the memory of our late friend and form
Vt Iowusman, SILAs WRIGHT.
Resolved, That as the design of this meeting is
give an expression of the great respect enter
.~led fer his character and talents, and the polg-
.-%nt grief felt for his early and sudden death,
Ggpportuni;y shall be given for all his admirers to
are IN the melancholy pleasure which the I'M
-'r.akirg ofers.
Resolved. That a Committee of Superintcn-