The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1852-01-24
ID D.,

At his residence in ST Paul, Saturday evening, jan
uary II, at O'Clock, HENRY L. TILDEN aged years.
"when hearts, whose truth was proven,
Like thine, are laid in earth,
There should wreath be woven
To tell the world their worth,
''And I, who woke each morrow
To clasp thy hand in mine,
who shared thy joy and sorrow,
Whose veal ami woe were thine
" 1t should be mine to braid it
Around tiny faded brow;
But Pve in esSay'd
And feel cannot
'whlle memory bids me weep thee,
Nor thoughts words are free,
The grief is fx'd too deeply
That Inourns a man Ike tiee'
There age times when the heart of man, even Of the
strongest texture, becomes heavily smten with the
trials and Of this woria-when Affections and
losses of friends thick upon us that we
are almost forced TO believe the maledicons the Al
n Ghty visited upon job, the
despair of the moment we partially inclined
the evil advice of the bosom companion that holy pa
trarc' Curse God die - So with us, when learn
ing Saturday evening last the departure from earth
him who had been more than brother to and
reection with the sad remembrance
Affections of Heaven within the past year, which
grade deeper into the heart
fortune the writer know HENRY L. TILDEN the last
years of his life-o know him did-to
trust, appreciate him of the noblest hearted
and truest Gods OF strong ponts-o
frank open dealing with his fellow heterogeneous
fault-ready to and protect friend cent
the last drop of his and possessed of chivaIrc
of honor which him the respect of those who
claimed his friendship, and taught his opponents he
one Of those who could be tr1ed with.
Mr.. TILpEN a jealous supporter Of the principles
he believed right. the exciting of
polite he did not ape the demagosue to catch the
ular applause He advocated his views openly and bold
y, regardless this that man, party.
natural, that of his talents temperament and
strong feelings, should, particularly in place like this,
be thorn the side OF his opponents. So it was; and
the little in ST. Paul who chose not to be his friends
made him the target of the most euvenomed aacks-SE
cRETLy-for they dared not attempt TO njue him OPEN
ly. By means the most base, the Presidential
poisoned against him and he deprived months
since public position. from whence de-
rived his support and that his family We indulge in
no bitterness towards those who did the deed We
leave them with their consciences, and with their
God To a man of his keen sensibtes, the blow
summing How often referred to the circumtan
when alone friend He would speak Of only them
and in way that showed he feit deeply the wrong which
had been him. His words have caused us the most
bitter feelings lifefOr we knew that one Of the
nobIest and earth had been fouly injured
HENRY L. TILDEN, in life, held many responsible pub
lie positions the does live who dare he
ever betrayed the trust reposed in him. No BAD man
could ever gained, he did, great extent
the confidence of the people of Minnesota in the short
space years. The act of the present Legislative
Counci just before his death, in elevang him to the
responsible position Secretary of that body, de-
cded proof that Presidential had not severed the
Ink Of confidence between him and his feow-ctzens,
eho knew him best