Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-11-19

When Bossuct who was himself the eagle
Of eloquence, preached the funeral discourse on
Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry the Fourth of
France, and wife OF Charles the First of England,
he had task far easier than mine to-day She
was, indeed, the daughter of a king assassinated
in his capitol, and the widow of a king judi
cially put to death in front Of his palace, Her
married life was bounded by the murder of her
royal sire, and the execution Of her kingly spouse,
and she died neglected, far from kith and kin
But for that great man, who in his youth was
called, prophctically, the Father OF the Church,
the sorrows of her birth and her estate, made it
easy for him gather up the audience in his arms,
TO moisten their face with their Jwn tears to show
them the nothingness of mortal glory, and the
beauty Of eternal life. He led his hearers TO his
conclusion that day, as the mother lays the sob
bng child to her bosom, TO still its grief. To-day
it'll not 50 with me. OF all my public trials this
is my most irving day Give me your sympa,
thies, my friends; remember the difficulty Of my
position; its delicacy, too.
l am to speak of one of the most conspicuous
men that New England ever bore-yonspi cuous
not by accident, but by the nature of his mind
one of her ablcSt intelect, | am % speak of 4
great man, in great Office, of great power, one
Of the landmarks of politics, now laid low. He
seemed so great that some men thought that he
was him self one of the institutions Of America. l
am to speak while his departure is yet but of yes
terday-while the sombrc flags still float in our
streets. am no party man-you know am not.
No party IS responsible for me, nor l to it. You
will not ask me to say what only suits ;hc public
ear; there are a hundred to do that to-day.
l do not follow opinion because popular; l
cannot praise a man because he had great gifts,
great station and opportunities; cannot ccnsure
a man for trivial wrongs. You will not ask me to
tlattcr because others fattcr, to condemn because
the ruts Of condemnation are deep and easy to
travel in. 1t is unjust to be ungcnerous either in
praise or blame. Only the truth is beautiful in
speech, and it is not revcreutial to treat like
a spoiled child.
Give me your sympathies. This l am sure of
shall be as tender in my judgment as a woman's
love; will Try to be n, fair as the justice Of man
shall tax your time beyond even n,y usual Won't;
lor l cannot crush Olympus into a nut Be not
alarmed; if tax your time the more, l will tire
your patience the less. Such a day rs this viii
/ never come again TO you me. There is 10
DANIEL WEBSTER left to die. and Nature will
no. soon rive Us another such as he. I VIII take
care by my peech that YOU sit easy on your bench.
The theme Will take care that ynu remember what
/ say.
\ great man is the blossom of the world-tha
F ;,..I ;y.i,It %,
that will be men. This is the greatest work Of
God; far tran,ccncing earth, and moon, and sun.
an Ill the material magnifcencc of the universe.
1t is little lower than angels, and, like the aloe
tree it blooms but once an age SO we should
/ value, love and cherish it the more America
has not many great men living now-scarcc one.
7 There have been few in her history Fertile in
multtudcs, She is st;ugy in great men. At this
day, the world has not many natural masters
1 There is a dearth of great men. England is no
better off than We, her child. Sir Robert Peel has
+ for YER been dead. WyIlington's soul has gone
no ne and left his body awaiting burial. In France
/ Germany, Italy and Russia few great men ap-
par. The Revolution Of 1913, which found every
thing else, failed because it found them not A
sad Hungarian wecps over the hidden crown OF
Maria Theresa, and a sadder couutenance drops
tear for the nation Of Dante, and the soil of Vir-
gil and Cesar Lacretins and Cicero. These two
are the greatest men of Europe now There are
great chemists, great biologists, great philogians
but Of great men, Christcndom has not many
From politics great men rccedc and ia all En-
/ rope, no kingly intellect thro5s beneath roval
crown. Even Nicholas Of Russia is ONLY tall, not
great.
Yet how we love to honor great men. Indeed
We must do 50. Soon - we really see a
real great man, his magnetism draws Us, Will We
or no. Do any of you remember when for the
first time in adult years You stood beside the ocean
! OF Soae great mountain of NV HAMPSHIRE OF
Virginia, or Pennsylvania. or the mighty mount,
! that rise in Switzerland Do you remember what
emotions came upon YOU at that awful presence
but if YOU were confronted by a man Of vast &c
MUS, of cotocsal history and achievements, i'm
meu>e personal power Of thought, jastjc, philan.
thropy, religion, of mighty power of will and
mighty act; if yeu feel him as You feel the noun,
tain and sea, what graudcr emotions spring up
1t !, Ike making the acquaintance of one Of tbs
elementary forces Of the earth like aSsociatng viii
-ravitatiou itself! The stiffest neck bends over
down 20 the democratic knees; human nature !,
loyal then. Anew England sl4ipma>ter, wreckel
on an island in the Indian sea- was seized by hi.
coDqucro-s and made their chief their captive be
came their king. After years Of rule, he manage,
to escape He then once more visited hi, former
realm. II. found that the saraScs had carried