The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-02

mere ylrous and more I'll. which afterwards he found
eyerywhele-known TO be manly just pure generous.
an tcionale-Enown and felt by his strong will. bis high
aims, ms commanding Character kis uncommon and dif
hcu sluiies he had every hearts wafmest gooi wish
wah Liai hen he rose ard then when unchecked by
any very severe theory OF taste nnopessd BY any dresd
/ 81 saying something incompatible with his place and
fame, or unequal 10 himself, be Just unlocked the deep
spring Of hat eloquent feeling Which, in connexion with
his power OF mere intellect was sach a stupendous psy
Geological mystery. and himself the very genius Of
eloqnenee, no, 10 the conduct OF argument or the in
yestigaton and display OF truth OF the reason, but
ervid beautiful, aud prolonged emotions 10 grief eu-
oey, TO the patriotism OF scholars. What wonder, a.
they looked that presiding brow, the eye large, sad.
nnwoTldy, incapable to be falhomed. the lip and chin
whose irmness as OF chiseled. perfect marble. pro-
foundest sensibily alone caused ever to Hemble-why
eau we doubt or wonder al the traditions OF the effect
they produced. and the predictions they suggested
His college life closed in August, 1901 do not know
whether there any foundation for the statement that
BE- had though, o studying Inc profession Of theooEy
began al the study of the law and interrupted only
by the necessity Of teaching tho academy few months
with which he united Tie recsealon OF recording Deeds
prosecuted il in lie Office Of MI Thompson, Or Sails.
bury, and Of Mr. Gore, in Boston, until March, 1905.
when resisting the sharp temptation Of cerkship. and
annual salary OF $l,l00 lie admitted to the bar
And so he has put on the robe of manhood, and has
come do the work OF life. OF his youth there is no
need 70 cay more i had been zen pure happy strenuous
his father, and the excellent mother, and that noble
brother, whom he loved so dearly and mourned with
such sorow-hese influences his heart, principles,
will, aims, elevated and strong AT early age
comparatively the then great distinction OF liberal educa-
ton was his HE college lie was brilliant and without
stain and in moving his admission 10 the bar, Mr..
Gore ptesened him as one OF extraordinary promise:
With profpscIs bright upon the world he came @s3e.
p,rs love q y,ae. s,f.ng desire Of fame , M
Men wn!chrd ihe way his lofty mind would lake, ~
And all bretoid the progress he would make" sA
And yet if, on some day as that season was drawing
to It's close, had been foetod to him that before bic
lie, prolonged 10 little more than three score years and
len, should end he should that country in which he
coming 70 act his par. expanded across contnenthe
thirteen States Of 1901 multiplied to thirty the tefr
tory Of the sorthwes' the great valley below sown lu
Of those stars OF empire, the Mississippi forded and the
Sabine the R Grade, and the Nueces the ponderous
gates OF the Rocky mountains open TO shat mOre the
greairangu sea become sea her area seven times
larger her people five times more in number; that 4
through all the experiences OF tra the madness OF party
The OF foreign powers, The vast enlargement OF
her leory The anlasonsm OF interior interest and feel
ing. the spirit Of nationality would grow stronger still and
more plastic that the de oil American feeling would
fuller; that her agriculture would grow more
sclentc-her arts more various and instructed. and bet
ter arLedher commerce winged 10 wider and still
wider fsbt that the part she wond play IN human al
fairs would grow nober ever and more recognised that
in this vast growth OF national greatness time would be
found for the higher OF the soul; that her
popular ami her higher education would 20 on advanc-
ing that her charities and all her enterprises of phan
'hropy would go on enalgns; that her age OF ettered
been also oreiold him thai 80, with her growth
and strength, should his fame grow and be established
heat; tina, by long gradalions Of service and labor he
should se to be, before he should taste OF death. Of the
peerless among her great that he should win thu
double nonoI the double wreath. OF professional
aud public supremacy, thai he should become her wiest
counsel aud her most eloquent to persuade, thai he
should to be called the Defender Of the Consultation
and presel of honorable peace that the ausere glory
OF dlderlng 10 The Union should be histhat his
death, at the summit OF greatness, the verge OF
ripe anJ venerable age, should be distinguished less by
The flags at halI-mast and lake, less by the
minute gun less by the public procession and the ap
pointed euogy, than by su en paleness yerspreadng
all faces, by gushing tears, by sorrow, thoughtful,
bodng, silent, the sense o es)laon If renown aud
grace dead-as If the hunters path and The sailors
IN The great solitude Of Tue wilderness or sea- hencefor
ward were more lonely and less safe Than before-had
s been niS hnw calmly had has ps
OF idle dream Yet in the iulEment OF that prediction
IS told the remaining story ol his life ~ .. e
II does within the plan which have marked
this dscoufse 10 repeat the incidents OF that sub
sequent blstoy. The more conspicuous are known To
you and The whole American world hlnuter details The
time does not permit, nor the occasion require. Some
quite general news oi what he became and achieved,
sJme attempt 10 appreciate that intellectual power and
force OF viii aud elaborate culture, and that power ot
sIoquence, 50 splendid aud remarkable, by which be
wrought his work some tlbue TO the endearing and
noble paris OF has character, and some attempt to vndl-
the political morality by which has public life was
guided, It's as act all that propose,
and much more than can hope worthy 10 accomplish
In coming, then, TO consider what he became and
achieved, have always thought twas not easy 70 lay
much stress, in the hrst place. on that realization OF
what miSht lave been regarded IN compatible iorms oil
superiority aud that exemplcation OF what might have
been ,hoshi incompatible gifts requirements which
meet ~ in him evefywhere Remark, first, that Emi-
nence rare f not unp sed OF the fret rate, 10 the
Two substantially distinct and unkindred Professions
that OF tie law and that Of public lie In surveying
that ultimate and finished greatness IN which he STANDS
ore you IN his fall and al his beat this double
and blended ,mncnce is the first thing that hxes iheeye
LAWYERS and FIRST OF American states In both char
sc.ers ne continued dschargIng The foremost part IN
each. down the falling OF the awful curtain. Both
characters he kept distinct; the habits OF mind, the
forms of reasoning the nailre OF the proofs the style
OF eloquen neither hurt changed the other. How
much bis understanding "quickened and nvisora.
ted,' by the law, have often heard him acknowledge
and explain Bot how, in spite OF the law, was thai
mpd by other felicity and other culture, opened and
liberazed" aIsoi How few Of what are called the oad
intellectual habits of the bar he earned into the duties ot
sal,smanshpl Hs interpro ations of the constitution
and OF reates-his exposiions OF public aw--bow itls
IN them, where IL anywhere, you would ekpec. ~, VI
the mere ingenuity, the moving OF yermleu.ae Hu;e
tious" the word catching the schoaste suoey' "ne"'
10 The words OF his memorable qso'auon' 1858
"can sever and divide &. fhg
A h,i, ,tyixt North and Northwest side, f###s.#
aserbed by Satire 10 the profession, and how much OF s
net fnneIons and nober power OF calling history Ian
.a lie moral seninents, reason, common sense, the
kkh sn, Of maenanimous nationality. to The search of
,rs How little do you hnd in his politics OF another
ba habit of the professions the worst" idol OF the Cave
morbid nnreasuning and regretiul passion Tor the Pasl,
b.t beods and sweeps the running freversi-
bly because il will elurn and will pause and
gives back vanity every hour changed and less bead
unl lace We asctibe 10 him certainly sober and
sefyaiye habit Of mind and such he had-such habit
The study and practice the law doubtless does not m
paL Bot hs my Lntd Bacon's conservation He
held with hIm that antiquity aeserveh this reverence
IN Al me should make sand thereupon aud discover
what i tie best way but when the discovery we'll tA