New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-29

Yfvcpnce for every etfr mani that II psrfscty
easy for him 10 sssocste wih farmers and With plain
pneJucs'ed, poor NEE, sud he hsd strong ,fs ted
nteret farm anS CROPS aud W. atberl and the oon
non iDcdeps Of urL life. 1t was ast as esy foe him
TO meet, on the sane tOor and with the plain
courtesy, OF distinction and large ability. He
foDo Of farms and Sees fond Of birds and attentive 10
hen manner aud babits addicted to long and re 1rcd
walks temper ate 10 ascetcsm tor ess OF bis
perence was lot on hiIp, and his selfOom land ~as
perfect. Though rich, Of plsinnees and almost pow
dty o. personal expenditure, yet liberal OF hs Iaey
TO any worthy USE really hiding IL to young men,
and industrious men, and by eager to reclsm
Of then either the interest or the principal He wn
open handed TO eve'y charity, and every public claim
ttethad any chow of reason IN it When talked with
bin dsy Of s1me inequality Of taxes in the TO be
said, !" II was his practice 10 pay whatever was de-
mar ded for though be might think TIE taxation large,
and very unequaly apportioued, yet be thought t1e
NOR ey might well 20 In this way in any otner."
The strength and the beauty of the man lay in tho
natural goodness and justice Of his mind which, 10
manhood and in old age, after dealing all ha III. with
weghty private and public interests left infaatils
smpe-the strength Of chief united to the mo lesty
Of child. H. returned from courts or congresses to
cit down. with unatered humility in the church in
The town house, the plain wooden bench where
honor came and sat do wn beside him.
be was q man in whom 90 rare a spirit Of justice
vsibly dvelt that, if one bad met him 10 cabin,
in forest he must still seem pablo man answering
sovereign state to sovereign state and might easy
suggest Millions picture Of John Bra ishaw that be
was copsul from whom the fasces cid not depart with
the yea bat in private seemed ever sitting in juds
What be said, that would he do Bat he disd.oed
any arts in his speech he was not adorned with any
giaces of rhetoric;
But simple truth hi utmost skill"
So cautious was be- and tender OF the truth that he
some fines weared his audience with the pains he took
TO qualify and verify his statements adding clause
cauae TO do Justice TO all his conviction He bad little
or power Of generalization But plain way be
had Of putting his statement with all his might and,
and then, borrowing the aid OF good story, or
farmers phrase whose force had imprinted it on his
memory, and by the same token, his hearers were
bound 10 remember his point.
The ,mpre ssion he made on uries was honorable to
him and them. For long term Of years, he was st
the bead Of the bar in M'dieseI, pracdcing, ALSO in
the adjoining counties. He had side the Other
of every important Gaze, and bis Influence was reck
to public justice Many good stories still told Of
the perplexty Of Jurors who found the law and the
evidence one side, aud yet Squire Hoar had said,
that he believed on bis coincidence his client eutled
to verdict. And what Mlddlese1 jury, containing
any God fearing men 10 il, would hazard opinion In
fiat contradiction to what Squire HoT believed t. be
lust He was entitled TO this respect for be discrn
mated in the business that wa brought to him, ADD
would not argue rotten cause. and he refuse very
large sums Offered him to undertake the defense OF
criminal peirons.
His character 10 ade him the conscience of the CON-
muniiy in which he lived. And in miuy town 1t vas
asked "what does Squire Hosr th0k of this" aud he
was in political crisis emu .tcd TO write few lines to
mike known to good men in Chelmsford, or Marlbo-
rough, or Shirley, what that opinion was. used to
feel that his conscience kind Of meter Of the de-
gree of honesty in the country by which each
sion il tried and sometimes found wanting. an
sorry TO say, he could not be elected to Congress
second time from Middlesex.
And In his own town, il some important end was to
be gaI cG--as for instance when the County COnns-
sioners refused to rebuild the burned court house.
the belief that the Courts would be transferred from
Concord to Lowe)l-a parties con bined to send Mr..
Hoar to the Legislature where his presence ADD speech
Of course secured the rebudiDg and of course also,
having a, swered our end VIC passed him by, and
elected somebody else at the next term.
His beao, with singular grace In its lines, had re-
semblance to the bust Of Dante. He retained to tho
last the erecness of his tall but slender form, and not
less the full strength of his mind. Such was, in old
age the beauty Of his persOn and carriage. as If the
mind radattd and made the same impression Of pro-
bty all bebOders.
fIs beauty was pathetic and touching in these latest
days and, as now appears it awakened Q certain ten
der fear In all who him, that the costly ornament
of our bomcs and halls ard streets speedily to
be removed. Yet how solitary he looked day by day,
in the worlo-tbis revered, this man of public
life of large acquaintance, and wide faulty c)nuec
ton Was il reserve Of constitution, or was l.
OF ly the lot Of excellence that with aims pure ADD
sir gle be seemed TO pass out of life atone, and as 1t
were unknown to those who were his cotemporaries
and fanilisis