Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-14
HON. JOHN 4. SAVAGE.


In contrast with most Of the oOmmsnts OF the
nOrthsra abolition papers, We copy the following
from the New York Times:
EU1oeIEs q TIE DEAD There are but few spe.
eies o. afsctat on with which we are not fole As
iamlisr, out, we confess, the display Of the commoo
dIiy Which has been called forth By the death Of
mF. preston Brooks quite surpssses anything
when cur experience has in store The moral re-.
buke administered yesterday by one of our coteu.
porarles 10 Mr Savage, for bis funeral grafton 10
tne House OF Representatives, can only be equal
ieu ID tbs point OF view by the deecFous seuc, Of
the dec ased gsnllsmsn's friends and admirers
Tue Pous wrath of the Tribune, and the respect
Tor the co1VsRaRess displayed on this touching oe.
esslon by southern cavaliers, widely difel eat a.
they are 10 origin, present most striking miar.
ity 10 the pFoiundity OF their humbug The prin.
cIpe which both have laid down for the guidance
OF post norton eulogists would thoroughly sstonish
Bossuet or Masillon. Mankind has, ever since the
days OF Homer, considered it the first duty of those
who take upon themselves to pay tr butes to de-.
parted worth to lavish ell their rhetoric upon those
qualities and achievements by which the deceased
had won the applause or esteem of bis fellows.
| To wax eloquent over Csesar's grave and make no
mentioo OF Lis sOldieTshIp; to walk behind Ho-
wards hesrss, and avoid with studious dehc4cy all
reference TO his untirng philanthropy, would in
I
not Ell her great hesrtlessness or great folly Pres.
| ton Brooks performed faithfully and we'll at the
bidding OF his party, az act which be looked upon
as q religious duty, and which his friends and con.
| stitueuts hailed with the most frantic demoustrs
/ tons OF delighted applause. The sovereign State
which be represents shOwered upon him, in re-
wsrd, the greatest honors which free people can
bestow upon a successful champion Of invaded
| rights or lnsulted dignity They lett nothing un-
l,lo RI ,,A,
! executed their wishes, but executed them in a
manner calling for the highest commentator.
| Judging from their mode OF expressing their Ep.
probation, no American ever deserved better of his
| country than the man whose death they were two
| days ago called upon to mourn. Mr.. Savage, with
a mBniiness and consistency which we think does
him the greatest credit rose, and 10 splendid con.
trGst to the ungrateful siencs of Brooks Other
friends, solemuly committed the memory Of his de-
parted colleague to the revereItisl keeping of pos
terity. He dwelt, in terms worthy of the occs
sion, upon the Only exploit which has rescued the
name of P. s. Brooks, Of South Carolina, from OBJ
security, aud tue only one which gives him the
smallest claim 70 be mentioned beyond his OWL
little circle Of admirers for two days after his un
timely disappearance. Il was an Office which the
sblest of southern Statesmen ought to have felt il
at once duty and privilege to perform. The
| conduct of the remainder of the 'ehivslry," II
| ueklLB IL q pulut OF uOuOE u 4fOiu hu Iet6IGuCo
one day after Brooks death, 10 the very thin(
which six months previously had caused them Il
defy him, is one Of the most singular Manifesto
tons of scurvy iDgratitude to which the world hs
been treated slncs the days of Brutus. The IN
fortunate Savage, after performing the most grace
ful set VII ch one gentleman can perform over thC
grave Of another, finds himself, We doubt not, Il
his own uauttersbie establishment, assaulted by th
north for MS effontery, and by the South Tor hi
indscs1y.
There is a moral in all this which we feel it Il
be our bounden duty TO point out It conveys
solemn and sf.ctug warning to all simple-mindet
bullts 10 90 all their bullying on their own pIiVat
accJCnt We implJre southern gentlemen to lee
assured that When 8 msn cracks sku l., he mus
seek his rsWsrd in the approving Voice Of his owl
conscience. Let tie bruises or fractures he inf ct
Oe ever so con p!ets or 50 dezerOus, be who trust
to the tickle multitude for a deep and lsstiog sp
probation Of his conduct, will & 3D. when too late
that be has be, n reposing on q broken reel.