Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-18

lnls oruJlon Is one OF the most beautifl
and touching and eloquent that ever fell froi
the lips of ancient or modern orator. 1t W.
delivered in the Assembly Chamber, to va.
concourse who listened in breathless an
fearful silence We republish the discours,
from the Union, of yesterday. After the del,
cations had been seated the Chief Marshf
conducted Col Baker to his seat. and intro
duced him as follows:
A. REDNGToN's REMARKS.
FELLOW CITIZENS The friends of the i,
ceased, whose obsequies we are now calle
upon to perform, desire that his friend. Co
Baker shall address you upon this mournfu
occasion; and to whom can the task be NOR
tittngly assigned than to one who was th
devoted friend of our Ferguson in his boy
hood and his youth, and under whose ausni
ces and in whose Office he first pursued hi
legal studies; whose kind hand and word
OF consolation comfortcd and consoled him il
the days of his illness, and in the hour of hi
DEATH To him is the task most fitting, ever
according to the wishes of our departed
friend; for before his spirit took its flight t.
the eternal world, he said: "My friend Ba
ker has known me best in life ask him, i
he will, to speak of me when | am dead"
After the Marshal had concluded, Col. Ba-
kerpronounced the following eulogy:
The intense interest which is apparent il
this crowded auditory too well evinces the
mournful character of the ceremony we arc
about to perform. Wherever death NAV in
wade the precincts of life, whether in the
loftiest or lowliest home, there is tear fol
all who fall there is mourner for even the
meanest and the most humble; but when be-
yond the deep impression which the change
from life to death produces in all good minds
when beyond this we know that an emf.
nent citizen is stricken down in the full vig.
or of his manhood and in the pride of his
intellectual power, the impression is deeply
mournful And when to this we add that
those who loved him in life, whose servant
and representative he was, have gathered
around his bier to day to accompany him to
his last resting place on earth the impression
is not merely mournfnl, but painful. And
when we add to this that the man we mourn
died by the hand of violence-suddenlv-
a peaceful land, away from his own friends,
the impression is not mournfulness alone. but
it is an overwhelming sorrow.
At the personal request of our departed
friend, it has been assigned to me to say a
few words on this occasion. l have, perhaps,
known him longer than anybody here. |
have known him, more particularly in his
carly youth, perhaps better than any one
here assembled. | have watched the bud,
the blow, the fruit, and lastly the untimelv
decay; and while desire to speak of him as
he himself would wish to be spoken of;
while do not mean that personal friendship
shall warp myjudgment or lead me to say,
HE friau1 opVrthinfr Ill :
So also, on the other hand, shall | say moth
ing against him or others that is unjust or un-
kind.
The gentleman whose remains YOU are
about to consign to his last resting place un-
til the trump of the Archangel shall sound,
was native of the State of Pennsylvania.
knew his father well a respectable, worthy,
honest man; mechanic by pursuit, but in
telligent, self-reliant, and in every respect
honorable. The young man was ambitious
from his boyhood. He sought the profession
of the law, not merely for itself, but as an
opening that would lead to what he consid-
cred were higher and more noble positions.
lie was fitted for the study Of the law by ma
ture. lie was then what you knew him but
lately-bold, self-relant, earnest brilliant,
eloquent, good judge of human nature,
kind, generous, making friends everywhere,
plaeaOle IN his resentments easily appeascd,
and true friend. lie read law not only with
me, but also with far more able men, and he
formed his Judgment of public affairs while
honored with the friendship of Douglas, his
opponent, Lincoln, John j. Hardin, who won
a deathless name at Bucna Vista. Judge Lo-
gan, and many Others also who are the pride
and boast of the Mississippi Valley. He was
early distinguished in his own State lie was
very young, aud he had those contests among
his own friends which are peculiar to poli-
tics; and there had the reverses and crosses
without which no man is worth much. The
success which he achieved here had its foun-
dation laid in defeat and l think | may say
that most of what he knew as Il politician
he had learned in the school of adyersity-
"Aiverslty,
Thatstern teacher Of the human breast"
1t Is not good for man to be always sue
ccsstul, either in private or public life Nc
mans character can be formed without trial
ana suffering, and our departed friend show
ed, by his course of conduct, that he could
endure temporary defeat confident of hi.
power to achieve success lie was success
lul candidate upon the Democratic ticket for
elector, IN lS48-he was as renowned in hi:
own state, as debator, as he was here-hc
nad land that is saying good deal) as many
friends there as he had here-he deserved
Them there as he deserved them here, by hi:
hdeiity to his friends, high personal qualities
courage intellect, brilliancy-by those quail
N'es winch rendered him so dear to many o
you now before me. He came here, and
what he was here YOU know better than |
ou knew him well, for he served You. You
Ahe" nm well, for he ever strove for voui
"PProoallon, and loved you living, end loved
u U9,"S lie had great many qualities
:l"I MAKE successful politician. not merely
~ we personal sense Of the word, but in
higher sense, the achievement of n rrea,
ueeuS' ana the advancement of great princi
plies These halls have been the witnassc, q
Nsty OF his triumphs. As was we'll remark
ed oy cotemporary newspaper he hardl,
ever undertook that which. when he set him
9gH earnestly to work. he did not accomplish
ne had the determination to suceeed-tha
AnoWledge of mankind-that control ovei
other mems minds-that kindly manner
thoSe generous impulses for all-that love fo
- 'sy-those qualities of mind, which i
c"iIed forth grave defects. also called fortl
9se"t Virtues And these are in most of tn,
departments OF life the great elements of sue
mere intellect, except in the closet
upeS Out mule the qualities Of mind. of mer
"oS'r"cI wisdom, which distinguished a New
W. yUn OF La Place, would do but little n
"'nington 1t Is the same both in privat
I Ip 'uoilc Ale-a knowledge of the human
t readiness of resources; kindness o
NJ nv"' hdeiity in triendship-will effec
lore tnan mere abstract wisdom and mus
~; Go'lolhed with it in order to render tina
wisdom OF avail. These, and all these, on
nlehd mad. You know how we'll he serve,