The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-07-22
DR., Bailey

Tho moot Whittier pays tho following
,.;I,ni, to tho momury of this excellent man
IN ,L, last number of the National Era
'rhn cyprrss shadows dcpon. But lew
l.,s ogo. wo we're called upon to lament t'e
Iy Of =, world .honnrud and beloved trlonu'
IS,,,h Sturpe. of Birmingham. And now, }
49,, iost arrival from Europe brings us the
snd intelligence that our glltou ahu uoar
T.i,,hd and follow laboror, with whose nau,o
nnr own has been so long associa'ou III ,lo
! .,tio,1t Era, is no longer among the I''
/ ing .-..-.,.,,,,;,s
A ,ynyes that know no guiding hahu'
| Snswit has brother followed bro',ier
Frnm sunshine to the sunless lana.
The dcaah OF DR. Bailey win be w'uo.y
Colt as a uubic calamity. lie was QUO VI
,I,,s., man who mould and shape tho ago
.,.Gi.h Ibrv live. 10 no one is the cause
or Freedom aud Progress, as embodied III
I,, p,nuhlican party, moro indebted thah
,n him Clear sighted. warm hearted, gen
,,,,,,s "a a fault. frank in the avowal oi ms
,,ininu--rarucst without tanaucsn, bolu
, nithout tcmurity, uncompromIsing Sct
courteous aud charitable gen''e'i"n
uIwavs. never STOPPING to personal ihVectiVo
} or r,.nrtroycrsy--hu has been emphatlcaI'S
. ,hr man for his place and time. ms 'io%s
woro broad and statesman 'llke-he cou'u
mi VICAR the badge OF u mere partIEAu-a"u
h, held himself ready always 10 cohsu'o Z
lie no,iticnI friends when, in his view. they
Gre in TN, wrong, and to commend ms
on,npcnts Whenever thcv took step ID
tha rioht direction. Mono but thusc VINO
lnow him welt, and undorstooG his soc'al
and genial nature and his strong loEo VI
:, approhaton, could estimate now much II
: cost him to maintain, undor CIRCUMSTANCES
a to which a weaker man "ouiu nave SIolupO
+ as to destiny, his perfect ioyaty|to truln
> What most impressed us, III our lutcLGouie'
q with him. was the total absence Oh al G''l'
p. cavil, or subtcrlnge-tho Transparent uoii
: ,s,n and Christian manIiness of his charac
tor :.
:, In that dark period when his press, IL
~ Cincinnati. was twice destroyed by mobs
=. and in the perilous excitement which a
ID Washington followed tho capture OF IN.
ii Pearl with its cargo of fugitive slaves. h'
~ couraqs never faltercd. With everything
- he loved in life at stake, he disrSgardo
y alike tho mCnacos of enemies and the per
=, suasions Of friends. and refused to make an
w concession or apology, and, strong IN III
1o conscious integrity challenged the closes
IN scrutiny of his words and actions. Iho III
- ture historian of tho Anti-Slayory movcmcr
IL will find fow noblcr pictures for his canVa
or than that of tho slight figure OF tho Ant
I' Slavery editor. alone with his family, vi
armed and unsupported in tho heart oi
os slavoholdng city. calmly confronting a
a. armed and excited multitude, declaring d
Al, determination to live aud die free ma
hn aud to speak and print his sentiments tree
nd and fully, subject only to the laws OF
country; aud closing with an appeal
onco touching and manly, to the better n
lures of his opponents, until threats chhl
b. god to cheers, aud tho really generous b'
sat misguided populace pressed towards hIt
he not to maltrcat or intimidatc, but to shal
his the hand of brave and honest mar.
rr. Personally. VIZ feol assured, DIR. Bale
had no enemies. His genial, hearty, hoait
DIS, ful nature. his ngenuousucss. his delica
ect regard for tho amenities and courtesles
'n; life, his ungrudging admission of the rig
be- to differ, his broad cuthOlic charity, q
zen deared him to a wido circle OF frenC
ho among tho warmcst of whom wore son
'ut who totally dissun;ed from his viows {
'lc, political matters and tho moral charact
"n of Slavery.
N MANY thoughts and memories crowd urC
set us. but our heart is too full for words.
sat truo aud good man has laid down to 1
He long rest, after hravclv fighting the bait
leu OF iio, leaving his mark upon tho age, al
cr- II stainless and honored name to his chdre
md The world wherein he luborcd is better t
in his sake. lie will ho greatly missed in t
coming struggle QIoaven grant it may
ids, the last and triumphant one J Of Froedo
at with Slavery. But God is over all, and
lad man is Indispensable. Tho brokon ran
nd will DO closed. and younger men, who ha
rad learned tho lesson of Liberty in tho schC
ore OF our lamonted associate will take up, u
tho carry forward to its glorious consummutit
led the great work to which his lifo was devot,
md j. g. w