Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-05-19

A'e"'otIhS % non. CH0l1eS Sumner, IN the u.
). Senate, Thursday, May 10, 1862.
The death of Hon. Goldsmith f. Bailey.
representative from the ninth Massachusetts
| district, was announced, when senator Sum-
| her addressed the senate as follows =
Mr. Sumner-Mr. President, the lastrep
sentative OF Massachusetts snatched away bv
death during the session of congress was Rob
cru hahloul. Ripe in years and brilliant in
powers, tins distinguished person tardily en-
'ereo lheSe nails, and he entered them not to
S'"y' put simply to go. Congress was to him
| o.ly lhe ahte-chanber to another world
o'lCe ''iGh Ten years have passed, and we are
Nv" c"ileu 10 commemorate another repre-
| sentative OF Massachusetts, snatched AWAY h,,
death during the session of CONGRESS a ~
| ripe III years, and less brilliant in powers Mr.
Bailey occupied less space in the ewes Of tbo
country but he had soul of perfect nur;ty,
calm intelligence, and a character of his o,,,'
"iilch INSPIRED respect and created attach
lileDt' ana he, too, was here for so brief :,
Term tilat he seems only to have passed throuoh
tleSe halls on Ills way, without, alas the nriy-
iIege Of health as he passed. '''''0 WY PRIV
Born IN 1923, Mr.. Bailey had not ,,ot
reached that stage Of life, when. according IN
Il foreign proyerb, man has given to Tho
world his full measure; and vet he had given
Such measure Of himself, as justified largely
the confidence Of his fcllow-citizcns. This
was the more remarkable, as he commenced
lie without those advantages which assurn
early education and open the way to success.
| At Two years OF age he was an orDhap. of
humble parentage and scanty means. From
School he followed the example of Franklin
and became printer. There is no cnilin~
| al
affords better opportunities of culture Mo
daily duties of the vn,,ncr ,,,;,,toa ne
lessons. The PRINTING, office is school >''','y
he is scholar in it. AS he SETS tynns ''I wv
studies and becomes familiar nj 1oIIt ,.i i'G
language and the mystery Of grammar or,i,''
graphy, and punctuation, which. in early edn-
cation, is much. And, if he reads nrnHfs ho
becomes critic. At the age of twentv-two
our young printer changed to student of
l"w' ana IN 1913 was admitted to the bar.
II was the very year of his admission to the
o"' 'nIt the question of slavery assumed I'M
Pieceuentea proportions from the efforts made
S9 pus" 1t iI,to the territories Of the United
1 1 a.!!llougi he took no active part in
ILle pi y! ''lnls controversy, 1t must have pro-
""iu% US a.. IMPRESSION on ms mind 1t was to
it,, 'lI PloiiiOl'loh Oh slavery IN the ter
49, 'ii'' " represent tllS principle, that
tho limo ba ,,,h ~ III speech at
opposition of its enemies and n" '''e open
enmity of those who disnarao,d ''i ,' Sup'lle
lance of the principle Ner"TS L,J 5,o inipoI-
tative truer or nobler constitnono,, IT, oSen-
of Worcester that Iaroe central ro,,l ~ vas as
Massachusetts. and broad oirdIo ~ tI' vi
monweath, which. since this groot ,nnt.o ool,,-
sy began has been always fTm and .ni;J e
freedom To represent ne , i'u 80 SGi,a i iGr
gent, honest, and yituous P was ;? i itell-
small honor. - i'''ii i'o
But with this honor came soon tboso ,.oru
ngs which teach the ftitv I of al ii'Isu warn