Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-03-12

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when many households suffer want for
lack of the head and provider; when chill
dren must grow up fatherless, and widows
little accustomed to hardship, 60 forth to
gain livelihood with daily toll. O.! it
is a day when the shadow of great grief
is settling down on all this great land and
thousands mourn in secret Such day
as theAmerican People have never wit
messed, and God grant may never witness
again; one of disabled, diseased and
manned citizens; of men foregoing the
comforts of home and quiet exposing
themselves to the demoralising effects of
camp, and the dealing implements
of modern warfare, to preserve for their
children and children's children, the be-
ne6cent institutions of free government.
1t is therefore day which pre-eminently
calls for the courage, strength and conso-
lations of the christian faith. The be-
reaved need it, the exposed need it, and
above all, the dying need it. The coun-
try must have the favor of Jehovah or her
patriot blood will be poured out in vain.
Such, friends, is the time in which he
who was just now among us, and is not,
and yet lives ever more, was called to act
his part. Let me speak, therefore, more
particularly of the man as related to the
time; for l should not do justice to my
own feelings and much less to the heroic
dead, if l did not. And just here let me
say that what shall speak is not in def
erence to common custom, but truthfully,
and out of the depths of personal convic-
ton. l am happy to add that it is my
privilege to speak not as stranger, but as
a friend of the deceased, who knows where
of he affirms.
With him many of you were doubtless
acquainted, but to those who saw only his
bluff exterior in the marts of trade, or in
the general intercourse of society, the
real man is unknown. There are some
natures whose good qualities are appar-
ent to all they meet; there are others
that like rough ones, one needs to rub Of
ten against, to wear away the exterior
covering in order to discover the shining
qualities; in such the best parts are those
those farthest from the surface. Of this
class was our deceased friend. Naturally
self-reliant, and Independent in thought
and act, apparently, he was often curt,
sometimes rude, occasionally rough but
in spirit he was kind, generous, sympa-
thetic, noble and true Manly in thought,
his views of truth, of duty. of life, were
straightforward. He had no miserable
subterfuges and ine-wrought theories to
hide behind, but candidly acknowledged
bis obligations to God and man. That
he always performed them as faithfully as
he might, or ought, I do not-he would
not wish me to-claim. But it is no
small thing for one to preserve candor Of
thought, to habituate himself to take man.
ly views of those great truths which un-
derlie all human life and stretch onward
into eternity.
He was manly in feeling. In the depth
of his soul there was asensitiveness to the
finer touches of human nature, of which
few of his acquaintance even were aware.
Naturally reticent, he was never demon
strative his best emotions were rarely
apparent, and almost never expressed but
to no man would | sooner have appealed
in want, or with greater assurance of help.
There was cordiality in his acts of char
ity and expressions of good will, which
only magnanimous soul can exhibit.
He was manly in his business. His
business transactions had no crooks, Oh
evasions, or concealments 1 think it is
the testimony of all with whom he did
business, that he was upright, honest and
fair; man to be trusted without first
enquiring after his interest; one of the
select few whose word is as sure as legal
obligation. He had that delicate sense Of
honor which raises one above all acts Of
meanness, and is the foundation of hon
orable conduct in life.
He was not previous to entering the
field for active military service, outwardly