The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-11-16
Death of ssexernor RFedary.

Dsatsa of Governor HFedary.
Amid the war of sections, the strife OF
pdfties aud the rear of factions-on the /
eve OF the iuaf Struggle between freedom I
and desrotism m-when constitutional 9b-
erty seeins about to 60 down again before |
the old ene ~ y that has dogged its foot /
steps through bye centurles-we are call !
ed upon to record the death Of one OF It's
kgrea test oldest and uast arient support
/, ers - Ex- x-Goyeruor SAMUEL ,@Nlf,D.ARY.
After an illness OF about eleven weeks,
during mtst OF which tiihe he Was strong
enough to travel and mnke brief iourRey
! for his health, he was attacked with his
old complaint at his breakfast table yes
terday morning, aud died at five o clock
J tlst evening, surrounded by all bat three
mem oers OF his family. The exact ma
| ture OF his disease re uai as unknown. lie
was among the niagy poisoned at the
| National iIoiel in Washington in 1887,
. ad it is believed thai some remnant OF
the old poison promoted his death An
| other theory is that. cancer III TIE stomach
W IS his disease. lie was.tuken suddenly
i.ill while deilxern-: speech on the Court
|
/ said never fully recovered He died fully
FconScious OF his approaching dissoluiion,
and met his fate with the serenity Of one
who fails te sleep after loag and weary
Tourney, where there was nothing to dis
turb hin or make him afraid @
i GaveFaor aiERARY was born in the
wear 1891. the day before the iuaugara-
ton OF Thomas Jefferson as President Of
the United States lie lived to see tho
doctrines taught I by that great expousder
Of liberty aud justice bece epc the princl-
pies Of the great party under whose ausI
pices free government spread over aeon
4 tinent and conferred blessings upon thirty
millions Of people; be expired as they
ceased 10 be the controlling principles OF
:, the Government.
Goya NEDARY was a Democrat from. bis
beyhovd, lie was Democrat at ans death
! lie was the intimate friend of Gen Jack
son: she old nero WAS hla ideal OF States
roAa snip and model OF manhood. Iu
many striking pecuiaritics the follower
rcsembed the leader, but IL none more
than in his Grmness, his imPetuosity, his
iutesfiCs aud his democracy. w arm IL
: his friendships and bitter IN his hatreds,
he loved All that was manly and hated all
that was mean. Sprinsing fros the peo
pie himself, he gloried iu his humble
origin aud desPised everything like aris-
tocracy A man OF lemarkably WIS
f and powerful memory, who had wit
nessed many Of the events of import
anee IN ILe political history ei this J0ung
country, his conversation was gentie, iuti
OF yraphe. sinterest aud charmed ~ II
! instructed those who heard him; while al
other times he was terrible in his wlther
Ing denunciations aud fiery earne>tness
{ As a writer lie was rugged and vigorous
, gong to a point with the, dlrectness and
, precision Of bullet. Gentle and amiabi'
IN private live, his generosity was Slthou
q bounds, and his affection for his family
u aud. his friends Was like a deep stream
: perpetuaIly oyeraowing its banks. bis
political history would be the polltlca
history Of Uhiu, whore tor forty years he
has figured csnsplcuously, not wlthoa
receiving his quota of scars IN the strile
but always VITA the earaestness OF mar
b whose principles were embodied IN IN:
= head aud his heart, aud we're. as tuse para
tle to his existence. lie imbibed them II
:, his youth; he trusted IN them throast
j life; they wero present with him at hi'
dtesih bed ue was a dsro0t believer u
The intelligence and rectltude OF the pao
pie. and ia the exlsteDce of that Jastlc'
: which would at last make all things even
r y iihout belonging to sny organized reii
sieus society, he WAS cue OF those best Q
: christians. an honest man who-in life pos
<e,sed a. child likesfaith IN isod aud dying
y manifested his confidence in the justic,
and mercy Of Dlenity.
x Forgetting all past differenees-bury
D Jag bel9re. him INC acetoity growing on
: Of party contests--the rancoFops weeds o
) poiitics-remembering only, IN the sol
i cum presence OF death, the manly virtues
aud stery qualities Of the man, and IN th'
{ exercise of the saddest privilege of friend
n ship aud respect, We shed a tear over tbs
4. remains and invoke peace to the dust o
great and good man-SAMUEL MEDARY
- -,Si0fesDlCn Nor s.