Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-08
On, w.sn,ng,on Correspondence.

Rf,to, Rpaasa Heyald.--On the, 22d |
inst, we enjoyed another rich treat IN
listening 20 the eulogium on the late
Henry Winter Davis, delivered In the
Capitol by Senator Creswell. Mr. Davis
was not member Of Congress ut the
time OF his death, but he had been a
member for eight years, his services end
ing with the close of last Congress lie
was eudeared to the members by the
engaging qualities of character, and the
hall In which we were gathered had been
often the scene Of his intellectual
triumphs. The memorial services IN
which we We're engaged were, therefore,
o fitting tribute TO his character ana
services. Mr.. Creswell was his bosom
friend and his coadjutor in the great
work of emancipation in Maryland, and
is alike distinguished as 3 scholar,
writer, and a speaker,
Mr.. Davis was the son OF an Episcopal
minister in Maryland, who died while
the son was yet student, leaving him
to the care OF an excellent mother who
left her impress on his character. his
career as student should be an encour-
agement to all our young men who, with
limited means, are struggling to acquire
an education. He was obliged to depend
on his own efforts for support, and he
resolutely conquered the difficulties
which INSTRUCTED his way and passed
through Kenyon college and the unlVer-
sity of Virginia, with success. Engag-
ing in the profession of law, he rose TO
eminence first in Alexandria and after
wards In Baltimore. His love for liter
airy pursuits and his habits OF study
continued through life. He read easily
the nest authors in four languages. lie
never wrote his speeches, but carefully
studied and arranged the thoughts which
| he wished to express. He did more than
any other man to preserve loyalty in
MARYLAND, and to preserve the State from
Joining the rebels, and when on the for
nation of new State constitution the
| question of emancipation came up, he
| was foremost in influencing the public
mind, and free Maryland owes him her
largest debt OF gratitude, He was de-
wont man. The Greek testament was
always lying open on his table for easy
reference. The Sabbath, except the por-
ton of it spent in public worship, was
devoted to religious reading, and he de-
lighted in the study OF theology as a
science. Seldom has a nobler, purer
man passed away, and rarely has pub
lie man been so seriously incurred by
| surviving friends.
On the same day, @ meeting Of very
different character was held in the
theatre in this city to endorse the veto
message, The men who called 1t and
who were prominent in 1t as vice-presi
dents and speakers were, with few excep.
lions, those who were regarded as oppo
sers of MIR. Lincolns policy, and especi.
ally the emancipation proclamation
One OF the vice presidents was one Of the
| COuuSEl VI w iltSi hud cuC Vi suC opVhh
ers was one OF the counsel Of Mrs. Sur
raft. At the beginning of the rebellion
large portion Of our citizens sympa
thized more or less strongly with tbs
South. They professed a love for thu
Union, but they wished concession to b.
made to the South; compromises, which
would satisfy them and make them con
tent to remain In the Union. They wer'
bitter against New Englond, deprecated
discussion on the subject of slavery, ant
wanted the old patriarchal institution X
remain not only intact, but newly guard
ed and protected from assault Thi
spirit still fingers among as. This, witt
few exceptions, is the class OF men WHIT
lent no helping hand to suppress the re
bellion, and who now applaud the Pres
ident, forgetting that year and hal
ago, they lacked words to express thei
disapprobation Of him, 7