Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-04-20
REMARKS or SENATOR EDMUNDs.


NJ Pyaidep Were the aphorsm Of the great dram
atst true that
9TH evil that men do lives snsr temi
The good 3 o IN inferred Witi their buues,f
there would be little. indeed LET, to remind us Of him
who ha. now so lately vanished from the Council Cham
Der Of the and from the vast aud aesuo edi6ce
which has INTO stature and beauty under the
chartmtnt OF his labors Dc would stand with those de-
soroed in the sad but beautiful passage in the Divine
Comedy
"9n earth hey len no record ia their lays
Sea- Sgt II aI n Sgt io5l a6
And bis memory would pass with his mortal body from
the knowledge of men
But higher philosophy and better religion teach Us
that however i Uc with evil the cd that DO ia not
buried win their bones but lives after them ever grow
ing, eIevatng, never ls and casting its benthcent
ruts even into the lap u the fcmotest future.
Whatcytr. then may be The sphere d usefulness snd
good io which man Is called In which he moves
whether 1t be IN the oest regions ~ politics ethics
or b. the cold and severe soudes Of abstract science
in me pracuca adminisaton ~, affairs or in the hum
best oanes Of bundle life De hrs work we'll and faith
fully done be his mission hlled 20 completion he has
earned an equal recompenst ard has "a ally won the
yct0r's crown.
Thus has seemed to me that on this sad and sorrow
ful occasion may leave other aud more f,r liar
tongues the praise Of MA F00r IN bic character Of Sem
atoI and Legislator and may hy De excused from any
phiosothcal analysis or estimate or panegyiic Of him
as compared with other eminent mfn and leave the
igiufe 'uc iask OF fixing with impartial eNan'ness his
place in The heh temple Of fme among the heroes and
worhes who have gone before him io their rest and the
TaAer as my heart prompt. me, and as the wishes o
inc people whom he has 80 long and sn worthy repre-.
scutcd would am sure direct as his home fftnd And
fellow citizen, dwell fof little space as we mourn al his
departure upon his personal relations 60 bis people and
upon HE long lie Of unidentified purity and Of cordial
aud earnest love for ana pride in HE native State and
upon hrs constant and uniting and successful efforts 10
pr moie thtlr welfare and u realize thcr Wishesupou
his love OF his country and Of man.
botn 10 no ancestral honors and reaching forward 10
useIuness and influence only by the merit of his own
vigorous but uHaided endeavor he entered upon life In
perfect sympathy with the universal aspirations " tho
people. aud as stfp by step he advanced nom puti
IN frn~n f0 Fr.- q.
ruler he them the type aud example OF repu
social progress the representative man. aud all hc peo
pie looked upon his their own and felt hi.
Advancement a triumph personal 10 themselves.
This afcctonate sympathy Of sentiment Was fully re-
oiprocaied by Mr. FooT He took up. as il by instinct
the feelings OF the people and siled assert
them sgainst all antaeonism. And these qualities Of
mind and heart not limited geographical bounda
ries. lie believed in the exhortaiion
save Thy country and a. every Ne. other,
Whom God hath related thee."
SO he was admired and followed and trusted by tn,
Whenever he was called upon for assistance he iudi
viduazed the case Of each applicant and made it hit
own his heart warmed and his face hghtened up viii
joy al the opportunity ofasssung any, however humble
OF his fellow citizens, and hundfe1 aud thou Andg will
carry through their lives The pleasant entrance
his grasp and smile he would dismiss them with en-
courAgement and counsel Thus he endeafed bin self d
men individually dis sense Of truth and justice
gu elk and vivid although his respect for sincere oppo
sutton vas perfect and so he wasnot easily mislsd thu
he obtained the confidence and respect oh0se who coU
not gain his aid as well those who the recipient
Of his favor.
His life was pure, generous, and biameess free from
all shadow offusf cion reptoach aud all who knew
HIM he'd faith in his fidelity 90 his principles and to hi
10 State against a pressure aud all temptation.
And therefore ON all sides there gathered around hi
earnest fervent hearty patriotic the pride the con
hdcnce and the aiieo ofhis whole peope, who nos
moan his loss as an individual bereavement as does
who now addresses VII relations with that uobi
mon were u such n cuonate intimacy and good will
would make lin huy turn away and wetp rather thai
a speak the language OF deserved cul1gy.
In busy, useful life he has hiled his allotted spher
and discharged bis trust vito enmity toward none
o with obanD toward ALL" he has lived an died
" Mr. President a. we gather hope aud wisdom eve
out Of these souowfal duties let remember that It
cd deed, and not the lingering years, that make
the full, lie Of man, and that him with hi
G best rewards.