New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-14
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THE f,pRrsTIAR EXAMINER NoyENBER james Miller
The lust and feeling tribute to the character Of tho
,s,o tob, p;erpont which occupies prominent place
an the present number viii be read with deep interest
nv wide circle OF friends who cherish the noble and
brilliant traits Of that remarkable man in tender re-
uembrance. Mr. PepoDt was no less distinguished
BIZ the versatility aud splcndor Of his gifts than Oy
the enthusiastic devotion with which they were con
s4craied 10 the service Of truth freedom, and humanity
He was poet Of exubernt fancy and seductive B'''o
VI expression, an orator whose commanding presence
= ahdmelodous voice gaze full force to me DoiunosS VI
his conceptions aud The subtle ingenuity oil MS IcaS-
oning a practical advocate OF reform ahd improve
Tsent whose eve vas more lntenlly ilXeo on Tue
promises OF the future than on the caphnlues vi te
sfesen The intensity of what may DC Veleo hS ihoI a
fnagiuaton lent it, eoOring ~ his whole hearl ana
Thought and being. Inspired by perennial VISIONS O'
trath and beauty lie took ln;feqaent counsel Win
iomelier prudence. lie was often considered TOO bold
TOO compromising too radical for the eXgence' oil ms
sme. his real Tins became OtlcnSe IA some cases,
aterror even 70 those who reyeed his yirtnesi Dut
Abe development Of events always lusthed ms aroof,
and In the course Of progress he found himself abreast
OF his opponents. The personal sketch OF bis dual
nature, which IS admirably drawn by the
writer in the Examiner" viii help To un-
deceive tie superficial observer 10 Whoto
Abe character OF Mr.. Picrpont was covered win a
certain vail Of mystery, perhaps oi DOUBT Mt;
PiepOnt united within himself the chaactcislce %
two very distinct persons. One was graeeiu, tn'l,
waited delicate, fastdOus 10 the last degree careful OF
etiquette studOus, dgnifed; with a certain ioitness
Of dignity indeed, which strangers were apt to ild
bomewhat itgid bat genial and expansive with ms
friends and beautifully tender aud loving with chill
dren. This was the clergy man and the poet Lie
other was an ardent knight, armed for hattie, and
seeking IL far and utarbattle to the death with every
thing that was foul and mean; and the ancient oath
Of chigarv by which the young knight vowed 10
iprotect die dis ressed maintain right against might
no xr,r1t lantf IN 81 CHI Is
knight and q Chrstian,' was no unfit or exaggerated
expression OF tbs spirit IN which tins modern chanl-
piOn took on his amor Quick u discover injustice,
he no sooner uneaTihed new wrong tbanho aJackedh
with the ery arior Of nature whose enthusiasm was
but the hotter for the restraint which the habits ana
tastes of the scholar ordinarily imposed upon H. tie
used all bis weapons az Oncc-logc, sarcasm inFect'e,
poetry palhOs--and shsrpVnCd them al with stern
tThus saith the Lord This was John Pierpont The
Relormer and tNent five years ago few names rang
wider throughout the careless, pro perons land tl'h
his" The estimate gwen OF lis native poetcal genius Is
not eXtraya CANT Had there been no slavery III the
land no drunkenness. no Imprisonment 10! DEM, II IS
hard 70 say what the poetic faculty Of mind ~ once
90 strong and 80 graceful might not have prodNecg'
o. had he possessed the placid indifference 20 puOic
affairs the welfare Of The community Whch . COM
monty Joined that faculty instead OF hls intense
moral esrues,ness and seustyeness. We might nave
had from him such body Of imaginative poetry az
no American poet has yet created, Bnt can We WISH
Ahe change had been DO ssiblef Would We exchange
The fame OF the reiOrmer for tAai OF any poet OF ue
senturyi Not until we are ready 70 put lntellecL
above conscience and confess that poetic Imagination
Is 6ner thing than moral devotion His latter
years presented delightful picture Of serene old sge
MI Perpont remained IN Boston untl ie}9, when
he resigned bis place At Hollis street, ard removed
with his family 10 Troy, whittier be had been called
70 the charge Of TIE small Unitarian Society then
recently formed. Troy Is o busting snd prosperous
little city whose social life is vastly different from
that u New England and could have had but q small
sttrsctiyeness for man ike him. but yet, in the
fur years OF his residence there Us people grew into
some dim recognition OF his quality. Il was, how
ever an exile; exile from old friends from the old
church. from the streets and homes which the varying
experiences of nearly thirty years had endeared: exile
Sheerfully bornevih serenity II not entire content
How welcome WIS., the call winch dew him to Med.
ford in ls4g may easily imagine How entirely
happy and beautiful his lie there, those best
know who saw him in the calm snd deep peace OF his
own home 1t West MedlOrd. IL was the placid an.
tumn Of his life. lie was resting after the heats Of
his feTvent summer. lie had done his part IN the
greet warfare; and though his enthusiasm for the
good sba,ed TIL tie day OF his death, yet
his active service il il may be said 20 have practically
ceased from the time when he lett the HOlls-stIeet
pulpit Younger hands had taken up the old banner
which he had carried 80 high in the earlier days. The
nation now llst w'sking upi and though wicked
ness seemed IS strong 90 ever end even more bold
thar ever there good hope that 1t WIS a. lengthto
he met and overcome with something rs bold, aud
etroDger Bur the gh-sOued veteran could not endure
the Gnguor Of repose and the nation compelled to
take ND arms for is very lie. when tie long cone
fSst eliminated in actusl war he could bear longer
ahe inaetOn Of his village life He had not been
used TO place in the rear OF the army. lie must g.
10 the front now and be once more, but literally
now as in the old times 6guratYely face 10 face With
The enemy. He was seyeDty-six years old. 80 much
rte better: he would set the example 70 younger uen
BE applied for and received tue chapsincy q the
twenty second Massachusetts Infantry and psTched
With his regiment 90 the capital These Boston streets,
that forty years agO saw the tail form passing to and
60 In the siairs OF his ministry. saw now tho same
Soan not less erect marching in the midst Of thOu
sand bAvones 20 the defense Of the same cause for
which he had fought, but With other weapons, through
eli those long years. IL was magnificent Hash 81
sentiment. Bnt sentiment will not supply TIE place
Of physical strength; and the old hero had for once
oysr-estimsted MS Own vgor, and moderated the
haIdshps OF military life. IRE regiment marching ~
she late Autumn, went 81 once into camp on Halls
Hin, one Of tie range Of bleak eminences which
stretches along the west bank Of the Potomac. The
weather was growing cod. The days were tedious,
the nights long We shall never forget the account,
bali ludierous and WHOLLY pathetic, which Mr.. Pier
pOnt gave Us OF the nisco be ondured during those
terrible nights; how he lay down without undressing.
or the cold; and sltcra hsiidoleD snatches 81 sleep
fom each Of which be awOke snppOging il was DlOrn
Ing and az many long intervals Of restless tossing,
I've woald get np and 90 stamping about the camp 60
Keep bis blood from l!eelng-iO the sstonishneD OF
She guards A lew weeks Of this experience had
pretty well satisfied him Of the uselessDess OF con-
kpring it, and, when one mOnng-hsving applied
1or leave Of absence for three days TO Col. Wilson.
who had lorwsTded the application 90 Gen Martin
dale, who probably did not know John Piepont from
John Smith-the paper came back scraUled over with
tbs busque Endorsement, What does yOnr chaplain
want with three days leave Of absenee7 Give him
two days the little rebuff went straight to the sensi.
i've heart Of the old man, and eonYi ed lin OF the
ssistake be hsd made De went to Washington, aud
fSnce wrote ~ Mr wilson fesjRnuR hiS CbRplsingv