Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-11
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was devoted to enterprise ihtIis right ndISE
rection; and while differences In political
and ecclesiastical points may have at times
led into o,discussioDsWi his fellows,
his purity of life and general bearing Of
charity toward all, were the notable fea-a
tufes Of his e1sisteneepsf 9.dfffoimD9 IN l99i
/ The same journal goes on 10 cay that the
JOmnal Of Commerce under Mr., !, Hallock's.
direction, "took a strong position on all
the political questions OF the day. usually
being found upon the Democratic side.li
and AYERS that this same eo.,pForslayeTynns
Democratic editor purchased the freedom
of a very large number of slaves" and be-
sides giving $50O00 to church In the city
Of his residence, also chiefly founded and
sustained the American Aid Society, when
the American Home Missionary Society
withdrew support fron Southern churches
which preached the Gospel 10 slavefiolderss
nor deemed them wholly given over tOpero
dition for holding that relation And the
Times tells us, too, that his private and con-
cealed charities were boundless and un1
ceasfng. .'i 2HI 10 2a91i' 9h1 5n5iKl
. Likewise the Tribune, for oncewilling to
spare the corpse of dead foe, attributes TO
him the foremost place in that enterprise
which now distinguishes the American
press and with some misrepresentation Of
what 1t calls his rpro- -slaveryism," anda
mention of his support. Of ian organizqT
tlon for the diffusion OF a Gospel not OF
fensive to slaVeholders,n consents 10 the
justice OF two lines which record that This
mistakes In politics never affected bis per-
sonal integrity, or caused any man TO doubt
the honesty Of his c0nvictions." lhlD'tS
The Herald pays its tribute To his private
virtues, and then proceeds to say that J''he
had mind of powerful cast, a clear and al
most prophetic view of the state Of the
country and its political relations, broad
and comprehensive appreciation OF men
and events. q thorough knowledge Of the
world and the influences which sway its
destinies, and courage to do and maintain
the right at whatever sacfifiee."l ajen9o
These eulogiumslby his fellow Journalists
and rivals will be thought just also by the
commercial public among whom 80 maiiy
years of Mr.. Hallock's long and useful life
were spent. We ourselves came too late
into the field to have had the advantage of
competition with his enterprise or the
pleasure of his society, and any tribute that
we should pay to the deceased veteran could
but express that sense Of apublic loss which
every person well informed in the political
literature of our time has already expert
enced, and would lack such touches derived
from a private knowledge and personal
of Agricola, and the tribute OF John Stuart
Mill to the memory and the great qualities
of the first and best of French journalists,
Armand Carrel. 3" u '.." l'l.' 7n'f'.r
Armand Carrel died a martyr to the
morality and dignity of public discussion,
| the victim OF ''that low state of our civili-
zation, after all our boasting, which has not
yet contrived the means of giving to man,
whose reputation is important to him, pro-
lection against insult, but leaves him to
seek reparation sword in hand, as in the
barbarous ages" Gerard Hallock, for the
last four years, has lived martyr to thein-
dependence OF the American press, the
victim of that low stage of American civil
ization, after all our Boosting, which has not
yet contrivetl the means of giving life, and
force to the worthless guarantees of civil
| liberty, liberty of person, of speech, and of
the press, which are recorded in the Con-
stitutions of New York and Of the United
States. ll. g.. ..aI HuE liog li la Juu-
These eulOgiums which we have cited,
certainly would seem 10 approve the late
| Mr.. Halloek as man whose life and
| thought and counsel in the troublous times
of his country should have been deemed
precious, If these late rivals and present
praisers of him speak truly, his concurrence
should have lent confidence and steadiness
| to the opinions Of amaiority in such times,
as his difference should have given it pause.
But whether concurring or differing with
! the general drift and shape of public opin-
ion in time of national calamity, his pres
ence and voice should not willingly have
i been spared by those who know7the value
to all sound, working political opinions of
all able advocacy and able opposition. ~
Nevertheless, as matter Of tact, this up:
right and tstrOngshehded man, who had
j grown grayin unseltish service Of, his fell
! low-men, who added to the service of labor
that of sacrifice, whose journal had daily
exhibited his Intelligence and his sagacity,
chanoed some four years ago to differ from
the Administration in power on important
] public questions. He advocated his opin-
i ions as his late rivals and present eul0gists
assert that he always advocated them, with
honest energys Perhaps we may be per-
mitted to remark that whatever his opin-
ions were, and whoeyr he was, he had
| right to them and to their public advocacy.
But, lest this should seem too sharp an ac-
cent of liberty, one of which American ears
are yet intolerant we simply press the point,
that by these late rivals and present
/ praisers of, Mr., ,Halleck, he was deemed q
4 wise, a sagacious, and ,unquestionably a
good, a patriotic man. Such as his
opinions were, in a time Of National
calamity he advocated them.I. They
| Oppugned the opinions Oh Ine laIe
Administration The late Administration
Suppressed them. 1T excluded, from, the
mails the paper in which Mr., Hallock was
lgiying his counsel to the country. More
over, the citizehs among whom his life had
been spent, and who regarded him with
profound respect. permitted this TO be- done.
Some many, praised the doing OF 1t. This
man who had obeyed all the laws Of his
Fcountry, broken none, and was cohtribu-
ting earnest and able discussions toits pub
lie opinion, found the mails closed his
| Journal until 1t had been nf0Fced TO agree
that he should bury his pen, Isilence his
voice, end his career, aud 60 into retire.
ment; four years Of enforced silence now
at last ended-ended by the grave.c Hoil
The grave, too, Is silent, So that the late
l Administration will be long obeyed, but II
/ it were not, one wonders what this one
| would say, what eulogIes pronouncslion
4 what IN vvhofii. ei aaNtfNi ttN'1i stiiS Nff