Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-18

binary gifts Of person and manners bu
many men possessing all these in equal desre
would never have attained . 1.-THE Of the homo
and respect he did. 1t was his generou.
warm-hearted love and sympathy for his fellow
and his exhibition of it to them and for then
at all times, that induced their love and respec
for him. You saw with me the general exhi
bition of sorrow for his death here where b.
had been SO long and was we'll known anl
SO highly respected but it was my forum,
to be one Of your committee TO attend bis re
/ mains to his old home and among the neigh
bors and associates of his daily home life
Had you witnessed the deep gloom and sad
ness that hung over that whole community
the tears that filed SO many eyes as we full
filled our melancholy duty, you might vel
have exclaimed, behold how they loved
him I"
Living in another part of the State from
| Dir. Foot, and our pursuits for many years hav.
| ing been so different, had never much person.
al intimacy with him until the commencement,
| of the present session, when l became his col
league. From that time till his death we lived
IN the same house, and, till his Sickness sat a;
the same table. l soon saw why all loved and
respected him, and shared their sentiments in
the fullest manner.
The Infinite pains he took 10 make nv pos i
tlon agreeable; to make me acquainted with
the course and details of business in the Sem
ate; the proper Offices and departments for
everything IN short, he whole routine Of con-
gressoDai drudgery. which il is important
for every man TO know, and still every man is
expected 10 find out for himself, was what did
net expect from him, and probably should have
received from no other man. But with
his nature ne could hardly have avoided doing
It.
The circumstances of bis sickness and death
hath In, l.
10 various interviews and partiDgs between him
and valued friends, solemn and affecting in
their character and interest. | took my last
OF him ON that afternoon before his
death. could not now attempt to describe
1t. but shall never forget his affectionate
language or his solemn benediction at our part
ing.
j mourn his loss in common with all who
knew him bu. with all who believe in the
heaven hereafter, doubt not that our loss is
his infinite gain. His triumphant Christian
death was fitting end for so loving and useful
life.
wei! may we all pray that lives and our
dsaths may be ike his. Sorely, indeed, has
my pative State been stricken her two most
distinguished sons, long her Joint representa-
tives IN this body, where they represented her
with SO much ability, usefulness, and credit,
both tax en- away by DEATH and SO near each
other that the stunning effect of the first blow
had hardly passed when the other came. Coz
grant that those who have survived and sue
ceeded them may be enabled in some degree to
emulate their virtues and usefulness to the
State and people thus bereaved.
SENATOR EDMUNDs' EULoGY.
Mr.. President Were the aphorism OF the
great dramatlst true, that
1.-THE evil that do lives after them
The good Is oft inferred With their bones"
there would be little, indeed, left 10 remind u.
OF him who has now so lately vanished from the
Council Chamber of the nation and from the
vast and majestic edlfce which has grown into
stature and beauty under the enchantmeut of
his labors he would stand with those described
In the sad but beautiful passage in the Divine
Comedy
,s earth they LEFT no record In their day;
Mercy and justice hold them n disdain
SPEAK not OF them but look AID pass away"
and his memory would pass with his mortal
body from the know ledge of men.
But higher philosophy and better religion
teach US that however it be with evil, the good
that men do IS not buried with their bones.
but lives after them, ever growing, widening.
eievating, never lost, and casting its beuefi-
cent fruits even Ito the lap of the remotest fu
ture.
" Hatefei, tnen, may De the sphere OF use
fulness and good TO which a man is called or
IN which ne moves, whether il be in the lofti-
est regions OF politics ethics, or in the cold
and severe solltuds OF abstract science or in
practical administration of affairs or in the
humbi5st cangs of humb e life, be his work
well and faithfully done, be his mission filed
to completion, he has earned an eoual roc
ompense, and has equally won the victor's
crown.
Thus it has seemed to me on this sad and
solemn occasion l may leave to other and more
familiar tongues the praise of Mr.. Foot in his
character OF Senator and legislator, and NAV
fifty be excused from any philosophical ANALYSIS
or estimate or panegyric of him as compared
with other eminent men, and leave to the fu-
ture the task OF liking with impartial exactness
his place IN the high temple of fame among
the heroes and worthless who have gone before
him to their rest, and rather, as nv heart
prompts me, and as the wishes of the people
whom ne mas SO long and SO worthily REPRESENT
ed, would, am sure, direct, as his home friend
and telow-ctizeD. dwell for little spsce as
We mourn at his departure, upon his personal
relations 10 his people, and upon his long life
OF unbemished purity and OF cordial and
earnest love for and pride in his native State.
and upon his Constant and untiring and success
tn! efforts Tor their welfare and to realize their
wlshes-upoL his love of his country and Of
man.
Born to no ancestral honors, and reaching
forward 10 usefulness and influence only by
the merit OF his own rigorous but uuaided en-
deavor, ne entered upon life IN perfect svmpa-
thy with the universal aspirations Of the people
and 81 as step by step he advanced from
pupil to teacher, from teacher to leader
and from leader TO ruler, he was to them the
type and example OF republican social pro-
gress, IN representative man, end all the neo
pie looked upon his successes as their own and
fell IN his advancement triumph personal 10
themselves.
ms anectIonate sympathy OF sentiment was
fully reclprocated by Mr.. Foot. He took nm
as II by instinct, the feelings of the peopls.
and never failed to assert them apains,
all antsgonism. And these Qualities of his
mind and heart were not limited to peoorsnh-
Icai boundaries. He believed in the exborts-
ton:
"save thy country and every other
Ard Wherever man dwells end a brother
whom God ha' b related 10 thee
SO he was admired and followed and trusted
by the masses of the people.
nenever he was called upon for assistance
he indlvdualized the case of each applicant
and made 1t his own /; bis heart warmed and
as lace lighted with Joy at the opportunity
OF assisting any, however humble, of bis
fellow citizens, and hundreds and thousand.
Will carry through their lives the pleasant
remembrance OF his grasp and smile as he
would dlsmIss them with announcement and
counsel Thus he endeaI ed himself TO men in
dividually. "
HIS sense Of truth and Justice was ouick |
and vivid, Il hough his respect for sincere op- |
Position was perfect; and so be was not easily |
mlsIec thus he obtined the confidence and |
respect OF those who could not gain bis aid. "a |