The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-14

. In contemplating hls character, wo feel that he
was the Representative OF much that is highest
and best in Southern society; and We rejoice that
SO much at least Of Southern history is ssfe be-
acter is itself the full and sufficient answer to one
q The Ignorant slanasrs OF the ghiIanthr0piss Of
form of society debasing to the negro, and
| pcspicious to tho white racc. Well, let us sec.
| we- fecciyed from the coast OF Africa about one
| million Of degraded savages; and, undcr ou gene
rous care and wholesome discipline, they grow to be
four millions Of sklfu thrifty. cheerful aud III.
dustrious lah,rers-a larger lumber Of civilized
and christianizod people than have ever been re-
claimed from amongst the heathcn since the carly
days OF christianity. We rec, lved them . black,
virtue aud strange idca, and honesty was the
whose notion Of public Justice was the trial by
p.ison, who spoke eullah, believed in greeSrecs,
aud alone OF human kind worshipped the Evil
Spirit. And, by our mingled kindness and disc-
! pine, by our Justice and our grntleness, VIC made
Them such people as to call forth tho oxtrara-
Saw claim % for them tho full fights and Hisles.
| privileges of The proudest and most enlightened
American citizen. These eulosies may be, in a
measure. unmcrited and thoso claims uufounled
But what these people arc all can see; and such
as they are, we, under Gods Providence, made
them. Nor will these, our accusers, dare to claim
| that they have ever contributed man dollar
to the work, while eminent scholars OF tho South
| like Bishop rs masters aud teachers, were
| conspicuous laborCrs in the merciful but humble
task. And again, it is the SO whom they libel as
| the dcpraved white race of the South, who have
not only thus subdued the savage to mercful
aw aud reclaimed HIM to civilized life, but it is
this race too, which i'll tho lato fearful struggle
for constitutions liberty, was precipitated almost
en- 7ndssc into tho contest: it's bone and snew have
| stood upon tho battlefield. Aud it is not saying
too much to say that they have there challenged
| the respect and admiration Of the world. And
since the time when they declared that '.hopeless
| rir,n fh,x. haC pnt lv I,yf mo-,
| force or their character, maintained just and
| quiet control over the emancipated slaves, but
! their intelligent submission to necessity, their
obedience to law, aud their regard to social order
| combined with firm set-respcct have merited
| the appreciation OF all men. And the dear wo-
| mon OF tho South" have not only, from the ollcn
times to this day, filed our Southern land with
| pure and happy homes, but their conduct in that
| same gigantic conflict has drawn forth the crate
| Yul and unmeasurcd praise of their captive chief
who has declared that in his Judgment, they
observed to take rank with the highest heroines
OF the grandest days of the greatest countries"
Aud when now we come to the higher forms Of a
cultivated social life and benefcent civiization
| aud consider the representative men of tho South
! it il this accusation that makes us rejoice that
nothing can rob or the life and labors, the name
| aud the famo OF Georgia's dead Bishop aud mon
| like him. And when the representatives Of these
council Of tho Church. whi> Il will meet some two
years hence, they will think mournfuliy and regret
fully p him Th By ght Of age and
| the exquisite grace, the sensitive delicacy, the
lofty wisdom and charity, the calm dignity, the
unblenching crest, and tho commanding PRESENCE
which could neither bo nverawcd by the disappro-
| baton of others, yet could ever needcssly
| aud unb.c ,mingly offend their opinions or pro-
woke their prejudices. May the full and complete
folds Of his shining mantle fall otllcr shoulders
equal to the high ofliee which would have devolved
| upon bim &t
| In looking at his completed life, there was one
remarkable gift OF this en,arkable m an on which
which ali who over kaew Elm vii a; reeosnize sI At
No ~ thof ft,,r& .-1,l 1.
nature, and oy this mean tho wealth and
strength, the width and fullncss of the deep hn-
man sympathesi which the learning, wisdom
| and graces OF his nature were veied-veiled as
light is yelled in color-as1 thought is yelled in
words, as feeling is yelled in music. His life
seems to have been the rich, healthy growth of
early training and happy Influences. BE grew as
the tree grows from the bursting germ, outwards
and upwards, year by year, circle upon circle, into
Of the germ all there, with the fibre and nrmness
of each circle there, all thoroughly sound, sound
to the core. all lending strength to its growth,
proportion to its colunan,, and grandeur to it's
| sheltcring arms. His childhood took on his
boyhood, and his boyhood his manhood, and his
manhood passed. into tho wisdom Of years, ali
complete in the fulness of that great and boun-
| teous nature, whose deep, broad, human svmpa-
thies thus made him the friend and companion Of
| him too as mindful of the gentle courtesies and
sweet charities of life with little boys and girls
and humble men, as he was easily at home,
amidst the grander graoes of social and cial in
| and honored in the land.
Doubtless to the eye Of that Omniacience which
heeds the life and service, the death and fall OF
| the humblest sparrow, among all the featllered
tribes that praise hinI, the whole life Of a man is
the man. AS the spirit ofthe living man penetrates
aud Is bounded by every nczvc and atom ur his iiy
ing BODY so to that eye the soul Of every man il in
carnate in his life from the first wall Of the infant
the last sigh before the grave, which thus com
petes the full measure of his being, and the per-
feet t'r1age aud superscription" OF his identity
So, to some special natures, it's given carry in
theis memory clear and sensitive consciousness
of each period of their lives and each vital shape
of their humanity. And thus did the gifted man
whom we mourn seem to hayo grasped the full
outline of his own life, and with tho sensitive
| glance OF genius conceived and renlize1 eac, ~ -
aud Character in which he had lived and was TINS
wildly conscious Of himself to himself His merry
and aspiring manhood, wero all the familiar com
panions and friends OF the genial man, the allies
and counseiloIs OF tho august sage. And so the
| hsppy child that climbed to his breast lauehed
and kissed with the happy child which, rs from q
! mirror, laughed and kissed back again: and the
gallant boy shouted to the bright lover Of fun
within, who shouted back in echo; and the yipur-
GUS youth felt his outstretched hand cluspad bv
the hand OF companion whose steady grasp closed
| passioned student met the answering glance OF
youthful student with 'teyes of speculation" rant
IN study. And the struggling man found, in this
story OF his life because he retained 3 vivid
memory OF his own. Higher than all, he seemed
70 lave kept the memory of inc:seS adj. sister.
loving heart without fatering,,to see pure atveet
image Of herself reelected there, and ia feel ~ = :
sho shared in the knightly: tenderness for tie
ideal woman there cnshrlped.r But yof- Ieanar
and hoier still was kept tho memory of his Avn
errors and fralties; and the penitent MacdaIen
and the con:rie man found, in That true soni III
iow-slnner who knew aow to forgive as he had
known what it is to be forgiven. a q E'' -
ltwas this humanity OF his nature. tleso MIRO
Mha S5GRs hs sar11y eatbsd this I
TO the power OF his life and doctrine Hia was n.
deed, truly and deeply spiritual life in the RELIGIONS
sense ofthae word. But there waa besides this hu
man eoulfuiness ascnstivo sympa, by with all that
was charmlng1 in nature, beautiful in art inspirr =
IN life, or usetpl to his country which won ft Ms
the REGARD and affection Of men who r-axa 80, ..a.
wards subtlued by the teachings Of ,,ia raieh na
tAe example of his pety. Thus q 81 hAnnaad
that the generous host OF t..s eenni friend who
received him as the l.c..tieraan, the schoiar the
aIt, I4s st:.dent OF science or the unset
usu Pa1i1ots iertne1 to know that there was sor1e
.ninE .eePe~ and holior still and it softly etoIe
Ion lIs consciousness, that, in entertaining this
Sl!ted stranger, he had tentertained an angel up-
AMares."". NpT Was the grateful Influence OF his
teaching less felt because it was thus associated
with the human sympathes of common interests
the winning courtesy OF gentleman, the chains
OF o gracefGl nature and the strength OF yipor-
ous and comprehensive intellect. -}'%,''' '!5
Hs death was very sudden. And vet. to those
who knew and consderede the man. It was
what might have been looked for. We hays said
that his life was the ricirgrowth of the cherished
memories Of the past. And the tempest Of DESC
ation and ruin ch had sconroad tire ~ no ~ ii,