Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-01-03
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
The Death of Hon. G. S. Hamilton
His Course and His Standing.
WAsHINaToN, December "A.

The sudden death Of @. S. Hamilton,
| and the terrible circumstances attend
ing it, caused shock in washington
such as has seldom attended the decease
/ of a member of either House. The pa
perssOf both parties have referred to the
event, and to the man in terms be-
coming the sad occasion, and perhaps
ofthem all, the IntelIigencer mentions
il in the most earnest and less formal
manner.
Mr.. Hamilton was beginning to be
known as one of the strong minded men
of Ohio delegation. His course, so lar
as action on the floor was concerned, i,
had thus far been quiet one, though it
was long since discovered that upon all
subjects OF publIc policy he had views
which were theresult of careful thought,
and which were shaped by a conscien-
tious regard for what we believe to be
right.
No one could look at the House in ses-
sion, and undertake to study the count
i enances before him, without selecting
Mr.. Hamilton as a firm man. The pos
session Of a faith, and a steadfast adher-
ence to 1t, were written iu-cleag chafae=
ters upon his face. All who approached
him found him cordial, plain, earnest
and frank; ever ready to declare him
self in a straightforward, business man
ner, as if moving right on in an out
| spoken, manly way were indeed his
daily business.
In his political views he was thorough
! Iy radical, and tthe same time thorough
| " practical. There was no double
dealing in his nature. If the idea of
/ lodging an issue ever entered his mind,
! it never came to the surface to influence
/ his action. In him his constituents had
| a positive mana character, sadly as
! the times go, and the loss to his district
/ to his colleagues, and to the House will
be increased in proportion to the scarci-
1 ty Of such men. The country is suffer-
| ing to-day because there are 50 few
men of the stamp of Cornelius S. Ham
| iltOn. There are plenty of menin either
! branch, who could fill half of the Globe
I every second day with long essays on
what ought to be, but the public busi-
ness always got on the faster and
| smoother because OF the men who knew
exactly where they stood when voting
was to be done.
His private character was irreproach-
able. Perfect integrity marked all his
/ actions in connection with the pnblC
| business. He telt that he was sent here
/ to work for those who elected him, and
/ his attention to all affairs of national
/ importance, or of local interest to his
/ section was as ernest as if the business
in hand had been his own. As man,
! he commanded the respect of all around
/ him. His strength of purpose came
/ from deep convictions. His mind acted
4 y y
! He had ability without genius, and his
Z bearing was that Of q strong man, with
l out the graces of manner. But his
/ heart was warm toward his friends, and
/ his cordiality stood him we'll in the
place of polished formality. There was
/ the heart and frankness and the real
/ diamond worth in him, if it was uncut.
To the Ohio delegation, his death
/ causes a loss that it viii not be easy to
/ regain in another. There are, doubt
/ less, as able men in the district which
! sent him. There are certainly men
| more brilliant but if his constituency
/ desire a Representative of sterling worth
/ and integrity, of sufficient ability to
/ act promptly and decidedly upon all
/ earnest purpose, and devoted to the
/ right, as the Union party deems right to
/ be, and one who would not fail them
when test questions arose, they viii
/ find it difficult to replace Mr.. Hamil-
/ ton.
But, after all, his loss will fall most
/ like a heavy burden upon his neighbors.
/ Ia Marysville to-day, the gloom of his
death IS resting heavily upon all hearts.
Many pleasant days passed there JUS
/ tify the statement. For years he has
/ been identified with all the pu blic and
! private interest of the place, and
/ through the whole region around his
/ home he was loved, honored, and high
| " respected. While he viii be missed
/ in the halls of cur magnificent Capitol,
/ by his friends and associates here, 1t
will be more honor to him to be sincere
/ " mourned and greatly missed in that
/ little church at home, which he helped
! to support, and in that Sabbath School
| circle, where children will weep child
! hoods honest tears over his untimely
death. II. V. N. B.