Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-12
BY HoN. JANIS rAR"TIr

M. Pt>iiat. LaibN aaR GeWtmra :
Although the official announcement Of my
appointment TO the present service desig.
mated il as "aa suiogH' | see that the
published official notice Of this meelOg an
nounces me for "An .ii}ress on the life
and services Of Hon. Jacob Collamer.' |
hence infer that a Mmoriql, rather than
an etloqic service will the better answer
the properties, and meet the expectation.
of this occasion And this may well be
so for Eulogy found free expression from
eloquent and adequate tcpgaes in the halls
that had been honorel by the presence
and services Of the illustrious dead, while
the tear Of present grief was dlmmlng the
ewes and moist"niug the cheeks Of his sur
wing fellow senators and statesmen. 1t
was emulously echoed 10y the many
toiigued press Of the nation. 1t was wor-
thily and tcuchingly repeated in these leg
islalive halls by those commissioned sG
give utterance to the deep and universe
grief, as well as to the unanimous ana
cordial swell done, good and faithful! ser
want" of our stricken, Yea doubly strlck.
en- State for within the fleet tour months
: our Foot had followed our Collamer, from
their lofty eminence on earth, TO thu
bourne, beyond the bitter waters.
The article before me 5 prepared as :
sketch to be yeeA rather than an addft&
to be daireyld. While it too brief fol
the subject, it is too long for the occasion
1t is kind Of forced compromise between
/ the subject and the occasion, and not en-
tirely proper toward 1t either On az
count Of its length, | shall read it yer!
rapidly, not deliver it as an address. nol
pronounce it as an Grafton. | proceed
then, and remark
The present service is both sad ant
grateful-diaicult, and yet duty. The
subject was a patron Of my early proies
sional life, as Judge of the Courts, anC
as partner in bushes. For more thai
twenty-five years no " my nelghbor IN,
nv familiar friend. IT, was, during al
that time, consjscaou FIR his Abilities -
most Of the time ii,iN- t.-h official posi-
,ous, and constantly attaining wide
and more emphatic reco milton for eAce!len
qualities and charactei as a public man
knew him too intimately, too mlnutely.
was too largely the beneficiary OF his klndl
favor and wtha he has passed away to
recently for me oa able 10 10 think OF hi
attentivclv. and considerably 10 pass hi
life in review, without a sadness that
painful springing from fresh sense {
personal bereavement. AMI yet, since h
has gone to his h cher reward, ii Is CRATE
full in this presence, to prolier memorli
tablet If his character and his worth,
, the hope Of editying some in the present
and in the coming time to whom he Is an
= will be, lrss fully known than he was
me and others VIM walked the ways
| active lite in pf tson,l association vii
him
q In Me yery thoroughness Of my know
; edge Of the hlc, and qualities and chara
ter Of the subject lies, in a great meaur
! the difficulty Of doing properly the wor
before me and this is enhanced by Il
peculiar sentiments with which he WAS r
garded by NE. The pablo interest IN
= public man is more begotten by a fe
leading things he does, his manner Of dc
a ing them, and the more prominent traits
mind and morals AS indicating ability an
I character, than by the innumerable leSst
! things, and the minute interblended ell
! ments, that, in their aggregation and con
4 bined acten, produce the entirety of tt
. recognized, effective, public man. Bat
9 this instance, can take IN and apprecla
the Jurst, the Judge, the Minister {
State, the great Senator, only tbroug
a and as the result of, my knowledge Of hin
d derived from my personal relation TO hi
colored by my esteem for him springir
n from that relation.
$ The Sketch which ! may now presen
may fail therefore, of finding appreciate
o and concurrence, in some respects, on Il
! part Of those who occupied different pos
: tons, and held different relations TO Il
. subject from my own; and yet, | tru
9 that nv touches will not be so tinged wi
1 the glow Of friendly Partially IS to falsi
:. 10 The general apprehension Of the plctu
l may draw.