The New York herald., 1868-08-18


finally coalesced without violence and united in the
choice Of speaker and inlother acts OF Legislation.
sioner and managed, so FAR as he had the power,
the system of internal improvements OF Pennsyl.
vana with skin and ability In is iSa2 Mr. ssysns re-
been his home. He Immediately took q front rank
at the bar. and was engaged In many important %
to his profession; but IN the latter year
he was elected to the Thirty-second Congress
from this district and dia Vaan eate he Fnrye SSs
Slave law and the Kansas Nebraska blll. IN leos
Mr. Stevens was again returned, ana mas Deen re-
elected ever since, and at the time of his death was
serving his seventh This Is the brieiest poss
Die outline of his public career .u.,.s
Passing from it TO his character, we note te trats
which Will enshrine his name In the hearts OF his
countrymen so long as this great republic shal eii-
dure. lie was an honest man. He loved ms couh ~
try, loved mankind. He loved liberty. during MS
long public career, exposed to every KIND ana ue-
gree of temptation he never once swerved from the
pain ofrectitude and neither the bitterness OF party
strife nor the excitement OF political antagonism
| has ventured to Thaddeus stevens Of dis
honesty or corruption. He always acted convic-
| tion, and however men may have differed with him
as to the correctness OF his convictions the eX
| pediency of his measures, 1t was proverbial that
| no pecunary selfish consideration could move
MIN from what he deemed the path OF duty.
His stern sense OF duty, his indomitaole VIII, his
sublime and fearless resolution lifted him far above
sel1shness, and proclaimed him at all times as true
and faithful and honest servant OF the republic The
| light In which he viewed an action prompted by
| selfshness and the gold much coveted and priced
by more dwarfsh natures than his, is best portrayed
| III his own words, taken from his great speech on
educaton:-"No name no honor can long be per-
| petuated by mere matter. or this Egypt furnishes
| melancholy proof. Look at her stupendous pyramids
| which were raised at such immense expense OF toll
| and treasure AS mere masses OF natter they seem
| as durable as the everlasting hills; yet the deeds
and the names they were intended to perpetuate are
| now longer known on EARTH That ingenious people
attempted to give immortality to matter by embalnl-
ing their great men and monarch. Instead OF doing
deeds worthy to be recorded in history, their very
names are unknown, and nothing is left to posterlty
but their disgusting mortal frames for idle curiosity
IA RAJ
less material perpetuation with pleasureY Ii you can
enjoy it, go. sir to the foot Of Vesuvius to Hercu-
| laneum and to Pompe, those eternal monuments OF
human weakness There, If you set such value
terial monuments OF riches may you see all the glory
and tile rubes OF the East preserved IN indestruc-
bic lava along with their naughty wearers-the cold
no a ot the ea
| prolonged material IDENTIFY Who would not
| rather do one living deed than to have
his ashes forever enshrned in ever FURNISHED gold
Sir, trust that when come to act on this ques-
ton we shall all take lofty ground-look beyond the
beyond the passing, neeting point OF time on which
we stand, and cast votes that the blessing OF
| education shall be conferred every son of Penn
OF the poorest nhabtant OF the meanest hut OF your
mountains so tnat ne even may De prepared TO- TO act
| earth broad and solid foundation for that enduring
| knowledge which goes ON increasing through un-
He loved his country, and this Is the Of his
| wonderful success. He was an ardent patriot whose
| Rome, 1t does and VIII illuminate the annals OF
the United States His massive elect grasped the
great and momentous questions of the day and never
let them go until In ms devoted ana enthusiastic at
| tachment to the republic he made them yield the
greatest possible good not to any section. but to the
| whole country. IL takes strong mind, an intrepid
| will and unconquerable resolution for man to
confront his contemporaries to rise above sectional
and party interests to soar above praise or caumny
| and to vindcate the claims Of right and Justice.
Thaddeus stevens did so again and again, and this
| sublime heroism inspired by his undying love
| of
men. lie loved mankind. The uneducated masses,
the d)wn-trodden slave the oppressed and r'aken CT
every country creed found willing ear and ready
| help at the hands OF Thaddeus stevens. To this
largehearted philanthropy we are indebted for the
| OF our internal improvements, for many great Goa
| gressional measures looking to the elevation OF our
Homestead law, the Pacific Railroad, the encourage.
ment given traffic, and last, not least, the
apo,on J IL slavery III ms Greco rec c az po.c n eeoH en,
OF man, without respect to CLINE, race or color; ont
country with one law for every citizen or denlzen
and It's protecting egs over ALL" As In everything
| so In his philanthropy-he was uniform and consis
tent. No charity ever appealed to him in VAIN. NJ
| poor man or woman left his door empty handed. i'
asked questions when he saw poverty or distress
| He gave, and what he gave often surpassed the ex
| pectations OF tho suitors.
Thaddeus stevens loved liberty. The narrow bar
rers OF party lines of religious creeds, OF exclusive
10 S e pe S by
the will Of the many yield to the designs of q few
| armed with official power and the resources and
appliances Of weath-all these he hated with bitter
| hatred and opposed with all his powers. Love OF
liberty made HIM the leader Of Congress during the
| eventful period through which we have recently
| passed. and to his Irresistible tenacity OF purpose
and all-conquerng, allds,ancinq power OF argu:
We o So s as
| legislation could accomplish It, indebted for the
| suppression OF the rebellion and the restoration
| OF the Union This Unborn love OF liberty and alb.
horrence OF all excusiveness made him actually Sc
lect this retired spot for his buryng place. for he
| fused even to allow his ashes to lie IN a cemetery
which, unlike Gods earth and air. forbids that those
| who are created with his image, carved In ebony
instead OF ivory, should sleep there their last sleep
an here all are friends to bury Tha Idcus stevens
| Did say bury Thaddeus StevensS unsay IL; ia
bury his mortal remains. for he cannot be buried FOL
az a legislator, q statesman, universally acknOwl.
edged by friends and adversarics an honest man, q
patriot, philanthropist and champion OF liberty,
he will live In the hearts OF his countrymen and be
pointed out in history as one who, under the benen.
cent operation Of our free government rose from
Obscunty TO worldwide fame and celebrity: who
loved his country, made II honored and respected
and served II WELL Thaddeus stevens departed this
e IN m al wee oe,VcN On roars a'
months and days. after having been faithfully
and tenderIy watched over and ministered unto by
sisters Loretta and Genevieve, OF the Providence
Hospital, universally regretted by grateful people
May he sleep In peace
Rev. J. I. Hurlock then read a prayer from tho
Lutheran burial service, after which Dr. Gray Chap
lain Of the United States Senate made the concluding
CITIZENS or LANCASTER AND PEOPLE OF PENxsyr,
| vANIA-We have brought home your ustrious dead
Not yours only but ours. Not ours, but the nations
Our Journey from the capital to your city marked
very appropriately by nags flying at half mast, by
the tolling OF bells and by the tears OF the people
and to-day, while we are here engaged In these sad
| 0bsequies could we hear there would come to our
ears rom afar the wall OF sorrow and the sounds
not individuals only but whole states stand.
| ing waiting around pail bearers. We had
hoped that fav0ring Providencc would have spared
your representative at least TIL the close OF another
session Of Congress, for grave questions pending
| involving the Interests Of thirty millions ofpeople,
which seem to us to require prominently his wise
| counses and executive skill But It Is otherwise
ordered and no doubt wisely; therefore we bow In
submission TO the Will OF the Supreme Ruler. who,
| when the clock OF Time struck the hour,
| sent His angel TO unbar the gate OF the
future and said to his servant, oven done; come
mp higher.v And now, till the morning or the
resurrection, commit all that remains OF our de-
parted friend to the grave and TO the guardianship
OF that God who watches alike over the living and
the dead and the mouth OF the grave closes upon
| this sacred dust we Will pray God 70 give to ver-