The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-18


out the land and TO all the inhabitants hereofn and
when the institution began 10 crumble and fall amid
the cracking flames OF that rebellion which IL had
instigated he felt like exclaming with one OF DID,
Lord, now ettest thou thy servant depart In peace
salvaton' While practising his profession at Gettys
burg the cases OF fugitive slaves were quite numer-
Gus, and when arrests were made which came to
MS knowledge he invariably volunteered his services
10 defend the alleged fugitive and 1t Is among the
"reminiscences OF the neighborhood that he seldom II
ever failed to secure the freedom OF his clients On
one occasion, while Ourneying baltimore for the
purpose OF repenshing HIS library, he stopped for
Tue ve night at hotel In Maryland kept by man with
whom he was well acquainted. Soon after his ar
s.vaa ne discovered quite commotion among the
preached him ana impored his assistance to prevent
Inc contemplated sale OF her husband, who was
she ren n inquiry who and where her husband was
sao Iopncu why, Massa stevens, he's the boy who
LOOK your horse to the staoe.n stevens knew the
ahd a. once went to his owner and expostu.
ateu Win MN IN reference to his SALE and length
offered to pay him hundred and fty dollars half
tne price II ne would restore him to liberty. The
relations between the slave and his master re-
p1ed INT. 80 are you s,, not ashamed to sell your
brought forth the response. ~ must have money;
John Is cheap at three hundred dollars" Prompted
manumitted "John," and retraced his seps TO Get.
tysburg without completing his journey to Baltimore.
Al that time three hundred dollars was a large sum
years at the bar. and he postponed the replenshng
OF his law library to more convenient season. The
word charity in its broadcast sense fails to express
the boundess benevol ence or his heart lie was
never so happy as on those occasions when he could
the suffering relieve the distressed and COM
fort the needy. None ever applied to him for as
sistance ana was refused. While struggling with
poverty himself he gave the Widows mite, ami
when afterwards success attended him his bounties
were increased In corresponding ratios. lie was not
only "a cheerful glvern but N these matters he was
not willing that the right hand should know what
the left hand had done. lie preferred that his
charities should descend quietly as the dews OF hea-
ven, and. like the summer breeze, be felt but not
seen. Like Cornelius he ''gave much aims to the
people:' in TACT. he was the amoner Of Gettysburg
ference that he made distribution only OF his
means and never limited his benefactions
to the tenth OF his income When lurking
treason, which had been nursed for years in our
country by men high IN favor with the people and
vens was most prominent and influential member
OF this House. His whole life had witnessed his de-
yotlon to the country, to those fundamental prln-
c,ples proclaimed in the Declaration OF Independ-
ence and his faith in their ultimae incorporation
| into the national constitution.
Inc first hostile gun OF the rebellion convinced
MIN that the accnrsed institution OF slavery would
| be overthrown, that the Union would survive the
shock of battles and that the conflict would evolve
pure repubicanism and an advanced sphere OF
| humanity, His efforts in and out OF Congress
| devoted to q vigorous prosecution of the war, to
keep the public mind firmly fixed upon the true ma
| ture OF the assault upon the Union and its
defence ana thus TO have 1t prepared to
| accept those truths which he foresaw would
inevitably result from victory for the
our people and the valor Of our soldiers ut length
crushed the rebellion and re-established SO far
i
| the national government. With the cessation OF
hostilities came questions OF civil polity as i'm
1 portant as they were novel, requiring resolution
| and permanent adjustment. The public mind was
unsettled; conflicting opinions most naturally forced
formed on the narrow bases OF old passions and
prejudices claimed pubic attention. Here was Held
ior tne statesman, ana Mr. stevens entered ~ WIN
own power and the strength Of his political convic
| tons invested him. Others doubted and hesitated,
but to him the future was as uncouded and as GER
tain as the past. Penetrating through the gloom OF
battles and uncertainties which troubled most minds,
| he perceived the end from the beginning and when
| the end came he was prepared to meet Its demands
| and its responsibilities. The apparently popular
heresy that the States In rebellion had by that
act changed their prOper practical rela0ns' the
Union and hence were at once restored to their for
mer position was soon dissipated by the sturdy
blows 1t received under his leadership. With the
| advancement OF this theory the true policy TO be
pursued towards the States and people lately in re-
dorsement q that policy by the voice Of the nation
| purposes, has demonstrated alike its wisdom and
It's Justice He Is gone. He has finished his course
| on earth; but the great work TO which he devoted
many hours OF patient thought and honest toll liz
| not yet finished. The high aim Of his ife-that to
which he brought all the energies OF his nature,
noble soul and engaged all the powers OF his ggan
tic intellect was 70 have hs country free and all her
people equal; Ito have landn
Where manhood regns alone
And every citizen is king.
Freedom has been obtained, but freedom has not
yet been secured, and VIII not be secured until all
our people shall have the full enjoyment by the law
and before the law. Freedom without secured
equality Of rights is delusion and snare, and
his deeds rich legacy, which they will always
cherish with pride and with honor yet with this
legacy IL coupled responsibility, and that IL to pro-
coed in the work In which he was so zealously en-
gagged. Complete the structure in the spirit Of It's
master workman So complete i that from founda-
| ton stone to turret, IN all its parts and de-
signs, there shall be no fault and no blemish.
SO complete It that the eye OF the critic can discover
So complete 1t that when finished It will meet with
the appreciation Of all true men and the approval OF
a just God lie is gone That frail tenement Of
| clay so lately moving among us is minging with
Its kindred dust; but the name and fame OF Thad-
deus stevens will die. In all the coming years
| OF time, SO long as patriotism has yotary and
| freedom an advocate, his name will be lispcd and
his fame VIII be cherished by the countless millions
around his consecrated grave these aspirations viii
ascend to heaven that Kind Providence, who rules
alike the destines or men and OF nations may grant
| to our beloved country many more such men.
REMARKS by MR.. BRooaAfL.
statesmen OF any country had maintained through
out long public life the steadiast adherence TO prIn
lied Thaddens Stevens. Universal education equality
OF human rights the elevation Of the poor anu the
oppressed were not more ardent aims AMI objects TO
him when he first ospoused them than when three
quarters OF century had rendered his rniirm body
an III match for his still young and vigorous mind.
The generous impulses OF his youth had not given
place TO that fossil pctrefaction OF humanity called
conservatism. One OF the last acts Of his lfe was
the preparation OF plan for universal education In
the District OF Columbia, and among the first OF his
early manhood was the patronage almost the parent
age, OF the common school system OF Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Broomall referred 10 Mr. stevens consistent and
uncompromisng course In opposing the idea Of re-
constructing the South without providing for uni
vcrsal suffrage and contrasted It with his position
thirty years ago when he stood up almost alone In
the Constitutional Convention or his adopted state
the advocate OF sell government against those who
found II prudent silently to outvote the man they
dared not answer. His conduct In that Convention
should be lesson to the young statesmen OF his
country. The memory OF Thaddeus Stevens. said
Mr. Broomall needs no monument The imprint
OF his mind upon the history Of his country and 10
his body upon marble.
REMARKS or KELLEY.
Mr. KELLEY, trep) OF Pa, said:-Mr. Speaker,
Thaddeus stevens was one OF the most practical OF
men, though his whole life colored ami influ-
enced by q vision. Timid men, and those wno were
without faith, called him dogmatic and impract
cable, and others spoke or him q theorist who, TO
CRAFTY malignant or vindictive spirit, urged ey-
IRENE meaaurea reQardleas of the riuhs