The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-12-18

liof ard there are those here no deem &c 10 A..
try or fight OF fancy to state that the pr"s-
Iects of his one ~ securing the highest off se
within the gilt ui the Am~ric people, ", re Sc
coDd to Il Of NO living man.
Under these circumstances, | shall pot at
tempt delineation of bis character, but sh al
simply and briefly rrfer TO few Of the more
d Om neas traits, which commanded and rcceiv-
ed the sdmira,i"n Of all. Prominent among
the most peculiar features It his chsrarter were
his indomit BILE energy and perseverance /: and
it IL d"ub,less. owing in great MEASURE, 10 the
possession OF these traits, that his rrmarkabe
ruccers may be attsibuted Failure was word
which bad been stricken from his voc .bulry-
Auempe~zmaamnt success To dare was e. do
The diff6d Picture V hich Others qusiled dis
appeared b fore his magic in6ur nee and EXHAUST
less resources, and wee Invariably accepted as
incentive. TO IN re persistent effort. His &C.
ton, h"~ever, resembled more the briliAncy
OF the 6xed star tEan the fast OF the me'eOr;
was basel more On rhe principle that u - { e
constant dropping which wears away the stone,
that on that a,ic, dazzling Nipnl. % ic genius
which enFbeIlishes uLpian and impractical
schemes Systematic, meIhodical. aud emf
uenlS pracii al ia all hi> transactions, his taIth
vas based on the weapons Ut truth aud the la
trIigeuce and Independence of the American
peuple. His simplicity. force and independence
of character, and his ability 60 transfer IN
VIZ VS. AID courage to those 9TH whom he wa
brought in c0uLacr was marvellous in the ex
Lreme.
William Fl. Sylvis was no sycophant: h.
court4d neither the smiles nor tie frowns Of
those i. power. Conscious Of mis- Own integrity
aud the suc ,ess OF those principles t" shich his
Ii e w~s devoted, nj h u faith that new. 'alLer
d md a hope that lever died, he pursued the
wen Ieno: of hls way, and pressed on to the
goal OF his ambition, the arrival of that time
when
MAN 70 man the xorld DER,
Shall brothers be End = that"
when tyranny and OPP pssi"D Of every kind anil
character shall be- uprOot d NJ des rOyed, and
wLrn the fre-m-n of our Country shall Occup,
hat proud petition which God in His Kind prov
idrnce in,e, ded thew should occupy. IuexOr -
b., in the right G d gave hun to see tie
right, neither threats n r fav"rs nd swervr
MIN from hi. 'nsclenGioas Convictions. Tn"
beautiful lines OF COwper my here be spPro-
priately quoted;
''N.. IN ritri cious graces n beeu'le,
No In boring ornaments 10 clog tue pile,
From wssknss- ~ ir"m Osten'au % rec,
He e ID ike tire cerullsn arch We see
Msje tic In his own simplicity.
His enlarged views, his compre hensive jude-
menL, bis sple dill executive ability. his catholic
spirit and or ugh knns le'ige OF human nature,
leach Of which is worthy Of eulogy, and all Of
which he p"ssess+d in eminent degree-~ere
Qualifications ~hich ps cuIiarlv adapted him for
he rrsDons ible position 60 which he called,
which hr filled 18th 90 much honor to himself
aud benrhI TO the country at large, and which
are as we'll known to nv hearers IA e. myself
As ~riter, he Was % inied and iOrcible, and
possessed, in Az eminent deg rec, the happy IA
Guilty Of saving Just what he meant nd enabling
hls readers TO comprehend his mehning-'eA
lures which any successful journalist c q dun
appreciate. He was no re-prcter OF pers0 "
The wrong was denounced whether in high
places or los, while many and many wrong
dOer has been exposed, and mHnyt tyrant made
10 vince b. meath h Q tIenchant blows. l. his
s,,cial relau IA, as bosom frlen and confilrni,
had the plrasnIe uf knowing him intinraIel,
and ~ell, and im all our ass CITATIONS flu d him
ht h toned, noble. generous and trn- lille IL
This connection, rs in his public 'reer, every
personal aspiration was subOrdi .lated o a desire
Tor The snrcrss Of the great Cause" T the b..
-eaved con-ort, let US tender our coadole1c- Ma,
He Who tom ,ers the wind to the shorn lamb, and
y DO wstt he's over even the spArrow's tall, give
her strength to hear with Christian rtsig ario"
the ~ sIrIinu. disieLsstion, and the assur tEc.-
that she will meet him beyond the w, ling
nOOds where death aid parting are never
ki own.
And now that he has gone from our midst ;
that his active. plJd,Iipg Or in ha- bren st'lIeh
forever; that his words If counsel u encOu
rag, n.pt will be heard no more, let it b. our
highest ambition to carry to successful compile
lion the good work so gloriOu>ly begun Lei
US re. hedge OuI devotion to the di+,emina.
ton 81 those principles TO which his life was de
voted and IL the alta nment OF which, the
", laIe Of the hum IN race j. involved aud Al
though we may not be able G. embl,z II out
names it, letters of such living light, engrave
h, IN high on the scroll vi { me as BIZ, vt We
shall, by emula ing his virtues, by folliwi1g his
example, by making the precePt~ which made
him SO truly great. our prrceprs, leave behi d
the fragrance tf wi sp mt life, aud mem
UIy TO be hOhorcd snd revrred.
Titn NJ snd lie doing, tie n'g I has been long
o ~,sk the {, nts ne =
Tut White foItE aver he I. NE rnd Ihs b uve,
Let's pledge Gev liou er syiviS' GTare.