New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-31

profound but yet nartculae feelrgs fiat he alone 90
nO the Government, the passionate earnestness
eser sense OF peril and their sense OF power fSe S
VI mer wrath az the traitors who were resolved on On
national ruin, and the abandon which pledged tbe o
selves their children their fortunes and tbsfr 6oD
hs Measures or policy by which the national life cou
no habits OF the civilian alone eould have annnna ~
91aton Tor the allimpoTtant servlee HIS nrenaratjn
II" he was not Of that szn Of eoanssIou
That like tuf Of rushes in a bsooE
Bends every way the current turss itselfp
or yirginlan parentage, he bad enough Of he
bot blood IN his veins to Understand that ia,
quarrel with the South was to the DEATH
and enough OF her ferce and selfdevoted spirit
10 meet her advances with a sTOrd as sharp auC
thrustng rs her own. He loved scOuntTy with the
dor of bridegroom, and hated h,r enemies with the
gOdly Jealousy Of husband for the val In wifes aec
TONS 1t cold calculating mtfiOtlsm that could
consider the advantages ard disadvantages OF dsunior
or compromise that was wanted u the Government OF
in the country then but passionate devotion, hot
fierce onesded, terrible earestncss such would burn
through opposition hre the lukeWa consume the doubts
and fears OF the waYcring and melt into layastream
OF volcanic fury the paftyelemens the business hesta
ng R Re ana msVsts 1b e moderae y
the mild the sestyed walters Providence, and the
logic Of events. There times when passion-noDe,
gOdke Infinite passion that lets tie force of the hurr
cane into the channels OF human ars and multipes,
by infinite factor the fractional limited powers OF
calculation ond reasOn-can alone work the saving
miracles by which the souls Of nations and the life OF
States saved Who could look on the pale scholarly
vsage rising above the broad shoulders OF that great
Secretary, aud not perceive that thoWhe neat OF de
vOuring passion for his country and h giving
vent 10 the national volcano through his Titanic SOUL
and that the crushing rushing fury OF The national devO
ton and sefabandonmen ndiDsits first full outlet
and expression his character and hpOlicyl And oh
how Is that divine anger, that impersona fury
that becomes the greatest causes and leads to
the results OF such lives Luther's and CrOmwes
What is the American people lack eEuch
for faith I'm the deep, seffOrgettinf eaFnestness and
conservation of their public men Make them absolutely
that their statesmen and rulers l0e their country
their God their duty better than themselves and they
will forsake all-pary, sefnterest, p1de, and policy
yes fOrsake all, and follow them ButdO remember
what this earnestness and passion imned in Mr. stan
ton IL marked With two OuatlG which, in
brief intimacy Will him, stood out most vivid and
affecting relief and they WERE perhap, the last traits
YOU would expect to mud in snch q mar although be-
leve they nearly universal IN the highest natures
tenderness and sadness Beneath Mr. santOn's robust
and stern bosom dwelt softness and gentleness
OF heart which made him the lido OF his home
and the object OF passionate devotion fpm his personal
friends shall never forget the way he took me in his
embrace, almost the first time met, IA IT, in his own
home ana before an unworldy professn his official re-
serves were all gladly aud irresstiby cropped and he
could indulge the luxury of Lowell His eHernak manners
were rough rind OF his tender heaa Rather than
against Others he protected himself against hmself-he
reentugs Of his gentle spirit the perO softenings OF
carriage. The bctrayer he most feared IN
his own heart, and that made his eye and his
brow discharge their amenity, to aide from the
world the place where nc alone vas vulnerable.
Mr.. Lincolnl Let his name never be publicly named
without honor and reverence, had not Renter heart
than Mr. Stanton, aud IL their common tenderness
that melted them together and made them one through
the war should not have been surprised at any time
have fOuna them locked in each othen arms and kiss
ing like girls after days struggle 70 DO stern and cold
in their and eeasing conicwith the enfeeb-
ling seductions OF betray!ng public. But Mr. Stanton
had higher mark Of greatness, because diynertype
sadness-the sadness OF souls that Zee " the loneliness
OF their unshared responsibility; the greatness Of their
ideal shamng their best accomplishment; their yearn-
able superiority and elevation OF their views that they
are dwarfed by the distance III winch ney eaye others
behind them. aud made solitary and only by the nights
they attain. There was an almost uagt sadness on MI
Stanton's face.
Aspect be rose. and in his rsibg seeni
DciUrtaton Aui public care"
II was not Ike the sadness on sIr Hncon's counter
ancc when Tesemblea that lace Ihat w o,e innltd
than any man The President was p0Ved ana iufFOMed
with til his face looked like thesea after storm
when the winds hushed but the waves still roll and
the gray clouds make them leaden go sad. But DIT.
StantOus sadness was that Of the midnight embers,
which dsappontmCnts griefs mitundstaudings abuse,
delays have heaped mp, but which. CRY ana silent hde
unconquerable flames IN their bosom l must leave
Others TO speak OF the other point when We meAe1
most and were supplied by him-adnnisiratYe skI ana
activity OF tho great War secretar's administration.
will not he brought tho native american gelns Tor
Americans show themselves n the management oIiher
private concern they are yet 70 prove eit superior
being yet rare nut MIR. stanton hal e. and no showed
greatest merchants and movers corpratons exhibited
In their private business He was as ctG ana prompt
and All kno wing and oInnipresent IN ia Department
Mr. stewart n In his mercantile estabtment But all
his pateuce OF details his uDtrng enemy and Ceaseless
iab6rs would have been OF little avail Without the per
sonal character he brought 20 the work great sOdty
and compactness OF frame thought care ma sorrow had
nuriNed his complexion, iii he looked be image OF
hoIaf male from serious and sacred studio Temperate
I'm The extreme he seemed 10 live from met and drink.
make that OF other men, and 90 keep lt body under
with almost sanity vgor When lrst kug mn nc Was
already invalid ana an OBJECT OF soese 20 MS iin
iiy and his observation-disclosures he repellq sympathy,
and even Stoned annoyed nj inquiries abouus heatha
pretty sign OF CONSCIOUSNESS that az y not iignt
seemed equal 10 other mems best Tor he loed from ms
soul and not from mis- body IL Yves the gTaIa 'nhen-
s1 In G,hInqic" in him which supplied a. that phys
teal strength oreXhausted nerves or Weay BRAIN de
med just 80 long as the country ana the case
him he was equal 20 anything and everything and post
poned sickness WEAKNESS, and almost sefonsidefAton
OF any kind 10 the hour whom he would not be missed
wealth there did not stick traitoIous one pee q" silver
Nobody black to receive new stain le dared 70
fortunate the lot which that nobe patriot las enjoyed
aud supported While mere military glory nay deenhe
~ bistol., who does not know and feel that
Mr. stanton's fame has olly begun to glow,
they are which, within one week, mYe been
shining In concentrated spendsr about Is bier ana
viii IN distant ages and chimes with the perfume and the
glory Of his deeds and his name ~ IKE anther EiDAh
atlv symboized his career for he guided be burning
wheels OF national wrath, organized ne fgy INSPIRED
and almost shrunk from its honors ana because n %e
could not pay him for all this God TOOK Mn 70 ms own
keeping, and may be trusted 70 requite ar hopeless
debt OF Mr. Lincoln dnd his great c0unseA ana CLOSE
companion IN war that made the natlo.sreae ~ "
S Se s avn rs Sir Walter scott said Of Fox and ut
Speak not for those separate doom
" HON fate made brothers IN the tomb
Where vi thou end their like again"
The Chairman then,introduced the Rev. DrIhoElpSon'
who said: - ,,,,. a, -, = r,o,
MIR PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: When 20 one man
who could nave saved France the dement's ofner heNOlu
ton while ayerng It's exCesses thus conserving hDe.y
win order Count Mirabeau-had ceased TO reathe the
intelligence OF this event was communicate 10 tne as
sembly in TIL lref and emphatic sehtes ne y
dead - and whoa the daily journals that df conmuhl
Gated 20 Paris and 10 France the great cahsopne 30
identifed with the future destiny Of the atlon, they
onened the obituary with tho brief aid pregnant
Words est mort" No name was neededto interpret
had said OF himself, ain anarchy one may seem
n despot that he may be a sayDr'-the man
~ whom others had said he could not have party Tor
Sis only party was his head-the man Elo, amid tne
stormy scenes Of debate and the more stor9y scenes oi
bondy war had established order and uutyby the mag