Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-29


In The death of Hon. HENRy J. RAY
moSD, lofTAe Ne@-York Tines, the Press
ofour City has lost one gifts ablest and
most eminent members. Mr.. Raymond,
after graduating with distinction at the
University Of Vermont, came directly to
this City in the Autumn of 1910, and
was employed on The Ne'c- Yorker, for
which he had written with force and spir-
it while student. TIE TRIBUNE was
started the next April, and Mr.. Raymond
held the second place on its Editorial
staff from the outset until the Autumn of
lS4S, when he resigned it to accept
like position on The Courier and En-
quirer, which he likewise relfnquished af-
ter few years; visiting Europe with his
family, and beirg repeatedly elected to
the Assembly Of our State, whereof he
was in the second term chosen Speaker.
He now started The Times, of which he
was from the first sole Editor, though
well served by assistants. He was chosen
Lieutenant Governor of our State in 1854
and elected to Congress from our With
District in 1864. Mr. Johnson in 1867
nominated him for Minister to Austria,
but the Senate did not confirm the selec-
ton. Mr.. Raymoud's official career,
though cyincipg ability, did less than
justice to his comprehensive knowledge
and rare intellectual powers. Never so
positive and downright in his convictions
as his countrymen are apt to be, he was
often n,isjudged as trimmer and time
server, when in fact he spoke and wrote
exactly as he felt and thought. If what
be uttered to-day was not IN full accord
ancc with what he said yesterday, the
difference eyinccd in his essay was true
I reflection Of one which had preceded it in
his mind. He saw both sides of a con
troverted issue, and, if one of them seem
cd the juster to-day; the ,tlcr might
nevertheless command his preference to-
morrow. This mental constitution or
mental habitude is rare with us, and he
would have been more favorably judged
as a journalist or politician in Great
Britain than in this country.
Mr.. Raymond would have ranked in
England as "Aiberal-C Conservative, and
would have followed the flag now of
Gladstone, then of Lord Stanley, OCCASION
ally siding with Robert Lowe, and again
with Beresford Hope. lie was sincerely
favorable to Liberty, Reform, and Pro-
gres;; he was no less sincerely aversc to
rash or violent changes, and anxious tat
Progress should be regular and equable,
never shocking a prejudice nor futtering
timorou5 breast. 1t is perhaps unfor-
tunate, bat none the less true, that giant
wrongs aud strongly fortified abuses are
not thus to be ovcrbornc.
There were probably others who cvinc-
ed greater ability in somc special depart
ment but, regarding journalism in its
broadcast aspects, we doubt whether this
country has known journalist superior
to Henry j. Raymond. He was an adj
mirablc reporter, a discerning, critic, a
skillful sclccter and compiler Of news, as
well as an able and ready writer. There
was nothing in the whole range of news
paper work that he could net do well,
and (what is of equal impolt.n e. with
unhesitating promptness lie was never
too sick to work when work had to be
done, always able and willing to do any
amount oflabor that the exigency might
require. Others may have evinccd
rarer faculty, which some might term
genius but Mr.. Raymond embodied ta-
Tents that have rarely been surpassed.
Genial, unassuming, and thoroughly
informed by study, observation, and
travel, Mr.. Raymond was delightful
companion, and his society was widely
courted and enjoyed. A thoroughly
capable and effective cauvasser he has
for years Stunned public speaking when
ever 1t could be avoided, finding enough
to do without it, and having no decided
love for the sound Of HIS own voice.
Snatched away so suddenly in the prime
of life and in the midst of its activities,
his death makes void that will not cast
ly be filled, while his widow and chill.
dren are called to mourn loss at once
astounding and irreparablc. - Tribune.
Rev. Mr.. Oxnard, by request, will