Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-30
Death of Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton.

performed with greater pleasure than
making the announcement last week Of
the M pointment and confirmation of
Hon Edwin NJ. Stanton as Associate Jus.
tice of the Supreme Court Of the United
States and no more painful duty has
often fallen upon us than to now chron-
| icle his sudden death. As cruel check
upon the holiday festivities ofthe nation,
the electric wires flashed over the coun.
try on Friday, the intelligence that Ed
win NJ. Stanton died that morning be-
! tween two and three 0 clock, at his resi>
dence in Washington, of congestion of
the heart.
For some time Mr.. Stantons health
had been feeble, owing, it is generally
conceded, to his having overtaxed his
powers of endurance during the six years
that he SO ably performed the duties OF
Secretary of War; but within the past
month he has appeared better and hoped
his strength would be sufficient to enable
him to perform the duties Of the respon>
sble position of Judge of the Supreme
Court
The following extract from the Phila-
delphia Press, written before MIR. Stan-
tons death is a true outline Of his char
acter as a man, and does not over paint
his services to the country in the late re
bellion
edwin NJ. Stanton is still a comparative
" young man. lie is 6lty-four this month
OF December. When he accepted the port
folio of War Secretary, in 1862, he was in
robust health. He was capable of prodig-
ious labor, and when he took hold of the
Department he gave it unremitting atten-
ton. lie literally lived in harness. He
gave no thought to himself. He saw the
work before him, and he grappled with it.
He was at once the creator and organizer
of a system which included in its details
the whole science Of war. And when, at
the end of h0stilities, the faithful minister
found that his trials were not over; but that
he was to add Ito what indeed with all its
exactions, was still labor Of love) the
painful duty of acting the sentinel over
the fruits 50 bloodily won, and that in de-
feating jefferson Davis he had to meet and
battle Andrew Johnson, the stalwart frame
began to weaken Edward NJ. Stanton be-
came an almost hopeless invalid, To the
last he maintained the same tone, the
same convictions, and the same purpose
Andrew Johnson's acquital saw his retire
mcnt from Office, broken in health but un-
daunted in spirit, because Grant the Re-
publican candidate, was sure to be the Re-
publ can President"
The particulars of his death are as
follow, as given in adispatch of the oath:
yesterday Stanton complained Of sick
ness, but his family were not alarmed as TO
til c fatal result, as he had apparently been
in worse condition previously. Shortly af-
ter midnight his symptoms became alarming.
Surgeon General Barnes was present on
his accustomed visit, but found it impossi-
Bile to afford relief Rev. DR.. StarSc, Of
the Church of Epiphany, Protestant Epis.
copa was summoned, but shortly afterward
the sufferer lost all consciousness, and was
unable to converse with any one, The pull.
sations of his heart ceased for few sec.
onds, and then returned his breathing be.
ing very faint, 1t was not until half an
hour before his death that his family could
realize he was diving. About three o'clock
A. NJ. he expired, quietly breathing away
without struggle. Al his bedside in his
last moments were his family, consisting of
Mrs. Stanton his eldest son, Edwin l..
Stanton Ella, his eldest daughter of about
II years Of age Lewis, his second son, 2
years of age, and Bessie his youngest child
aged 3.
Of his life, up to the time of taking the
portfolio of War in 1862, the Chicago
Tribune says
Mr.. Stanton was born at Steubcnville,
Ohio, December 10Th, 1915. He began the
practice of law at Steubenyille immediate
diatcy upon completing his collegiate edu-
cation, and attained while still Young
man, leading position at the bar Of sever.
al circuits in Ohio. lie then removed to
Pittsburg and entered upon large practice.
So much OF this lay in the Supreme Court
of the United States that AS early MS 1856
he removed to Washington aud permanent
~ setllcdin practcethere, When appointed
Attorney General 10y President Buchanan,
therefore he was really II resident OF the
District OF Columbia, though the appoint
mcnt Was credited to Pennsylvania. From
the first his brief position IN the Cabinet
MAS marked 10y. decisive uttcrance and clear
headed. and, NJ that time, unprecedented
moral courage"
A HARBoR IN THE WEST INDIES Some