The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-01-08

.- Es From the Memphis Av.lsnobs.
8 Tender Obituary of MI. Stanton.
A bad man has gone to his long
account. a villain, has shuff1ed
OF this mortal coil. "a despot has
kicked the bucket. There was q
great rejoicing in Pandemonium
yesterday. Since that eyentful
day when; Adam and Eve manu-
factured clothes out of fig leaves,
there has been many large gath
erings in hell and on earth. But
the cavalcade that turned ont in /
the internal regions to greet e.
NJ. Stanton, who died yesterday,
was. in all probability, the largest
that ever paid tribute to a con-
genial spirit. Stevens had been
awarded the premium for being
the biggest sinner in all spurgato-
oy, and he is no doubt now n.jeal-
Gus OF Stanton who he Knows will
put infor the medal, with q good
prospect Of winning That
mawkish :. sentimentality which
would throw the mantle of obliv-i
ion over the misdeeds, of dead
cannot be observed III
chroniclng the death Of e. NJ.
The mostsexquisite tor
lures served Stanton's enjoyment.
The tyranny of !Tiberins. was for.
gotten in his enor1nities.sH He
reveled for several years in tor
menting all over whom he had
power; but when he offended
heaven and earth by hanging an.
innocent woman like q dog, God
visited him with His righteous,
anger, and since the consumma-
ton of this atrocious deed Stan
tons physical system commenced
.decaying and breaking mp; and
without a single tie on earth, des-.
titute of all belief in. the Christian
religion, he died, and little soul.
stepped in sin went to the devil.
In nature he was reveAgeful and
malignant, and SO stubborn in
opinion that he rarely changed
his views or. reinquished a pur-.
pose. He was as renlorseless and
cruel in disposition asa Camanche.
Indian; and joyonsly and without
a shndder would have turned the
Southern people over to massa-s
ere, and their homes to desola-
ton. He was serene, not from
philosophy, but from tempera-e
ment and torpor.7 He belonged
eminent1y to the animals known
as co1d-b1oods. No impulses ever
stirred the feeble and sluggish
currents Of his moral or mental
nature. To call him a brute would
be a libel upon the dog. OF hui
manity he was destitute. He was
seryile;8 he was cowardly. The
manner Of his death shows the
finger of retribution. He hum
gered for blood, for a position
that would enable him to bedevil
a defenseless people. A Presi-
dent as mean and malignant as
himself, appointed him United
States Supreme Court Judge.
This power caused the fend to burst
into wild, demoniac laughs. But
that God who would noe permit
the builders to occupy the ilnpi-
GUS tower on the plains Of Shinar,
smote the unctious scoundrel so
that he died. Nearly all tho con-
spirators against the life Of Mrs.
Surratt have been blotted~ from
the world they disgraced. Con-
over was sent to the penitentiary,
and Andrew johnson was con-
signed to private life. Holt still
lives, but still prays. for death.
Stanton has gone, and Holt will
soon follow, for not more certain
ry is he burned who puts his
hand in the flames, than is he
punished who commits mortal
wrong. The wicked mans "sins
will find him out" 1t is not an
agreeable duty to inscriber the
true character of an infamous
public man on his tomb, but it is
an imperative duty. Speak moth
ing but the truth of the dead
Stanton the Infamous is drinking
molten iron, trading in pyrotech-
mics, and broiling in a heated
furnace, and the people rejoice.
| Sir Walter Scott's old Edin-