New-York tribune., 1870-04-15
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WHIT a L-dp sid Of ne EGtior o.
7Rr Iynss ~ his death.
In the great newspaper
Offices, in the olub-houses,
in Wall-st., I'm committee
rooms, in all places where
men OF culture ami Of affairs
meet together. a little whis-
per Of news came yesterday
which awpd the brayest and
saddened the lightest heart.
II was only the news that II
told every day Of some man
well known t. his fellows;
only the news that a kindly
face would he no more seen
among them, a heari-ome
voice bc no more heard, q
firm step no longer ring
down familiar ways. And
vt few faces could be more
missed than this one lying
uptWucd In such drcamless
sleep; few voices die out OF
more listening ears, few
steps fail whose coming had
brought -suTauCc Ot O
friends approach 10 o
greater number 0f friends.
Gov. Raymond is dead, said
the brief report. But 10
man who heard IL repeated
IL In that form. 4 great
Journalist l. dead" said one
voice; can able politician
is gone" said another, and
So mult'tudes remembered
him, each giving him honor
for some distinctive power,
but al adding in softer
y0ice. "aud be had np Cnc-
mics" II j. "a good record
10 have LETT. a young
man still, an over.
worked. over anxious, over.
caCrruan. ambitious, liking
position, liking money, lik-
Ing allthc TrlZes, and AL the
warm sweet gifts Of life, IN
close relations with hund-
reds II men Of different
capacities and purposes, lie
yet leaves no personal enc
my, not one who shall say :
&" lie was a false f.iend." "
In his life there was much
bitter speech about the poll
tician, the officer, the lcgls-
latOr, the eGitOI-nOnc con-.
cerning the man. Now that
he cannot explain ways
that seemed uuvise or
tOrtuOus, Bis hitterst de-
tractors touched by the
sweet charity and yiftmn
which are the gifts Of Dez2tni
when he takes away one yei
have known, will bc first -
explain the unwisdOm or the
CrOOkedneSs. They viii sec
that what they called disin--
ceuuOusncss and tinid.tyl
might have been o fear OF
bigOtry and one -sidedncss,
an eaCerness to behold tho
truth from all sides, an inca
pacity 10 regard any step OK
declaration, or triumph as
conclusive. A poor boy from
the country, brOwn-handedl
rustic, be aChieyeda a cOllegeI
training and came alone to'
a great city to conquer hisI
place among men. lio
worked as no digger On tho
railroads could work. His
place was low, lis wage
was small; but he bent Lis
genius % the occasion a. N
he had been premier, and
the applause of the world
his gucrdOn. By-ani-by tho
obscure name was IN mems
mouths. By-and-by, again
he was himself q recog-.
Iized power, and graduated
from iOurney-wOrk into the
mastership Of his own news
paper. lie had conquered
his place. Money, infu1
euce and applause were his.
And IN these prosperous
days no one was so ready 10
helm him who was down, TO
serve q friend 40 some cost
10 himself, 10 make the
places Of his associates
plea ant and honorable, -
90 distasteful tasks which
other men hesitated 20
While his hands were full
OF business and his life full
OF activities, the strange.
swift order came 20 him to
leave all this for larger Oc-
cupatlOn. There was no time
to say his farewells 20 old
associates. but they crowd
10 say n tender farewell N
him. There Is no journalist
to take his place; the epit-
ONE Of his kindness and 10y
atty ia written thus Pure
sun hine floods the earth
this morning. and filter
down IN mist Of gold on the
cool. sweet sward OF Green
wood, where his eyes last
looked on IL. The golden
mist will float above a new
grave, where he shall lia-
beside the lad he loved so
much, and, shimmertnC in
the sun, viii seem - make a
ladder through the shining
air whence the angels of the
Lord shall ascend ant de-
scend.
Hs hsn.!s sre folded on BIZ brrsst,
There = Do other ttll-tt 'Ipra-s.d
fhan long d.sqn'et merged IN rest.