The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-04
glatjultal grpablsitau,
THE COURT

Judge johnson, 10 presenting the rcsolu.
lions, delivered q beautiful culogy on tho
eminent dead. ..t i...
He alluded to the life Of thelate Secretary
spoke Of his last conversation with him, In
which the Secretary alluded, with great afec-
tlon to the friends and home OF hie youth,
dwelling on the virtue and forgetting the
failings OF them all, and then spoke win
much feeling Of the passage Of the great man
from time to eternity.
Judge J.'s remarks were listened 10 with
breathless interest BY a crowded courtroom.
We shall take occasion TO publish q revised
report Of his remarks on Saturday next.
Mr.. Riddle seconded tho motion aud spoke
as follows
some thinGs want to say, and probably the
most Inappropriate possible, The small hru'
neial eonysntionallties that determlno the
AK pardon Tor cir violation.
large that Il seems 70 al ali the had, ADD The
Earth The. roHIf, .,rstssd With The
and have some words TO say OF him whose
remains. rest In u, Not eulogyi God forgive
the man who attempts that. ,AnythinBt the
than eulogy, Some strong, forceful, earnest
words, with meaning, or silence from mo. The
sun, storm and clouds may euloElLe the rug
This was no ordinary man, and lived in no
Ordinary timepI and our common standard q
weights and measures does not apply 20 him. y
cannot comprehend him Aa he was Will not
Attempt to dwarf him to my spprehen nlon.
There has been aud will be enough OF lawyer
talk about him. will spsak OF hlm A. one
Of primitive formation may speak or the
I very well rememberthe close ofthat short.
darn, slushy, rainy day, eight years ago, Whe1
confirmed Edwin NJ, stanton As Secretary OF
War He said that Wade endorsed him to the
Repubiiea1s, and remsneer my ars, inprs,.
sIsbEoad' round, oom i PER psr.on, and found
compact head and pale, sad face, and the deep
light OF his melancholy eyes that always con:
yoyed to me some mystetioua message that
/ attempt no analysis Of the man. 1 speak
OF him from the outside, and ~ he seemed Al
Those days were the beginning Of the Exc.
duS, when we were gathering = doubling, IN.
knowing multitude on tho shore Of the Red
Seh, the bosom Of which was covered with
dAfkness; How we hhuddered and ahrunh
The great blow that had fallen upon US had
shattered the Government, and sent Us stAg.
and our people stood forth not In the com
psoted strength and unity OF political aud ATtI
heial organization, but reduced to slmples, TO
ipdlVtduals, whose unity was the unity OF
1iiud, Instructive, common Impulse, and Of
vague half formed and wholly unexPressed
nwm blow that stripped high once Of
were heard and needed only as they were
pointed out by natural fitnesa to command
and lealli and such men had not appeared, aud
whether they would appear 10 the persons ol
those elected and summoned to high places
WAS then the sorest Of problems.
Linooln had not learned the rudiments oil
the terrible lesson set for him, aud his two
leading Secretaries seemed without plan and
almost without oonViotions,
Hundfeda Of thousands OF men were Armln Z
and drilling, marching and camping, lighting
and buifeting, for some bllnd, vague, Uniformed
and hArdly.felt purpoao-A pufpoae, an object,
Yet,tO be condensed And indurated from the
perceived. And this man, unEnoWn and IN
kriod, not knowing himself, was launched INTO
apAce and hidden to become = new eontre, to
grasp out and clutch 70 himself this neSulG,
aud fashion raw material into organized and
perfected bodies, Of Number and magnitude
sIss "a S 0I 3 9ataS Is ns IND never
When so organized and perfected he was &c
snppiy the Intelligence 70 direct and impair
the force thst should Prepel these mighty
Ss ss'''' 10 'no "''O'p""n' Oh mat put
The twin Esuii Of treason and rebellion wer,
tearing Asunder the map OF the Republic, and
thu widening assure throNtensd to swallow
up, not merely Aabsds eorpuI and trial by Jury,
Eolornment.
suSh az We employ here, were but shredS 81
moskery, The instinets OF men turned a
once 70 the eNhAuGtlesa source OF reserved
power that lies below and outside Of conysn
The two Houses Of Congress, In the glow o
volcanic hTe, found new readings OF the Con
stitution. They became great executive eoun
ordinary functions OF the uoVornmsnt wer
IN abeJAnes, and all thol primal energies 0
an aroused people went 70 Inspire the braiI
sud strengthen the arm Of the Executive. tn
EnaeutiVs was the Government. Lineoin wa
tbs prominsnt figure before mons eyes, tow
sslas and Eroyiog solo:Ssli back Of him wal
Thsre, up StAirnlln that dingy once on.Sev
Sixteenth street, throbbed and worked tn
heart and brain and arm of the WAr-neve
sy P Sosd Saa H tsasO TSG tSs S I2T
kidnapping that drove with such terflbli
snsrgy the glEantie mach insry Of the war.
bar, mi. Phillips that his energy made Nm sh
dangeroua as a AiH pTiuI lAWysr.H' think 1
night. What a luxury to him It must hAT,
erss SpG leave i 70 wopS Al viii 10 SiS ps
hmitless neldI and thore neVenwAs . time
spnder the seVsrest pressure, that there dit
not still lay unemployed In the man ensTEl
eLmantal mAehinery Of the civilized world
Men say that he was rough. or course he was
Ne was = primAl force Of nature. Used tC
new mountains, and change the eonhEuTAtioi
OF = eontlnent. Rough work II was, He a
once ErAspod the sole purpose OF our nide-thi
,hls issEj and no fsisial destiny ever nOvsc
more inexorAbly than = Q to Us performance
He would see, and hear, and know nothing
sYpT would hinder was ruthleGIly thrust by
HotkinE could deter or divert. To the wogli
: he was dark, cold, inserutAble, inexorable
idiois IN AndsrsonSliIs' lie would Tsasa.
them by crushing Richmond, and deal IN,
blow when be got ready,
he ca OF Did men love him / He mover asked
Love was not necessary to him then. How
he was lied AboutI Didhe hear III whethe
he Sid o. aGs no S. word 81 MS va: eve! u'tsTs!
aud liars were to him as n non-eKistont.
Though the earth wAyered like aStorm.tosset
he :s sGU :, a s.aS TsSuES = was Sos ,Hs
Though the bosom Of the storm discharged
nre and blood and Gobbets OF manEl0d human
ne.h, he seemed uI %s,n Ss,S Of Y
The waVeLlng, vaeillAtlng, ohAngsAbls are
bought, When wAs Stanton ever Known %
chAnEei And Of all the Inducements TO change
money would on him have had the least force
So inheKible were his resolves, J. sometime
thought that human testimony had not tn
power 10 enlighten him.
had so dsned aud outrods the storm should &c
80 suddenly down, under . sunny sky, In IL
hArbor. After ALI what was left for him, Thu
one place which he should hll might neVel
ed I'll
confess, / think It best for him as ItiE-thA
now his better part ould follow up tn at goldeI
strand that connects this life with the better.
know how he was wanted by that mourning
group, whose great bereavement wells then
from our observation, and l know how 10.
tenHely and tenderly he loved them, as
know untold OF Incidents that mark his hear
As he fountain OF the quickest, and tondereat
and most exalted Of human Bonsibilitisa.
After all, to me II seems we'll that the greA
seal OF death should certify him and his cas-
up to the high tribunal OF Impartial history
His services were too great for reward Of
acknowledgment event and his oountFymen at
tempted neither, will not pretend to Antiol
pate the place that he will occupy In history
nor will this or the next geneFAtlon OF mst
know his poHition. We are not only too near
too interested and too prejudioSd, but toe
familiar with his features and career Ant
they do not strike Us as they will strangers
seen through a pureT atmosphere. We car
form no conception Of how even our rebellion
and war viii be estimated by the historian
who shall anAlly anAlyIe aud place II where 4
belongs In the worlds annals,
Long hence, when this AtmospheFe Il cleAFet
and the light becomes whittier WhsA the source
OF events are laid bare, and tho spFlnRS OF 40
tlon are disclosed when all the hiding piAoSI
81 Information are TeVeAled, some broad
proved, deep-eyed, thoughtful Btudeut Of ms
tory, with lnhhite care, will eoustFuat thI
story OF our struggle, and Lincoln and hi
Secretaries WilftAke their nnAl places. YO
long Gre than we shall have pAaHOd away, TIL