Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-01

might come. \ Methodist. MethOdsm wa.
not his Caol or goal Like the Indian on the
prairie. he said he walked large. He knocked
at every door, Orthodox. Episcopal, Romish
Radical. And as in the Arabian Nights tale
every door opened. lie had the freedom o
the city. Thirty years ago he attended q
meeting Of the lranscendental club. Their,
was in the company, as be entered, doubtful
looks lie was asked to speak, and began il
bis chair; but soon saying. Il must get up
he rose, rubbed the rumples out Of his trow-
sors with laugh, and pictured our climbing
like spiders with such yiyacity that when, n,
he concluded. another yentured 70 speak. our
leader said, w hen the spirit has 0rtod itsell
10 a msn, there is nothing more to offer.
Who shall come after the king? Pentac0st
was repeated, and We we're fall of new wine
lie wac not humorous, but hum0r. lie com
pared p5lemics TO TWO bands Of turtles be
had seen march on a ships deck, stretching
out their necks to each other, till from those
that got their heads uppermost the other par
" beat retreat. The turtles would have
been content with their representative. To
some liberals, denouncins the notion Of hell
FIRE, he lifted his thumb and finger 70 his
u0strls. and said, We have all sentimen-
tllity OF th sulphur. No close communion
for him He appraised Others beyond their
merits His liberalitv was worth something
making him ready 70 do battle with intoler-
ance. la his large liberation he was a radi-
cal in his own order born before the time
Are YOU cheating the Unitarians, or sre the
[ Uuitarians cheating you p asked DR.. Beech
er. Doctor, a third party has come in that
wants to have all the cheating to itself, an
to handle. lie, that had been in the Spanish
cruiser IRON New Orleans, and the American
priyatoer Curlew from Boston, was a born
soldier and knew bow to carry arms. His
deck was always cleared for action. When
the clergy Of the Methodist circuit were dis
parsgcd by Unitarian as worth no more than
the small salary they were paid, how bis
/ battery blazed Il Will set them foot to foot
/ against any Of YOU with "a Bible in one hand
and wilderness of human souls before them '
/ He bade b0astlu British officer remember
we had whipped England. What credit to
I whip your MOTHER growlcd the commodore.
/ .N0t much, answered Taylor and promise
/ YOU we will never whip the old lady again
/ unless She gives us very particular occasion
/ His repartees were dr0ll enough for harle-
I quin with their grotesque style, but always
/ had earnest meaning. \ young man having
upset the Bible, and stopping for T. N his
/ desk, Never mind. SAYS Taylor; i can put
/ it up next sunday How he strodo up and
down. pattiug the book he loved, as if it
were alive How long shall we compass this
/ Jericho he cried at a revival meeting IN the
| vc-try of the West church. suggested our
/ conversion was not finished, and We needed
still food of humanity more than the mince
pie OF praise. lie left Us hurt and hot The
/ next time met him. he embraced and kissed
me in the street. lleWas p!acahle enthusi-
ast. charitable dcv0tee; fanatic but for his
I love. Entering Boston church. one said,
This seems so entirely dedicated TO God as TO
/ leave no room for man There was always
room for man where Taylor was How
audacious to explode c1nvenuonalities Ar
gazing with him about perfection, asked If
ANYBODY had been as good as Jesus. Mil
lions, he replied; an answer which, against
nv testimony. Dnitarians and Methoiists dis
cTedi; and Try to explain away OF a great
nationalist be said. There Is a screw loose
somewhere; but | have laid my car close 10
his heart. and have never been able t0 detect
any Jar iu the machinery. lie must 70 tl
heaven: for Satan would not know what TO
do with him If he got him. Give the devil bis
rati0ns, it VIII change the climate, and the
emigration Will be that way y OF transcen-
dentalism he said, 1T is like d gull, long
wings, lean body, poor feathers, and miserl-
bic meat Too far off. the kings business
requires haste, he would tell the dull speak
er at his conference. Ills speech was seldom
bitter OF biting, however sometimes wound
ing, it being O him sacrilego 10 keep il
back. His censure was frigato's broadsidc
or 4 lions roar; his praise was medal, a
badge. or the freedom of the city in gold
box. the terms were as solid and precious In
which it was put.
OF the poor old ministers he said They
should be fed on preserved diamonds. They
are camels in the desert, bearing precious
treasures and browsing On bitter herbs.
The charm of his manners, who, this side the
orient could match At distance, seeing
You aiar off. he would touch his heart. his
forehead, and bis lips with a salute that
seemed too much for aught below angels or
less than the universe. His love was as the
sea; but never hiliow tapped the beach more
softly than bis affection touched It's object.
His uutaught courtesy, the delicacy of de-
m0nstrativencss. was conspicuous in his
F Il
drop % the gulf lfbehind lie felt the truth,
that no man is indebted % any other so much
as 10 some woman. His purity was not ice
but flame. His bearing was royal, and made
every woman q queen. No calamity could
extinCuish his cheer in the church or By the
way At the funeral OF the woman whom he
said be should claim and could not spare in
heaven, be leaned his shining face cut of the
carriage and astonished the conventional
gloom by greeting people on the way. You
do not know that old lrishwoman, one Of
the family said, trying to put on him some
decent restraint. why sh0uldn't she have
her sharey was his retlrt. lie and Miss
Sedgwick once met suddenly in the middle
Of the room. Did you mean TO kiss me ?
she cried starting back. 4 only know he
answered, 4 got mine
Was 1t southern blood or sensihyencss to
the agitator'e faults that hindered his rank
on the roll of any reform, save Of the com
mon opinion and treatment Of his dear sail
ors One trait Of genius We might say he
lacked. foresight. lie was no prophet Of
freedom. Of unacknOwledged rights, or the
fine arts. Il was wonderful how man, in
zeal and expression so extreme, kept the mid
die path Prohibition he opposed; said, peo-
pie arriving tired and late ought to be allow
ed some refreshment; and being asked his
views of the unexecuted prohibtory law
keenly replied, 4 did not know there was
in Massachusetts, any such law q For exam
iners and lawyers be was terrible man to
have in the witness-box. Yet a warmer
friend Of temperance nobody could be. lie
said he would have all the alcohol buried
in a cave, aud n planet rolled to the door
/ What a Peter the Hermit he would have
( been, enlisted IN any cause But he thought
/ reformers overstated, and were dangerous
and unjust. lie was TOO sympathetic for the
( work Of those who have % disOwn society, to
/ put on John the Baptist's leathern girdle,
/ and war against base organic ways. To be
/ crusader, lie must have been made Of sterner
/ stuff Wen that he did not leave his own
4 stint. The commonweal Is factory, in
/ which each operative must be held mainly to
! his special task. The good genius, that made
] him in general at once 20 brilliant and Just,
| and wrought nightly through him like the
/ demon Of Socrates, was not always present
/ Sometimes he failed and foundered, and the
/ friends OF strangers, that had come To be
Transported. hung their heads. The engine
was detached. and the train halted, though
he was often dextrous 10 recover him
self and escape. 4 have lost my nominatiye
case he said once, but am on the way
to glory A ship entangled in its man@u-
vres Is worse off than skif. All the move
ments of his mind were radical, and could
suffer no mortgage. What are you going to
preach abou: next SundayY he was asked.
4 do not know; | shall not forestail God =
His quickness could not be anticipated or
outsped i never let a carriage 20 before
me, he said. His foot was the type Of
his thought. Besides the canonical Scrip
lures | know not what he read but the old
English diyines; and perhaps no man of note
ever wrote 80 little, in the modern world.
why do YOU 60 round 50, muttering to
vou1self?' be was asked Because like to