The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-15

gave benefaction. i am glad OF ali ths.
-, CANNOT THINK he WAS A DEMON.
would have made nlm q demon. +! say ! am too
glad 70 rehearse what have heard in mis- favor. 1t
u redemption to have bestowed charity although
ne may have stolen the means TO do H. II Is some
thing Of comfort to know that he divided with his
are only the apologies OF bandits. Thieves have
THESE virtues. Yet am glad he mad them. ol Il his
these characters 1t VIII be some sgnt soiace 10 IN
wnE R II STANDS MOURNING AT HIS GRAVE,
tnat he al least was not without the excelencies OF
who are lett behind 1t might be wished that he had
been, for although his prod,gality was less obec.
enecis upon Others. the example or mlser be-
BONES .repugnant to the mna OF youth, but the
even his fortune be the rult Of dlshonesy has in
q KIND OF enchantment Az this point the man
haunted his gaudy splendors before the public eye
! You Know his studs were the finest, his vehicles
the nc. es. MS Jewels the rarest his wardrobe the
lhe most numerous OF any In the land.
He HAD WHOLE REGIMENT TO DO HIS BIDDING.
bu. his nod lie riyalled the brLllancy Of Eastern
princes; lie recalled the stories OF the labled ages;
Tie pride OF The oentatious; he evoked the envy OF
the rich, a1d awakened In The mind OF the young
false enulatiou. How natural was II for youth to
behold ali this pageantry of wealth and reason
thus: --'ihey say the man is vihap, put he has
influence, he controls courts, he denes authority,
and done see bat that lie has as much respect as
must be something IN this man. m seek an intro
dnction, III make ms acquaintance. III learn his
I'll TRAVEL THE SAME ROAD.
Tor seems 5000 n and Sn nm ante Pin e say ns
has poisoned hearts and perverted lives that had
pthetws Use moved on safer and better paths. MAY
DreaK the spell OF that example, tear away the veil
pi delusion from these misguided youths, so That
m Vsnn q
man, ana yet the end thereof may be the ways of
deatnl' When speak Of this purpose to be , ricn
tng evils OF the age. This man stood not alone IN
this respect; he was but one Of great nnmoer;
hiDitiOn OF uis success out only one or great con-
course. You need not be referred to
T. YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT FOR EXAMPLES.
Z The community Is today 10 turmoil Of reaction
and Reimbursement from gigantic wrong. Guilty
pressed: Honest labor IS delraudsd 0y wealth,
rendered powerless by preconcerted vlllany, under
the sanctions Of olce. The West men are exalted
aud the wicked walk unnlushing on every side.
And what does all this lead tor Surely there Is
darker SHE to the picture. False gains are not
somewhere in thus world or the next, or both, for
the deception and the violence OF these things.
There is at least the loss OF the consciousness Of
rignt. TINT mote than human assurance OF the
mind which. when man hath IT, he Is
RIOH AMONG RAGS AND HAPPY BEHIND DUNGEON
Then, more than this, there are heart aches AID
slumDer And often there Is alsty and bitterness
OF disappointment. And then too, there is safety
and Is the hell OF the soul. And sometimes regret
strikes It's yenomeu sting through Tho heart. And
dark be- ond whence the travellers not to tell
the sorrows there. Ali these and more than these
enter into
THAT PANDORA BOX OF PLAQUES
which lies in waiting tor the day OF visitation to
abundance OF his riches; who swallow up the needy;
who make the epnan small and the shekel great,
curing incir own seldsa ends, iiit the hand Of
defiance against the right; yet the light VIII fall at
thereof shall be the ways OF death.
Aud now e, I'M, me ask why Is all this ~, wicked e,.
crSsniSs through ali the delicate restraints Of yir.
iunc and OF show why was tragedf OF blood and
meio.dranalic career that preceded IT. Why did
Firsi-i.ecauss OF tie illusion OF the way. It
seemed rielt unto him. 1t met the desire or his
fled him and seemed right hight, however, In the
eense OF CONVENIENT. lie never sought to test II by
the PRINCIPLES 81 higher right lie never sought to
THE coon OF MAN NOR TIE APPROVAL OF GOD.
1t seemed right in The msts OF Illusion which rose
from soiiid purpose, and he dashed Oh through Its
maze OF horrors. dreaming all the while they were
Images VI beauty. 1t seemed right DIS gold rob-
berries assumed the form Of ieats of Innocent and
profitable smartness.
seemed TO belong to him by inaienable right. His
opera houses and theatres loomed on his vision Ike
ecemcd enchantco. 1t was masked all along WITH
Ceaied It's death, anu never untn
THE SLAM or TIE FATAL PISTOL BROKE on HIS
DREAM
did it ever occur to him that his soul was deceived
and his life was mortal.
Into right and right nto wrong; which invests a
stone By The roadside with The proportions OF a
which enthr0pe5 crime and invests
GUILT WITH GARMENTS so CoNELY
as TO make IL seem Ike Innocence; which gllds vice
washes the sepulchre until you forget that rotten
has lett many hopeful youths to lie In prisons so
many TO pine IN poverty and disease; so many TO
lost sigh, or land and the hollow
HURRICANES OF WRATH WERE SINGING THEIR RE-
1t is an awful thing to be at sea without com.
pass, but worse, perhaps, TO have compass which
IL dlscraercd and pointing In wrong direction.
once read OF a mutlnous sailor who. TO avenge HIM
self on Tue captain, cut piece OF iron in the bnna:
north, and on went ne ship through storm and
daikneas. all seemingly well, no dreaming OF
until suddenly the breakers howled and loaned on
rocky ledge, and me good ship struck before they
could turn her, and al was lost.
LOOK 10 II, young men; look to II, that
THERE Is NO IRON IN THE INNACLE.
See that the compass Is sound aud the ship IN.
trammeled and the way right, ana all Is safe. See
toll See loI, For "there Is a way that seemeth
right unto man. but the ends thereof are The ways
Second--But this man pursued his way. moreover
DeCdu5c VI inCSulupuou VI Ills neart AZ seemed
right unto him. lie was wise In his own conc at Us
judgment had rendered It's verdict and he cared not
20 90 beyond It's decisions THIS principle of self.
assurance was at once his weakness and his
strength
IT GAVE FORCE TO HIS CHARACTER,
but II achieved his ruin "A way that seeneth
right unto man." Man has ever been wont to hew
his own cisterns II they have been imperfect and
broken even, stu he mas persisted until the Divine
patience was exhausted aud the day OF grace fed.
Lhe human mind needs teaching from above and
lie only Is wise who pauses to listen for those 0racieS
by which alone he may I've led unto salvation.
This quality Of presumption was probably
the DISTINGUISHING TRAIT OF THE DECEASED.
One public journal, In describing him, says he
came IN 1864 10 this city with silver watch and