Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-09
TIE NEW YORK PREss.
Eai,.rl.l Extracts FTs@ ths Great Damss
rHE HEHALD's ESTIMATE OF FnE-


TEE HKRALD's ESTIMATE or FrsK-
IFrOm the n. Y. Herald.l
His vivacity his comeliness his incessAnt
eferyescing good hurnor the railways be owned
the steamboats, he commanded, his bands OF
music and hocln Of canary birds his decora-
tons his seeking after luxury and pleasure /;
his Wild struggle with the Government Of the
United states; his boyish love Of show, Of colors
and gems and golden braid that reckless frank
mesa, which made the world the confident
Of his business, his dreams and his affections
his Unsuitable thirst for applause the world
to him q stage, and his whole life, even those
phases Of Life which decornm wells, an acted
comedy-no more striking phenomenon Of hu-
man nature has been seen in our time. True,
there vas scandal In his life, and stern morAlists
will find retribution in his death.
Nh. ooLFAx RKLKETs.
lFrom the N. Y. Herald
Vice President Colfax, after all, is inclined to
be merciful. He has half made up his mind to
run for and to serve as Vice President for an
other term, If the people viii have II 80. In
abort, Mr.. Colfax smiled again upon General
Grant, and Mr. Greeley ought to :" go out West
and buy farm"
HE WAS no HYPocRITE.
From the N. Y. Tnbunel
We know the worst Of him. What there was
good in him the world has had little chance to
learn. He was no hypocrite-If that is any
praise. When he devoured the widows sub
stance, he differed from many Of his associates
in refrAining from the pretense Of long prayer.
In the household circle where he was known
before he became the James Fisk, Jr.. Of his
tory, he will be sincerely mourned and wept
Perhaps it is as well that we should leave bis
story AZ ii is known TO the world-A warning
and Lesson. There would be little to regret in
the close Of his career, il the public reprobAtion
which was 80 freely lAyiahed upon him could Be
turned upon the system that produced hin and
the hlyer trAnsgressors he has left behind.
The LESSON OF FIsK's LITE AND DEATH.
From the y. Y. Times.l
The men Of whom Fisk was one seemed to be
so strong that nothing conld shake them. They
had wealth and power unlimited; they altered
laws to suit themselves; leaders ef society bowed
down before them. The world had nothing more
to ofer them. But TO the astonishment OF all
men, and as it were in moment, the whirlWind
descends upon them, and they are swept away.
Their wealth is gone; their names are become a
by-Eord; some Of them are TAgabonds on the
face Of the earth; others go in dread Of the fell
on's jail others perish, in the bitter language Of
Swift. like poisoned rats in hole. We say again
that it is An amazing spectacle, and though some
may continue to assert, 1T is all chance and
cry out, There is no God, there are others
who will be inclined to take different view Of
it, and to 90 back to the simpler faith Of earlier
years-thAt, somehow or other, explain it how
we will, the sin Of every man finds him ont and
the Divine laws are put into execution, whether
We choose to acknowledge their existence or not
THE WORLDS OPINION OF FIsK
From the y. Y. World
The career Of such a man a. James Fisk. Jr
was not only standing Disgrace to the gener.
alton in which he lived, but an example Of evil
omen TO the generation which is TO come The
mischief done by such career happily is lees
serious in this country than it would have been
in the elder continent. The shallow censors
who make the lives Of such people as James
Fisk, Jr., their texts for solemn sermons on the
unprecedented Generalization Of American so-
cisty, only prove by their sermons their own
profound ignorance alike Of the New World and
Of the Old. Il is infinitely 10 the credit Of New
York that such person as this murdered Mount
ebank Midas never for an instant in all his os-
tentAtious and meteodc career among Us, Sc
cured an entrance we will not say into good mems
houses-which, indeed in no civilized country
could he have done - but into the circle Of that
merely gay and fashionable society Of the me-
tropolis which has its real roots in decency and
honor and about which 30 many solemnly silly
things are petpstually said by rustic clergymen
who do not know German cotillon from Dutch
Iet.icoAt.