The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-15
From the Montpelier Waterman,
An Old Friend Gone.

The deep fountains of memory were sad
ly stirred by intelligence of the death OF
| Edward A. Stansbury, Esq, which oc-
CURED on the 4th inst, at his late residence
near Paterson, n. j., where he had re
sided for many years. His age was about
81 years
Mr.. Stansbury was, we believe, native
of New York, and graduated from college
before coming to Vermont--at least before
we knew him. We first made his acquaint-
ance during the memorable campaign of
1910. He was then, like most of the ed
ucated and promising young men of the
state, an ardent supporter of Harrison and
| Tyler, and contributed freely with his ell
oquent voice and caustic pen to the over
whelming success of that campaign. At
this time he was student in the law office
of the late Judge Briggs, at Richmond and
during that year he married the judges
eldest daughter. After brief sojourn at
Richmond, he removed to Burlington, to
enlarge the sphere of his professional ac-
tivity.
But the great Free Soil wave of 194S
swept young Stansbury, as it did a multi
tude of kindred spirits, from his old party
moorings, and he joined, with all the
| ardor of his nature in that wonderful up
rising of the people which eliminated in
| the utter determination of human slavery
from the land. His ability and service in
that campaign were fittingly recognized by
his being placed upon the Free Soil State
ticket nominated at Middebury on the LIST
day of August 1S4S. That ticket, it will
be remembered, comprised Oscar l.. Shat
ter for Governor, Luke Z, Poland for Lieut.
Governor, and Edward A. Stansbury for
Treasurer. Well might the convention say,
in their resolution of support to such a
ticket-"They are strong and true men :;
we are proud of them" These nominees
were nearly of the same age, and at the
time of their nomination but just turned
thirty. OF the three, Judge Poland alone
survives.
Nor was the ticket the most remarkable
feature Of that convention. The members
themselves constituted as noble body of
men as our eyes ever rested upon. We
cannot refrain from abiding to some of
them--for their familiar forms rise up be-
fore us to call up the days when men used
hedrt and conscience as motive power in
their politics. There were Gen. John KEEL
logg and l.. C. Kellogg of Benson. Jcptha
Bradley of St. Adams, Il. ID. Barber of Mid
dlebury, S. A. Webber of Rochester, 0. l..
Shafter of Wilmington, Horatio Needham,
l.. p. Poland, Horace Everett and s. ii.
Price of Windsor, Il. A. Stansbury, Judge
Button of Wallingford Lawrence Brain
erd, Charles |. Walker of Brattleboro, CD.
Kasson and l.. Il. Chittonden of Builing-
ton, Chauncey Green of Dorset. Solo
mon w. Jewett of Weybridge, Eleazer
Jewett of Swanton, ex-Gov. VIM. Slade, j.
G. Haswell and Daniel Roberts of Ben
nlngto,n o. w. Butler of Stowe, G. X.
Field, John Buckmaster Hon. John Pier
pont OF Vergennes, Hon. Titus Hutchinson
of Woodstock, VIM. ii. French of Willis
ton, Joseph Marsh of Hinesburg, &c. &c.
And these are but specimens of the four or
five hundred gentlemen who struck hands
on that memorable day, and with almost
prophetic vision.
Resolced, That il all the other issues
which have convulsed the nation for the
last fifteen years were now in contest, they
would sink into insignficance and be swal-
lowed up by tho overshadowing magnitude
and imminent peril OF this one, Of freedom
on SLAVERY for an empire,
Alas, so far as we are able to determine,
not one-third Of these noble men survive
till this day, nor did one-half of them live
to see the accomplishment of the work so
well begun,