The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-20

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of free trade in the United States, in the
face Of the astonishing increase of our in
dustries of all kinds. | write of the man
as the great world does not know him, of
the man in social and private life, and of
the example OF that life; Of one literally
born among books, for over forty years in
a publishing house, and all that time, and
for generation after it, a keen observer,
close thinker, mingling with all sorts Of
people - printers, writers, clergymen,
poets, painters, actors,a planters, mer-i
chants, lawyers, physicians, mauufac-
turers, inventors, philosophers, soldiers,
sailors, politicians and statesmen, princes
and potentates. Entertained BY them,
he has entertained them in return. There
is hardly public man Of any party or sec
ton that he has not met at his own house
or at whose house he has not been well
come guest. Of strong convictions, he in
vites comparison and criticism with others.
A fine talker, he is also good listener.
have met at his Sunday vespers Democrats
and -Confederates, free-traders and spir-
itualists, the foreigner and the native, the
Jew and the Gentle, and / have never
known an occasion in which the discussion
has not been candid, courteous and free.
He delights in anecdotes, and tells many o
good one himself.
If had the space | could relate num-
Two may be safely told-one to prove
his peculiar self-assertion, the other his
genuine simplicity. My friend Daniel
Dougherty often delights his friends in
private life by his unrivaled Rotations and
limitations. think he is the equal of the
fascinating Mr.. Bellew. One of his finest
pieces is "Shamus O'Brien." He had
given it admirably on certain occasion
before large company, including Mr..
Cxey. He described Shamus among the
brave boys who had fought for Irish
independence in 1913, his many encoun-
tiers with the police, his numer-
Gus escapes, his arrest, trial, and sentence
to death; and finally his rescue by the good
priest from the last grip of the hangman.
The audience was spell-bound by the ge-
MUS of the poet and the speaker; and Mr..
Dougherty closed the poem by glowing
picture of Shamus escaping to America,
"the laid of the free and the home of the
brave" In the midst of the applause of
the company, Mr.. Carey broke out in a
loud voice: "Yes, and when the rascal got
here, the first thing he did was to join the
Democrats and help the English by voting
for free trade.o The effect was electrical,
and shout Of laughter closed the scene.
On. another occasion Mr.. Carey con-
scented to preside in the Academy of
Music at the lecture of a lovely and inter
esting young lady, whose sayings were
always as sharp as they were bright. In
the afternoon, before the lecture, an old
friend of Mr.. Carey called to tell him that
the young lady in question intended to
handle President Grant without gloves, and
that he mustnot and should not lend him
self to such censure. "But have promised
to co." said Mr.. Carey, sand she is such a
nice girl, and strong for protection"
ssNo NATTER" said his friend, who is still
living, and over eighty years of age-''no
matter, you must withdrawn And thus
admonished, Mr.. Carey proceeded to dis
charge his unpleasant duty. 1t was an
unwelcome task to one SO gallant and
sympathetic. aBut," as he said, 81
cannot preside when lovely woman
scolds my friend General Grant, who is to
be our candidate this was in the winter of
1s67-'Gsl, and especially after I have acted
as chairman of a Grant meeting in my
own ward. No indeed, you must let me
decline.h OF course the fair orator SUBJ
mitted, but did not fail to give the venera-
BILE and kind-hearted delinquent caustic
scoring when she got before her audience,
though nobody knew that Mr.. Carey was
the offender.
He is fond of the opera and the lecture
room. He sympathizes with every move
ment for the advancement of woman, and
contends strenuously for the elevation
of labor. The intimate of Clay, Webster,
Crittenden, Everett, Clayton, John Bell,
Abraham Lincoln, and General Grant, he
maintained kindly relations with Van Bu-
ren, Dallas, and Buchanan. Among the
ladies he is always favorite, especially
among those who know French and Ger
man, both Of which he speaks Huently. He
belonged to the old Wistar Parties of Phila-
delphia, and is now one of the leading mem
bers of the Saturday Night Club. He is one
of the most temperate men in the world,
yet enjoys bis delicious German wines when
he can share them with others. Solving the
most stubborn social problems, and writing
on the dryest subjects, he is connoisseur
of poetry and art, and owns some excellent
statuary and pictures. AS modest as a
woman, he is fearless in the avowal of his
ideas as he is successful in their defence. He
never asks favors, never intrigues for place, /
and never held an Office until he was chosen
a delegate to the Pennsylvania Reform Con-
ventlon now in session in Spruce street,
Philadelphia. The Republican party has no
more active and fervent supporter, and yet,
if a Democrat were president tomorrow,
he would call upon him to tell him that
free-trade is the most damaging of dog,nas.
Before the war he was rather "a Silver
Grey'' Wing; but when it became neces.
sary to overthrow slavery, he brought up
all his reserve of statistics with tremendous
power, and reinforced the abolitionists
with convincing logic against compulsory
labor. He has done more for the mann
of America, and more for the
of America, than all the
statesmen who have ever written
Or spoken in their cause. lie
has composed and published library on
that and kindred subjects. and has paid for
Ill his printing out of his own pocket. and
never cared for pecaniary returns. Not
'ich man, he gives like one; never a specu-
ator, he is as good a judge of the value Of
money, its uses and abuses, as if he dealt in
tocks or conducted banking house. lie
discusses the rates of interest as ably as he
oes the increase Of population, and knows |
he cost of land and the varieties of the |
rops as if he bad been raised d farmer.
A character like this must inspire respect,
ven among those who know it only by
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