The Cairo bulletin., 1874-07-01

bar, of the clergy, of liberal and
learned men, the attendant crowds OF
citizens of every social rank and sta
ton, both in the great city where he
died and at the national capital, have
already graced his burial with all i'm
aginable dignity and unmeasured rev
erence. To prolong or renew thisp
office is no part of our duty to-day.
Nor is the maternity of nature which
the college gives to those 1t calls Its
sons. bestowed as it ia upon their mind
and character, affected by the death Of
the body as is the heart Of the natural
! mother nor are you, his brethren in
the foster care Of the spirit, bound with
| the same sense of bereavement as are
natural kindred. The tiial and frater-
nal relation which ho bore to you, the
college aud the alumni, is hardly
broken by his death, nor is he hidden
from you by his burial. His compile
ted natural life is but the assurance
and perpetuation of the power, the
fame, tho example which the discipline
and culture here bestowed had for their
object, and in which they find their
continuing and everincreasing glory.
The energy here engendered has not
ceased its benefcent activity, the torch
here lighted still difuses its illumina-
ton, and the fires here kindled still ra-
diate their heat.
Not less certain is it that the spirit
of this commemoration imposes no task
| of vindication or defense and tolerates
no tone OF adulation or applause. The
tenor of this liie the manifestation Of
this character was open and public be
fore the eyes of all men, upon an
eminent stage of action, dis
played constantly in the high
places Of the world. No faculty that
| Mr.. Chase possessed, no preparation
Of mind or of spirit for great undertak-
ings or for notable achievements, ever
failed of exercise or exhibition for
want of opportunity, or being exercised
or exhibited, missed commensurate re
cognition or responsive plaudits from
his countrymen. His career shows no
step backwards; the places he filed
were all of the highest the services he
rendered were the most difficult as well
as the most eminent If, as the
preacher proclaims, "time and chance
, happeneth to all, the times in which
Mr.. Chase lived permitted the widest
scope to great abilities and tho noblest
forms of public service; and the for.
tunes of his life show the felicity of the
occasions which befel him to draw out
these abilities and to receive these SER
vices. Not less complete was the round
of public honors which crowned his
labors, and We have no occasion here tC
lament any shortcomings of prosperity
! or favor, or repeat the authentic judg
ment which the voices Of his country.
men have pronounced upon his fame
|
In this disposition Mr. Lincoln ap'
pointed Mr.. Chase to the vacant seat
and the general voice recognized the
great fitness of the selection.
HIGH PRINCIPLES AND A LOFTY SPIRIT
1t was with those endowments anG
with this preparation of spirit, that Mr.
, Chase confronted the realities Of life
and assumed to play part which
whether humble OF high in the scal'
and plans Of circumstances, was sure tC
be elevated and worthy in itself fol
the loftiness of his spirit for the con
fict of life was
"such as raised
To hight of nobless temper heroes old
Arming to battle"
Such character necessarily confer'
authority among men, and that Mr.
Chase was ready, on all occasions aris
ing, to assert his high principles by
comporting action, was never left il
doubt. Whether by interposing hi'
strong arm to save Mr.. Birney from
/ the fury of mob Of Cincinnati gentle
. men, incensed at the freedom of hi
press in its defiance Of slavery; or by
his bold and constant maintenance in
the courts of the cause Of fugitiv,
slaves, in the face of the rescntments o
r the public opinion of the day; or b,
his fearless dcsertion OF all reigninl
politics to lead a feeble band Of Protes
tants through the wilderness of anti
slavery wanderings, its pillar Of CLIQUE
by day, its pillar of fire by night o.
as governor of Ohio facing the intimi
dations of slave states, backed by fed
oral power aud storm of popular pas
sion or in consolidating the triumph
ant politics in the urgent issue whicl
was to fame out into rebellion and re
3 volt; or in his serene predominance
= during the trial Of the president, ovel
the rage Of party hate which brough
, into peril the coordination Of the great
departments of government and threat
q ened its whole frame; in all thss,
D marked instances Of public duty, as in
, the simple routine of his ordinary con
duet, Mr.. Chase asked but one ques
ton to determine his course of action
Is it right? If it were, he had strength
D and will, and courage to carry hin
r through with it,
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