The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
tGERRfT >SMITTiH.
AGNES M0NlAG1AN.

Gerrit Smith died yesterday at the
leuse oftGeneral.g ohm Cochr anu. in the
{ asy of NewfYorlx, at The adlvaoced age
Vt ~ years. In tGapany with s$ais wife
lie journeyed toN2Jew York to spsnd the
holidays, on 'Thaesday last. aHe Was
tr&cken with ypaealysis ON Saturday
Esrning. bot lIageeed unit! ysss erday---
Midday. Ae is represented see having
b sea in perfect heas<h up t" tine sanome a,
OF tias attack ~ hieh terminated fatally;
blu It in a private DETER TO one Of the
I'd tiers Of his ,papess bear ing Gate the
II. ID inst, he said: Exc tse'..ny using
the hand of another in writing yoa.
I at IA sick" From. this Giro ur0stsnce We
con Glade that the shock fro u which he
died Mad begun its 'iosidious, approaches
belo re he lefe his hhome in Peter horo.
VI t, he death f0fthis father 3errit Smith
fell h csc TO vast landed it&te Com
ieg in t@ possession OF great wealth at an
esrly aSe,, he vas free to fol- aw tie bent
of inc. li&ation. This led hin 80 works
Of phi l4n' hrophy. he YVES EberallJ
educate d. having graduated a t Hamilton
College ia 1918. lie, Aowev or. studied
no profe Rsion until late in lifes- eLn1S58
,hemas aAmtted to practice Law. and
subs que ut&y conducted several 4mpcr-
.tant trials. His legal expert enoe was,
however, mere episode. His great
workvwas THAT of philanthrophy Be
fore he was 80 years of age be CONNECTED
himself With the A6Gerics al Colonization
Society, to the furtherah &c of the objects
of which he o0ntrlated large sumg Of
But he soon sew she futilitys no
Less than the n5ustices of attempting to
e4patriate nj NioDs OF people merely be-
cause they had hlack SKINS. According
IL, in, 1885 he BandoRed the coleniGt-
tioo scheme and. joined the American
Anti-Saverg Soc 5ety. The meeting con-
vened at Utica, NJ Y, to foEm State
Abolition Society Was broken up by re~3
spectacle citizens and at lEr. .Smith's9
inv itation it adjourned to bis home at 1
2eterboro, where the organization was
perfected. From that time Gorward
GeErit Smith .beca1ee and eontinued a
leading aprit in all he great unGertak
ings of the Abolition Society, which cul I
miaated i'm the bisth Of the Republican &
party. His sympathy for the slave went
hand in hand with.a lal'ge-hearted, prac- &
ic4l generesity.to tie p wsr of AL classes. O
he distributed a large portion OF hls c
rast landed estate IN small parcels 81
among poor white ana bl ek men. and v
gave barge sums of money in aid Of I
When the re bellion broke q
,ut he f@cesaw shat it was destined to fo
nd only Ia the accomplishment Of the r
biect fot which he had constantly of
abored. He the1eIore spoke ind wrote sr
WITH all the Vigor inspired by true phi W
anthropy in faVor of an uncOm promising w
rosecutlon Of the war. or
With emancipation, citizeashiN, and VI
lack suffrage, che life work of Gerrit to
with seemed TO be ended aud to be TO-
rowned with the full fxuition OF all his tn
rdeat hopes. But of late it has Become a
pparent that the old slave oligarehy is ev
ispossd to renew the battle for oppres- fee
on, aud that the North, kirea of con GRE
aut warfare, is disposed to abandon AL!
le contest for equal rights to the negro. on
II. Smith comprehended this alarming rem
ct. aud, although verging on four score com
ears. he recommended the battle begun s
youth and continued through middle
fe and down TO old age. His circular MI
read
tiers, recently published in the INTER tiser
cEAN, exhibit all the vigor CT the efforts large
his most mature manhood. Clear, are
gical, and forcible, they go to the bot p' !.
m OF toe subject, showing the arrogance our
d bad faith OF the South and the cow Time