St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

ittttlS W HtI sui Ill WIFI
out the deepest emotion. How many
such women were there in the plair
ranks of New England life, in her gen
Grafton, How many are there now
Paying marvellous little heed to tn,
discussion of woman's rights. they show
wonderful adaptation to the perform.
ance of woman'S duties.
MIR. CIIAsE's RELIGIOUsNEsS.
His adhesion to the Christian faitl
WAS simple and constant and sincere
and he accepted it as the master and ruI,
of his life. in devOut confidence in the
moral government of the world as {:
present and real supremacy over tho
race of man and all human affairs. He
was all his life Il great student of tho
Scriptures, and no modern sprculations
ever shook the solid reasons of his
belief. When he entered the city OF
Washington, fresh from college. ..tht
earnest PRAYER of his heart was that
God would give him work to do and
success in doing it." When lie WAS
laying ont the plans of professional life
in his first establishment at Cincinnati.
his invocation was, MAY God enable
me to I've content with the conscious
ness of faithfully diScharging all my
duties, and deliver me from IL too eager
thirst for the applause and favor OF
men. All through the successive ana
manifold activities of his busy and
strenuous life, when to outward seem
ing they were all worldly and personal.
the same predominant sense of duty
and religious responsibility animated
and snI,.nuiy.I tl,n q, hnla
MIR. CHASE A. \ FINANCIER.
hazard nothing in saving that the
management of the finances of the civil
war WAS the marvel of Europe and the
admiration of our own people. For II
great part of the wisdom. the courage.
and the overwhelming force of will
which carried lis through the stress of
this stormy sea. the country stands I'M
der deep obligations to Mr.. Chase. aS
lis pilot through its fiscal pcriIS and
pcrplcNitirs. Whether the genius of
Hamilton, dealing with great difficult
ties and with small resources. trans
crnded that of Chase. meeting the
largest cNigrncicS with great rcSnurcrS.
is an umpruiitahlc >pcrulatiun They
stand together. in the Judgment of their
c"uutINmcn. the great tiuancicI> of nur
history.
THE CHIEF-JI >rICE>IIIr.
There iS no doubt that MIR. Chase
greatly desired this office. its dignity
and durability. both considered. the
greatest qualification {" personal de
>irc>. and the wnrthicst IN public SER
Vice and in public esteem. that on
political establishment affords. FoItu-
nate. indeed. is he who. in the estimate
of the profession of the law. and in the
general Judgment of his cuuntrymcn
combines the great natural powers. the
disciplined faculties. the large learning.
the larger wisdom. the firm temper. the
amiahlc serenity. the stainless purity.
the sagaci"n> craftsmanship. the pcnc-
tratiTg insight. which make M the
qualities that should preside ut this
high altar of Justice. and dispense to
this great people the final ,lccrcrS of Il
government. mot of men, bnt of laws"
To Whatever president it comes. aS il
function of his supreme authority. to
assign this great duty To the worthicSt.
there Is given an opportunity of im-
measurable honor for his own name.
and of vast benefits to his countrNmcn.
outlaSting his own hfict authority. and
perpctiIating its remembrance in the
permanent records of Justice ..thc main
interest of all human society,"" 80 long
aS II holds SWAY among men. John
Adams. from the Declaration of indie
pcndencr down. and with the singular
felicity at his line of personal descend
ants has many titles to rcnown. hut hN
no act of his life has he done more to
maintain the constitutional liberties
which he joined in declaring. or To
confirm his own fame. than hy giving
to the United States the great chief
justice. Marshall. To hc To us. forever
through every storm that shall hc>ct
our ship of state,
Lin" great SEA mark siandn. every flaw
And ;iNIn. them that eve it.
In this disposition Mr.. Lincoln appoint
eel MIR. Chase to the vacant seat. and
the general voice recognized the great
fitness of the selection.
AN ANALYSES OF CHARACTER.
What. then. shall we assign as the
decisive elements. the controlling con
Stitucnt> of character. and what the
assurance of their persistence and their
force. which this youth could bring to
the service of the state or contribute to
the advancement of society and the
wcll-heing of mankind These were
simple but. in combination. powerful
and adequate to fill ont worthily the
life of larger opportunities which though
NOT vet forcsccn To himself. WAS await
ing him. The faculty of reason WAS
very broad and strong in him. yet with
ont being vast or surprising: it revised
the sensible and practical relations of
all subjects submitted to il and firmly
held them in its tenacious grasp: il
exposed these relations To the apprc-
henSion of those whose opinion or
action it hchoovcd him To influence 10y
direct and sincere, di>rarding
mere ingenuity, and disdaining the
SuhtlcncsS OF imsinuation. His cduca-
tinm had all been of Il kind to discipline
and invignratc his natural powers. not
to cncumhcr them with IL bescttimg
might of learning or to supplant them
by artificial training. His oratory was
vigorous, with those ''TualitieS OF clear
ness. force and earnestncss which pro
ducc conviction" His rhetoric was
ample but not rich. his illustrations
but seldom to the point of
wit. his delivery wcighty and imposing.
His force of will. whether in respect of
pcrcmptorincSS or pcrsiStcncy. WAS pro-
digiouS: his courage to brave and his
fortitIdc to endure were absolute; his
LOYALTY to every cause in which he en-
listed, his fidelity III every warfare in
which he took up arms, were proof
against peril and disaster. His csti-
mate of human affairs. and of his own
relation to them, was sober and scdatc:
all their grandeur and Splcndor, to
his apprehension, connected themselves
with the immortal life. and with God
aS their guide, overSeer, and ruler and