The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-26
Obituary Truth.

In contrast with the extraSagant erAogies
which apresr Ia other northern papers OF
,he late Vice, President WILSON the truthful
account Of the deceased In the Chicago
Tines is honorable 20 that paper. We would
take froa The fame OF the deceased not
single leaf chat properly belonged to it, out
the feiIed diseoarses which rnsguify his
pubkc services rs we'll as his abilities sound
like censure su disguise. Tsts sort o.
eu.egy we regard as poured forth by paFh-
ssns who seek to bolster up national policy
which has brought upon the nation tsse
rrestest evils, and with which policy ehe
mime OF Mr.. WHscS is identified.
We object to the system Of eSsoll'ng saeo-
ries aud measures that pos.erity w1H con-
denim by iionizisg meu who sustained them'
x.;sa neryerssen of the true objects OF the
teacher 10 hold upto emulation TIC charac'
,.-s NJ men who have neither becn truly
great nor useful.
mfr. Wuss; was geod:hearted, moderate
mo, whose mind was stimulated TO bigotTy
and the perseverance ola zeaiot. ne "as
rot national patriot, but sectional agTa-
tor. and outside OF the theme OF h's agltatfoh
he achieved absolutely nothing OF public
ne,sre. Tie never IN any way evincea his
readiness to sacrifice hims"lftor bis country,
bu1. ike his ccl eagues in fauaticism, ne was
a, snv time ready 10 sacriti &C, and did sacri'
fee, bis country for 40 idea.
We cory paragraph from the notice in
tie Chicago Times::
As. man Mr. Wilson warmly teioTee oy III
whocsme Within nus S' slow 10 anger. Il Is
HnuhYn ST he leaves single miude oitcred IN me
spt.e towardhm n &c campiaisamt ,,sat even
Iiysis Tor office held him In the warnes' eooo aei.
Eowsp Perfectly arEess In nr.sa o, nc whies
have since the bleInished the GOOD nfme OF nis
party. man of Integrity himself he sa IN snehse
his party was responsible He saw the Goyerpmeii III
turned vas, for The tTr's ss q e
nrnl.,f ,be inGisnitl,s heaped upon the men who
had foundcd his party, and whose presence a ans
teaching msGs and S''i SnmisieI; saw Nodes
disgrac<d: Greeley. Scielsz Vets, COX; arc hsa
hey,d cescrnmcnt 10 for the good Of the psople,
spat upon men Of such morals Us MORTON, iucii
back CaE.ener Butler aa .na' bV ,ns presden
aid thrown into anarchy saw he IN , %. re-;
carried on BY millions OF stosn nv ne o ;nost su
pendoas frauds carried for a;nanThose eomp pa,
were In every serse despcatae. He saw all ms ane
made no protest Withn-slx months he has 1T
temptedt to undo the wrong hv speaking OUT Out ID.
people had already undertaken The work, ana mn mn
WORDS were too late. He WASP man al SLOW process
His brain worked suggishty. His speech was me
outward sign OF the inward nan. He talked rlenl
on. like Mark Antony, bat without Mark Antony
epigrammatic point. His reasoning powers %eIe
Imperfect. His conclusions n~atbatc were some
times absurdly napropos, ycthe gave his co.workef.
the impression OF pre-eHlnent common sense. vi
imagination VT haun't partlr9e
A primrose By river 'ss5riIn,
A yellow primrose was 10 him,
And II Was nsthing more.'
HIS recent attempt st history OF that most mo
mentous asd suggestive period q american DIS
tory, the anti slavery contest, Illustrates ms Inc
work thus far isa monument: OF inenpressi6ia coin.
moapace, unrt leved bya Single CLEAN OF literary
cleyerness This estimate OF III dead Is not meant
barshly. Sits Letded 81 counteract the ba,eul GU
logfes that partisan presses grind"sut lndlscrlml
nately on departing pubic men, II we accepl
Henry Wilson and his compeers as. Tyeat men, aiis
teach our children so to esteem thetn we shai
thereby close the gates TO e,'ah esrdeaSor anu lea'
youth TO understand The qualities necessary 10 be
come men real greatness, and lmC-&SrVlDS ant