St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30
Jol I Morn ssey.


SlRl IA W Is ERNfE.
lF.om Saratoga Lr,.cr I" the C'rr' oat Com.
merciall
If You think John Morri>scy's View ;
OF no consequence. hecau>e one ot his
avocatlon> Is gambling. Nou do not
know the man. He is one of the pow
els in New York politics. Many yeals
ago. refusing t" he tractahlc. and bend
the knee To Tweed. he WAS tahoucd 10y
the Tammany of that day. lie picked
out Tildeu rs Il man to rally under. and
stuck To him through thick and thin.
until he SAW him elected governor Of
the state. When Tildtn was running
against D'N. Murri>>el was the onll
man in the state of New York who
wagcred money wildly upon him. The
election filled his pocket and enlarged
his confidence. He was Il delegate in
the convention which nominated 'Iildeu.
After the election it seemed convenient
for the IcoIgauizcd Iammamy. of which
John Kelley was head. To put such :,
man IT. FiIz john Porter in the front.
and forget the claims ot the man who
had fought Sullivan. Poole. llccnam.
and all the species that would accept
his challenge. In short. MurIi>ScN WIS
Morris>eN. and power had got t" he re
spectahlc. But there WAS this advan-
tayc possessed 10y the c\-pouuder OF
the phl steal constitution. lie Wouldu I
scare. If there i Il uan above the.
crust ot the earth. to-day who cannot
scare. il l. this tow boat man of TROY .
The kick Of a mule. Il newspaper cut. u
double -harrclcd shot gan. al expulsion
from TammluN hall. has no t-Iror> tuI
him. His courage l. phl steal. moral.
mental. organic. Achilles was his in
trrior. III that Mnrri>ScN had his heel
dipped. whereas Achilles. held 10y th,
heel. Weakened Just there.
Such u head was never planted un
shoulders. 1t WAS like II helmet inclos
ing another face. have heard it said
that his mother could whip an able
bodied man. Surely this is the most
singular "f all the prize fighters. All
his generation Is IN the grave HNcr OF
liuuoI. Poole of murder. Sullivan oi
suicide. lIrcnan of srlf-intiicted disease.
Savers of success. This man survives
all of them. Once he wis the most um-
popular man in America. when he bet
against lltenan in the ring in England.
lie has plenty of people who like him
now. but il is hard Ia draw close to him.
for there is too much of the ogre about
MnrisscI to comprehend him within
human lines. \ solid. driving business
man. without Il lazy bone in his body,
passionate. but not voluptuous. kind To
his interiors. independent with his sIl-
pcIIors. diplomatic. hut not oVerhcar-
ing. too. he ALWAYS reminds me of the
docIle giant in the story books. who
II" sooner grew mad than he ate One ot
the seven little Jacks. He has one ol
two SpIceS Il year not more, when he
walks against awning posts and they
fall down. shakes hands with friends
who 20 lame forever, and exhibits Il
dreadful picture of the grandeur and
impotence of an engaged Achilles. II
this man had lived i'll Rome. and been
matched III the arena against thu early
Cm i>tianS. he would have suppressed
the entire sect. He would have given
mon, Joy in the Coliseum than any man
of that aye. His ply sique and head
are his excuse t"r pugliSm, because no
such form WAS ever erected for amy 9th
er known purpose than {" he punched ::
like some great ThlaciaII. barbarian. he
is surrounded with all the domestic
virtues while battling with every ply
steal and social element. His wife
trained him for his great fight with
lleenan. He went to Congress 10y tray
cling from door to door and saying to
his constituents that he had been born
so poor and ignorant that the only way
he had to get up in the world was by his
fist and now he wanted to wash out
that record for his sons sake, 10y going
to Congress. Go he did. twice. While
there he performed honestly. There
are real elements in him, as in the Sibcr-
ian bloodhound, but with all his t;scin-
alton he is still scarcely Il domcstication.
The great point about the nan is that
he is never mean, craven nor tawning.
If you gamble i'll his house You gamble
with NOnr master.