The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-08
ANDREW JOHNSON.

Andrew johnson with the Well-Worn line,
s.Thc paths of glory lead but to the grave"
This was a good deal for the substantial
French senator from Missouri to say. III
is one Of the most practical members OF the
Senate, His mind is rs logical as analytical
and his knowledge Of men and measures has
the merit Of being experimental. In com
mon parlance, to close this parenthetlca
post-obit eulogy, there is no nonsense abou'
him. .
The eulogy upon Andrew johnson pro
uounced by Mr.. Mcfarland was pains
taking and poetical effort. In addition
speaking OF the principles Of constitutions
liberty, honesty, integrity, and PATRIOTISM
with which the late eX-Presidents life wa:
in accord, the member from Tennessee
said:
g These shall resist the empire Of decay,
When Time Is DER and worlds have passed away !;
Cold in the dust the persisted heart may NE ;,
Further on Mr.. Mcfarland says OF Mr.
johnson:
mHe had his enemies, and his life and his
tory furnish most striking evidence OF The
truth OF the poets sentiment:
He who asccnds the mountain tops shall find
The loftest peaks most wrapped IN eiouus an'
He who surpasses or subdues mankind
Must look down on the hate of those below,
Though high above the sun OF glory glow,
Raa f Sm are cy re. rocks and loudly blow
oneng 90, OF h nsSed 81 h sSose umm
led"
Mr.. Thornburgh, also Of Tennessee,
closed his brief and excellent tribute to the
memory OF the eX-President in the follow.
ing words, which come Us graceful sequel
to the quotation uttered by Mr.. Mcfarland
..pcace to his ashes-honos TO his memory"
"Let him rest IL is not often
That his soul hath known repese
Let him rest they rest but seldom
Whose successes challenge foes.
"He was weary, worn with watching;
His Iife-crown Of power hath pressed
OFT on temples sadly aching
He was weary; let him rest" ....
o. 8. PERRY.
The death Of Hon. O.. S. Ferry revived
the decadence OF the weeping muse in the
Senate. First, Mr.. Sargent, ailuding to MIR.
Ferry's tribute to felow-member, less
than year ago, said:
"For himself, also, he seemed in the
supreme moment impressed with the senti-
ment of that mournful elegy which shows
the emptiness Of fame, the monotonous
level Of the grave:
..Can hepoxs voice provoke the silent dustp
Or fiattery soothe the dull cold ear Of desth?'
"From such thoughts came his dying re-
quest that no eulogistie sermon be preached
at his grave. The spirit Of that request re-
strains me in what may say to-day"
Mr.. Bayard describes Mr.. Ferry as q man
behind whose utterances shone the light OF
truthful intent, causing radiance to per-
wade everything he said. "It was" OBJ
served Mr.. BayArd, "the sense Of honest
conviction, uneotored and undimned by
petty, partisan or unjust consideration.
"This day our country needs men who
viii proclaim their real judgments; not
those who, to adopt phrase that fell UNI
pleasantly on my ear not long since in this
chamber, follow In order to Lead One
who loved England described her as
= @s A land where. girt by friends or foes,
Ainnn may speak the thing he will
s.When this shall not be, true manliness
and honest public service will have depart
ad TErlz s-fSal SSfst>ls p F-.tEt v
IS Well may We mourn him, t .l
Well ma! we initiate his yirtues.'"
Mr.. Howe confirmed the :eulogy pro-
nounced by Dir. Bayard by saying that Mr..
Ferry "at times appeared even more un-
compromising towards bis political asso-
"a f.,sy ~.