The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-23
IN NEMOkIAM.

..r.p ,led on yesterday morning
ASK, of Hon. BENJAMIN WILL
:s.r.s., in Congress, on the &C.
1 ..... The memorial services to the
-r u. senator CAPERToN, in the
go, %. Congress, Oh Thursday
| Today W. publish the tributes
... IL. distinguished dead by his late
a.. Sensior DAVIS. and his friend
.....tg-. Hon. FRANK HEREFORD
g,..e county. The eulogies are not
.-.., Vest Virginia never had =
,-. ~. nobler man or
-. a:3:.. representative than
..g TAYLOR CAPERTON. His life
.vx pure as the waters OF the
,o4.,, which gush forth from the
..sa. ..s mountains, among which he
ga.s ald lived, and where he was
r-. The story of his birth, his edu-
... olg lite of usefulness and
...N. his uutimeiy death are de-
4t.. .., yllogists, and we desire to
s.t-,- 20 this connection, except to
i q. .-us.e tribute to West Virgin
.....! Senator. His intellec. was OF
-g-.,: r!sr, possessed OF a natural
Y. mind with the best educational
Aa.asy. Tie natural instincts Of
e. @sa c..uyated by the purest
- s.roa. he WAS well cslcu.
4. 80 win the esteem
q siurs,.Du of all who knew him;
&. .lra with dauutless energy and
4 Hnbitlvn VII ch is the germ from
.--s.. gro =. yl nobleness proceeds,
90: surprising mat at an early day
...Gs front rank in his profession,
4. Z be service Of his country, which
:-,-:sjLed until the day of his death.
-s.n noble patriotism that loved his
4. .ecs4.e i was his own, and nobly
l.. --n.y did he ever struggle for those
-, s, which he conceived TO be the
a:@:2.s cyul;ry's welfare. Mr.. CAPER-
y y.eonsed rather TO that old school OF
4s, .n
.'yTeak n characters that never die,
go '--.aal greatness OF an age gone Dy.
4 = ne new school which is ever so
@:g:a sacrifice principle to expediency.
'..-,..ry,s -, soon as he entered the
.-'.- q. !ae United States, he at once
"'' -ommaudlng position and welded
,l.-Lce over that body, that states
.'-c amore modern type could not
81. .o.a u the same short time. 1t
'2.-.a.se u! the veaeration ne inspired,
- ',Aiow Of the past greatness OF
"a -. WEBSTER falling upon that
-~ h:s! ohamber. as well from the
~ II! elergy Of mis- character.
- ~ the sccia! and family
.as: his amiable traits Of
-,;=: .aone most brilliantly. He
.sr,a, generous friend, and n
.'-. l..Jand. atiectionate father and
''-' 21.r-. As an evidence of the
~7'.. b. former slaves held for him,
-.:o' OF this paper remembers a
- Witnessed at the White Sulphur
Z .as,summer. 1t was an old negro
AZ Who. when the news of Mr.
''"9N death was announced to her,
~ ty the side OF one of the aven-
ni'ng through the lawn, and bury
-.' lace in her hands, burst forth
80 most uncomfortable grief, only
'>~-.as 70 the inquiries of passers-by
'-- cause Of her trouble, "Old mas
-'al Old masters dead He was
,"1'o Us colored folks"
Virginia will long venerste the
o. her dead statesman, and his
4" h.mwood will prove a shrine
'-''e who come after him. Our
q. s-'aed representatives have por-
LIE he in simple but truthful
a.. Md his character is an sppropri-
-! ior those who desire to emulate
,"'1e' and his greatness. No
, example can be held up to the
seheration than that of one who
"Iaov ,-----Whlle he lives
dya.a ao bliss, but that which virtue
a4sbt1 he dies, to lsave a lofty name
Aumark on the cliffs OF fame