The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-18
WHOLE NO. 1888.


sire for ease and luxury. the attractions
OF books or art lie was cast In the rigid
MOLD Of the Pilgrims from whom he do
scendsd. His ssoul wns not decorated nor
rmbelliahed. bot was severe the gnunt.
grim. gray tenement which u Inhabited.
lie was not hampercd By personal
necessities.
MS WANTS wEur TEwi
his habits frugal and unostentatious. 30
that be moved without impedimenia In
any age. or country. or under any system
where abuses existed that needed correc.
tion. he would have been q r'tormer IN
politics aud puritan IN religion Tie
would have gone with Hu@- 10 the stakes
/ or with Sidney to the acaif,ad The con.
victious upon which be act~d we're not
hRsty. sudden and transient. bat delib~r.
| ate aud tmh-xibls III. never he~itated.
| Delay did NOT haffie or disconc@rt him,
nor di-com6ture rrndrr him despondenI
II trnac,ty of parpo-~ vas in~Korahle,
aud seemed like An exterior power. rath-
er than an impulse from within. Az ear
~ as 1889. twenty years before hia mar
tyrdom. he iormrd the purpose which he
never relinquished. Thsneeiorward ev-
cry hour was devoted 10 the destruction
Of slavery. either by action. by conversa.
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and possessions and pursuits which TO
most men are the chief objects of exist
enec. home. friends. fortune, estate. pow
~. 10 him were the most magnificent In.
cidenta lie regarded them a. trivial.
unimportant aud wholly Subsidiary TO
the Accomplishment Of the great mission
for which be had been sent upon this
globe.
ms LovE oF JUSTICE
was an irresistible passion and slavery
the accident that summoned AT bis pow
srs into dauntl~m. and strenuous activity.
lie believed there is No acquisition 30
splendid as moral purity; NO possession
nor inh-ritancs 40 desirable ~ peraonal
liberty nothing on fhis Earth nor 10 the
world to cntme 90 valuable - the soul,
whats.ver be the hus of iln bodily hahfta-
ton no impulse % lofty aud hrroic -
an unc0nqusrabi~ purpose 60 love truth
aud ~ tnvtnciLls. determination a. obey
God u - pr,adiuinu. tAsk. NJ Presi-
dent g. liza man. = community. TscH
uut oi hafbari.m Into civi'Ettian Nor
D. the lat,ar ls-. d.flicult g. keep ihrm mn
tn- plane % whic they hnv~ br~n "le.
vAt~d Tho disposition = 60 FTlsp.r -
Ihe ts.ud.mcy y dowuwAfd stop The
machinery OF couft.. .chnals stud church
- NNN a NAWMH# kssfAHNMAA#fNF M#R M#*H#RH
would crumbi. into ruin u rsquir~~ an
active coalition of al the conservative
81. m-ni- IN every aF~ o. prevent d~siruc-
tive organic changes 90 pr-s~Fve life.
liberty aud property against the assaults
oi the indolcnt and vicious IL this -
true Of the material interests OF mankind
whrre % many selfish indurrmenta con-
spire 10 stimulate 10 the hirhtest Efforts.
how much more ardunus The endemgor 20
elevate n nation to n higher neral grade
al the sacrifice OF many acquisitions that
are deemed desirable.
Add yet no one can doubt THAI tho gen
erAl progress Of the human race. morally,
intellectually and physically, has b~sn.up.
ward Through the long drNolate tract
OF history. through AL the aesmingly aim
less struggle aud random groupings, amid
the turbulent chaos Of wrong. injustice.
crime, agony. disease. want and wretch.
edness. The trepidation of the oppressed,
the bloody OSCILLATIONS and trinmphs Of
tyrants, the tendency has been
TOWARD rHE LfoHT
Out Of every conflict wnme man or. sect.
or Nation hHs em~rgrd with more privt
l-s~s. enlarged opportunities. broader
lib~rty. gr~Ht-r capacity ior huppinesa.
| b.-lieve u = Carlyle wha says thAt when
any EfFMA AMMMEF w A&&N#A NN&AfAN w At~
stitutionm - 60 b. wrought God rAisss up
men TO whom that ehAng~ is made ~ ~.
ps-ar na the one thing n~ediul and Absoa
iutsly Indispensable. Scholars. orators.
poet, rhtlanthropi.ts play their paFta,
but the crisis comes through som. one
whom the world regards a. . fanatic Or
impostrr. aud whom the supporters oi the
.ystem be a~saiia cruelty between thieves
or ribbs.t - a teion
II req a -ei generations 20 arouse tho
conacirucw Of the Am~ftcan people 10 the
enormous iniauity of African slavery
They admitted 10 was wrong but they
we're politicians and wanted Office they
we're merchants aud wantrd tranquility
they were manufacturers and waited
cotton they were laborers and wanted
bread they we're capitalists and wanted
pvAc.. Had the obolttion Of slavery do
pended alone upon the efforts Of sumner.
Chase. S.sRard. Phillips aud their $3.50
ciAGrs. We should still BE- engaged In .
windy war Of wofdy debate Ia does not
require much courage TO talk against
wrong. nor doe. % huft the wrong much
10 be talked against
Rmrronir y cHrAF
Mere abstract truth harms nobody. Itis
.a.y GO be- radical in great uthrr upon .
liberal salary. aud with n comfortable
majority 6yOu which to rrciine. The
.,ta.~.cai orators. al. scholarly q. clatm~ra
Atd ,-s-a, ~. lsi fsfuird thsir wutk. They
furnished Tia. iurmuisa iur pupuisr use
and ,xlrrs-iou, hut Uid john hruwn.
VITO a.. pike. did mur~ ~ nue brief
huur 90 fs-ud..r slavery imp''ssihlr than
aii the -ps cch mak~fa sud Goth sa9~fH
had done tn = quartsr ot csntuTy sad
hts nnln@ will ~ remembered wh~u they
aud th~ir works ar ia-t 40 du-ty obiiv.
iou. The man VINO j. not airaid - diu
tur an tdea 10 its must convincing adyo.
cate
ALREADY those who were con.idrrrd "a
the grrat intellectual headers of opinion
IN this crusade are dead l wRa prvstd.
ing over the senate when sumner luft
the ehnmb~r tor the lnst time In itie. aud
/ saw his rrmains borne from The CAPT.
col, which had been abe scsn~ Of his la
bors tor nearly q quarter oi a century.
wHs with Vice Pasridrnt Wilson the day
before ha died and witnessed the unpAr.
alislrd display that attended the funeral
cortege ~ a moved through New York
City on its way 10 hia last resting placo
IN Massachusetts,. ! Witnessed thr al.
of the second oath oi Office
- Prraidrnt Grant BY Chief Junttco
Chase. then broken nnd discona0late old
tnan just lingering on the verge OF disco
luton. They are almost forgotten
Their nam+s are no longer on the tongues
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