, 1877-12-28

The 'I.v.. .. ..'.. .'."
the culu-y upon q. great man' b.
Dr. rayF.. twas delivered dou'
,h, funeral ceremonies at I''ne'.
Park NJ. T.. Church, Indianapolis
lnl. ou Monday, Nov. 9th. 4 large
audience iar,ul,rg lcputa'i'rs from
ln,n Houses ol Congress, with many
promincnt citizens, was present. i
!. fitting riautc to departed
cr,o,p.,s such as !, seldom witnessed
ON earth:
Oliver Perry Morton was a Just
man No man ia this country ever
t.d such chances Ms be I" enrich
himself at the public rHp"us"; but
,brr. is at this ruut absolutely no
dimness ON the glory of his crr""r'
Over this coffin arches bow "i u"
nss,;oued integrity. With abundant
nnnor,un;tv to die worth mII'"rs' he
deliberately chose 4" dir IN c"'hPSr"
tive indigcncr. II "au honest man
10 the noblest work Of God, the !
his cssk.t holds what l. mortal OF
Of one of Gods uohIc>t works. HIS
hands are clcar. He has stood
aa;ne. tba tide cf schemes and
srhemers as Gibraltar against the
sea. He believed and "cted upon
the belief that it is better 10 =" poor
+o nm honest grave than 10 go 10y
questionable forum" I" snl'n"ld
funeral. After his return from Ore
gon he said to his Secretary. lou
mnst he very careful III making up
the accounts, for ! am sick ana can |
look after Them" and then added, 81
would rather die than have blot on
nv nwne!n Ba,tlrsrarred aud OBJ
durate as he WAS III political strife,
on this subject b" MAS "s srrupuIous
ms a Puritan and sensitive n wo'
man. am glad Of this. Our ideas
upon this subject have Of late been
sadly confused. So many c"nsp'c
IONS men have shown such n want
of delicate and Profound moral con
yiction. while sonp have heen de
tected in vast schemes Of doubtful
sef-enrchment, that a shadow has
fallen upon the whole class, and men
have asked, who can he trusted!
This mans honesty comes like sweet
harmony into the discords of public
greed and unscrulmIcuSness. For
the nations sake rejoice III IT, be
cause we must learn to I've honest, or
must look for destruction. lmmor-
alty is stronger than empires, and
more than one nation that has dehed
external attack has crumbIed at
length from internal corruption. In
his mode of lie he was rigidly plain
and simple. He refused 10 attend i
court party in Europe, because he
would he Obliged to go in court
dress. In Washington City, at one
time, q colored servant of his saw
another coachman dressed in livery,
aud, to be equal with the rest, he
went and bought suit for himself of
similar style. When the Senator
came out to his carriage and saw the
new dress of his cOachman, he com
PEELED him to go and change at once.
He would have no liveried servants
in his employ.
If Senator Morton were alive he
would not desire me to stand here
and. say he was Christian, in the
ordinrry sense of the term. If there
is anything be dispised, it WAS
nan who made profession Of Chris
tianitv insincerely, and aimed to use
his relation t. the Church as a ] . ms
cf political preferment. He did not
make minute study of Christian
evidences, hut he took the system as
a whole. He saw how the religion
of the Bible meets the demand of
man for intelligent faith in a Su-
preme Power which rules the uni
verse. At bis own table he had
silent blessing after the manner Of
Friends, unless some one was pres
ent whom he could call upon to per.
form that duty orally.
Asdeath approached his wife said,
"Oliyer, are you not afraid to dep
He answered No" "Do YOU love
your Savior?" she asked. With EN-
phasis he answered, q do" and
added, land my wife and boys"
But time hastens; the solemn hour
is here; the grave waits for the
mighty; and, though we weep and
wonder where we can find another
like him, we must prepare for the
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