, 1877-11-11
at the chilly hour OF Ills in the frost Of the a-

at the chilly hour Of 7:15 in the frost Of the al-
tumn morning.
| GO AND uBAR HIN,
| though you rise, as know OF one devoted att
! mirer doing, ut o'clock to take some uncarth-
| II and unhealthy carly train to carry you to the
theatre in season. Go and hear him, though the
price OF tickets to all parts Of the house is S1.5o
as it was at the ''Boston," and you have to
Sacrifice all the real trogedics which send
column and ~ Interfere with your
! digestion, and save the money to be spent upon
| such curdliug classics. Let Hamlet wait, and
RicAaieu stand aside, and Othelto and all tue
rest Of the brethren 90 by the board II need
be, to hear this comic tragedy Of The Crushed
! Tragedan,'' for by SO doing you shall not only
future moments You shall dnd that you have
| laid up stock Of rcjuycnating elixir which is
better than any tonic in the materia medica-
But for the king who has gone up higher, and
be On the front scat to applaud the genius and
| goodness Of the man who for "poor Edwin
Adams" )" Travelled 4C0 miles inside Of twenty
four hours, and in that time with broken rest
and little rcfreshmcnt gave himself heart and
soul to the accomplishment Of his purpose.
AND THIS OTHER KING
is he who was not only king BY nature but by
name-our own Thomas Starr, whose second
volume, which air. Whipple is editing SO ably,
is now before me- This volume is volume Of
lures" but they are better sermons than the
first volume, aud bring Mr.. King before tue
world Of this hour III stronger light than the
earlier book The contents OF this later volume
arc varied, as the following will show: Sub.
stance and Show - The Laws Of Disorder"
s'socrates," sight and Insight" Hide
brand" Music, Existence, and Life, - The
ster,'' :. Books and Readins;'' '.The Privilege
Of Students in their academic Years. Per-
haps the most notable Of these, us
well as the most interesting, Is that upon
Dauie9 Webster. One is so accustomed to hear
the old anti-Slavcry reformer snecr when DaE-
icl Webster is mentioned as one Of the great
names Of the country, that Mr. Kings testimony
for him-Mr. King, who Was himself u very
ardent anti-SlaycTy man-seems something re-
1narkable, because it does, Justice to Mr.. Web
stcr at that period when
HIS FA1TaFULSES3 TO THE CONSTITUTION AND
LAWS
of the land as they stood ut that time made him
uphold the FuGitiye-Slaye law, though his SYM
pathies were with the slave. 1t is this act which
the old rcformcrs have looked upon Us the utter
destruction Of Daniel Webster. By it they have
got into the habit Of entirely ignoring every
virtue and every great quality, until they have
persuaded themselves that Daniel Webster was
not only fraud but failure Hear what
Starr King says OF him i'll this very connection:
When he was S years old, he saw in country
shop 3 cotton handkerchief with something print
boarded pennies to secure it, and absorbed the
contents that night with his keen dark eyes, his
fathers Kitchen floor, by the light OF the roaring
chiInneyirc. What painter will be first 10 make
that scene perpetual in our country,s history and
art? 1t was the Constitution OF the United States,
just then in the dawn Of its beneccnt power under
Hampshire boy was then stamping on his brain.
H. told the story himself IN 1850 and archly said
~ have known more or less ot that document ever
siucc. y Californian, without excess Of ryser-
ence, had heard him say that, he would hive been
apt to break out in the Pacific vernacuiar. and ex
she secondary s,e Of his genius that tue eea
right i'll its abstract sEblimity. did not turn his
eeacon; No abstract principle or sentiment with
au actual system would secure TO men in the long
run. The cotton handkerchief which he bought in |
boyhood was absorbed into his brain and blood. -.
AND the future OF America iii explosive pas
sions could tncn be kent DOWN charmed hif i'm
asination. He conlprehended what the countr:
would he centuries !i r henee: In swelling speech he
seemed to see, doubt not the upturnca faces OF |
the Saxon millions yet to come, 6cseechins him,
the Ut his intellect and his influence
which their fortunes and happiness we're At issue.
final, He thought the North WAS bound by oatn
and Obligation to return the fucityes. He granted
the concession % ie Put biz lips TO the trumpet
|
Eut word from his fervid speeches and
countless letters o! those last years is in the
hottest degree kindred with the logic and the |
passions Of :eccssonsts to-day or Of eir abetors,
Of the lukewaru1 supporters Of the Constitution
which are the most despicabe tribe. IA man
may well be perpexed TO know what course Of
action is wisest in the head 0! the nation, but II
he is lukeWarfn in feeling towards treachery and
na an2 a 4 m
voice Of the Apocalypse, $50 then, because thou
aEt lukcwarm. and neither cold nor hot. will spew
thee out of my mouth-'o
This lecture was written ia 1861, that stirring ]
time when, if ever. men were fired By the feeling
IT tile hour into hot haste and injustice towards
every man whose sentiments did not follow his
own in every detail Yet here was King,
KING INDEED OF HIS OwS PASSIONS,
o the extent OF doing this calm justice to
treat man: Here is something fine about his
Wcbster's pcrso'aEe:
And his personal presence wns part of his genius.
What he said seemed to be t!ucr and grandcr Mt the
Danish sculptor, saw the cast Of his head in Pow
RS studio in Rome. he said, ''Ah. design for
seS 'h,i hf would not bflisye the nrti.
nc American. rne coal-heavrrs in England, Mr.
Emerson says, followed him with awe. repre-
eutativc Of one OF the elemental forces Of nature.
sydney Smith remarked that he Wis steam engine |
4 trousers. and complained Of him as living lic |
incc nobody on Garth could possibly be great as
lc looked. |
Mr., Whipplc, in speaking Of Mr.. King i'll lis
gives us this:
lie ranked men and women. not according TO |
heir social position, but according 10 their nlace
n the ascending scale Of intellect and virtue |
- Think. tie says, in speaking o! the future life
- think OF the us'or exclusives from this sphere
arryjng their petty measures, which limit their |
ympatlIles on earh iuto the world OF substance,
citing their little coteries to cnt Gaoriel if he
lid not belong to their set. exclude some spirit !
whose brow is freighteo with truth, II he was not
orn quite high enough to suit their fancy.''
And with this spirit Starr King lived ana died. |
}y this spirit. uncloudeI By envy or malice, or
II uucharitableness. he was able always, IL;
llese pages in this last and perhaps the best nf
|is books show US, to judge his fellows justly |
nd largely. He recognized and paid homage
lways and everywhere to genius or goodness
n whatever place or position be found it,
whether behind the parsons black coat or the |
,1aTcr's various robes. N-P,
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