The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-06

graph all the historical personagcs Of whom
he had ever heard, from MOSES to LINCOLN,
and modestly leaves the young ladies Of
Aurora tosupply the magic name Of CoLFAx.
But he insists that eve come into this
breathing world with Good and Evil mvstc-
tcriously combined within u.s." and Judging
from ScHuYLER's career, we arc inclined
to accept the doctrine, and TO affirm that
the combination il sometimes so complete
that the good becomes entirely undistin-
guishablc. But not so SCHUYLER; he traces
In orthodox style, and with n hand trained
In the school Of experience, the perpetual
conflict between good and evil in the human
bosom. I'VE are not worst at once" he cx-
claims, in the language of the poet" Alas,
no! If SCHUYLER had been endowed with
grace to refuse the first payment Of the
Post Office contractor, he might have con-
tinued to smile and smile. and to have
passed himself off MS an nOffcnsivc blathcr-
skitc for an indefinite period. But from the
moment he touched the forbidden green
backs. he began to slide from his high estate,
and then to roll and tumble, until finally he
plunged head foremost, and with the dull
thud Of dead body, into the mine whore he
has lain buried ever since. 81 cannot, says
SCHUYLER, " in brief address. oven alludc
To all which Is embraced In these two COM
prchcnsivc words self control. The in
spircd record declares, in language which
combines counsel with prophecy, He that
Is slow to anger Is bcttcr than the mighty.
and he that ructh his spirit than he that
takoth u city," and we presume although
the Book says nothing about IT, that he is
also better than he that takcth unlawful
checks md stocks, or he that takcth false
oath. We should like to have been able TO
draw living picture of SCHUYLER. as he has
depicted his moral hero with his heel on
the demon OF Temptation. hydra-hcadcd as
it il. :" but inasmuch n he embraced all the
heads Of the hydra at the first opportunity,
and was dragged away by the demon. body
and brooches, We have been unable IL obtain
a sitting.
at is men," says our Christian statesman,
with n proud swell Of his own chest before
the young ladies Of Aurora. that make the
state A country of impure men must
be an impure State. But where Morali-
ty and Intelligence prevail, and Right
bears sway. and Conscience is respected
and ohcyed, the unlocking world recognizes
that Mcrs IL n country worthy to he en-
hraccd in the circle Of Chrstcndom. and to
rank high among the civilized States % the
earth" This unduubtcdlyrcfcr t. the spot
less Congress over which SCHUYLER was the
presiding genius. and commentaries the
stern virtues and the pure morals Of GAR
FIELD. DAWES, SCOFnLD, BLAINE, BlNG-
HAM. and all the brilliant array Of Credit
Mobilicrists whose immortal names were
written in Mr.. AMEss little book. Ii was a
model state they made, and until we reach
another uphcaval like the late civil war,
whereby the more retiring elements OF
society shall bc brought to the top, we shall
not look upon its like again.
1.-THE hope, therefore," remarked the
Christian orator, by way Of introduction 10
most striking and beautiful figure of
speech, 1.-THE hope. therefore, Of any country
must always bc with its young. With them
We see the candle of life not like us OF mid
die age. half consumed. but just lit: and so
to be trimmed that it shall burn brighter
and brighter till il expires in the socket"
We are sure we never saw anything finer
than this admirable comparison. If a man
does not resemble lighted candle there
is clearly nothing in the heavens. or on the
earth. or in the waters under the earth, TO
which he may properly bc likoncd. And it
strikes us now that when SCHUYLER. i'm "A
mad attempt to swear himself out Of ono
case of bribery, incontlncntly sworc himself
into another, and was being scorchcd hythc
railroad contractor on one side and the Post
Olice contractor on the other, he rosembled
nothing in the world So much as a cheap
tallow Dip lighted at both ends, sputtcring
out in dirty smoke and ill-smcllng grease
| He Is gone, at all events and, except for IN
occasional exhibition Of himself at cattle
show. or n lecture in some bcnghtcd village
we might suppose him naturally dead and
buried, 40 he certainly is politically.