The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-18

'WAlhAN VI h'hlh hhlN W me uhlh
valley, with liz weired aud solemn
shade, was, although illumined by
christianity, still tho ground which
man shoulders 10 approach lie
then referred 20 the services OF the
late senator and the usage In the sen
ate OF paying public tribute to those OF
lls members who have gone before.
When u senator worn out with labors
which Observed no hours, crowned with
honols well earned and duties well
done beckoned 10y the shadowy hand,
reiterated from the din Of life,
and the gates had been closed be-.
hind him forever 1t was decorous
that those who were soon TO follow
should pause aud testify To the public
esteem Ia which they held him, aud
the appreciation in which they held
him, aud the appreciation which they
knew he deserved, He had only to
add his tribute of respect aud admira.
ton for the success and the genius OF
the remarkable man whose death was
mOurned TO day. AZ party leader, he
was too great for any state or any party
to readily supply his place, As Wig
liant rep sentative, he had no supe,
rior In either house OF congress. Grip
Piled by bodily inlirmity, his mind
never fAltered or Jagged. No labor
discouraged him, or contingency APP
paled him. no disadvantage dismayed
him, nor defeat disheartened him.
Those VINO encountered him in debate
would never forget his ability and
his courage, and above all, his In
domitable pluck. He would go down
into n far hereafter, not M
one who embellished his name by a
scholastic and studied use of words.
but rather ~ one who, day by day, on
the journey of life, met realities and
fancies, and grapped them with
grasp resolute and firm. He needed
no epitaph but his name, and though
brass might corrode and marble mould,
men would still remember Oliver p.
Morton as leading and useful defender
of the republic in the republics most
dire and heroic age.
Mr.. Morgan, OF Alabama, said that
nr ,n nannainn liIyo thta ,,,ka,, 4, nati,.n
was paying respects to dead senator,
1t was not fit that the section which
he represented should be silent. Ala
bama laid upon the tomb OF the late
senator u bough of her evergreen mag
nola, crowned with the white EN-
blem of peace, aud with it extended to
Indiana her heartfelt sympathy. He
then spoke Of the prominent traits OF
Mr.. Morton's character, and said that
though his nature was intensely COM
bative, his ear was ever ready
to listen to the bugles OF
peace. He was no conspirator--
his nature was above that mean level,
he was an open, bold and defiant an
tagonist and his opponents always
knew where to lind him. He lived
during the most corrupt era Of our his
tory and had every opportunity to
grow rich by stealth, but he escaped
every Suspicion OF dishonesty. He was
an honest man.
Mr.. Bruce, of Mississippi, said the de.
ceased senator possessed the elements
Of a great statesman. He then alluded
to the attachment which the colored
people felt for him and said perhaps
no public man, except Abraham Lin
coin and Charles sumner, was better
known to tho colored people and more
loved or reverenced.
Mr. Voorhees, concluded the eulogies
and said the senate had been uttering |
the last words over the grave OF one
who played u bold political part. The
deceased senator and himself be |
came personal as well as political
friends in early life, and al
though in after years their politi-
cal opinions were as widely separate
AZ the poles, their personal friendship
remained unbr0ken. He spoke Of the |
life of the late senator US being one
worthy of imitation, having become u
CREST man by his own efforts. If he
could not be president himself he did
much to put others in that office and to
dictate their policies.
The senate, az further mark of re-
spect, on motion Of Mr.. Voorhees,, ads
journed.
The case of Wickersham, nominated
as postmaster for MOBILE, had an inde'
finate consideration to-day.
The New Orleans custOm.house APP
pointment is still open. There are
lies with regard to it "till you can't
rest.n
Representative Waddelps bill for the
abolition of the western judicial dis
trict court OF North Carolina, has en-
countered no opposition In the COM
mittee and will be reported with q
recommendation to pass.
Personal
Joel Tiffany, Chicago, patentee Of the
Tiffany refrigerator, is at the Windsor.
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