Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-12

way for years for other men to tread; but
insanity was the only kind-hearted excuse
that partial friends could nnd for sympa-
thy with such q madman!
Well. II anything strikes one more prom.
iDently thaa another In this career. to your
ast"nishment. younger men, you may say
1t 10 the plain, sober. nnmixed common
undeflsy Cromwell. which explains Ham
deu, which giyes the color that distin-
guishes 1910 10 England from 1870 In
France. Plain, robust, well-bslsnced CON-
mon sense. No errafic mistake: no enthu-
sissm that got bcyOn1 the fealngs OF
earth, rising unsupported In the air; no
mistake Of method; no iscaleulsfion Of
time; no unmeasured confidence Of forces:
no miscalculation Of opposition. Whoever
mistook, Garrison seldom mstook. Fewer
mistakes In that long agitation Of nfty years
can be charged to his account than 70 sny
| other American. Erratic as men supposed
him. Incorporate In utterance. mad In
Judgment. an euthssiast gone crazy, the
moment that you sat dOw0 II his side, pa
! tient In explanation, clear Ia abatement.
sound 10 Judgment, measuring esretolly
every step, calculating every assault meas
uring the force TO meet it, never anticipat-
Ing eveots. always patient. waiting TIL the
time ripened. Fit for 3 great leader. Gull.
| if you please, from the statesmen whU
obeyed him, whom he either whipped into
| sab,ni.sion or summoned into existence.
Gull fro@ among them the man whose Ca
reer. fAirly examined. exhibits fewer mis-
calculations aud fewer mistakes than that
career which Ia Just ended.
| know what claim. As Ax. Weld has
said. am speaking to-day 70 u,ea that
| Judge by their ears. by the reports heard.
BY the rumors that they have gathered.
History. fifty years hence, dispelling your
prejadice. viii do justice to the grand
sweep OF the orbit which. as my friend said.
| today we are hardly 10 Q condition TO
measure. As Colertdge ayers. The true
haters OF tomorrow viii giys the right
name to the true haters OF to-day. for even
| such men the stream OF time bears onward
/ do not fear that II my words are remem-
| bered by the next generation they will be
thought unsupported or extravaRant.
| When history touches the source OF New
England character and Northern life. when
men begin To open up and examine the
hidden springs that make tho foundation
( and have effected the changes In American
! lie within the last halt century they will
renember Parker. that Jupiter OF tho pal
! 81 they will RENE mber the grand. potent,
/ unueSsured influence that came tn US from
/ the seeluslon OF Concord; they will do JUS
I tice TO tie mastery craftsmanship which
I presided Cor a par; OF his lie over the ef-
, forts Of Webster, but they will recognize
| that there was only one man north OF Ma
/ son and Dxon's line who met squarely,
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II Is tlnfht t'se's.st so
the hidden causes ADD hnheeoeo events Tor
the hand that wrcts 'emahcl paiion on
the statute book snd on The nag, II Hes
still here to-day
dare not enter that home. There Is
only one other marked aud. ss 1t seems to
mc. unprecedented, element In this cAta-
logne OF qualities. His was the happiess
life that | ever witnessed. No need for
pity. There need no tear fall over his He
No man gathered into his bosom fuller
sheaf OF blessing. delight and JOY. inhis
seventy years. there were not arrows
enough In the whole quiver OF the Church
or State to wound him. As Gntzot once
sad from the heights OF the tribune,
"Oentlemeu, you cannot get high enough
To reach the level OF my content. so Car
rison, from the serene level OF his daily
lie. from the isith that never ialtered, was
able TO say TO American hate. You cau-
not reach up 10 the level that can Affect
my home mood, my daily existence l
have seen MIN intimately Tor score OF
years. when raining on his head was the
hate OF the community, when In every pos
sbie form OF expression malisntty let him
kho" that II wished him all sorts OF harm.
| never saw him unhappy; l never saw
the hour that gloom poisoned his exist
ence; never saw the moment that serene,
overnowing, abounding faith In the reeii-
tude oi MS motive: In the certainty OF his
success oia not ilit him above al possibil.
ny OF oeing reached oy any of the ciamor
about him. l stand here to snlrin what
think every friend OF bis Intimate lie viii
say, this Is the happiest lite that God has
granted In our day TO any American stand
ing 10 the foremost rank OF men OF innu-
ence ana ehon- lie had perpetual now
oil genial sympathy that could hold up the
weak, champion the most dismal Of causes,
cover with ITS regard the helpless, the
wrecked by intemperance. the hunted
whose heart tremoled st every lin or the
iatch' ana you could have his heart melt
and De poured out like water with sympa.
thy Tor such victim; and yet there WAS
enough ieH ever Tor the serenest gratitude
to GOD Tor HE that no opposition could
darken, Tor measure OF strength and sym
pathy so inexhaustiole that although 1t
never smut the door, nor refused the lifting
OF me hand' nor failed to empty out. more
lavishIy than prudencc would dictate, the
means. never reached the point where he
himself in his daily mood was cloudy. God
heil over nim In full sight unclouded the
suniight OF dis copnterAuce.
serene, brave, ail'accoGpllshed. marvel.
ious man! ! sit down to contemplate the
makeup OF his qualities. remsmber he
one among those waging earnest, uncess-
Ing effort to Qusll sin, to reform error, TO
enlighten darkness, to bind up broken
heart, his equal?