The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-11-08
DEATH or rwo GREAT MEN.


The death Of General Joseph Hooker
at Garden City is something for the
nation to weep over. He was . man
who ever had 8 personal identity. He
was the brave and gallant soldier who
was many times breveted for his dar-I
Ing courage In the war with Mexico.
He was the road builder of Oregon %
the ineffaced marks Of his work yet
TO be traced all along the Canyonville
canyon viii silently testify. When it
came TO battle for the preservation of
the Union of these United States and
the perpetuation of the best form Of
government Gods glorious sun ever
shone upon, there be was known and
honored as Fighting Joe Hooker.n
He met with defeats 1t is true. But no
historian win ever write that defeat
came to the hero because he was lack
ing In courage and honesty; even bis
last fight with Deathwas one in which
Fear took not single part, and Hook
er would have lived had not the odds
been against him in the form of Old
Age and its attending disorders.
The nation viii show respect for
the departed hero in public demon
strations Of gnef-in the way Of guards
OF honor and national salutes but the
most sincere tribute, and the one most
touching and glorious to the memory
of the dead man Is and will be the
deep, silent and inxpressive sorrow of
those who loved or admired the man
while living for his individuality and
Its twin-brother Fearlessness.
The sudden death OF senator Chan
dler, following so close upon that OF
General Hooker, is, to carry out the
idea of the old monks in st. Jerome's
time, that no great spirit ever left the
world that we know of without it was
accompanied by another. Zachariah
Chandler's ghost was great spirit.
While living he was great man. 1t
makes no difference if Hooker was a
Democrat and Chandler Republican.
Both were great men and both died
and but few hours 10 second In the
whispering of an angels wing inter-
vened In the flight of two souls for
their abiding place. It may be by
many thought this idea, given birth
during the days Of strange supersti-
stitions and foolish thoughts. was
but q fancy Of that time. But
who can prove truth is to the con.
trary2
| But leaving this one thought out O
the question, the death of Chandler
is serious misfortune to the countr,
and the Republican party. He was
like the late Senator Sumner, the i'm
lpersonation Of an idea. He was o
that unyielding character which be
longs to tho combinations found ii
leaders Of men or the authors Of grea
ideas, and coupled with these combi
nations he had 6rm resolution an,
fixed purposes. Like Sumner, moth
| ing could turn him from the roa,
| which led him in the direction Of tn
tnds he purposed accomplishing, an,
again like the Massachusetts states
man be believed not in the honesty o
the Republic which permitted SLAYER,
to exist within its confines. AS q re
publican he simply lived, as q republi
can he argued for universal rights, an,
a republican he died.
We say this for the reason that th
mans ideas and purpose may be truth
fully chtonicled. What does 1t matte
IL upon other matters the dead man
mind wavered and was at fault? VIII
can say that one idea was not what Ii
came to the world for? All grea
leaders are known for their one idea
and sad to say, whether successful o
not, the time is fixed when they shal
Idle. They serve only as an ILLUSTRATION
rs Of some startling and before incom
prehensible point In the magazine Q
life, and then that is the end Of them
Simply this and nothing more.n