New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-27


& much their own present goodness and sincerity
s. as their past meanness and nsincerity. People
& can never nderstand,n they say, how we
e Journalists can be sincere in our tributes OF
4 praise after death 10 those with whom we
5" differed in life
q But it is not that. People have no difficulty
y in understanding how men may tell the truth
& and pay tributes of respect to an opponent
Il whom Death has slenced and who can trouble
Fl them no more. They can so well afford TO, that
b they can afford nothing less. But what people
Edo not understand is that between the misrep-
PRESENTATIONS with which they covered the dead
"a mans character while living and the gush OF
q eulogy over his bier, there is 10 break in the
y connection, nothing to disturb the continuity ;
Mno rctIactati0D nor explanation not so much
Has confession of previous injustice. This is
81 what battles the understanding of the ordinary
= man. And the mystery deepens when these
81 writers whose tone has changed so suddenly
81 from depreciation 60 cuogy, themselves call
81 attention 10 the circumstance and pose for COM
"a plunentS on their sincerity upon the strength
II of it. TO the ordinary man it does not seem so
d singular that the opponents and critics of the
4 late President should cease their criticisms and
unite in the tributes paid to his ability, his in
q tegIity and his high character. What does seem
q strange is that, having done So they should de-
n duce SO remarkable Il moral from their own
conduct. Instead of an awakening OF conscience
d 1t seems rather exhibition OF self-conscious-
dneSs. They are much less occupied with the
s CONSIDERATION of tbe ooodnoss of hin, WHOM,
n they culogizc, than they are with the contem-
jplation Of thcir ov-o claims fo, od,,io.io,, g.,
ihaving spoken well of him.
Il No, no the moral is wrong. The true moral
lis not the present mocnopiroi.. tIot doos tl,'
z dead DO cood. huf fbe oId n,,.,,,,,s, tl,+ an
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4 '"'' J nc s'ahd'ler turned 10y irresistible pres
4 sure rom ms open caumny or whispered in
i >ihu non 70 Jo!n IN the general voice OF culOgy
j NAY not erect himself at once into an object OF
II 1dmI!atlOn for his Succrity II he cannot ,roar
l~ackcloth let him If lrast NOT ,ut ~, ,,,,,olo
4 The n,onle lno,y ti,,t t man, ,,,,, i
.idlv laid IN hi. -,,. ,,.,, LII. =,
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I -. ,''"'n"3' lhcS "Se0 ~ decorouS
''"'V "'"'c rs 'dIuhh'aioiS speak over ms
= bier aud hlS grave their uuStinip1 Dr3is,.s
I ihcy raise 10 question as to the crnc -tncss of
! these cu.u -ic~ but when hi, recent drtractors
Jp lsh themselves forward 10 loo admired for
4 th,ir lttc-born sincerity. ami u,,l.,,l,t, L,,,
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j ''' We si'''N n".'HlS hui goo" OF the dead
9 l'' Us I'thcF take h'ed that We speak nothing
3 out tcpth OF the living. The most prohtable|
moral of the " dc m0rt,US RH Hisj Gouual is not
Fl hat human nature is So magnauiruous IN thr|
& dead, bat that Il was 50 unl>ind IN the living
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4 Anour its puui's Iov-over ,,. ,,,,.,,- 81, -, - -
belong Ia other dcno,,,l,,iou ar =, ,o ,ri
careful trimming of the ,,,or,ls ~ ,,.ll OF, -,
30 the pupils the I .eudiv s,i,.it tu,I.ot.l H. a,
q teachers the low price cnrrood f,r 49, 81
q tuition. and ,he heathtnl and ulrasa,t lo,,io, ~
) he school have been strong pont. i'm its favor I,
arGucatcs both sexes In the same Classes and il
|. ana boys eat at the same tables
\ Hr~7Es .-EEEs1=aA@-
me late president once contcmp' ated making his
""' I'D 'i'F'lu ana deNoting himself II the prac-
4 zee al law Ihcic was time when public life
seemed empty ANA rrohil'NS 10 him. and he seriously
i 'hougAt "l relinqulrhng H. lie was poor. an 4
hrlhy ONLY able 10 support his family on his salary
! saw no prospect OF accumuiatng sufficient means to
4 N,'u' !" 'ue ana laying 10y something for h> own
4 Ina fi.l l.,