New-York tribune., 1881-12-05
THENlrI0YS BLyEElCTOE BETE1LED

Hail the tliI't tue WI Nl N''N th'' iNi'''' ~
real bcncfactors till they are dead or tlI
some friend to whom the secret Of their self
d,pying lahors has been coniidcd, IN momcnt
of cyaltation gives il away. II rains ITS re-
wards ON the heroes of its tented fields, or
raise. to its high places the brilliant and DASH
inc leaders of the Senate and the forum, while
all the time its ultimate salvation is being
wrought i'm secret by some quiet and unpr"tond'
ing lover Of humanity, who keeps the secret
of his methods and shrinks from notoneiy
while nc does his work. Take for instance
our own recent history. As II people we have
such causes for sclf-gratulaton as pcopl"
never had before. Oar treasury oycrilows
with It's ample revenues, our communities are
advancing and prosperous, and our public
lands form an imperial domain To whom do
we owe il? We might never have known had
not the accident of q public reception, together
possibly with the inspiration OF brass band
brought about the revelation. We have been
in the habit Of attributng much OF our
national prosperity to tie military science and
skill which led and the courage and hrrolsm
which filled, our armies during the war 10 put
down the rebellion that threatened our
national existence. Some of it We have attrb-
utcd to the wisdom and sagacity Of the states
men who in these last twenty years have
devised measures for carrying ON war aud
rutting armies IN the field have provided
means for meeting the vast expenditure in
curred have reconstructed a discovered Union,
restored a sound and permanent Government,
established national credit and set the country
definitely in the way Of permanent prosperity
and peace. SO we have GloriGcd oar heroes,
rewarded our soldiers, given 10 the statesmen
Of the period or confidence and support, and
loaded them with highest Louors. II could
hardly have been otherwise. Naturally they
whose swords flashed at the front in the field,
and they whose voices rang in the forum,
caught the popular eye and ear, and were
| looked to as dcliycrcrs.
And we might have gone on always in the
dclusion that it was to such as these that wc
owed our prosperity as a nation, our over
flowing treasury and imperial domain, had
| not the Hon. Waldo HutchHs In moment OF
| cxaltation the other night revealed to Ms our
real bcncfactor and deliycrcr 1t may perhaps
| be remembered that last week marked some
thing of an epoch in the history of the race it
| being the week in which Samual Cox returned
! to his native land. The event was celebrated
with great enthusiasm by many local states
men who went round the bay, down the bay
and over the hay to do it, and he was several
| times publicly received and welcomed
nv the "Hyenasn and kindred asSoria.
tiOns It was at one OF these popular
demonstrations on Friday night that
the Hon. Waldo IIutchns, standing on
the steps of Mr.. Coxs residence in Twelfth-sf,
revealed to the Nation its bcnefactor. The
| band had played. We know not what it played !;
but it was the Scventy-frst Regiment Band
and no doubt had played something good.
| Mr.. Cox had responded as "a tempest tossed
pilgrim from jerusalem" and related some
personal "reminiscences of Zeno, Oxcnsticrn and
| ST. Ferdinand. Mr.. Ilutchins, who was
| proyidentially present was called out. Now
! Mr. Hutchns is adeeply serious person. lie is
one of the few men who have profound con
yictions on the subject of Free Trade. His
lungs too, are very powerful, and he knows
| all about Mr.. Cox, having served with him in
| Congress. He never speaks upon impulse,
but always upon the utmost delibeTation, and
always means what he says He must, there
fore, have carefully considered what he was
about to say, and its consequences. He had
no doubt made up his mind that the country
had been deluded long enough regard
| ing its real benefactor, and that he
might rs well end it now by un-
| yelling at a single jerk the modest patriot
TO whom it owed everything. He did it in a
single impressive sentence. "Had it not been
for Mr.. Cox" said he-and said it as one who
knew all about it, having learned it from Mr.
Cox himself in an unguarded moment" had
| it not been for Mr.. Cox there might not have
been dollar left in the Treasury, or an acre
of public land"
Twas done. The veil of modest difidenct
under which Samuel Cox had wrought in
secret through all these years to keep the
Treasury full and save the public land, wai
with rude friendliness torn aside, and Samue
Cox stood revealed as the Nations benefactJr