Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-01
The OLD AND THE NEW.

Inc year 1901 mas passed INTO MS
tory with its joys and its sorrows, its
conflicts and its achievements, its
opportunities improved and disre-
garded, it's crimes heralded and It's
good deeds unnoticed. 1t will com
pare favorably with its predecessors,
and we know of nc reason why it
should not occupy an honorable place
in the history of the dead past. 1t
is not without its events which have
so impressed themselves upon the
tablet of memory as to be remem-
bered in ages to come.
In the year that has just ended,
the usual proportion of bonored
lives have faded away, leaving vacan-
cies which others will be ambitious
to fill. First among these is the
great and good Garfield. The cir
cumstances attending his death will
never be forgotten. Without provo
cation, he fell victim to the vile and
cowardly assassin who still lives,
q monument to the law abiding spirit
of the American people. The sad
event will forever form striking
feature on the page of history.
Among the great men who have
fallen since the beginning of the
year, is the brilliant Senator from
Wisconsin, Matthew III. Carpenter.
He was one of the most remarkable
men who ever sat in the Senate of
the United States, but his genius
and great talent did not
conceal the faults of his pri-
vate life. Another prominent man,
whose ability was admired, but
whose career was darkened by pass
ages not honorable, was Hon. Fer
nando Wood, of New York. He was
conspicuous figure on American
politics for many years, and despite
his mistakes, will figure prominently
in the political history of the eoun-
try
The American pulpit has suffered
a great loss in the recent death
of Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon. He was
a ripe scholar, great preacher, an
effective writer, a patriot and phi
Ianthropist. He died at an advanced
age, and left grand record OF noble
deeds. Ia the same list may be in
cluded the name of Rev. E. 0.
Haven, a bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and many Others
who have gone to their reward
during the year.
American literature has sustained
serious loss in the death
of James L. Fields and DR.. J. g.
Holland. Across the waters, Thomas
Carlyle, who was prominent figure
III the world of letters for more than
Il quarter of a century, has passed
away, and a storm OF criticism has
ragged over his quiet grave.
Among other men of note who
have passed away, we may mention
Henry Stansbury, the great lawyer,
General Fitzpatrick, the dashing
cavalry officer, Judge Clifford,
of the Supreme Court, who has been
relieved of a decreptitude worse than
death, Thomas A. Scott, the great
railway king, and John A. Appleton,
whose name was so prominently
connected with our publishing inter
ests. The lesson of the past is that
death spares none, however great or
however good, and the events OF
1881 form no exception.
But the old year has gone and we
are now beginning with the new.
What is in the past is beyond our
control Past mistakes cannot be
recalled, but similar ones may be
avoided in the future. Good deeds
performed in the year 1881 are pleas
ant to the memory, but they will not
suffice for the future. Good resolu-
tons ara now in order, but some>
thing more than good resolutions is