The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-14

| WIFI TIE very lie ana WOOf OF hi
existence. His was the eye of faith
that, accepting the prophecy of
Seward, believed that some day
might, for aught he knew, be inf
nitely far distant, SO far that morta
man could not then foresee-slaver,
would be lost and absorbed in tn
/ superior blaze of freedom.
WHILE BELIEVING THIS,
he trusted the people OF this land, h.
felt that fcverish sentiment woult
| subside, and returning reason woult
resume its place, and that the consli-
tuition would remain safe, unshaker
forever, until
Wrapt in flames the realms Of ether glow,
And Heavens last thunder shakes the world below.
His was the personifcation of the
peaceful spirit Of eloquence and the
undaunted spirit of war. He was
wonderful nan-one of those geni-
uses Of nature which thwart across
the sky of human existence. OF for
iegn birth, he laid down his life for
the country of his adoption. We were
proud of him. Ay State, the most
distant on the golden Pacific, hon
ored him with her highest trust. He
was our Senator when he. fell. We
are proud of our soldier, our orator,
our statesman, and our hero.
BAKER WAS PATRIOTIC
and magnanimous. His was the
clarion voice in the grand volume of
Invocation which everywhere rose to
high heaven, "Spare us from the
madness of disunion and civil war"
and he was the last of the Senators
to give up the hope that something
might be done by conciliation and
compromise. He hoped, he sympa-
thized, he struggled to the last, but
all in vain. At the final moment he
nerved himself for the desperate en-
counter. In the Senate, in these
words, he proclaimed his intentions:
Snow, l will not vote to lay down
arms till, without treaty, the flag Of
the United States waves over every
portion of its territory. Till then
give the President a million men ,givei
him the whole revenue of the gov
crnment and the whole property ofI
the government; do not refuse sin
gle regiment; do not furl a single
sail; do not abatc a single jot of all
your cmbattled vigor till that hour
shall come; do not make peace till
THE GLORY OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
shall be its own defense. Why, sir"
he exclaimed, 81 have heard it said
that there was time in Ireland when
a virpin, alone, unguarded, could go
through all its length and breadth
with crown upon her head and a
golden vase in her hand, and no man
disturb hel honor or rob her of her
:reasure. I desire, before / make
peace, to see the time when a yolun-
,eer drummer.boy shall be able to
larry the flag of the United States
n every city and in every wilderness
where it has once floated, amid the
the submission, the pro-
ound reverence, of every man, VOL
nan and child who gazes upon its
tars.'
HE, LIKE CLAY AND WEBSTER
md Jackson and Lincoln was for
rying the strength of the Cons,i,ut-
on. His soul became fired with mil
tary ardor at the attack on Sumpter's
walls; and at mass-moeting in Union
;qare, in New York, he delivered AMI
ddress which thrilled the souls ofI
II who heard it. He there pledged
is personal service to his country ae ,
soldier, and closed with these i'm
'ressive and eloquent words, which
we're greeted with a thunder OF ap-
lause: "And if from the far Pacific {
voice feebler than the feeblest mur- I
nur upon its shore may be heard to ]
i've you courage and hope in this
ontest. that voice is yours to-day.
md if a man whose hair is gray, who
J well nigh worn out in the battle
nd toll Of life, may pledge himself |
II such an occasion as this, and in ,
uch an audience, let me say, as my /,
ast word, Ii
WHEN AMID sHEETED FIRE
nd flame saw and led the hosts OF ,
Jew York as they charged in con- !
est upon foreign soil for the honor {
+ your flag, SO again, if Providence I
hall will it, this feeble hand shall |
raw sword never yet dishonored {
mot to fight for distant honor in a h
orcign land, but to fight for coun- I
~, for home, for law, for govern {
,ent, for constitution, for right, for Z
.eedoma for humanity, and in the j
ops that the banner Of my country