Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-02-22
'ETtLOGIEs
ON TIE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF
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HON. j. T. UPDEGRAFF,
In the United States Senate and House
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In Inc OultcQ STATES SENATE anu house
Of Representatives, Feb. 6, 1883.
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From cOngfs sssi0nai Record, Feb 81 r.i..i.
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In the Senate. upon receiving the res.
olutiops adopted BY the House of Rep
resentatives, Senator Sherman sub
mitted resolutions expressive of the pro-
found sorrow " of the Senate. and said:
Mr.. President, the message Of the
House of Representatives conveying to
us the formal ,nOtice of the death of JON
athan z. Qfdegraff, late q member Of
that HOUSE t6m the State of Ohio. i'm
poses upon me the dutyof adding brief
tribute to the memory of colleague
who had been thrice elected to repre-
sent in Congress the people Of the dis
tfiet IN which he was born. and among
whom he had spent his entire life.
1t is not merely to perform this formal
duty to a colleague that | now address
you, but also to express my profound
sorrow for the loss of personal friend
whom / had known for many years in
private life, and to whom l was deeply
indebted for the highest marks of kind
ness, courtesy, and support.
lie died at his home at Mt. Pleasant,
in the county of jefferson, in the State
of Ohio, surrounded by his family and
neighbors, two days before we assem-
bled at the present session of Congress,
in the full maturity of his mental pow
ers, and when be was cheered by success
in an eagerly contested political can
vass. - = -is-iii'
| He had hoped to meet here with US,
though the disease of which he died was
that enemy of human life SO fatal in our
day to vigorous manhood, yet during
his last illness he was hopeful and con
fident that his strong constitution would
enable him to live to carry out cherished
measures of public policy to which he
was committed. But the fatal journey
was not to be avoided, and all we can
do is to mark the departure of a col
league and friend with few kindly
words that will soon be said for each Of
us as &e yiefd In OUT tfns ND
DrMpdsgrafTs life was tra1gbii, use
full, and honorable .AIfef was born 6f a
highly respected Qaakep family Of aVir--
ginia, amember, of (which, in the early
history of Ohio, settled a few miles from
the banks of the Ohio River, then the
outer verge of the white settlements
His grandfather was a member of the
convention which framed the FIRST CON
stttution of Ohio, His Kindred were
members of the Society Of Friends, and
he, ives reareds lived, and disdIa member
of that society," HIS seaxly life WAS spent
ont the farm where he was born. But he
had the advantage'o of good education
in the common schools and at Franklin
College in that StaVeg He studied med
icine and grad at the University
of Pennsylvania, and afterward at med
ical schools at Edinbnrg and Paris. ICY W
He made a pr0traeted journey through
Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. At
terwafd he lpracticed his profession for
several years, but devoted his leisure
time and shls7 energy aaIh Capital to agri-
cultural pursuits which graf titied mere
than any other bis. natural tastes and
inclinations,s He manifested his love for
the county rather than The city for the
cultivation of the farm rather than the
practice of hisaprefessioB, in his daily
life, in his studies, andsinihis conyerSa-
tion.v Fewamen were better. Informed
on, the subject and history of rural lite
than he. He always iinsisted that the
arts of husbandryo had been more care22
fully studied and practiced among the
ancient: nation sttangin later times y
He yielded only to our own age supe-
riority ino labor saving mechanical de-
vices, which he eontended had changed
for the worse the moral tendency of
country life He supported his theory
by many interesting descriptions of
Judean and Egyptian farming. With
him Job was the great farmer, not only
as the owner of vast herds and focks,
but as the farmer who employed five
hundred yoke ofUxeniin blowing, and
ga very great. basbs sRdEy,""a The EgypJ
tiaIis Exceeded ali nations OF modern
times in the exteiit and perfection of the
tillage of the soil, by which they were
able to support O. vast population and to
send food supplies to surrounding ma
tiops; thus BY. gainfnl industry obtain
ing the means, of building the monu-
'ments which to our day excite the won
der of mankind. '.,i.,.i eSi...; -,
j He was fond of quoting the poets and
statesmen of Rome in honor of the dig
nifty of the first and noblest employment
of man. He looked upon the devices
which in our day enable owners of land
by mechanical implements to dispense
with the labor of thousands of husband
men as of doubtful benefit, tending to
concentrate capital in the hands of the
few and deepening the poverty of the
poor by lessening their employment. =
Though DR.. Updegraff loved best the
vocation of farmer, he practiced his
profession in his neighborhoed, and du-
ring part of the late war served as
surgeon in.the Union Army and bore 1
high reputation as a skillful and sue,
cessful physician. He has always. since
I.haye known him, taken an active part
in political affairs as Republican. and
has frequently engaged in political
discussions. From bis boyhood, in har-
mony with the Qaaker ideas Of his an
cestors, he was an earnest opponent of
slavery, a member of the Free-sol party,
and cordially sympathized with the
most advanced views in opposition to
slavery. !, He has always been identified
with the temperance cause. In life and |
speech he did his utmost to check the
evils of intemperance, and to restrain
the traffic.in intoxicating liquors, and
was a member of varioHs temperance
AS a speaker he was
universally kind and courteous, and il
lustrated his argument with quaint hui
NOR. Neither ,prsten nding to be. an ora
tor or using the arts of an orator. he
was an interesting SPEAKER and as suca
was sopgh ht 5or q q she sPupisi sapSasses
DETpdssFsff vas fifst elected to Con
gress in OHobks As7s. He was re-elect-
ed in tgst} and 1892. = Wh6f, f}t5ztenteredl
c. cGonesfessY y Re IN faas il sbpaSs9dtiy di 4esast st
health, lsrgs strong. full. cbested. and
vigorous both in mind and action. The
party to which he belonged was then in
a minority in the House of Representa-
tives. With the wise caution and mod
esty of new member he took but little
part in the debates of that session, he
however made one speech on the bill