The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-12-03

years Thomas A. Hendricks walked
unsinged. He never got on board that
popular rail train which has its depot
in every city, namely, Dead River
Grand Trunk Railroad" which is said
to have for stations Tippleton, Quar-
Guzzlers' Junction, Debauch
Slough, Dismal Swamp, Dark Tunnel,
Murnerers' Gulch, Hangman's Hol-
low and Perdition. In this day when
we have so many factories-in the land
making drunkards at h0lesale, ply
sicians by reckless prescriptions, ,apoth
ecaries by false labels of bitters, and
Congressional halls by overw0rking
their members, what grand thing it
was we had so long in high places This
man whose life was perpetual protest
against all styles of dissip ton. He
died with only moderate es ;ate, after
many decades of unlimited opportuni-
ty. The bribing railroad schemes that
ran over ha'f of our public men al
ways left him on the right siie of the
track. Along all the coasts strewn
with the hulks of political adventures
he veyaged without the loss of rudder
or spar. If there ever was a man tit
to be carried out amid the acclamation |
and condemnation of a grateful people,
that man was Thomas A. f. g ldricks. |
Dear and generous soul, MAY be he |
held in everlasting remembrance! He |
was one of the few old men who knew |
how to treat young men. Many old !
people in dealing with .heir juniors
make the mistake either of patroniZ-
ing them or snubbing them; by pa
troniziDg them seeming to imply that
they the seniors, ARE bestOwing u great
favor; by snubbing, implying that
they, the juniors. are not worth notic-
ing anyhow. Mr.. Hendricks met ycu
as man ought always meet men,
without any airs of superiority or
without any appearance OF being Dor
ed, and coal HEAVIER would pet from
him as polite bow as chief Justice.
Another commendable characteristic
was that he kept his patience while
| being persistently lied about Speech
es were put in his mouth which ne
never made, or taken out nf their COR
nectiOn SO as to advocate somethiu"
different from what he meant. Inter
| views were reported the language of
which he never used He had thrown
at him the charges of being coward,
hypocrite, traitor, and all the vocabu-
larry and abuse of Billingsgate WIS
exhausted upon him by men who will
| be among the chief mourners at his
| ObSequies. Alas, for the dishonest
| eulOgiums of orators and editors who
lie about u man while he lives. and
then put their papers in mourning af
| ter he is dead. attempting by a grave
yard atOnement to undo the miscre
ancy of many years. There are some
men appointed in different places to
attend next Tuesday the memorial
services at Indianapolis who had bet
ter stay away and employ those hours
when the nations flag is at half mast
i'm reviewing their old camnsion
speeches and newsnaner articles w whicb
tried to make a scouudrel ont of this
man whom thew now would make ont
a saint. Rut amid all the vitunerstion
heaned upon him he kent his nstiannn
| with mankind and navar o.ye mn to
feelings misanthrnnic and ,,iad in
good humor with all the world
Mighty achievement that isr AJa
as / intimated at the start Thomas
A. Hendricks was a Christien Tbat
made him invuInerable to violent st-
tack and confident for the future
For many yeais he belonged to our
own denomination of { Christians. af.
forwards connecting himself with the
Episcopal Church, but he ALWAYS dur-
ing these wears had heart of largest
eatholicity. He believed in God tbe
| Father Almighty and in the Divine
Savior. and in the iudoment dav and
in two destinies, and he acted upon
this belief. not living 40 that rninistars
must speak of him as ministers are
often obliged to speak of public men
by special pleading, irving TO fix I'M
their case for the eternal world .ron.
ing that thew must be christians 6e.
ca1se some enid morninn tbav tbroU,
some crumbs ont To snou, h;rdy diS
Something else equally commend,IIc
In the c01nsels of the church he ,voc
called to sit and plan for the advance
of the Savior's kingdom. and if reli.
gion had been a sham he was n man
who would have exposed it. for he
hated shams. He lived and died in
the faith of the Gospel. An examnIe
to all men in public as we'll as private
life and his position a refutation of All
the attacks on Christianity. as thouU IA
il were fit onIy for the weak minded
and imbeciIe. Parks of ARTILLERY haya
been anpronriateIv soundad 80 ,h q
graves of MANY OF our nuhIic men bnt
it has seldom been so annromiate far
all the church bells to chime and All
the church organs to sound forth,
Blessed are the dead who die in. the
Lord" and that ministers of Christ,
| III gown anu cdSSOck, III SnrniirR
we'll as in plain citizens dress should
surround the affairs CRYING. :. Helm.
Lord, for the godly man ceaseth. for
the faithful fail from among the chill.
dren of men, He did not stem down
he stepped up. Hark to the heavenly v
greeting: II will make thee ruler
over many things" The President OF
the United States Senate has struck
the gaVel on his desk for the last fine
The Journey which he began asa. fir
mer's boy at SheIbyyiile; waKs Ills
hand upon the pIow, aud whicL1reat!h
ed up into the high places of the ia.
ton, has ended. Suddenly called, ,,he
was all ready. Sttew his catafaIaue
with camelias and immortelles- ,el
the nation with reverence carry ont its
illustrious dead. After the weary iour
ney, a sweet rest, the only good resi-
he has had for shirty wears. HIS riphI
hand closed, for there are no more
patriotic words for him to write hi,
lips shut, for there are no more encnur