St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-23

the development of the twilight Of civiliza-
ton and the carrying of it ON to refinement
and to power. | do not undervalue moral
instruction from the church. nor knowledge
from the schools, nor the diffusion Of
knowledge by the great instruments Or
dained in our ace. Nevertheless, without
industry enterprise and thrift of money
making, the civilization of the world would
cripple down and would wriggle in the dust
ere long. Along the line of the production
of wealth civilization has developed itself
and will continue to develop itself.
INTEGRITY AND BENEvoLENCE
are inseparably connected with that pro-
cess by which God is developing harmless
wealth in this world. "Charge them that
are rich in this world that they be not high
minded, X that they do good, that
that they be rich in Gods works. ready to
distribute" If ever man fulfilled that
command it was Horace B. Clatiin. Pre-
tense was to him, with all falseness and
hypocrisy, unforgivable. His friendships
were deep. He was loyal to them with a
dsinterestedness seldom seen. Again and
again he periled everything to rescue a
friend from danger. At one time-I will
not mention circumstances that shall point
to the case, except the fact itself-at one
time he made himself responsible for
$1,000, 900 to save a friend from bank
ruptcy, and that, too, at a time when his
own affairs required most searching care.
A quarter of million, half million, what
We're they to him. He offered them with
the fre.,som with which one would give a
cup of cold water to child, to those whom
he loved, not to kindred and neighbors and
friends only. The simple notice is given
in the papers that in a letter he had re-
Quested his household to fulfill certain
known intentions of benevolOnce. l know
not what they were. l know not the ben
efcaries. L merely have learned that sums,
which in this
SILENT AND QUIET WAY
was devoted reaches over a million dollars,
and it is probable that only God and they
that were executing his trust will know
where they were on whom this golden
shower fell. To the helpless and to those
toat needed His encouragement, even
though they were his rivals, though they
had spoken evil against him, their troubles
disarmed all animosty and brought him to
their side. The cases are innumerable. but
l know personally of one who was un-
worthy, and whom. know, He held in
UtSC5tGCill, yCl NilCH Ill SlClU pClll' AC dp
piled to Mr.. Claflin. He gave days and
mistakes and for establishment of his
prosperity, and but for him that man would
have been ruined long ago, and this was a
man with whom he had no sympathy, the
very antithesis of his own nature. Through
all his wide career it is not for me to say
that he never was biased, never tempted
more than he was able to bear, and that
the line of his life was an absolutely
straight line, that there were no
crooks in it. He was man
of like passions with all of us. He had his
own infirmities and his own troubles to
carry, but it may be said of him that he
never lost, in the briefest period of his life
nor any part of it, profound regard for
the great elements of right and wrong, and
it was heartily his purpose to
DO RIGHT EvERMORE.
Nor was he man that would suffer in
justice. He had a hand that could be eX-
tended in great benefaction and that could
be otherwise put forth. When. under an
internal conspiracy, the government sent
the black spiders out from the holes of the
tariff and the custom house toprosecute him
and make him pay, having alraady COM
PEELED another honest and honorable man to
pay large moneys rather than go through
the trouble and loss and damage of trial,
they tried it on Mr.. Claflin. and they got
back their own teeth and their own claws,
and that was all. He fought the govern
ment at an expense of not less than $50. 600,
conscious of his own right. when he could
have compromised for mere tithe of the
sum demanded. The general effect of his
whole career was an effect of morality.
l think he stands TO the young men of
this nation as witness that it is
possible for man to prosper and speak the
truth. to do justice, to refrain from all i'm
measured and illicit desire for riches; that
patience, industry. sagacity, intelligence
believed in and steadfastly followed,
lead to prosperity. All! it is a gospel of
example that is very much needed. If
should tell young men that it was possible
for them to prosper better by integrity than
without it, they would say to me, What
do you know about it? Cloistered in the
pulpit you never have been out in the
storms" Therefore. when man rises and
leads all other men in his day and genera
ton in patient perseverance and prosperity
and leaves behind him the witness, Il
sought to reap every dollar cleanly and
consistently, with sympathy and gener-
osity," that is an example that the young
men will be apt to believe.