Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-21

tt,- les n miserable coward and harlCS \.
Dana then managing. ~litnr. II drivellng
shot. with like conn limcn'ary references
e. other members If the ,'aif He fire.
.u,hi, tii,at,n'! {" a,-ault them. AMI was
nd. a...ullh ..,u an heard ~ til EDITORIAL
w- traulishns lis h-.s anl swearing
ms M half d.Von languages A. h had
then l-'or" naturali2ci citizen OF the
uli,-l state. hc mud stiV ~rntended that he
Wns M" "uiN man IA n" republic VIII" knew
how II ought go H. governed. and declared
any me WI. dared :" E"ll different opinion
y l.ii, ,ut-.i fol Wh.lr b. was very
,auallr ,ontrhu,or hi- RACES wer" such
that d" h anne decidedly unpleasant. Nor
va. u hN ANY mean, certain IA he had
powerful franz" that ho might not some day
.ccule h.s constant menar" Ia throw half a
4, nrn Dft ~ ihscal- and imieclles out Of
TN. window
GuroN.ki was therefore gently eliminated.
~ t-riti"n m the Department # State having
l-,.n ultain.,l FOR him IN " ashlnstun There
h. immediately grew notorious. He, in a
way. t~,k all the departments under his
,har." n was r. M 1871 I" lN'i}-criticlSei
every general. and "a us'sl every public man.
The whole triie Il juui nalists. from the low
- ~ the highest. knew Ina. AMI they were
each aud all denounced t., linn, from time to
time. with generous IN discrimination He
had o. numl.r of interview it'll President
Lincoln during the tr,t few months Of his
slinrn AZ the capital. but avcl - badly
aud urruari"ii>l, that thu r'ilan> Of the
thr Executive Mansion d,ba his a llni>-
sion. uul.>s tn. President were at leisure.
The grcn, aud g,-,d Lincoln h.c,I peculiar,
passionate Iue for his urls.in1liiN AMI exiraor-
dinnrs forrr - character rr'nark;ne. with
hi drv humor. that II was pleasant 10 meet
n innn 80 ready To- speak his mind. Gurowski
was by ia" lnw Of his being. opposed To the
President policy, ESPECIALLY on einancipa-
u A. nnd wrote him qurrs Of letters to
illuminate his understanding and 10 show
HIM that he had no conception of statesman
ship ur government.
more dislutstiouS person than the erratic
Slnv is hardly cone ivable. He had a clear,
distinct opinion on every subject under the
sun and h. was at all times and ut all places
prepared Ia advocate his opinions with logic
or illustration, sword or pistol. He had
fought various durls in Europc-he had lost
an eve in personal combat-and would have
fought dozens here, had ne bcen gratitied. But
although he was the most serious Of mortals
nobody took him seriously; indeed, nobody
could W take him. He was n speculative hui
morist in one sense. and yet in another was as
incapable ~ hcmor rs n dromedary. When he
hnh m argument with any onc-his method
WINS TO deny fatty everything his opponent
advanccd-he never allowed the argument to
opIwnent for week or a month his habit
was, on encountering him, 10 resume the dis
cussion nj once. rs If there had been no inter-
ruption.
An acquaintance who had not seen him for
seven or eight days called Mt his boarding
house one morning and was sent to his room.
The sccentric had not risen, but sprang out
81 bed ut the knock, and opened the door
while he was removing his night-gown.
Having had previous debate with his
visitor ON the true principles of Democ
racy, he took il up just where he had
left of Seeing his condition, his caller said he
would como later. But Gurowslii, entirely
nude, and paying no attention to the remark
followed him into the hall and halfway down
stairs, driving his points home, before he could
H. induced 90 retire to his chamber and com
pete his toilet He often drew pistol OIL
comparative strangers and begged them t.
accept another, to settle some question that
they cared nothing about. lie was SO in love
with liberty that h. believed no one but him
self should possess II. His egotism was rabid
and his temper WINS frantic. Nevertheless
he considered himself one Of the most anna
bic 81 men, and wondered why people always
wanted "a quarrel with him.
Adam Gurowski-hc hated his title o
Count, and never referred to it-died il
Washington in his sixtytlrst year, As wa.
snid, 81 III Of choler. but really of pneu
monia. contracted by exposure to a rain
storm, after Swing his ovcrcoat to n poo
negro Most Of his faults were on the sur
face Hc Ind many sterling virtues-cour
agc, independence. kindness Of heart, strength
81 character and love Of freedom among
them. lie was the incarnation of honesty
candor and sclf-will-an example, in tn
other extreme, TO all politicians.
JUSIUs HENRI BROWNE