The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-15
THn mONTEVIoRG MEMORIAL.

TIM moNIErIoN" mhmOhih"
Senator Charles u. ManderaOn, OF Me-
braeka, In former years u Te-idenl OF
Canton, delivered an address on October
4,h, at Omaha, on the occasion OF the
MOuteaOre memorial. The address was
pub lshed IN the Omaha .Bee OF thu 9th,
a copy OF which We have received, lh'
Bee sAyH, "lhe Temple OF Israel was flIIed
to ita utmost capacity" The address Of
s natOr Ma d rspn makes over two
columns IN tho Bee, aud Is an admirable
and classical production, The address
sketches the condition and peraecu ion
Of tue HelTpw ueople In the past, aud
the great Improvement In England In
these respects, referring TO the Influence
OF Sr Moses Mont fore therein.
The grea Hebrew philanthropist was
born In 1884 nd dlei ln 1886, He visit
Oh Palestine seven times dispensing
charity, the first ysit In 1897; the last,
ffty years later The Joy a. his coming
was universal and II meant relief TO
suffering humanity. He was by no
means slc,arian In hls charity, Senator
Mandrr-On clO'ed his address IN tOllOws: (:
What eyentful history and wonderful
changes hia lb erylng lifeo u iul cen
tury witnessed 1884 10 1851 FlOm H.
lle 10 much FlOm he cold gr.y Of The
early NOR M 10 The fright iinlgence
of ~ ddnS From the dimness OF the
II ckprlng cudlp - the sleahy g'are "
the electric llghll B0 n when George
III was klug', he saw Tue IOuOle % ne
State arising from the insanity " the
oldest Of he Georges, ana was Il mature
man Of nearly 40 years, when the "laat
Of the fools aud pretendera called
George" the fourth Of that name, aa.
cAndpd the throne, He lived through
the reign OF William IY and we coined
the present queen mother of England 10
London, when she came 10 power,
nearly half n century pgO He was y
well grown boy when Louis XVI and
Marie AntOlnetle rode IN the tnmbrll on
their way TO thu gull0Iina, followed by
the hOwling mob Of PNll, He saw an
rulers Of France Napoleon en-
perOr, Charles X, Loala Philippe, Napo'
leon II aud the many pfpsi ieuts Of the
freQu nlly recurfl x republic
He lived through the terms or every
President OF our own native land, In
telligpnlly oh efyni The course OF every
chief executive from Washington 10
Cleveland, aud watched with interest
the grow IN from the Original thirteen
TO the existing thiny eight states, from
three million 10 sixy million free peo'
pie. He mby have heard some OF the
trial Of Warren Hastings ald been en-
chantrd by the e0qnence OF PITT, Fox
and Sheridan, Boy aud man together
he could have listened 10 Mlrabeau aud
q mhelta He waa q youth Interested
In affairs when BOnanarte, the young
C0rscan, was FIRST heard OF dealing out
cold lead and iron hail 10 the Partisan
mob. As a young man no watched the
little giant" AZ his sharp sword carved
at the map OF Europe. He and his bnai'
ness partner Rolhschild were the Arst
men Ia England TO know OF the escape
from Eliza and the meteoTic rush from
the sh res Of the Mediterranean TO the
banks OF the Seine. He saw "lhe nep
hew Of his uncle" Napoleon III, elected
President aud proclaim himself Emper'
or. Life OF wonderful opportunity. He
saw both Waterloo and Sedan and could
express sympathy with the stricken
Eugene when "tne last OF his race fell
under the spears Of the Zulus,
Had he desired 10 10 20 no could have
personally compared Washington with
Wellington, Napoleon with Grant. He
knew Byron, Shelley, C0lerdge, Charles
Lamb, and yet llv,d TO know Dickens,
Tharkoray and Tennyson How inter
esting II must have been TO talk with |
this grand old man OF these and other !
companlona OF hls length Of years,
Hls faculties were unimpalred until |
his death In the last year Of his life |
he was described by visitor as a genial |
cordial host, aud delightful cOnversa-
tionalist, He nobly earned AMI well |
deserved the peaceful quiet OF his |
years,
"So chronic torturcs racktd ha aged limb,
For luxury and Ololh had nourlahod mono for !
hlm,n
He sleep with his fathers, having
lex Culed "a monument m re tasting |
than brass, and more sublime than the
regal elevation OF pyramids, which
neither the wasting shower, the una
vaillng north wind, or an innnmeraDle
succession OF years and the ngnt Of
seasons shall be able to demoliSh."