St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-27


For the eminent citizen of the republic
who lately fell from his place. and who now
sleeps in homer in the bosom of the state he
loved so well and served so faithfully. we can
do no more than has already been done by
tongue and by every method which human
affection can inspire. The heavy drapery OF
woe had darkened alike the public buildings,
the stately palace and the humble home.
The proud colors OF the Union have dropped
at half-mast throughout the United States
and in every civilized land beneath the sun.
Eloquence in the forum and in the sacred
desk has paid its richest tributes TO his ex-
alted abilities and to
HIS STAINLESS CHARACTER.
The tollin0 bell the mournful uirge, the
booming, solemn minute gun. the mighty
multitude of mourners have all attended the
funeral of Thomas A. Hendricks ana borne
witness to the deep love and grief with which
he was lowered into his last resting place.
All the honors due TO the most illustrious
dead have been paid by the chief magistrate
of the government. by the authority OF the
states and by the unrcstrained affection of
the people in the senate However, We may
not be silent, even though the cup of honor
20 his memory is full and overlooking. In
this exalted theater OF action. here in this
brillantly-lighted stage, he fulfilled his last
official engagement and closed his long aud
commanding public career. In dealing with
Mr.. Hendricks political views. il has been,
proach against him that he was partisan.
If by that was meant that he sincerely be-
heved in the principles and purposes of the
party to which he belonged, and sought
BY ALL HONORABLE METHODS
what he believed to be the public good by
placing its measures and its men in control
of the government, then the accusation is
true, and the term of reproach becomes a just
tribute TO an honest man. It was the part of
deep. honest convictions dealing justly with
views which in all ages of the world, in every
field of human progress, had led the way. As
long as American history treasures up pure
lives and faithful public services; as long as
public and private virtue, stainless and with
out blemish, is revered, so long will the name
OF Thomas A. Hendricks be cherished by the
American people as an example worthy of
emulation. Monuments of brass and marble
will lift their heads TO heaven in honor OF his
name. but monument more precious to his
memory and more valuable to the world has
already been ground in the hearts OF the peo-
ale whom he served 90 long, so faithfully and
with such signal ability. In the busy harvest
of death in the year 1856 there was gathered
into eternity no nobler spirit, no higher intel
ligence, no fairer soul.
MR.. HAMPTON
When death laid its inexorable hand on
Thomas 4. Hendricks, vice president of the
United States, we had a new and faithful
illustration of the truth of the old adage thar
Death loves shining mark. Mr.. Hen
bricks was best loved where best known.
Crowned with almost every civic honor which
a grateful people could bestow, blessed by
domestic happiness as perfect as it was beau
tiful. he did indeed offer shining mark TO
the iusatiate archer when one or the great
actors in the political arena. All animosities
were buried with him. In the awful presence
of death friends and foes alike strove to do
justice. Recognizing this fact. why can we
not believe that men may De honest and con-
scientious in their beliefs even when they
differ with US? The scenes around the death
bed proved the brotherhood of mankind and
showed that one touch of nature made the
whole world KIN. This thought has made u
deep impression on my mind. and that i'm
preston was indelebly fixed by the
EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE
beheld at the funeral of Gen. Grant. We all
remember the imposing and touching cere-
monies on that mournful occasion. and GER
tainly no one who witnessed them could ever
forget them, but the feature that struck me
as most significant, the most impressive, was
the fact that among those who bore the body
OF the great captain OF the Union armies to
the grave were confederate soldiers who a
few brief years ago were his mortal enemies
Democrats and Republicans, the men who
wore the blue and the men who wore the
gray, met at this tomb to pay the last tribute
OF respect TO his memory. Here to-day, while
honoring ourselves by doing honor to the
memory of our late vice president, we see eX-
hibited the same kind and generous feeling
which marked the obsequies of the dead ex-
president. If. then, our political and per-
sonal animosities ceased at the grave. should
we not be tolerant and charitable in the
judgments we pass on our contemporaries,
even though they are our political oppo-
nents. All of US, sooner or later, must claim
from the living the tender recognition which
we now bestow on the dead. for our hearts,
like muffied drums, are beating funeral
marches to the grave.
MR.. SHERMAN
bore testimony TO the marked ability with
which Mr.. Hendricks had always main
tanned his opinions. He had been ready
and courteous in debate, never violent In
manner or in sentiments. He satisfied
friends without irritating adversaries. His
arguments were always clear and lucid. In
their delivery he rarely paused. but moved
smoothly on like full river, and, II his
premises were admitted. it was difficult to
avoid his conclusions After the war, his
ground was that, as question or law, the
war could not and had not disturbed the
relations of the states. To use his own
words: when peace came it found state
with its constitution actually unrepealed
and in full force, holding that state to the
federal Union" His principles were openly
none of the bitterness of politics into his
private life. He was man easy of ap-
proach, affable and kind to all, the best
type of an American citizen.
MR.. SALISBURY
characterized the deceased as a man of fine
intellect and wide culture. who for more
than a quarter of a century had been known
as a statesman of large and commanding
influence, highly esteemed not only by all
who had not had the honor to know him
personally, but by millions of his fellow
countrymen, who knew him only by repu-
tation earned by long, faithful and eminent
public service. Mr.. Salisbury expressed
the belief that no greater safety could be
found for the future of our republic than
that ii should find its future statesmen as
true in their devotion TO free Institutions as
Mr. Hendricks had been.
Mr.. Eyarts expressed his pleasure at the
fact that he had been asked to participate
in an expression of the feelings of the SEN
ate on this occasion. 1t so happened that
he had a very good acquaintance with Mr..
Hendricks, dating from an early period in
his public career. Many years ago Mr..
Hendricks had been pointed out to him in
court as man who it was natural to expect
would be future and probably
SUCCESSFUL AsPIRANr
to the presidency of the United States. In
the course of the impeachment trial of
President johnson, Mr.. Evarts had oppor-
tunity to observe the candor, the courage
and the constitutional value of Mr.. Hen
dricks' opinions. The speaker thought, as
he thought then, that among ali the emf
nent men who took part in the debate of
that time no man appeared to better adj
vantage in composure of spirit, calmness of
Judgment and circumspection of delibera-
ton. He could avoid extravaganza and
could skillfully draw the line between