Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-10

etoo,', cannot be bribed BY the
prom. Sc of success or the fear OF
fsilure, walks tbs highway of the right,
and in q 'saster stsnds erect the only vic
tor. MI ling is more desplcable than to
| reach fam, OF crawling position, By
cringiDg. When history sh2ll be written
! by the TRUTH Il and the wise these men,
these kneeler. at the ehrines OF chsnce
and fraud, II csc brszsn idols wor-
shipped once u gods, will be very
food OF scorD, While they who
bear the burden O. defest, who earned
snd kept their self. respect, who would
not bow to mad or men fer place or
power, will wear upon their orows the
laurel mingled VIA IA oak. Roscoe
Conkling was nan OF superb
fesr, but he had that tortitude Of
soul that bears the conssqueA ces Of the
course pursued without complaint. He
was charged with being proud. The
charge was trus-he was proud. His
knees were SIS infsxible, as unwedgekble,
as the gnsrled osk. But was he vain?
Vanity rests on the opinion Of others;
pride onlour own. The source of vsnity Is
from without, Of pride from within.
Vanity is yaue that IurRs. will1W that
oenos with every bfeeZ, Pride Is the
osk that ceaes Storm Ole is cloud, the
other rock. Ole is weakness, the other
strength. This ilperi0us man
entered public life 10 the day of
the reformation ct time when
the country needed men OF pride, Of
principle aud coursge. The institution
OF slavery hsd poisoned eli the springs Of
po9er. Before this crime ambition fell.
Politicians. judges, cleTgymsn snd mer-
chsu. princes bowed to lis Wsnd humoly
with their hats in their hands.
The real friend OF man was de-
Dounced IS the enemy Of his country.
The enemy OF the human race was called
statesman and patriot. Slavery was
the bonds pledge OF peace, OF union sGd
national greatness. The temple Of Ameri-
can liberty wss fluistsi, the action
block W8s the corner stone. 1t
is hSrd TO conceive Of the utter democrat
izatioD, Ct the political blindness aud
immortality, OF the patriotic deprsvity, OF
the cruelty, OF the degradation of peo-
PIE who supplemented the Incompatible
declaration of Independent &c with the
statesmen OF that ignoble time
who wsllowed in this mire and
who decorated with dripping filth, re-
ceived the plsudits Of their fellow men.
The noblemen, the really patriotic, were
the victims OF luohs aud the shameless
we're clsd in the robe OF Office. But let
Us speak no word Of blame, let US feel that
each one acted according to his light,
according TO his darkness. At LAST
the corf ct came, the hosts Of light and
darkness prepared 10 meet upon the field
Of var. The question was presented,
shsll the repubnc be slsve or free. The
Republican party had triump1ed at
Inc polls. TIE greatest man
in our history was President eject. The
viciors were appalled,. They shrsnk
from the CREST responsibility of success.
When in tee presence OF rebellion they
hesitsted, they offered to return
the fruits of victory. Hoping to
avert war, they were willing that
slavery should become immortal. AN
amendment to the constitution Wss
proposed to the effect that nosuo5eqlept
amendment should ever be made that
IN sny Way should interfere with tae
right Of man to steal his fslloT-men
This, the most marvellous proposition
ever submitted to Congress Of ciyi.izsd
men, receivedin the House Al over woem-
ing mai ori.y and the necessary tH0-thiIds.
In tbs Senate the Republican party in the
" 'So tilutD pl PIN
ciple for which it had so gsllsntIy con-
tended, and with trembling hands
eff tsar laid its convictions on
the altar Of compromise. The cid guard
numbering sixth-fve in the House stood
ss firm ss the 800 at TnernopyIR.
Thsddeus Stevens, IS right IS any other
man YVES ever wrong, refused
to kneel. Owen Lovjoy, remembering
his brothers. noble blood, refused to sar-
render, ena on the edge of disunion, in
the shsdow Of civil wsr, with The air
filed with sounds Of dreadful prepsra-
ton, while the Republican psrty wss re-
tracieg its steps, Roscoe Coukling voted
no. This puts G wresth OF glory on his
tomb. From that vote to the last mo-
ment Of his life ne was the champion of
equal rights, stsunch and svslwsrt.
From that moment he stood in
the front rank. He never wavered and ne
never sHe1ved.