New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-10
srat ship thai slavery sought to strand and wreck WI"
frelghted with the worlds sublImest hope
Mr. COMPILING AND THE SLAVE

He battisd for nations fe-for the rights OF slaves
the dignity OF labor and the liberty OF ALL lie guarue.
with fathers the rights Of tho hunted, the hates
ana desplsed lie attacked the savage statutes OF the re-
States with torrent Of invective, scorn ana
excavation. He not satisfied until the freedman was
an American CITIZEN clothed with every civil right until
the Constitution was his shield until the ballot was MS
sword 49,
And long after we are dead the colored man in this
ana other will speak In and love-
Others wavered but he stood firm some were faiSe pu'
he was proudly true-fearessly faithful unto DEATH
He gladly proudly gra.ped the hands Of colcred men
who STOOD with him makers of our laws and createa
them as equals and friends The Of social eQuay
coined and uttered by the cruel and the base was 70 MN
the expression OF great and splendid truth he kne"
that be the equal OF the one he roos-th inc
Intelligent and unjust superers OF the Ignorant
and honest-and he also felt and proudly felt that ne
were reach the hand Of help and recogn
ton 10 dave other Senator could rghduy reiuso
We by raising othersand he who stoops above the
fallen stands Nothing be srander than TO SOW
the seeds Of noe thoughts and vruous deeds-to I'D
crate bodies and the FOULS Of meo earn the srateu
homage OF rscc-and then, in lies last shadowy hour
to and feel that the historian Of Liberty will be com
PEELED write your There words Intense enough
with heart enoushto admiration for the great
and gallant FOULS who have In every age and every ana
upheld the right and who have lived and died for freedoms
sake
lives have been the gandest years that man has
lived that Time has measured by flight Of worda
The history Of that great party that let the oppressed 80
freethat lifted Nation from the depths OF sayagoy
10 freedoms cloudess heights and tore with holy hands
from every law the words that sanctncd the cruelty OF
man. glorious in tho annals OF our race Never
before there such moral exaltatlon-never party
with q purpose 20 pure and high 1t was the embodied
conscience Of nation the enthusiasm OF people guided
by wisdom, tho Improvisation " justice and the sublime
victory achieved osded conquered with all tho
rights that freedom can bestow.
HIS CARDINAL VIRTUES
Roscoe Conkllng absolutely honest Hon
e.y l. the oak around which all other virtues cling
Without that they fall and gIovelng die In weeds and
dust BELIEVED that nation should discharge its OBJ
legations lie that promise could not be made often
enough emphatic enough, take the place of payment
lie felt that tho promise OF the Government was the
promise every cr1en-that national obligation was
personal debt and that possible combination Of words
and pictures could take tho place OF COIN He uttered
the spe auld tho higher obligations among men
are not writing signed and sealed but reside
In honor that reputation was tho sacrifice OF
hsnCr-the death OF the national soul. lie knew that
without character without Integrity there Is no wealth.
and that below poverty below bankruptcy is tho raJesS
abyss Of reputation Tie upheld the sacedness OF con-
tracts OF plghtel national faith, ana helped TO save ana
keep the honor his native land This adds another
laurel TO his brow.
He the ideal representative, faithful and mcor'
ruptbe believed that his constituents and his cou-
Try entitled the fruit Of his experience, to his
best and highest thought No ever held tho stand
ard Of responsibility higher than he He voted according
10 his judgment his conscience He made no bargains
he neither bought nor sold.
To evils abolish ADVISES and naugurate reforms
he believed was only duty, bus tho privilege oil
.oislator He neither sold nor mortgaged himself. He
was In Congress during the of vast expenditure OF
war and wasc-whcn the credit OF the nation was loaned
10 ndyiiuaswheh claims were thick as leaves IN june
when the amendment OF the change OF single
word meant millions and when empires were given 10
eorporations stood the summit Of bis power-Peer
Of the grestes-a leader tried and trusted lie had the
tastes Of prince the fortune Of peasant ana yet ne
never swcrved 40 corporation was great enough or rich
enough to purchase him. His vote could not be Dousht
for all the SECS the close earth womoa or the
profound sea. hide" His hand was never touched by
any bribe and his soul there never Was soTdd STAIN
Poverty was his priceless crown.
Above his marvellous intellectual gfts-obove all place
he ever reachcdsbovc the orninc he refused-ses his
integrity like some great mountain peaS-and there IL
stands nrm earth beneath pure as the stars ABOVE
He was a great lawyer lie understood the framework
tho anatomy the foundations Of law was iamiar win
the gleat and currents and tides Oh authority
He knew the history Of leeisdtonthe principles that
have been settled upon the fields Of war He knew the
ma xims-t crysalizauons Of eonmonsenfe' those
hand grenades OF argument.
He was net awJer-a decision index, or an echo
b. was original thoughtful and profound He had
breadth and scope leaning logic, and above all
sense OF Justice
lie WAS pain.taking and conscentous-anxous to know
the espreparns for every attack, ready for every de-
fence He rested only when the end was reached during
the contest he neither received nag OF truce
He was true to his cllentsmaing their case HIS Feel
ing responsibility, he listened patiently To Details and 10
nj. industry there only limits OF time ana strength
He was a student OF the Constitution. He knew the
boundaries of Sta Federal jurisdiction, and no man
vas ore foudr those decisions that are the
nesks and proontores the headands and the beacons
OF the law ,.-
He wa. an Earnest logical intense ana pctur'
s,re He laid the foundation with care with accuracy
"a aim and rose BY cold graduation and well-bal-
,need form from the cornerstone OF statement
10 tho domcd conclusion. lie hled the stage he satis
fed the eye-the audience was his lie had that indie
enabe thing called prcsencc. TALL commanding. erect
,mnle in speech graceful compliment Titanic In de-
annexation rich Illustration prodga Of comparison and
petaphor-and his sentences, measured and rhysnica
fell Ike music the enraptured throng
lie abhored the Phasec and loathed all conscientious
fraud lie had profound aversion for those who insist
an nuttnr base motives back OF the good deeds OF others
II. wore no mask. Ho know his frends-hls enemies
know him
He had no patience with pretonce-with patriotic rea-
ons for unsny acts did his work and bravely spoke
his thought
ACTIONS SPOKE LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Sensitive to tho degree. he kcenly felt tho blows
and slabs Of the envlous and oOseureOf the smallest OF
the weakost-bus the greatest could not drive him from
convictions Aeld He would not stoop TO ask or givo
an explanation lie left his words and deeds to justify
themselves
He held In light esteem friend who heard with half.
believing ears the SANDER OF foe He walked highway
OF his own and kept company OF his sefrespect Hc
would not turn aside 10 avoid footo greet or gain
friend
In his nature there was compounded. To him there
were but two paths-the right and wrong. He was
aligned misopreented and misunderstoodbut he would
not answer He knew character speaks louder far
than any words lie az silent then as no is now
and his silence form OF speech. refuted
every charge.
He was O Ameriean-proud of his country that
and ever will be proud OF him. lie did find perfec-
ton only In other lands. He did not grow ANAL and
shunke whersd and Apologize In the OF those
upon whom greatness had been thrust by chance He
could be ovorswed by dukes lord. natered
yeebrateess subsryiency BY the psronzing smiles OF
kings In tho midst 81 conventonslties he had the feel
Ing OF sur0caton- Ho believed In the royalty man, In
the sovereignty Of tie eiIen and In the matchess great
neAa Of this Republis.