Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-11
INGERS0LL AND C0NKLING,
AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE
MEMORY OF THE DEAD STAT ESMAN.
Delivered Before the New York Legisla-
ture, and Listened 10 with Rapt
Attention - The Academy
of Music Crowded.

sided the sDesker's fables were drained
with Asos and before II was nIaced n nic-
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Jul ol 'he ueao senator Ooi' lhgersoll
was listened to with rapt attention, and at
the close was voted the thanks of the
T,eoislat1re.
ri T,,o,.oll in hi, oddrass 80, NJ
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great man, distinguished citizen
of the Republ.c. in the zenith of his fame
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pay tribute 20 lis worth. lie stood Tor IN
dependence, and his name is known and
honored l, many Millions If his fellow
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PTar1d 70 ra+,',m tho fri,i{s nf ,ointar,S
Hoping to avert the war they were will
ing that slavery should become immortal
An amendment TO the constitution
was proposed that no subsequent
Iie sto,id ,it,. iit,,c
s Sna' ~ %[J ~, ;I5t nf , ny
steal mis- fellow men. This was the most
marvellous proposition ever submitted TO
u Congress OF civilized men, and received
in the House an overwhelming majori-
ty and the necessary two thirds IN the
Senate. The republican party in the mo-
meut Of triumph deserted every principle
tor which they had so galianUy contended
Owen Loyei0r, remembering his brothers.
noble blood, refused to SURRENDER, aud on
the edLe of di-unlpu, m the shadow of
civil var, with the 2r ul!eG with prepare
tiOu-, Roscoe Couklhg voted no This put
wreath of Zl1ry on his tomb. From that
vote 10 he last moment Of his life ne W Is
The champion OF equal rights, st1uuCh and
stalNart From tuat moment he stood jn
the front rank and never Wavered, never
wervCt.
Hy his devotion 10 principles, by hi- cour-
age ami -pleudur Of Ills distinction, hv his
varied and profound knowledge, by n
conscientious devotion to the great cause
~ ni- intellectual scope and grasp, ne
won and held the admiration of his fellow
men. Be hat-led for the nations life, for
the riuh's OF slaves the dignity of labor
and the liberty OF all. He attacked the
savage statues Of reconstructed States with
torrents OF inyectiye. .scorn and eXecrauion.
He was not satisfied until the freedman
was an American citizen, clothed with
every civil right until the constitution was
his shield, until the ballot was his sword.
Roscoe Conkling was absolutely an hon
est man. Honesty is the oak around
which ali other virtues clung. Without
that they fall, and. groveling, die in weeds
and dust. He believed the ma.
ton should discharge its obligations
He felt that the promise of the govern
ment was the promise of every citizen,
that a national obligation was personal
debt. that no possible combination of
words and pictures could take the place of
a coin. He uttered splendid truth that