Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-16

CONVICTIONS on the altar OF compromtss.
The old Guard, numbering but sixty.hys In
the House, stool Rs firm ~ the $40 at Taer-
mopyir. Ihaddsus ts,ens- as maiiciousiy
right AZ anv otEer man was ever WRONG re-
fused to kneel. owen Loscioy, remembering
his brothers noble blood. refused to - surrender; =
civil war, with the air filled with sounds OF
dreadful preparation. while the Repub lean
party WAS retracing it, steps Roscoe Conklin9
tomb. from that vote to the last moment of
his lifc lie was q champion Of equal righta.
staiich aud stalwart.
He nevsr wayercd and b never swerved ~
his devotion to principle. his courage. the
spleEdor OF hia dtction, by b varied and pro
the great cause, and by his intellectual scope
aud grasp he won ana held the I'D niratioo u
his fellow men,
did not and could not shake his courage Of his
faith. Hc knew the ghastly meant " Of defeat.
He knew that the great ship that SLAYER sought
to strand and wreck was freighted With the
tioa's life. for the rights OF slaves. the ynity
Of labor, and the rights Of all. He guarded
With fathers caro- the rights of the hantsl.
age statntes Of toe reconstructed states with =
toirent OF invective &C rn and execrHtton,
He was not sAtisfIsl until the freedman Was
right: until tho Ccnstitutiol was Ii. shield,
until the ballot was his sword. And long
alter We are dead the cololed man in this
and other ands VI, speak he AIs ia e. rssss ever,
nfIn se5ins wsfe faiss. bus hs'ssS TaSdfIs
true faarlessly faithful unto death. He glad
". proudly graspei the hands OF coiored men
who stcod with him as makers OF our laws, aud
treated them as equals and as friends. Tho
cry OF Social equality" coined and uttered by
the cruel and the base, was TO h IN the express
sion OF great and splendid truth. He knew
that no man can be the equal Of the one he r0bs
that the Intelligent and unjust are not the
snperiors OF the ignorant and honest and he
also felt, ana proudly felt, that u he were not
too great to reach the hand Of help and rec
o,nition to the 81 We no other Senator could
rishtfuly refuse.
man. Honesty is the oak around which al
other virtues cling Without that they fall.
and. groveling. die in weeds and ust. he BE-
iisasions. ' lie i tw ans. " that % ,romiss couid not
be made often enough or emphatic emo Ugh 70
take the place OF payment He feit that
tie promise OF the Government Was the
y omse of every citi2sn-that . national
obligation was a personal Go It, and that -
possible combination OF words ani pictures
could take the place q coin he uttered the
81 ndid Truth that "Ihe higher obligations
among II are not set down in writing, signs 1
and sealed. but reside in honor. He knew
that repudiation was the sacrihco OF honor !.
the death OF the national SOUL He knew that
without character. without integrity. there 10
no we llth. ana that below poverty, b-low bank
fuptcy Is the ray less abyss Of repudiati ~ He
uHu6iu tu0 hhcicuueSb VI CO1tTNcVo, q pISuS0u
national faith. and helped to save aud keep
the honor Of his native land. This adds an.
other laurel to his brow.
He WAS the ideal representative. faithful and
ineorru. bic. He believed that his constitu.
eHt, and his country were entitled u the fruit
Of his experience, to his best and highest
thought. No man ever held the standard Of
responsibility higher than he. He voted ac-
col ding t. his judgment his conscience ne
made no bargains he neither bought nor cold
70 correct evils, abolish abuses, aid inau-
10 halt ty
duty but the privilege Of q legislator. He
neither sold noe mortgaged himself He was
In Congress during the years OF vast exrendi.
ture, of war and waste, when the credit Of the
nation was loaned to indiv iduals, VIII, claims
were thick as leaves in June, when the amend
ment OF statute the change OF a single word,
to corporations He stood at the summit Of his
power Peer Of the grentest-a leader tried
and trusted. He had the tastes Of . prince,
the fortune OF peasant ind yet he ne,e.
sweryed. No corporation was great enough or
rch ent ugh to purchase him. His vote could
not be bought for all the sun secs, or the
close earth womhs or the profound seas hide.
His hand was never touched by any bribe, and
on his soul there never was sOrdd stain
Poverty was his priceless crown. Above his
marvellous intellectual gifts owe all pace be
rises his Integrity like some great mountain
peak. aed there it stands. firm a. the earth be-
Ieath. pure rs the stars above.
frame work. the anatoms. the foundations q
law: was familiar with the great streams and
currents and tides of authority. He knew the
hietory OF legislation tn, principles that have
been settied upon tho ields Of war He knew
the maxims. these crystallizations OF common
sense. those hand-srenades OF arguinens He
wa- not case lawyer. decision Index or an
echo; he was original, thoughtful. and pro
found. He had breadth aud scope, re.
source. learning. logic, and above all q
sense Of Justice. He was painstakins and
conscientious, anxious to know the facts
preparing for every attack. ready for every de-
Tense. He rested only when the end WA
reached. During the contest he neither sent
Eor received d flag Of truce. He was true to his
clients-making their case his. Feeling re-
sronsiblity. he listened patiently to details
and to his industry there were only tho limits
of time and strength. He was . student OF the
Constitution He know the boundaries Of State