St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-13

given me, though so deeply afflicted, to
do my whole duty as leader Of the ex-
petition"
Has any state ever had a man of
whom it might be more proud? How
loving husband! How tender father!
How incorruptible in public life! How
successful soldier and commander.
In his person were combined justice to
man, reverence for his God. and Senti-
ment of religion, the admiration of vir-
tue. the strength of personal affection,
dependence on an Overruling PrOvi-
dence, love of country, fidelity, integ-
rity, truth, endurance, and self-Sacri-
fice-a brightest constellation Of breast
worn honors, outdaZzling all the star
and-gartered titles of nobility; an orna-
ment of character more costly than the
diademS Of kings, more luStrous than
the gems that Aaron wore. MediOcrity,
hate, jealousy, calumny, and death, all
love ''shining mark!'
Gen. Sibley was made brigadier
general for his services in the Indian
wars, and was subsequently promoted
to the rank of brevet major general.
In his review of the Sioux campaigns,
DR.. West says:
1t is for the country and posterity to
COiSiQCl UllC HiOldl CuCCI VI lnCSC
victories and Establishments over and
upon the Sioux nation. They taught
this warlike people, who deemed them
selves the unconquerable masters of
. the territory, as they were in fact the
terror of the plains, and of other tribes,
that the strong arm of the government
could reach them, and that their fancled
immunity from punishment was a
dream. 1t is also for the country and
posterity to compare Sibley III the halls
OF congress, defending the red mans
right, with Sibley on the field Of battle
visiting the red mans wrong. No in
consistency is here. The faithful voice
uplifted in the house of representatives,
to warn the government against the
coming wrath, was entitled on the
coteau of Missouri to give the order to
fire upon the Indian. Circumstances
alter cases, and the soldier here was no
less honorable than was the statesman
valiant there.
NEARING THE SHORE.
The events of Gen. Stbley'S later life
are too familiar to our readers to need
recapitulatl0n i'll this connection. All
the honors that his admIring country
men have been capable of beStOwing
have been showered upon him. The
grand old hero remains with us, but is
patiently waiting the landing of the
boat OH the eternal shores. His biog-
rapher, who has drawn beautiful pict-
ure of his home life, says:
And here, in this home of neatnpss
and comfort, he lives. and makes well
come his friends and his guests. the re-
ceiver at times from men of'distinctiOn,
who. jOurneying westward or eastward,
tarry a moment to call and salute 1.-THE
man of the state" To see him in pri-
vate life one would scarce take him to
be the Indian hunter of fifty years ago.
There is not line of the rough, the
rude or the coarse about him. His be-
nevOlent face and pleasing expression,
his generous disposition, rehned man
nerS. with great frmnesS of will, while
yet obliging, soeiable, kind, alike at
tract and impress. No man would dare
to be unduly familiar or impo-
lite. And yet, his spirits are
buOyant and sometimes playful,
though changing again to the solemn
and serious side of life. He is mindful
of what is due, not only to personal re-
spect, but to the ties of blood, the
habits of friendship, and the obliga-
lions imposed by attentions of others
combining his visits, however, in later
years. to the narrower circle of long
cherished and older friends. e
An early riser, impatient for the du-
ties of the day, and burdened with
multitude of cares, he takes his morn
ing meal and haStenS to his work. He
breads inaction, On the ground floor
of the east side of the GLOBE building
is the place in which he transacts his
business. A modest room, it is yet in
teresting in various respects. One en-
tering, during the hours of bust
Ia
spectacles on, seated in front of his
and letters. and files, busy at work. On
the top of the desk rests the Princeton
diploma. To the right and high on the
wall hangs splendid oil portrait of the
charming daughter of Mrs. S. Ne
Knight, chef d'Guvre de beaute,
painted by her mother, one of the most
accomplished women and artists of the
day. COntrasted with this, OLE the wall
at the left of the desk, hangs the large
crayOn of ''Old Bets" character well
known. an Indian captive redeemed by
Gen. Sioley from the grasp of Little
Crow. Two large pictures, one the
Execution of the Thirty-Eight In,
dians," the other president Cleveland
and His Cabinet" beside a water color
of "SiouX Scalping a Chippewa"
serve also to vary the decoration. A
fac-simile of the last neutrality-suspicious.
of the dying German emperor, Will
lam, the photographs of two Indi-
ans, medicine Bottom" and ''Shako-
pee" with the latest steel engraving of
himself, sum up the ornaments of this
last laboratory of the prince of pioneers.
Conducted to this spot every morning,
save Sunday, he performs the duties
that call for his presence. In his mod
est vehicle behind his old but grand
"white horse''-an object of attraction
to the city-his faithful John" a Swede
devoted to his master, drives him daily
to the Office, and shortly after the mer-
idian returns him to his mansion. And
thus, day follows day, in swift success
sion, the years revolving, and fastening
to its last an narrow house, the form
now beginning to bend with age, and
soon to be removed from the land Of the
living.
Nos nostraque. debemur morti'
is written on all sublunary things, and
on the lOftieSt of men.
Down to the tomb
Your heads must comet
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