Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24

slo1a fQT NlTtsfL2n IeslrIQsllsEa trl'ss1 save -
political sE.as Ae declined al oltlel@i fe-
wari Hs esald have tesu govesnor q
6eorg.A, bat rrt assd Il. he cos-la have eeea
sel.Ier II ths Ia Alsed Sl@ts~. bst dselipe~ ~
he remained p-~iu Mr Grady. No~ry a.
ths otaeF -sr4sors - It's political areeA, a.
soon - ne slecssans are ever g. ~ ASnlag-
ton or Alo4ay. ~ Harrisburg ~ Atlanta.
81 get ID ciIy ~ ssSts ~ nalaaaAl ofncs *
~Ard faT uaeir ssrsloss. and no1 getting ~Asi
gksy ant. ssend ths resi- q TIE glme - tnAs
ldullaisIrsgloE ia pous2ng aboas tie manage
aeuI oi paollc sAala or cGrslng hArTlson or
Cleveland u ns0 the great political Gam
y4lgl.s were oYaF Mr Graas ~eui houae
- his ne~sp@ler. lie demonstrates thai u
Is possible ~ to1 faT principles walcb he
thought q - rsght, slmply oeo&ass tas3 were
right Christian patriotism Is 80 rare . som
mostly IA tbs couaIry. SsreiY TIE - ~
hylag under sa.h free institutions a. those
established here oaghg ~ b. enough reward
for political ndehty. Among al the great
writers thEf stood 81 lhe .Ast presidential
eleorioa Oh D1laacrarle aud Repabloau pat
forms you cannot reoai iu your aiud tea
Who we're nog themselves leoelng lag re
muneTatlee appointments aye, you oau
count tarIu al or the aRgers Il oae hand
The most lllustTloGs specimen ~ tbsl sIy le Il
man Tor the last tea seAFs Vas Henry "
GRADY
again. Mr. Grady stood Tor the neW south
and ~as just what We want - meet tAree
otheI mei, oae ~ spe2k Tor the nes north.
smother Tor TIE new east au1 another foT the
new west The Oravest speech made for Tie
last quarter ~ a century Was that made by
Ar Grady at Tie New England dinner AZ
New York about TWO OF three years ago.
sat wiki him that evening aud kn1W some
thing II hls auXletles, for Ae Was 10 tread ou
dangerous grounds and mislt ly one uis
spoken word have autSgonlzed forever both
sections. hIs speech "a victory that
thrilled al q u " ho heard hlm aad all who
read him. That speech great Tor wisdom.
great for nLless. great for paclncaupn,
great for bravery. Will 60 down a. tue genera
tIous With NebsfeT's speech al Bunker AiA,
William Wlri's speecu al the arralgnmtnt ~
Aaron Burr. Edmund Burkes speeca ou
Warren Hastings. Robert Emmets speech
for his own Nindication. Who Will ln con-
spicuous action represent the new north
lac dill the new southi Who shall come forth
for the new cas-; and who tor the new westf
Let old political issues be buried, let old
grudges die Let new theories be launched.
TRANscENDENT NEED OF NATIONAL HARMONY.
With the coming II OF new nation a. The
gntes at Castle Garden every year. aud the
wheat bin aud corn crib of our land enlarged
with every harvest, ami a vast multitude Il
our population stil plunged IN iliteracy 10
be educated. and moral questions abroad in
volvlng the very existence II our republic,
let the old political platforms that are worm
eaten be dropped, and platforms that shall be
made Of two planks the one the Ten Com
nd Tho rshar ha ON ffaf
Mount-hlted for all Of Us 10 stand on But
there is a lot Of old politicians grumblng all
around the sky who don't want new south.
a new north, new east or q new west
They have some old war speeches that they
prepared in 1861 that in al our autumnaf
elections they feel called upon 10 infict upon
the country. They growl louder and louder
in proportion as they are pushed back further
and further and the Henry ". Gradys come
10 the front. But the mandate, think, has
gone forth from the throne u God that
new American nation shall take the place II
the old and the new has been baptized for
God and liberty, and justice, and peace, and
morality, and religion.
And now our much lamented friend has
gone 10 give account. Suddenly the fscie
and potent pen is laid down and the eloquent
tongue is Silent. What Is there no safe
guard against fatal diseasei The imperson-
alton Of stout health Was Mr. Grady What
compactness OF muscle What ruddy com
plexion, What flashing eyel Standing with
him in gronpof twenty or thirty persons at
Piedmont, lie looked the healthiest as his
spirits were the blithest. Shall we never feel
again the hearty grasp OF his hand or be
magnetized with his eloquencei Men Of the
great roll men Of the pen, men Of wit, men
Of power IL our friend had 10 90 when the
call came so must you when your call comes.
When God asks you what you have done with
your pen or your eloquence OF your wealth OF
your social position, Will you be able 70 give
satisfactory answeri What have we been
writing ell these yearsi II mirth, has
IL been innocent mirth or that which
tears and stings and laceratesi From
our pen have there come forth productions
healthy or poisonousl In the last great day
when the warrior must give account Of what
he has done with his sword and the merchant
what he has done with his yard stick, and
the mason what he has done with bis trowel,
and the artist what he has done with bis pen
Gil. we shall have to give account Of what we
have done with our pen There are gold
pens and diamond pens and pens 81 exquisite
manufacture. and every few weeks I see some
the other. but in the great day Of our arrAign-
ment before the Judge Of quick and dead
that will he the most beautiful pen. whether
gold or steel or quill, which never wrote a
profane OF unclesn OF cruel word or which,
from the day il was carved or split al the
nib, dropped from It's point kindness and en-
couragement and help and gratitude % God
and benediction for man
SYMPATHY WITH CRADY's FRIENDS
May God comfort that torn up southern
home aud all the homes Of this country and
of all the world which have been swept by
this plague % influenza which has deepened
sometimes into pneumonia and sometimes
into tvphus and the victims of which
counted hy the ten thousandi Satan. who -
the Prince = the Tower q the AR hos
been poisoning the atmosphere In all nations.
Though 10 is the first tame IN our remefn-
brancc. be has done ths same thing hefore.
In 1926 tte INV holesorne air % Cairo, Egypt,
destroyed the life of ten thousand Ia oDe
dav. and in C0DEtartlnople IN l7l4 three
hundred thousand people died - Il ] am
glad that by the better sanitation II our
cities and wider understanding 4 hygienio
laws and the greater skiil q physicians these
Apollyonic assaults upon the hUrnan race sTe
being resisted, but pestilential atmosphere Is
still abroad Hardly family here bit has
feli its lighter or heavier touch Some r
toe best n my hock fsll under to power
snd many horne< here represented haze
ben crushed TIE fart Is IA. biggest fail
IRE m ths universs - THIS World II there
Re no beaven beyond. Buf there is. and ths
friends vho have gone there are many ard