The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1890-06-06
TWO ELOQUENT EULOGIEs.

Opposing Views of Deall. Uttered by
Senator ingalls,.
The Kansas City Times recently called
attention to the remarkable similarity be-
tween an obituary address delivered by
Senator ingalls, and n sermon of which
Massillon, Il French preacher of a past gen
GRAFTON, was the author. In later issue
1t presents the opposing views of the dis
tlnguished senator on death as follows,
both quotations being from The Congress
sional Records:
INGALLS, THE AGNOsTIC-JAN. Is, 1888,
Ben Hill has gone to the undiscovered country
Whether bis journey thither was but one step
across an impsrceptble frontier, or whether an
V6eeess sfctc6ss ee tEsss earthly coasts
and those invisible shores, We do not know
Whether on that August morning after death
he saw more glorious sun rise with unirnaein-
able splendor above celestial horizon, or
whether his apathetic and unconscious ashes
still sleep In cold obstruction and insensbe oh
lvion, we do not know.
Whether his strong and subtle energies found
instant exercise in another FORUM whether his
dexterous and disciplined faculties are now con
tending in higher senate than ours for s,l.
premacy, or whether his powers were dsspated
and dispersed with his parting breath, we do not
know. Whether his passions. ambitions and af.
fectlons stili sway attract and impel, whether he
Yet remembers us as remember him. we do
not know
These are the ,lnsolved, the insolubIe problems
OF mortal life and human destiny, which prompted
the troubled patriarch to ask that momentous
question for which the centuries have given no
answer: IF a man die shall lie live again:"
Every man IS the center Of a circle whose flta!
circumference he cannot pass
Within its narrow confines lie is potential, be-
yond it lie pershes; aud If immortality is splen-
did but dcuslve dream, il the inco,nl1leteness Of
every career, even the longest and most fortu-
nate, be not supplemented and perfected after its
termination here. then be who breads to die
should fear TO live for life is tragedy more desc
late and inesplicable than death.
INGALLS, THE BELIEvER-FEB. &c. 1889.
Unless We survive, the structure Of laws and
customs upon which soc: ,ty is based are a de.
lccted inposture; the God.s OF morality and jus-
tce the sentiments Of gratitude and faith are
empty formulas, without force or conservation
Why should their inc,llc.tions be needed IL ia
this life only we have hope land conscousncssJs
Our passions and our pleasures should be the
guides OF conduct, and virtue Is indeed a super
stitlon and duty must he chmera II life ends at
the grave -
Unless wn survive, the ties Of birth, affection
and friendship are n delilsiva nuckerv Neither
veneratlon nor reverence is due to the dead if
they are hit dust: il the lifa Of B,lrues termj-
mated upon this bank and shual of time, if no
morning Is 70 dawn upon the night in which he
sleeps, then sorrow has consolation aud the
'iltIIEsHi,t ceremony winch
serve today has 10 more Significance than the
painted pageant of the stage.
If the existence Of Burncs was but Il troubled
dream, why should We pause 10 recount his yir-
tues, and that his associates should assemble. In
solemn SORROW around this vuiue.css sp,llrh.r
No cenotArh should be reared for postcrity, the
memory Of their achievements if those who come
after them are to be ttcr only successors in an
utilization mud extinction Why should their i'll
quotations be needed? Perjury is Clerisivcl lest
The latest prayer OF l'nrI,es departing spirit has
no more sanctity TO lis, wEo or late must fol-
low him, than an arrow that is spent, or a taper
that is burned out. This is the conclusion which
the philosophy nf negaticn must accept Mt last
II these teachings are right, tlIen obedience to law
Is an indcfensibe servi"le; rulers und maris-
tratcs are espotS, tolerated only by popular i'm
beciiity. Justice is 4 dc iai of liberty. Honor
and truth are trivial rhapsniies; murder and per.
Jufy aie 'ltrisve jeStS, AMI their harsh definitions
are frivolous phrases invented by tyratits to iui-
pose upon he tilnidity of towards and the crctu-
Hly Of slaves.
This is the conclusion which the philosophy of
negn'iou must accelI at last. Such is the felicity
Of those degrading precepts which make the epi.
taph the end. II these teachers right then vr
are atoms i'll Il moral chaos