New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-15
A WOMAN'S MEMORIES.
SALMON p CIIASE'S HOME LIFE.


them credit for; and perhaps the very ndlfter-
ence with which their presence is regarded gives
them opportunities of seeing people as they are
that an older person might not have. An amusing
instance of this came under my observation quiuc
recently 4 little friend was invited 10 LUNCH
with a family whose suave and beautiful elder SIS
ter was greatly admired tor her perfect manners
and klndy ways. In the evening thr
small visitor edited the family dinner ID
| bic with the following: Good gracious, mOIiier
if YOU think Miss So-and-So is nice, | only Wish
YOU could have seen her to-day Cross! never
saw anything like it, She came in While we "eIe
at luncheon First, Mrs - ther mother hau
ordered something all wrong, and 1t was scoiu'
scold about that; then Mary THE secOnd siS'cr'
got it; she had taken something from her roo"
then she said the house was horribly stuhS III"
wanted 70 opcn window on our backs. And at
last. when we were laughing and having hl'H
fun. she said. really think, mother, the children
ought not to he allowed to make such noise tlaC
no one else can speall',-and she had been talking
herself all the while, one long scold." This, told
with a chid's ready mimicry, was revelation
and how little did the smiling girl we met the next
day realize that the small critic, of whose presence
she had hardly been aware had taken In every
detail of her ill-tcmpcred home manners.
If could only have realized at the time that l
! should want to write about individuals ana occur
rcnces connected with the evcntful years OF looo,
| 1867 what material could have been collected
! For we lived in simple fashion and there was 10
oovprness to keep us in the schOolrOom away from
orr elders. and in my fathers library | had al
ways a welcome corner il l kept quiet lhere
! | spent much of my time, and consequently many
memories of distinguished men come to me, FAINT
and confused. from the far distance. Certain
Ggnr ma
tinctlv and as I try to think of all these things
it seems like scene on a stage, where there arc
,bropcs Of moving figures from which certain
forms detach themselves, come forward, seem q'l'e
clear and distinct for a few minutes-and are then
! lost in the throng again The first pohtlcal event
can remember was the mistaken. fanatical. out
| heroic and self-mmoatng attempt Of John Brown
to free the slaves Of Virginia. II was like thun-
| der-cl,p 70 the people Of America and ! well rec
| olccf the wild excitement which pervaded the
country wr0ug ht up as 10 was about the great ana
| vital questions OF the dar. Many eloquent
! prc,hcs had been made and much had Deeh
written about the enfranchsement Or me
human race Uncle Toms Cabin especlaly
had aroused the most intense excitement. ohlo'
| rs "A border State, naturally the scene Of many
thrilling adventures Of fugitive slaves; ana II was
| not uncommon for free colored people TO he KID
napBcd carried over the river ana s0ld INTO siaN-
| cry On the sdcboard in orr dlning-room stood
| a pitcher which had been given 10 Mt. chase oy
rho coorcd people Of Cincinnati for defending Just
such case in the early years OF his law practlce
Il must have required not little moral bravery
to have undertaken the defence of the poor KID
mapped man in those days when slave power was
r,r.p,nt and when 10 own oneself n sympathlzer
vith tlc race meant social ostracism and actual
/ ur,fcssiou,I loss But the young lawyer had the
r,lrrc Of hi, convictions, and In spite oil the ear
most advice of his friends in spite OF circumstances
on the subject from such men as Dahlel "eos'e'
and Henry Clny-who had both taken liking ioI
rho Young lawyer when he acted as Mr.. VIRUS
nriyatc secrctary-and last but not leas'' noV
understanding lis own strong social ana P'oicS-
ional ambitions. he took up the cause oil 'he OPP
I,e.scd which at that time no other lawyer Vi
st.ndiue would assume and he saved 'he pour
wrdch from his captors. Inc pi'cher ooie V'i''
inscription:
\Tcsrimoral of Gratitude from the CoIorel
Peop Of Cincinnati TO S4llon - Five u' onnresspd
! And paiiculary for his eloquent advocacy ol tt'c
rights Gilman in the ease of Namuel Na'e'n' w
WIS urlrt'v claimed - iugrINe Save i''
ruary l2,1si5.'
From tia dav on which he received II nnul the
day of hi, oath this pitcher furnished ME- chase
makes OF mar a mans destiny Is very curious
tbiro In thisinstancc that which was supposed
would prove an usuperaplc stumbling block 10 ohe
.ucccs,fil carccl of a young and clever lawyer
was really the Cornerstone of his future lame anu
influence, proving again that the Ola ProN'i''
.. Fais GO que tn dcs advcnne que pourra, not
unfrequcntly leads worldly success 1t was
cur,us and iuttrCstIn coincidence that the Famous
old Bishop Chase, of BASED memory, who was my
IL ell. .,lI hgN "A =
o,.cd his success in thiss temporal to an act OF
sclrs,crlGcc for ucao. The story recently
cam. =, rly knowledge liza vcry interesting way.
J., ou, If New Works pr,tiest suburbs there is
ro,, liviu.. an old gcntcmn of rInety-hve, VINO,
,,h., Lc WAS n young man, attended lecture gwen
/ b. Ri>Eou Cllsc-a lecture witch So impressed HIM
bv il, direct and simple relation Of the struggles
and sLccc>sr> OF that most emarkablc man III
buildinr his churches and cocgcS that on his
return home he wrote out the c,ire account from
momory This paper. yellow viii age. tells how
, tnc Gallant preacher and pioneer started little
| church il. Louisiana where. overpowred with SICK
wife aad numerous paIochIal dutleShc hnaIlS CON
oIpdcd to buy negro The $500 PAL for the slave
consumed nearly all h- iesources.andshc man, not
v.itb,taudinc hi, kindly treatment, IN away in
few weeks. The Bishop gave mp hispaIish soon
after and returned to the North. abseguentIy
his troublcs were many. and yea when his
/ mood was at the sorcst letter came l. him from
Louisiana TO say that his man Jack had been
caught and could he had for about the anne sum
| he originally cost. Notwithstanding Is great
want Of irnds. Bishop Chase could not >alic up
his mind TO receive the proceeds from ne sale
of "A man. and he gave Jack his freedom Sew
cral years after this lie was in England I'm
successful in his efforts TO obtain an endoment
fund for his Episcopal college, and receivedwith
scant courtesy lie vas about to reinquisl his
plans and return home when friend in Ameica
writing Of him to wcl-known nobleman, len
toned the history of the freed slave. The beer
classes of England at that time intensy
anti-savcry and this incident opened both thir
heart, and purses to the Bishop and his project
From that time until the day of his death L
his lrmnst frenL. md .tnmnc che.