St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-02

by his friendship. | admired him iu-
tensely. He was. indeed, very re-
markable man. Michael Angelo for
more than 400 years has stood out in
bold relief as painter, sculptor, archi-
tect. poet and engineer. Mr.. Cox was
as many-Sided as he. He may not have
stood so far aloof from his fellows, but
in the elements OF his greatness there
was not single one ordinary or COM
monplace. He was an orator who could
move to laughter or to tears. He could
sway and reduce toquiet that stormy and
tumultu0uS house of representatives,
and make its members eager, patient
listeners. He had vivid Imagination
which now and then led him into flights
of eloquence skyward, but at the same
time ii it served his purpose better he
could keep close to the ground. He
was logcian, powerful in argument to
convict and convert. Thoroughly
equipped by hard study, by patient
labor, by long experience, by extensive
travel, he was a disputant whom no
man IN either house could ever afford to
despise. He was a wit. never buff
foon. His speech Scintilated and
sparkled with humOr without malice.
That sharp-edged rapier so metimes,
know, Indicted ugly wounds that bled,
but never left any scars behind. He
was Scholar-th0rOugh and profound
as his literary essays and orationS
concluSively show. He was an author
OF high repute, whose books first attract
and then captivate the reader. He was
polltlclan-Sharp, ShIeWd, SagaciOuS-
Knowing men thoroughly and their mo-
tives, and capable of leading them. He
was e partisan, but he was statesman
hs Of nd
country and duty, could throw off the
party yoke and put on the toga of a pat
riot. Witness his speech and ac-
ton on the LIE Compton con-
Stitution; his support of the
administration throughout the rebellion
and his more recent championship and
advocacy of that bill which admitted
the great Northwestern territories to
statehood. In all these regards he ex-
ceiled. But the browning quality of his
greatness was his big, loving heart-hiS
humanity to men. 1t Is that which will
keep his memory fresh and green. and
his peers intellectually have long been
forgotten. 1t is that which gave him a
sweetness of disposition which neither
time nor age, nor contest nor
disappointed ambition could embitter.
1t was that which made him the
champion OF the surfman and the sailor,
of the laborer and the carrier, of the
poor Indian, of the IrIshman, of the
Hebrew, of the downtrodden, the perse-
cuted and the friendless whenever and
wherever he saw them. Better than it
all; it was that dear madam Cunning
TO Mrs. Cox which gives you today the
sweet assurance of his blessed immOr-
tally, for
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small,
For the dear God who loveth US,
He made and loyeth ALL
Remarks of w. v. Cox.
The vase was accepted on behalf of
Mrs. Cox in the following address of
w. V. Cox, nephew of the late congress-
man.
"Gentlemen of the COMMITTEES: In
behalf of my aunt l accept this beauti-
ful tribute, SO tOuchlngly given in rec
ognition of the services of her husband.
the late Samuel Sullivan Cox, in estab-
fishing and maintaining the life-saving
service of the United States 1t is eS-
pecially pleasing to know that this gift
comes as proof of grateful love from
your entire organization, as symbolized
by the appointment of your committee
from the various grades OF your service
"a committee which is entitled to speak
for the districts and stations of our
great lakes and the Ohio river. and for
those of the coast which stretches away
along the Atlantic and gulf from Maine
to Texas, and which, taking up the line
of merciful record again on the shore of
the Pacific, reaches from California to
the straits of Fuca-thus emphasizing
the fact that your gift is doubly prec-
ious as token of the loving thought
and grateful remembrance of our ma
tional life-saving service.
NV lille this occasion must necessarily
be sad, the assurance of friendship
and esteem so feelingiy expressed can
not fail to give a tender pleasure to
those nearest to him whose service YOU
thus commemorate, showing, as they
DO, that his efforts so generously and
freely given are fully appreciated.
"a higher tribute could not be paid
to the memory of man than one which
setting aside ali thought OF place and
power, like this exquisite work Of art,
IS made memorable his broad human
lty, and it is pleasure to me to assure
you, and through you the members of
the Life Saving Service of the United
States, that this testimonial of loving
regard and gratitude, coming as a free
heart of the wife, speaking, as it does,
of her husbands work for man. Mr.
Cox loved your service. took comfort in
1t, and was proud to be known and
spoken of as your friend. Nowhere is this
more clearly shown than in that eIo-
quent speech Of June 4, 1873, in the
house of representatives to which YOU
have so graphically referred and part
of which you have chosen for your in
Scriptlon. in which, after abiding to
his long public career, he teelingly
added, What little have accomplished
in connection with the life saving SER
vice is compensation sweeter than
honey in the honey comb. 1t is its own
exceeding great reward. 1t speeks to
me in the voices of the rescued-aye, in
tears of speeches. feeling-speaks of
resurrection from death
In spite of rock, and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore;
speaks of faith triumphant over all
fears in the better elements of human
nature. 1t sounds like the fluctuations
of the SABBATH bell ringing in peace and
felicity. 1t comes to me in the words of
Him, who, regardless of His own life.
gave it freely that other lives might be
saved The men who compose your
crews understand are poor fishermen,
whose chiof support is the compensa-
ton they receive as Surfmen, a sum
barely sufficient to maintain them and
their families.
Had Mr.. CoX's life been spared, | feel
confident, gentlemen of the committee,
that those you represent would have
reaped the benefit of additional humane
legislation. and probably before this
time. AS it is, another man, or other
men, must champion your cause and
win your fight. In this struggle. and in
all your future struggles on land or OH
sea,
Our hearts, our hopes our prayers, our tears,
Our faith. triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee
May the God who has implanted in
human nature the courage and will to
save others, grant that the means nee
essary to strengthen and perpetuate
your noble service and to open to your
efforts even broader fields of usefulness,
mlY not be lacking until alnnu nur on