Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-14

ia il that YOU, who we're 80 familiar with
these grants, their titles and their owners,
did not use your knowledge to purchase
them while they were valued at SO little
"Whv." said he, 81 never could afford
to buy at what | believed them to be
fca'.y worth and | would not take
single interest at price below their just
value, no matter how cheaply they might
be offered through ignorance or need"
This single sentence shows the character
of the man. No wonder that guided by
such principles, he gained the confidence
of all. And he never betrayed that trust.
The third lesson is that of patriotism.
Through his whole life he was moved by
an intense love of country. WheIf the
news crossed the great plains that Fort
Sumter was attacked and the nation in
danger he did not hesitate moment,
but raised company OF volunteers among
his friends and neighbors, and was quick
" mustered into the Union army as a
captain in the regiment OF Col. Pine. lie
fought CALAMITY at Valverde, Peralta and
Glorieta, and on many less distin-
guished field. At the reorganization in
1862 he was transferred to the regiment
OF Col. Carson, and soon became lts
major. His whole military career was
one of honor and glory. And in the sue
ceeding years of peace his public spirit
and patriotism have been no less dlstln
guished. Through all the years his voice
has been heard in, the interest OF gooo
government, and his last public utterance
less than a month ago, faint in words bu
strong in spirit, was the expression o
the hope that he might soon recover 81
as to labor more abundantly for the wei
fare of the country at large and the terri
tory he so greatly loved.
And fourth, charity His hand was al
ways open to the calls OF poverty and nj
door never closed against those wit
needed either shelter or food. He wa
. always the friend OF the poor and tn
: needy. He was their adviser in trouble
3 and in the courts he could always be dc
{ pended upon to defend, without none
: and without price, the friendless and tn
! oppressed. He felt that his talents an
4 position were given to him as much tc
: The benefit of his fellow men as for hin
d self.
These, then, are the lessons We shoul
e learn from his life. Were he here, thef
e are the principles he would teach.
It was nv fortune long ago to be with hin
Ia wear after year, at the exhibitions OF II
i colleges of the Jesuit Fathers at Las V
gas and the Christian Brothers in Nor
ia one speaking in Spanish and one
h English; and these lessons were II
d burden of his discourses; Industry, /
of tegrity, patriotism, charity. His voice
hushed in the tomb, but through Il
lessons of his life, che, being dead, y
speaketh."
have said that this was no time |
eulogies. But while We use no wore
every heart is filled with the feeling tn
s. he who has departed was kind al
loving husband and father, loyal al
"a patriotic citizen, a faithful and devot
- Christian. When We lie where he DC
IN now, what better eulogy can we ask tn
this deep sentiment in the hearts OF the
IN around us? 49,,
4 Farewell, o noble heart, so full OF kin
~ ly thoughts, the spring OF loving deeds
ny Farewell, o patriotic soul, always 80
es of love of country!
le. Farewell, o powerful voice, whose
=, quence could guide Alright. the minds
nd fellow men,
~ Farewell, dear friend, whose memo
II will be cherished in our inmost hear
s o till, in the Providence of God, We m
W again in that land where dying is
40 known and where friends never part!