Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-01

calling. Had business career held out
allurements 10 him he would have easily
} succeeded there, but none of these was his
destined calling.
Goethe says Every extraordinary man
has mission which he is called umsn to
accomplish" The over-ruling hand which
movcs as whittier il will ami We know il
not. des,,ncd James &. Blaine to give his
unsurpassed abilities 10 his country's ser
vices, and it was done. That was his lifc's
mission, and none win say tha, it was not
successfully accomplished,
lie was an adopted son of our common
wealth. and as such We honor him as to us
born, lie has shed the great honor of his
iiinssr'"aS services upon us, and has done
more than any other man to give our COM
monwealth prominent place among her
sister states. iie was adopted first BY us.
We claim that honor through all time, but
sInce that adoption where is there y State,
Il country, yea, Il man in whose veins the
ylNit,iug blood of liberty tows. that has
ne, a'lolaed him rs their own. The horizon
ot his influence and service is not limited
| bN the contour of our own land II COM
| passes other lands, and takes in the isles Of
| the sea, and rests only WHERE freedom anil
| gool government ends.
| lie is dead The nation wecps over the
loss oi its nohiest son Al that remains Of
| the mortal has been consigned to its mother
earth. The immortal part which wr have
known, hirh We have seen, and which We
| have so Often felt has taken its flight To
realms immortal We bow our heads in
submission To an all-wise Father, who gave
ani has nov seen til to remove from us the
rtilc of our commonwealth
MIR. President. lain in sec,,,,,, th,,
( As.saa . .-l..,t
Mr. t,rindlr of Hancock:
Mr.. President. the lateness ef the bour
" in pr,yen, m, trom m,kiny any i.,g,Lv
Sprc, Ia. ey,n IL | vrre nrcn,r,J Ia a, 80
have no, urcrarel any speecb. and will
,implN say "A very fcu words of ,,,nr.a
II is very we'll knowu that IN n sub;.ct RI,
that which is now before MS il is always verv
much easier Ia make n ,,,od half ho,,r
specrh. There ,re SOM. tbinys ,h,u, i,m.,.
q. Blaine which il r,uuir,s n, nrpumcn, Il,
prove, AMI no illustration to make clcar
believe that il roull In, trutbfu,lv and s.f..
" said that taking him as n whole this ven-
Grafton has not produced his equal. Ue was
admired ly many of the mos, eminent load
rrs of the country. anil il is certain thnt ha
was the idol of tn, rank and file of his mar
". 1t IS certain that no one has ever lived
in the country who could call forth and
awaken such an uhOuuIru ruthusinsn,
amongst all classes of people of cour.e
We can readily understand TINT ,h,re can
never be such A unnninnus sentiment in
favor of an individuals popularity In poli-
tics MS there would be in some other maths
of thought and work, litcrn,ur, far EVAN
pie for We know that IN pol;ucal issues
about one half of the country is always at
issue with the other half; and however fair
one may be il is certain that he never can
, call forth the admiration of those whose
principles h., opposes as he can those whose
principles he adyocatcs
believe that when the times of partisan.
ship and preiudice shall hay, PASSED away.
when his record shall be ,icweJ simply in
the light of history, | believe then that IL
will be the almost universal verdict that.
taking him all in all. he was the greatest
man of the times
The mourning and sorrow for Mr. Blaine.
is intense and deem. and not limited to the
prcspn, time. There has been feeling of
| sorrow and of sympathy for thi, man for
wears back Ills trmmnbs his succcsses
his brilliant achievements have drawn the
eyes of the people toward him. and those
who have looked npon linn know that these
| things could never in any way couutcract or