New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09
Practical Results-13 Years Work.

new South fired with the hatefm spirit OF '"e
old imagine it might be a good occasion To re-
vivc some Of the memories OF the slavery an"
anti-slavery agitation which preceded the wal
by no great number Of years. IL mas h'uc "
nothing TO do with Mr.. Winthrop. for Mt WIN
tbron had little to do with il. ! heartily WISH h'
had had more.
He had. nevertheless. fought according - his
lights and in tho good Wing way. good anu
slavery fight We who look back upon the ADO
uio,ists as the true Anti-Slavery leaders are apt
IN underrate the services of those who were ho'
Aboltionists. or who became so ut the eIeNen'n
hour only Mr. Winthrop and his assoc'a'es ''
no forlorn hope. it is true. ana IL must ais" ~
said that at "A very critical moment OF 'hc Vo'''''
they retired in good order to the rear ooe!'"s
their commander like the disciplined soldieiS 'oS
were But they had been for years-'he Aoo''io
lists whom no man regarded. alone eN'ep'eu INV
only force arrayed against the enemy. hwy
were the enemies of slavery, Mr. Wlh'h'oP o''o W
the foremost His speeches. his votes HIS WHY
public life down to 1851. are there ~ p'''' "
,rho,r faintbeartedness at the end ought not to
obliterate the gratitude which all Ahe'''' w"
tben, and owes them still. for long strusE'
ao,rst heavy odds and against very potent III
fuences .n
and rveret, and winthrop held the merchants
Of Boston true To so much ann-slaNe'! l'''"
was embodied in the Wing platform s'a'e-S''
AID >1i,k-st finance and commerce. the cotton
,,,s of roston as Wendell Phillips on one
memorable occasion contemptuously called the'h'
,,,, hove hent the knee and hauled do""
tho nine-tree flag long before they did, II THESE
= Ui,tbron included had not shamed 'he'h
,,. chow Of LOYALTY to freedom. Capital ana
commerce are always timid. They were ""'iu
.ho, They wanted peace with the south al al
~ . nrice 1t will be the everlasting IT,
- ~ The Wing party of Massach"Se'''
,., Uir,bron as one OF its orators '""' -
s,ovod the movement for surrender
an Webster. himself. went plung'hs u'"" 80"
a,,.ss ., II o bottom Of which his best id''o "''
forever buried. hore
=, Webster bear as he must bear the s""'"e
~, that great treason to his own prihc'p'' '
bis own mast Let the earlier NeoS''i' " -,
,oss no remembered. He Is no' 'i'e "''' '
- ,hoso life divides in two. with t'e".
-, between his wise and generous ina''"'"
=, ,,s nrime and an old age coudeu' ""e
h tail,np courage or falling )udsih'"'
,h-o, M course must bear wha' b'af"c
>, him When that has been as'E"'' ~
l., ,uu there will be still an ain'auic anu
,if,l memory. The long INC ." w "a
loses IT'S last famous. or once 'a'''u'' ,..,.rs
ant He may sleep in peace VII" "'' -
~ - ,bem though there were erea'''
N' a"s and nerhaps more sturdy stun 'h'''
none kindlier. none more loyal than the loy"'
,or,leman who has just let us' "
,,.o,e virtues were Of finer temper
r., uas known In London. but rather I" wv
ora,ion than to this. Some OF US ~
MEMBER his last visit here ana 'ho"s"' "''
delightful. Age had given MN mann" ,,on,
more softly elaborate than ne n"'
him in Boston. But Wherever y" ,,. who
uhatever age ne moved among men as CIV |,,n
, .t,ose,f and gave to others a !u nn
MEASURE MEASURE Of courtesy He had manIy orn and
70 men. chivalrous demean'r - Un was at
with in ,he speakers chair at pb
at home in the Senate. "i yassachnsetts' That
would have cohP'"'' c. W. 5.
minded career.