The Indianapolis journal., 1894-11-05

the enemies of our government, and thus
protracted the agonies and sacriiices or our
Sherman that our great victories at vicks-
burg and Gettysburg, July /, ana 5, snouid
have ended the war, because they demon,
strated the utter hopelessneSS OF the rebel
cause; but IL seemed as II the copperheads
derived fresh courage from. our success,
for they were never so % sft Of as uln IN
in that year that the great revolt occurred
i'm the city of New York. during which ,a
millions of dollars worth of property de-
stroyed within the four days the rioters
held complete possession OF the Inetropolls:
and they were not subdued until troops
were brought TO the scene from our vlc-
torious army at Gettysburg. In these peril
Gus times / remember pelng at tns teis s.
graph Office in this city with Morton, late
at night in search of news or the great
riot / had never before seen him In the
least discouraged as to the i inai a,. result @ Oh
curing in the great Empire State, from
which so much was expected, seemed, Tor
short time. to impair his confidence as
Morton was the picture of health, strength
and manly beauty until he reached the
monition. in the year 1865, he suffered a
stroke of paralysis of the lower limbs, from
which he never recovered; and the nfteen
suffering The disability was so great that
most men would at once have given up
active life; but not SC with Morton r. sans h1s
ate began after this calamity. In the SEN
ate, and on the hustings as well, his great
speeches We're made rom nn anscdntes ss5s pVs or
flights of eloquence, but were repiete with
clear, logical arrangement OF facts ana ar
gument. which secured and held the atten-
tion of his hearers He had but single
gesture to emphasize his language. and that
was a sweeping motion OF his strong rignt
arm, which carried conviction. LII we Try
him by the ancient rules he was not an ora
tor. because he had no action; but tested py
the effect he produced on an auoience' ne
Fame has many mansions. and that of
our lamented friend must always occupy
sera the most boom and and shed Rer
GRANGE all the year around. he mas I'M
pressed upon us a love OF country ana rev.
er, which we cannot forget. In closing
quote from Parker, one OF Indiana's gifted
poets these lines:
And tense and straitened in his country's
need;
When ali his cares were for the common
And he was bold in thought and quick ir
deed.
So history paints him, brave. and strong
And towering sunward; born to high com
With Cromwelrs zeal. with Caesars
strength to do,
And L'ncoln's love for home and native
land.
Ex-Secretary Foster on Missions.
Ex-Secretarv of State John w. Foste
delivered an address at the First Presby
terian Church last night on the subject o
foreign missions. Mr.. Foster has travele'
| extensively throughout the world and ha
observed the effect of the work being don
bv the Christian churches in the heather
| lands On this account his words carries
weight After discussing the work gen
| orally he summed up the result of his oh
seryations and said that in his opinion tn
| foreign mission work was a thing whic
| had been of great value to the civilize
world not only from the standpoint of
| Christian, but also from the business man
point of view. He thought that the worl
| should be continued with even greater ef
l fort thop ha heer mt forth.